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Music Makeron 12/11/2017
Music Maker not allowing me to activate instrument
Ah ok, good to hear you have found a place that fits your workflow better. I didn't know if you were aware of other stuff or married to MMM, so why I said what I did... never know right. Both of those are great products also.
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Music Makeron 12/11/2017
Music Maker not allowing me to activate instrument
Glad you got your unlock coupon code I would be really pissed if I couldn't use the Samplitutude instruments in Music Maker, considering the cost of ProX3. I would have upgraded to Samplitutude, myself, had I not had such poor support from Magix over Music Maker and MMJ. But I couldn't trust them not to screw me over again, and that's a price bracket where those issues shouldn't occur. I only upgraded to the new version of Music Maker after promising I wouldn't because they're now saying it will have free updates from now on (but then they said that for the previous version and it didn't happen). So there's hope I'll be able to resurrect my old projects eventually. Those the software didn't utterly corrupt. I am hoping this is a sea change at Magix, and that they realise they are losing customers for Samplitutude hand over fist with poor user experience from MMM. Thanks for that, I'm happy I can feel like I have what I should have now in the new MM Edition series. I agree it would be great and make sense to have a Magix content set be open to any compatible product owned. Most probably wouldn't use Music Maker much or at all after upgrading to a more Pro Audio product like Samplitude Pro X, but I am not a hardcore user, a busy studio, or a professional anything to do with music at this point, so for me I see using both moving fwd in my own workflow (at least in theory). Its important to me to just learn it and stop 5 years of shopping around kicking tires. There is a good chance that once I get to using SamProX3, I may indeed not look back, but only time will tell in my case. Sorry to hear you've had that experience over the years. Sounds like you are using Music Maker lots and to its limits as designed. Have you tried Samplitude Music Studio? Its actually amazing and so much like its bigger brother, a bargain really (had that recent X3 sale not come up, SMS would have suited me just fine in reality) . Its much more "serious" as far as production goes compared to the more creative and fun aspect of Music Maker design... sure you have. I don't know you, your workflow or needs, but from what you've said in comments I'd think it would suit your production needs much better, and in a more studio daw type way. If you really like how Music Maker works, I can understand that, is why I updated it and didn't want to just get rid of it after my SPX3 upgrade, but maybe looking to use a 2 daw workflow with either Samplitude MS, or a completely different daw that appeals to you for more the mixing, mastering, and production side might be the best fit for you.... It seems to be that way for many people out there in various daw circles when they are honest and admit they use more than one..... (not often as most know they will be cut to shreds by hardcore group comments, lol).
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Music Makeron 12/11/2017
Music Maker not allowing me to activate instrument
@Luuta I got a coupon to fix my Locked instrument that I should have with Activations also. I think I'm all set now. 6 hour response from Magix with coupon, impressive! @browj2 I did discover that the rest of my locked instruments are indeed part of my SamProX3, but not avail in MMPlus. I pointed that out to Support after comparing lists, so maybe they will someday make them universal across the two products.
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Music Makeron 12/11/2017
Instruments Locked Items and Activation ?'s
Magix Support Responded with a coupon fix for Rock Drums in a little over 6 hours! That's Impressive actually! Magix Rocks! Thanks Team!
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Music Makeron 12/10/2017
Instruments Locked Items and Activation ?'s
Ok, I submitted an official support ticket a few hours ago and have not heard back yet of course.... but...... I figured it out! It is indeed an activation issue in the store with since I have Samplitude Pro X3 now! The five "Locked" instruments I see are indeed offerings in SamProX3 Suite Pkg! Very interesting... and I knew it must have made sense somehow. The exception is Rock Drums is also offered in two of my other Samplitude Music Studio editions yet it shows locked, I think because SamProX3 also has them..... That one should have surely unlocked in applying the Activate Editions codes.As for the other locked ones, if they don't belong in MMM, then I'm ok not putting them there. Maybe eventually all the instruments in SamProX3 will be released to be used in both, but if not, I'm ok with that too :)The 7 showing purchase only are indeed purchase items and not related to my current products, so no worries there.I'm kind of proud of myself that after more and more of searching info and comparing note lists I've made, I finally stumbled upon the answer at the end of my list. Cheers to Greg! lol
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Music Makeron 12/10/2017
Instruments Locked Items and Activation ?'s
Update Report for Magix Team: Went through each of my acct serial numbers to activate the flagged and locked instruments mentioned above (lists) and none of the products unlocked. Actually I got the "You already own all the product and content for this Edition" Error for each one. Obviously I should have the locked items as they are showing associated to my acct, but not recognizing any of my Edition entries....... I do own Samplitude Pro X3 now! Would that be a trigger for the error in any way? I am totally ok with using my 4 MMPlus credits for 4 of the non locked instruments that are left, fair is fair. I will submit a request thru my acct for the "locked" instruments to get freed (qty 5 listed above) :) Looks like this is part of the issue you mentioned to me earlier that you were familiar with @browj2 I tried what I could to see if I could make the issue go away, but looks like I need help getting it corrected after all. Next question is if Ozone 7 within store can be had with credits I have there (4) and nowhere else to use them right now (wonder if they stay in acct if not used so I can use them on future features as they become avail?) . I do have Ozone 8 via the MMPlus pkg, but I'm not so sure it can be used in MMPlus or if it is just avail in Sound Forge Audio Studio 12 alone? Also says I can't use the 2 credits for Vocoder Presets that are showing in my store...... thanks for feedback and reading thru my tests....
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Music Makeron 12/10/2017
Instruments Locked Items and Activation ?'s
Ok, after all of that.... I'm now feeling like I just want to Activate previous Editions and watch what happens..... deal with any questions or issues from there (easier route)..... be back shortly with report!
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Music Makeron 12/10/2017
Instruments Locked Items and Activation ?'s
I'll post it anyways...... :) Items showing locked (currently before entering previous Edition codes) -Analog Synths -Bass Machine -Rock Drums -Urban Drums -Vintage Organ Showing Purchase only, no association to my previous contents/editions activations supposedly (note, have not re-entered previous editions this clean install).... -Concert Guitar -Pop Brass -Saxophonia -Upright Bass -Vibrophone -World Flutes -World Percussion --------- - Deep Vocoders presets - Electronica Hook Vocoders presets --------- - Ozone Elements (7) in Features tab.... (this one I don't think I ever had access too before, plus I have Elements 8 now via MMPlus pkg, yahoo!) --------- - Music Maker Plus Edition (still showing as avail even though I am in store on Activated MMPlus, a bug?) --------- I also have a Soundpool Collection 21 dvd that added all the contents to the list via selection windows, but is only accessible to preview and use when disk is in drive.... Seems like it should have become fixed in soundpool folder after copying files over (which it did)... strange. I hope all this helps Magix Team in someway, while helping myself/others out too! *History note: the other day I tried activating all of my Editions via the Free MM25, it seemed to work great for the most part, but had some missing soundpools, handful of Locked instruments after all versions activated, and I didn't see ANY of the Demo songs from each brought in :( I spent a few 2-4 hours reading info posts and trying to move files around, but in the end it was not working completely... some stuff was not being recognized even though it was sitting right next to other things that were, same folder. As I posted in another thread, I then decided to start from scratch, trust that Magix would work/make work right, and I uninstalled all of my MMM and Music Studio products. Did big housekeeping by removing other daws ( a cool thing right), and cleared about 50+gb of space, did a few defrags, logged online at Magix and purchased MMPlus Edition, and started over clean... adding the PC Check & Tuning demo upon installation (part of the final cleaning house)... This is where I am at as of this moment.. stalling on entering previous activations as most has been recognized somehow (on drive or in acct scan by Magix install?), working great, super speedy, Store credits showing properly, etc. A little cautious to screw it up by entering all my Edition codes ;) ...
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Music Makeron 12/10/2017
Music Maker not allowing me to activate instrument
@gregrband Just thought of something. You can open .mmm files (made with MusicMaker) directly into Samplitude. This is great for things that were started in MM and that you want to continue on in Sam. The inverse cannot be done. John CB Awesome, I was hoping so... part of my sneaky master plan... lol Thanks for letting me know that what I envision for myself, and how I will use all the products together will actually work. extra Cheers John!
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Music Makeron 12/10/2017
Music Maker not allowing me to activate instrument
Hey John, not sure how you interpreted my comments, but I am fairly clear and familiar on the workings of most of all that. Apparently I did have the same issue with Instruments I have had via previous editions showing as locked in store even though I had entered all my owned edition codes of past and it recognized it as mine, but just not authorized (strange). I've since cleared the chalkboard and started all over and so far things are going well. I will have to get back to you to let you know how it goes from here... still working on downloading content, making choices (Plus edition), and then I will get to activating old editions again and see what it does. I have compiled a list of what is showing in the store tabs, how labeled, etc as is anew so I can have a reference to check as I unlock previous editions one step at a time. If I notice something change or not change, I will be able to exactly tell Magix Team at what point it occurred. Helpful to them I hope. Again, as of right now, all is going great for me personally here. I don't plan on using the instruments in MM over in SamProX3 anyway, but sure that might be nice once it gets sorted out. I can export midi files if need be and assign something crazy good in SamProX3 if need be. If an audio file, it shouldn't be an issue exporting as a Wav file or stem to use there for me. Loops and Soundpools, not so sure if I will ever do back and forth trading between them... for me, they are more for quick ideas and fun projects that can be done only in MM for now (especially since they cannot be sold anyway). SamProX3, Sound Forge, and SpectaLayers are all for my eventual more serious creations in my case. Regardless, its good to see you are "on it" and keeping Magix aware of such things, and thanks so much for the continued help and replies my way. I will contact them as you mentioned if I have an ongoing "locked" issue that does not respond to any of my edition codes. I realize many have way more wrapped up in their software dependency, creations, and studio practice than I do, and I'm sorry that some things are frustrating in those situations. For now, I am one of the lucky ones I guess... not lots going on in my studio world to make it dire that a fix is right now.... Compassion for anyone in that scenario... but as I said before elsewhere, I have spent last 5 years digging around, trying and buying a dozen daws, participating in dozens of forums and private groups, etc.... I can confidently say, there is no place, no software, no company, no brand of computer (PC/Apple), no set of end users that are free of concerns, issues, and setbacks along the path. Its everywhere for sure, you name the product, its there. Not that it is to be expected, just saying, its not just here more the point. Magix seems to be way more "on it" in a lot of different categories than many other, dare I say, more well established and popular software companies..... I've tried to get a fix, give an idea/viewpoint, or get some kind of compensation for something/issue at a few places I've been and it hasn't always left me feeling great. I trust your concerns will get sorted out. Yes, I'm doing the Silver Lining thing ;) Cheers
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Music Makeron 12/10/2017
Music Maker not allowing me to activate instrument
@browj2 Ok, thanks John and also sorry to hear that... but for right now, all is appearing to be good in Greg Land with new Magix integration. I don't recall if I ever purchased anything from the store in past, its been awhile. Maybe I'll do an email scan, but they probably don't send email out after store purchases. Wouldn't they show up in in acct at Magix though? If not, they should, a "Store Purchased Content" section in user acct at Magix. :) I'm on a role.... @Luuta Sorry to hear about those problems for you. Maybe it is indeed an isolated issue with some particular hardware... See, thats the issue with PC, unlike Apple, there are a million hardware configurations and suppliers out there for a PC, and I would imagine its impossible to pre-check them all. Hope you get it figured out.
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Music Makeron 12/10/2017
unable to access soundpools from older Music Maker versions
(from another post and thought may be helpful here too) UPDATE: 2a.m. my time last night I finished installing my new MMPlus(2018) fresh install with no other versions loaded, activated my code for it in the "new version" box (at top) of the "Activate Edition" window. Magix properly went thru its work and communication with the store, asked me for my acct login I believe in setup, then ALL DONE! No hangups, No Errors, Speedy Quick, my credits showing in bottom info line in store browswer/tab...... BEAUTIFUL Magix Team! I couldn't ask for it to be any more efficient, easy, or flawless..... It even recognized all my content from previous installed versions (Soundpools) found in proper file locations on drive. I noticed when it was doing setup after I gave it my acct info, it appeared to go thru my acct and PRE-Auth all my instruments and features too!. I don't know this for sure, but I'm pretty certain most all my instruments were there and avail with no Lock icon (remember 2a.m.)! I say this because in particular my Century Guitar was not locked as mentioned yesterday and above. This is huge improvement to my first try with the Free MM25 and having entered previous codes there (lots of locks showing even though said Acquired in info box). Glad I decided to upgrade to PLUS Edition and do a clean install after removing all previous version off drive, trusting that all would be ok after Magix did its job anew/fresh!!! Worked for me at least. Just wanted to share this, give Kudos to Magix Team for all the work getting this idea and new product model up and running so well. ~Happy Camper PS, In addition to cleaning old software off my drive and defrag cleaning multiple times before install of MMPlus, I also opted to try the Magix PC Check & Tuning option upon install. It did its thing, gave me the option to do only what I felt comfortable allowing it to clean, also allowed it to do registry check and cleaning at next startup (check box)... I have to say it made some great improvements. My experience so far is speedy and no issues!!! I would personally recommend giving it a try, even if just for the 30 day trial period (no credit card required)!!! Cheers!
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Music Makeron 12/10/2017
Anyone using the Simplitec products (offered at Magix install) with Win 10?
PS, In addition to cleaning old software off my drive and defrag cleaning multiple times before install of MMPlus, I also opted to try the Magix PC Check & Tuning option upon install. It did its thing, gave me the option to do only what I felt comfortable allowing it to clean, also allowed it to do registry check and cleaning at next startup (check box)... I have to say it made some great improvements. My experience so far is speedy and no issues!!! I would personally recommend giving it a try, even if just for the 30 day trial period (no credit card required)!!! Cheers!
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Music Makeron 12/10/2017
Music Maker not allowing me to activate instrument
@Larry98 @browj2 UPDATE: 2a.m. my time last night I finished installing my new MMPlus(2018) fresh install with no other versions loaded, activated my code for it in the "new version" box (at top) of the "Activate Edition" window. Magix properly went thru its work and communication with the store, asked me for my acct login I believe in setup, then ALL DONE! No hangups, No Errors, Speedy Quick, my credits showing in bottom info line in store browswer/tab...... BEAUTIFUL Magix Team! I couldn't ask for it to be any more efficient, easy, or flawless..... It even recognized all my content from previous installed versions (Soundpools) found in proper file locations on drive. I noticed when it was doing setup after I gave it my acct info, it appeared to go thru my acct and PRE-Auth all my instruments and features too!. I don't know this for sure, but I'm pretty certain most all my instruments were there and avail with no Lock icon (remember 2a.m.)! I say this because in particular my Century Guitar was not locked as mentioned yesterday and above. This is huge improvement to my first try with the Free MM25 and having entered previous codes there (lots of locks showing even though said Acquired in info box). Glad I decided to upgrade to PLUS Edition and do a clean install after removing all previous version off drive, trusting that all would be ok after Magix did its job anew/fresh!!! Worked for me at least. Just wanted to share this, give Kudos to Magix Team for all the work getting this idea and new product model up and running so well. ~Happy Camper PS, In addition to cleaning old software off my drive and defrag cleaning multiple times before install of MMPlus, I also opted to try the Magix PC Check & Tuning option upon install. It did its thing, gave me the option to do only what I felt comfortable allowing it to clean, also allowed it to do registry check and cleaning at next startup (check box)... I have to say it made some great improvements. My experience so far is speedy and no issues!!! I would personally recommend giving it a try, even if just for the 30 day trial period (no credit card required)!!! Cheers!
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Music Makeron 12/10/2017
Music Maker not allowing me to activate instrument
Hello @Larry98 I don’t recall, but I believe it’s supposed to come with at least one of my products of past. I’d really like to get a list to see what each of my products are supposed to have, and then make a totals list of what I should see in Editions version after all the serial numbers are entered, loaded and activated. It’s a bit overwhelming to keep track of eh.... I gave up on trying to find all the demo songs, soundpools and such. I got most of them moved, recognized and activated, but some were not, and I couldn’t figure out where they were. I decided earlier to do a complete reboot of Magix stuff. Uninstalled all MM and SMS stuff, including the new MM25 I was using to activate everything..... upgraded to MMPlus to do the New install of everything with..... haven’t got there yet as I have been busy painstakingly removing a bunch of other music apps and content I won’t be using anymore...... now doing a defrag to clean things up before I start loading all the new MM stuff back on :) But with that said, I really like the process so far! It’s great and I know it will get even better as Magix Team gets it even more streamlined over time. Cheers!
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Samplitudeon 12/10/2017
hello
Welcome !
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Samplitudeon 12/9/2017
Tutorials
Ask @Kraznet , he has compiled a nice list of info and tutorials for a few Suite related products on the Pro Audio forum site! If you find some new ones, be sure to come back and let me/us know!
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Music Makeron 12/9/2017
Music Maker not allowing me to activate instrument
Magix sent me a new activation for Century Guitar, so that's sorted. The software still occasionally blue screens my pc, though, which isn't good, and still says things like 'cannot locate "" ..' when trying to load older projects or music jam projects, instead of actually giving the name of the missing loop and an option to find it. But you are right, the new version is much better than it was 4 years ago. I still can't trust it with my musical projects, though. Maybe in another ten years they will have made it reliable enough for it to be used for serious work. Glad to hear you got the Century Guitar thing worked out. That is one of mine I am trying to figure out too. It shows with the lock icon at times. I will get to figuring it out better before I submit a ticket. I want to make sure I've done it all correctly and have tried everything before I say whats going on. Ive never had a blue screen issue.... that may be an internal memory issue or something.... for kicks run your processing meter in windows and see what it shows when/if that happens again... just a guess/idea. May find its an unknown backgroud program spiking your cpu or taking all your ram for a second or two... I've had that come up before turning a bunch of stuff off that I didn't know about. As for not trusting it with your projects, thats your call alone. In my experience and reading around, there is no music program in existence that doesn't have issues come up or over time, especially at new version or update time periods. All forums are filled with complaints on all software at times, even the big names people say are solid... problem is most daws do a million things, and each user is using it differently and features that nobody else is, so could be solid for most, not at all for some... all the same version til it gets sorted out. just saying. I've tried quite a few programs over past 5 years of playing around and learning about daw and home studio for fun, and I can say they are all great, yet all have issues in one way or another for some as I've seen or experienced myself in some cases. Logic, Studio One, Cubase, Sonar, Pro Tools, etc. Lots of complaints out there for them all for different reasons. Basically comes down to what works for you, what appeals to you about how something works, etc. Not everyone is going to agree. If you are doing serious work projects, maybe consider using MM as a great and familiar creative tool, and export the project at some point into a more serious daw for mixing and mastering.... Samplitude Pro X (even Samplitude Music Studio) here at Magix is a great option since it share the same gui and workflow, or you could see if another product is more suited to your style for work after the creative stuff is put together... I find it fun to see whats out there.
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Music Makeron 12/9/2017
Music Maker not allowing me to activate instrument
Btw, what does the "lock" icon mean in the store if I know I own it in one of my editions? Is this a 32/64 bit issue perhaps? Or a deeper validation issue if a product is not activated separately on a computer in addition to the Edition version taking ownership of it? Thanks in advance!
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Music Makeron 12/9/2017
Music Maker not allowing me to activate instrument
Just reading over this topic as I am knee deep in figuring all this out for myself in the new Edition Activation and transferring of content.... so far pretty good actually, but not without a few hitches. I think this is a great idea and new direction for Magix, yet understand it may be more difficult than we know trying to offer and combine various evolution's of MM and content into one current seamless place, all the while doing authorization checks for each thing to make sure valid. As for Magix as not having a good track record, I'm happy to say that I have had a great experience with them and the support when needed over past few years. Some issues here and there, yes, but I was always met here in forums, or officially by Magix Team with replies to my issues, in some cases the answers or fixes, other times a generous show of making it right to help ease the issue. Keep in mind that sometimes vibe is lost in translation between English speak and the return from someone where English is a second language. It can happen at times everywhere these days. I'd suggest continuing with your official support ticket and explaining to them what you thought and what is not working so far. Never know, they may help you to get a new version of a missing instrument after verifying your ownership for it in first place. Hope this helps offset some of the frustration for you.
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Music Makeron 12/9/2017
Anyone using the Simplitec products (offered at Magix install) with Win 10?
Is the new Platinum version of this any better? anyone try yet? I was using System Mechanic for years and generally happy with it over its evolution, but got tired of the subscription service and ended it. I know there are other companies out there that offer this type of desktop cleaning, but any info here or on another would be appreciated... oh, for win 10 . I mainly miss the ease of one button internet speed test and boost settings, ability to do more than regular defrag and do a drive consolidation by program, and quick scan to see temp files, missing links, system file issues, etc. @browj2
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Music Makeron 12/9/2017
unable to access soundpools from older Music Maker versions
Arg, still working on all this... finding all the demo folders, soundpools, etc.... lots of confusing data to search and move while also reading around here for help.... wish it was easier, but glad it can be done, and happy so far with Magix new Edition consolidation abilities....
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Music Makeron 12/9/2017
Demo songs and collections
Wow, thanks guys! I'm right in the middle of trying to figure all this out on my own machine and get all the content properly located to be visible and functional in MM25 (2018?) and eventually uninstall all the previous programs. Does anyone know if you can also submit multiple Music Studio and Samplitude Music Studio serials within the new Edition Acitvation mode? ... since its technically Music Maker and not Music Studio core?
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Sound Forge PCon 12/9/2017
MAGIX iZotope Ozone 8 Elements
@johnebaker ok, thanks. I will take a look and try to find matches via search.... a little clunky in my experiences, not always easy to find stuff you know you saw talked about before, but I’ll give it a shot and get back to you. Thanks again.
gregrband
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