Acoustica has released Mixcraft 4 with MIDI support as it largest new feature. The download price is $64.95 which is a bit more expensive than Mixcraft 3. Mixcraft still has a 7 day trial.
My earlier comparisons between Sony Acid Music Studio 7 and Mixcraft 3 had Mixcraft winning on the usability and Sony Acid winning for MIDI support. With Mixcraft 4, Acoustica has evened the score on the MIDI front and they are still in the lead with the user interface. Sony Acid Music Studio 7 has been slightly less expensive, but both of these products should be considered a good deal and both are now good candidates to be your Garageband for Windows.
I’m adding a link to the purchase page for Mixcraft 4. From here you can get to the download page and the product details pages.
February 5, 2008 at 11:32 pm |
They’ve done alot more than even the score. The included virtual instruments are amazing and Acid doesn’t give you anything.
February 13, 2008 at 2:41 am |
Great!
Will test it soon.
February 15, 2008 at 12:54 am |
i’m looking into making my own podcasts and just stumbled upon Mixcraft 4. I’m going to try it out. The GUI looks somewhat like Garageband, so that’s primarily why I’m going to try it!
February 24, 2008 at 9:15 am |
Awesome!
Thanks mate!
March 4, 2008 at 2:50 pm |
the only problem is that acoustica is not on sale with a package all inclusive (DVD with loop and program)
May 2, 2008 at 12:59 pm |
I would second this. I have tried a lot of applications and Mixcraft is really good and does the job whilst being easy to use and understand.
Great program !
May 31, 2008 at 4:41 am |
thanks for your blog entry! I was searching for something that was as garageband to mac as a software to windows!!
I’m testing it right now and its awesome!! many thanks for your research about this kind of softwares.! l8tr!
June 2, 2008 at 5:59 pm |
Theretofore says : I absolutely agree with this !
July 24, 2008 at 6:07 pm |
Better off with Garageband.
October 13, 2008 at 11:58 pm |
trakax is awesome… and free