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Whilst there are plenty of at-home music-making cd-roms to choose from these days, ultimate dance music & video maker has the facility for making your own videos to accompany your music. the package is broadly aimed at beginners and boffins alike. For those who are novices at computerised home recording, an integral song wizard is constantly on-hand to help you through the process. With a little nudge, the song wizard will show you how to use your mouse to select your musical instruments, to decide the length of song, and to create and modify sounds and samples which will eventually go in the mix. Facilities for echo, reverb, "timestretch" and "pitchshift" are also available at the drop of a finger. The truly clever bit comes when you press the video button: a number of "modules" will appear, with little preview pictures to show you what you're getting. Choose one of these, and figures dance, screens go wild, landscapes and cartoon characters do your most whimsical bidding . It's a bit like being steven spielberg without all the effort. Or money. extras include a rather splendid retro-style techno synthesiser, a similarly sassy hip-hop synth, a mixer, a copy facility and a kaleidoscope. And when you're finally done with your quincy jones impression you can send your proud production to a friend via e-mail, or, remarkably, post it on the magix web site. --sean thomas |
