Tests & Awards

„Finally Magix Audio Clean Lab 12 Deluxe is treasure trove of features, which improves with age and continues to offer a simplified interface, with clear navigation around its familiar workspace. It introduces enough features to justify an upgrade, and at a economical price it stands out as a formidable / tremendous competitor against other applications that demand an involved learning curve, with a higher price bracket. This is the one and only product I recommend for all your audio tweaking and enhancements in a windows environment.“

„Features: 5/5“; „Ease of Use: 4/5“; „Looks: 4/5“; „Overall: 92%“; „With MP3 Maker you won't just be able to create MP3s from many different file formats, you will also be able to organise your collection, search your hard drive for duplicate files and cleanup, add the correct data to the MP3 tags and record music directly to your computer.  This MP3 all-rounder provides everything for your music ... This transmitter [XXL Version Radio Transmitter] is actually very good and sends a good quality signal to your radio, one of the best I have heard so far.“

„So to sum up, Music Maker 14 Producer Edition is very well featured, easy to use, and above all, fun ... for many this could be all you'll ever need, and at this price it represents good value.“

„So it really is a whole studio package. From the early ideas to exporting in various formats, it's simple to use, and excellent results can be attained helped along by the improved Mastering Suite - to give the final touch to your track. All in all, excellent value for money with some powerful features and impressive effects you would only expect in more expensive software.“

„Overall: 4/5 stars“; „We say ... a useful suite of programs.“; „Good points: Excellent vector editing; good photo editing; can remve adverts from recorded TV“

"MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 11 deluxe is a great tool for restoring your audio ... The program provides the complete toolset needed to record, clean, master and export."

„Award: PC Plus Editors Choice“

„PC Plus Verdict: 4.5 / 5 stars“;  „Now this is how to make the art of  music creation easy. The MAGIX  samples are interesting and  lengthy, so just looping one or two  of them is enough to form the basis  of a professional-sounding track.  And manipulating them on-screen  is straightforward thanks to a well- designed, intuitive interface ... no doubt that MAGIX Music Maker 12 deluxe is an absolute bargain.”

"It can be set to record favorite radio broadcasts, and those recordings can be split into individual songs which can be saved on your hard drive or burned onto CDs - kind of like recording the Top 40 onto a cassette tape on Sunday afternoons back in the good old days. Which we were never sure was entirely legal, either, but there you go."

„PC Plus tested: 4/5 stars“; „Verdict: An abundant and effective web-design suite“

„A sparkling package! well supplied with all the tools you would want to use for your special project, its simple to use with a professional punch ; Its Magix“

„Do more with your digital photos and create a range of stylish effects with this powerful editing package ... MAGIX Xtreme Photo Designer 6 can produce a range of impressive effects from your pictures.“

„Tech Tested: 3/5 stars“; „Verdict: A comprehensive suite of utilities ...“

„Overall rating: 5/5 stars“; „Playlist generators can work quite well at suggesting music that fits a mood but they are normally only as good as the information supplied with the music file. MuFin is different because it analyses all of the music on the computer ... We found the playlists to be a good mix based on the selected track.“

„Tech tested: 5/5 stars“; „Verdict: Overall this has been one of the simplest and most intuitive music creation kits about for the price“, „An easy route to musical genius“

„Award: Computer Music Performance“

„Award: Computer Music Value for Money“

„Rating: 9/10“, „For: Sounds fantastic, unintimidating straightforward GUI, 'test' samples, 16 different models, good value, expert mode allows well-conceived tuning“, „Verdict: The algorithmic approach is clearly far from dead, and VariVerb Pro should be considered by anyone looking for a high-quality, flexible reverb plug-in.“

„MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 11 is the subtle, but powerful basic cleaning for audio material of all kinds, e.g. records, cassettes, CD tracks or MP3 songs ... MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 11 is uniquely quick, easy and sparing.“

„Verdict: Offering real-time video editing processing, a bundle of audio and video effects, and some useful capture and burning tools, this is an excellent choice for serious video editing enthusiasts.“

„Features: 4/5“; „Ease of Use: 3/5“; „Audio: 4/5“; „Visual: 4/5“; „Value 5/5“; „Overall: 85%“; „New Magix Movies on CD & DVD 6.0 burns everything for your home cinema.“

Award: „Personal Computer World Recommended“, Verdict: „Features 4/5“, „Performance 5/5“, „Value for Money 4/5“, „Pros: A wide selection of tools for photos and music; excellent degree of control over projects; easy to use"

Award: „ITreviews Recommended“

„The concept of this package is to allow for maximum ease of use while still producing professional looking results, and Xtreme Photo & Graphic Designer definitely achieves this. It's excellent value for what it is, boasting a well thought-out design and interface, not to mention some very powerful features.“

„Rating: 7/10“; „Plus Points: Easy to use interface; many features in one package; powerful software“; „Verdict: The program is great for beginners buying their first editing package with the large icons and step-by-step instructions when using a feature but can also be used by the more advanced user or small businesses.“

Award: „Buy It! Computer Active“

Overall: „5/5“, We say: „Music Studio is at the end of the audio market for price but the top for capacity.“

„There's much more to Photo Clinic than fixing images issues ... It's just as good when it comes to annotating photos, adding details of your own with the fill and paint tools ... Fix common photo problems in a couple of clicks with MAGIX Photo Clinic.“

„MP3 Maker 12 is easy to control and is organised to provide a logical screen interface ... A very useful music manager at a good price.“

„Rating 8/10“, „They might have begun as bundled plug-ins, but the effects in the AMI Suite deserve this new lease of life. Well worth considering if your music laks analogue warmth.“

Ratings: „4/5“, Verdict: „Supports most digital audio formats“, „Useful sound editor included“, „Auto search for duplicate tracks“, Overall: „A good, all-round, podcast, internet radio and music management tool.“ „In all, this a very well-featured piece of music software, at a keen price.“

„Overall Rating: 4/5“, „We say ... A great way to create music with a keyboard that will appeal to those with musical skills.“; „There is plenty of help for beginners. The 1Click button is particularly impressive for quickly creating tracks in various styles and is complemented by plenty of tutorial videos.“

„Magix Movies on CD and DVD 5 (£30) is an inexpensive, easy-to-use program that integrates simple capture and disc copying with useful functions such as automatic advert removal, as well as tools for improving picture and sound quality.“

„Rating: 5/5 stars“; „Surprisingly powerful for the price ...“

„Overall ratings: 4/5 stars“; „Features: 4/5 stars“; „Ease of use: 4/5 stars“; „Value for money: 4/5 stars“; „Overall: A very good music creation package, especially for the beginner.“

"Award: Computer Music Value for Money"

"+ Vita us brilliant", "+ Great value", "+ Packed with features", "Verdict: Music Studio is a value-packed and accessible program, as it should be ..."

"Rating: 8/10", "MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 11 deluxe is even more packed full of goodies than its predecessor ..."

"Award: Computer Shopper Best Buy"

"Rating: 5/5", "Audio Cleaning Lab is a neat, effective package for salvaging old record collections ... We really like the fact that it's also extremely well equipped for musicians and video editors who want to prepare audio for public consumption. The audio CD-authoring controls are comprehensive, with support for fades and overlapping tracks, and the Equaliser and Multimax effects are just the thing to make demos sound as professional as possible."

"This program will suit both the experienced user and the new editing user. A winner from MAGIX. It's MAGIX!"

"+ Object-oriented editing", "+ Top-Quality sound processing", "+ Vast set of features", "+ Makes full use of your screen space", "Verdict: Get to know it ... And you might just get to lovin' it."

"Rock-solid recording engine; useful high quality new plug-ins; efficient on-the-fly CD burning; excellent project 'housekeeping' facilities", "Summary: Samplitude 9 is a very attractive software package for recording, editing and mixing."