#vegas.

[afteru]

[hillmon]

i hate when people use (burnt) mustard WRONG

[afteru]

[infinitecstasys]

[vstparty]

Holy ****! Magix buys Sony Creative Software

Magix, whose neglect has relegated the once successful Samplitude to the dustbins, now looks to do the same with SoundForge, Vegas, and, wait, Acid Studio?

The press release includes this quote from Magix’ CEO: “This autumn, we plan to release new versions of the video-editing programs Vegas Pro and Movie Studio, which are heavily oriented toward the customer requirements of today.” No mention of the audio apps.

Honestly, the one product Magix has worth focusing on is Independence - an amazing sampler with a mega-powerful library. It has patches that use the mod wheel to cross-fade between playing styles (mellow vs. blaring brass, for instance), making it invaluable in dynamic orchestral textures. And while Magix has not contributed to this product functionally since acquiring it, they did reduce its once vast technical instabilities.

I guess the best overarching description for Magix might be, what it doesn’t make stronger, it kills.