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Ferdinando Addison

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Aug 3, 2024, 4:11:52 PM8/3/24

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I just purchased the Music Maker Premium Edition with MP3 deluxe 19 & Music Studio 2016, bundled supposedly with "at least" 8 instruments of my choice yet inside the Music maker there are only 8 (not so good) selection that you can choose for your instruments. I wanted to choose the ones in the website and the reason why I went premium - yet it wont allow me...

Sorry, I don't follow you. The instruments, all of the ones that are in your link, are either in the program or available for purchase (or free download) under the Instruments tab. Scroll down and you will see "Expand your collection," followed by all of the instruments that you don't have. You should already have, by default, Concert Grand LE, Vita 2 (with many instruments inside of it) and Revolta 2, assuming that you completed the installation. If you have older versions of MMM with instruments, these should also be shown automatically. If not, you can Activate the prior version within this new version (see under Help for Activate) and it will install whatever instruments came with it.

So, first make sure that you have all of the legacy instruments, the 3 new ones, then select additional instruments under the Instruments tab (under Expand your collection) until you have used up your 8 choices. I had almost all, so I have a few choices left over, hoping that Magix will come up with a few more new instruments soon.

The link you posted is outdated for the new music maker. I can't see your problem. On the store you have the exact same instruments. All of the 24 from the link you posted are also in the in-app store. There are also more in the in-app store (34 instruments)

Thanks browj2, I installed MMM with no error but in the "expand collection" its only showing a very limited selection. I can't see any more interface to see everything- I do know that Vita 2 and Vital instruments have more ( I use samplitude Pro X3 suite) I just don't want to buy the additional instruments at $39.99 each.

And can you please tell us your current version number? Click on help and than on something like "about music maker" (I can not tell you the exact name, since I use the german version)

And can you please make the mediapool a little bit wider so we can see more of it.

Weirdest thing is that when I open MMM the "Activate Edition" is red, like I did not activate it so I tried it again and it says that the serial number is already activated and I downloaded everything...

As you know, if you select Vita from the list (clicking on the + at the left of the track) you get another list of instruments within Vita. This is separate from the other full instruments that you either received with the program or can buy.

You are right, the list of instruments available to purchase is not the same in the English as in the German version. I have the same limited list. Something is wrong. We should each point this out to Magix in a ticket.

I don't have all of the instruments that were working in the previous version (2017 Premium) and that had been installed with MusicMaker over the years, plus the two instruments that I purchased separately previously. Something is wrong there as well.

Note that the new instruments that I added with this version (I added 3 out of the 8) do not work in Samplitude Pro X3, whereas before, any instruments that were installed, worked. I will include this in my ticket.

Worse, Magix has a proprietary format for soundpool loops now, with the extension .mxcOGG. They don't work in anything but the newer versions of MMM. They should work across all Magix products, including Samplitude, MusicStudio and the video editors. I will also raise this.

I already had all of the soundpools that are on the 4 CD's of Soundpool Collections. So this was a waste. Magix is recycling old stuff that was already included in Premium versions previously. I'm not happy with this at all. There was precious little benefit to me for "upgrading."

I have sent an email inquiring about these "limitation" and appearing to be false advertisement. I have been an avid supporter of Magix since Music Studio 10 and purchased the European version Samplitude Music Studio and eventually to Pro X3. I do know their limitation on technical support but I'm hoping (today) it improved.

I got the world flutes and you're right it did not work in Pro X3 and neither in the bundled Music Studio this MMM "premier" edition. I think I'll stick with Kontakt from now on but still hoping (more rooting) for Magix to turn around- I hope I dont be one of the guys in the Samplitude Forum and left the platform altogether due to frustrations.

A little late to the conversation, however, I see no mention of this in the topic and not having the v25. upgrade yet, is there an option to download and install free extras under Help, Update program/Upgrade functions, Download free synthesizer and sound packages . . . .?

I added some instruments to C:\ProgramData\MAGIX\Music Maker\25\MxSynth from the previous version by copying the ini and shortcut files. They show up in MMM2018 but trying to use them brings up an alert that the library is not activated, followed by Magix Vita - File not found, as usual for non-activated instruments. However, these instruments work fine in everything else - MMM2017 and Samplitude.

I activated not only 2018, but 2016 Live and MMP(2017) and 2015 Premium. This is very convoluted as the program downloaded and uninstalled/reinstalled all instruments that were purchased with these editions. I thought that all instruments would show up as usual, but they didn't. Those purchased with earlier versions or special version or MusicStudio or Samplitude MusicStudio did not show up, nor did the 2 that I purchased separately. For the latter, I can find no way to even try to activate them.

John CB do North America (incl USA) have a different version than Germany like Horti? I would think when they are testing the different versions- only the languages would be different and should be QC before release. I sent an email regarding my disappointment. Horstis2's German version seems to be working.

Something is wrong with our version as all of the instruments that we don't have should show up under Store, Instruments. Note that those that we don't have should all show up, but they don't. Under Store, with the dropdown showing "More instruments," click on the gear and you can toggle "Show purchased items." One way shows the purchased instruments, the other shows available for purchase items and any that are there for Update, as is the case for me for Vita Sample. It shows Update and it is free.

In MMM2017, on my laptop, I don't have all of the instruments loaded that I have on my desktop. I have more showing for purchase than those that show up for purchase in MMM2018 on my desktop, but I have less instruments in 2018 than in 2017. I also noticed that in 2017 on the laptop (without 2018 installed), the instruments purchased under 2018 show up as available for download, free.

Instead of the download of Free synthesizer and sound packages that was under Help, everything is done under Store. Anything that did not get downloaded and installed is available under Store, including presets and functions. As far as I can tell, anyone who has the free version can purchase additional functions as required. Of course, this could quickly be much more expensive than simply purchasing the Plus or Premium version.

I got thrown out again, before posting, but I had done a copy all before trying to post. Also, often while writing up the reply, it freezes. I then have to click on open another tab in Edge or another tab, then go back before being able to continue writing. Sometimes when I click on another tab, it splits it off into a new instance of Edge. Have you had this problem?

I have had issues with Edge, though not the above, and will not use it. I normally use Firefox (or Chrome when required). I was only thrown out once while using FF, when several users were having problems with being logged, and have had no issues since.

I'm lucky in that I've managed to transfer my instruments from versions 2013, 14, 15, 16 1nd 17 to version 18. However I've encountered another issue and as yet, Magix haven't got an answer for me. The responded very quickly though. Credit for that.