MAGIX Samplitude Music Studio X8 - Enter the world of MAGIX Pro Audio | Audio Software | Music Program | for Windows 10/11 PC | 1 Download License

This software makes the PC a DAW. It runs on Windows only. I was able to run it on a Win 7 machine. The registration process was not a simple process. It took several attempts to get through it. FWIW-The program advised that an update was available. I could not get the update successfully. Each time I tried, the machine froze and I had to reload the program from the install disc.As for the actual software, as other reviews have pointed out, there is a whole lot to this program. It definitely is not something you will start using in ten minutes.The program offers a large number of parameters that you can apply to a music track. Some of the features, such as the mixer and EQ were familiar to me. I had never heard of many of the virtual plug ins. All of the features/options are accessed by pull down menus. I did find the color coding of the graphics to be helpful for me to understand what was happening in the demo track.That demo track contains both vocals and instruments, making it a valuable learning tool; although it does present an overwhelming amount of information at first glance. But that allows a novice (like me) the ability to break the demo into parts, and to experiment with the different audio processing tools at my own pace. There are Help files available in the program.I don't know how much actual use I will get in terms of creating music. The program does provide a way to learn how to create music and loops, and many of the techniques available to process your work. Overall, I would consider this program a good value for its cost. Don't expect to sit down and begin working with it right away, unless you use DAW software as a professional on a daily basis.

Began installation at 5pm and Its now 11:47 PM and im f'n fed up with this product's registration. Its unusable and the installation sucks.First of all, they have to physically mail you a stupid DVD and pamphlet with a word jumble to download the software. Ableton Live, Native Instruments, FL Studio, etc. etc. all allow buyers to just download their software through their website.Not MAGIX. The initial purchase process is so outdated and it foreshadows the crap DAW features and user interface. The DVD (who even has a CD rom drive??) had a booklet with a "redeem" code which has to be used to visit their website for a download link. This seems redundant and stupid.The registration process is annoying and time consuming. Its all buggy and cannot connect to the internet. I had to delete and fully uninstall my anti-virus software and turn off my firewall to allow this crap software to get an internet connection to register my serial number. Never had software require such an invasive security violation. These people think theyre targets for software pirates, but theyre not... theyre no FL Studio or Ableton, so they need to chill tf out.After doing all that, the pop up browser within the software just froze and could not display the web page. I had to manually register the product on their website on another web browser.The installation folder paths were super annoying. They make it difficult to install on a secondary hard drive. VSTs, Project folders, sound banks, etc. are all automatically downloaded and scattered to the main drive's different sub-folders creating a convoluted mess.Creating new save paths was made difficult by this company. i had to create new user document sub-folders on my secondary drive that matched the default folder's label word for word because I couldnt just add them to new folders or my existing folders, IE: VST folders from other workstations.Then there was the issue with software crashes. It crashed twice. After the second crash, my computer abruptly got a Win 11 blue screen of death with a frowning face emoticon " :( " and then just shut itself down abruptly.FIrst of all, I didnt even know blue screens of death where still around for PCs. My computer was bugging out after that hard reset. My PC rig is beefy. Its not some laptop. Its 1200W all liquid cooled with an i9 running 128gigs of RAM. My rig wasnt the issue here.This was directly caused by MAGIX Sampletude ( or whatever this is called) because my rig just crashed and burned when I tried opening the sample track from the DAW.I was able to catch a glimpse of the software and it looks like a giant eye sore. Its disgusting to look at. I have a 65" 4K Sony XR A90K and a Samsung Super Ultrawide G9 as monitors AND IT STILL LOOKED LIKE BOOTY! The text and labels are not even visible on the ugly outdated Windows XP looking graphical interface.Im now afraid to upload screen shots of the GUI because I dont want to open this app anymore. I don't want my PC to crash again. i dont want a power surge trashing my GPU from another abrupt crash and shut down caused by this app. I will be deleting the software and turn on my anti virus on again. If youre reading this, your better off using Audacity (freeware DAW) than this messy product. It will leave an extremely bad first impression.

This product is really super cool. My 13 year old was able to figure out how to download and install the program easily with no issues. The code included will allow you to access the download from the MAGIX website. Once you register, you will receive an email. Although the program states there should be a serial number on the package, we weren’t able to find it, but it does come in the email you will receive.Once installed, we did have an issue with no sound at all. With a little bit of googling, I was able to find the solution using the audio setup in the original start screen. Setting up the audio isn’t really intuitive if you aren’t privy to this, but I was able to get it squared away, and he has no audio issues now. The program takes a lot of time to learn, and it’s a lot of trial and error if you don’t already have knowledge of this type of thing. But, if my teen can start fiddling around and making some pleasant sounding music, then I think most technically savvy people can figure out some basics, and improve over time. We’re still learning over here, but it’s been a fun adventure so far.