The DN-e1 module, new in Samplitude Music Studio 2014, is advertised as a “spectacular high-end synthesiser”. If there’s a disappointment, it’s the headline instruments. The option of switching between five customisable workspace layouts mitigates the frustration of trying to fit everything on screen, and the ability to fully customise both keyboard shortcuts and mouse behaviour is another big plus. Vocal Tune offers convenient control and guarantees reliable correction of off-key notes in vocal recordings or from solo instruments while maintaining the. In fairness, though, most digital audio products have their foibles, and once you get the hang of Samplitude’s conventions, it’s admirably quick and easy to make edits and configure instruments. Beginners and the general public alike deserve much better than this.
Some panels can be moved around and docked to the edge of the screen, but they don’t snap to intelligent places, so valuable space is wasted – and, maddeningly, the floating Mixer panel can’t be docked at all. 2014 hasn’t started yet and we are already waiting for the 2015 version, hoping that Magix which is capable of very nice things like Samplitude and Sequoia offers a Music Maker worthy of its name and doesn’t just shine due to its outdated marketing. To do so, however, you’ll need to fight through Samplitude’s bewildering front-end: even the default “easy” workspace is dotted with cryptic controls in seemingly random fonts and styles, and occasional labels and tooltips in untranslated German don’t help.
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