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Beat Maker Online - How Good Is Sonic Producer?

Written by Neil Hunter Friday, 11 December 2009 08:58

With technical advances, mixing music and making beats has moved online from being just the domain of the traditional methods. Using paid membership sites, companies have set up their software on their own servers, providing a beat maker that is accessed online. This is a very competitive market and Sonic Producer has emerged in recent times, garnering a lot of interest and attention. So what exactly does this software provide the user and is it value for money? This review attempts to answer those questions.

With technical advances, mixing music and making beats has moved online from being just the domain of the traditional methods. Using paid membership sites, companies have set up their software on their own servers, providing a beat maker that is accessed online. This is a very competitive market and Sonic Producer has emerged in recent times, garnering a lot of interest and attention. So what exactly does this software provide the user and is it value for money? This review attempts to answer those questions.

Sonic Producer is a music sequencer with mp3 export capability. Sonic Producer also features music production tutorials with different keyboards, studios as well as tutorials on how to use the Sonic Producer application. All this is available online through the "members area" and contains everything including the software, sounds and the system of video lessons and documentation. The members section is full of tutorials with production lessons in Logic, ProTools, software instruments, keyboards and much more. You will also get to download your high quality beats and instrumentals and show off the beats you make with Sonic Producer.

As always, there is an element of subjectivity when trying to assess the functionality of a system like Sonic Producer. Whilst it may be tempting to compare Sonic Producer to that of professional grade consoles and software, in truth it is not a fair comparison. Professional consoles and software will always have the edge over an online system like Sonic Producer, so this review really focuses on how the software fairs against the other systems which make beats online. In this respect, Sonic Producer fairs very well as it has many of the music mixing essentials not seen in other online beat making software websites. The music sequencer consists of sixteen tracks, each having it's own separate volume controls. The user can control the tempo of the music by changing the the number of beats per minute . The sequencer also includes an integrated virtual keyboard and drum pad. Although this would seem like a limited feature set compared to console music mixing software, this is more than many of Sonic Producer's online competition.

The sample library is definitely a strong part of the Sonic Producer package. Console beat making software, and to a lesser extent other software for making beats, are known for having sample and sound libraries of limited variety and variable quality. Sonic Producer has an extensive sample library, consisting of thousands of music samples of very high quality. Sonic Producer works on all computers and operating systems. It does not matter if you have a PC, Mac or other platform. If you have any troubles using the sequencer, drum machine, playing videos or entering the members area, simply send their staff an email and they should be able to help you.

Sonic Producer is very affordable when compared with other beat maker software on the market. The other key point is that although the Sonic Producer System is accessed through a membership site, monthly payments do not apply. Some online sites, however, charge their users on a monthly or yearly basis to keep using their software.

The lifetime subscription to Sonic Producer is offered at a special introductory price of only $29.95. The large and high quality of the sample and sound library, together with the many other strong features within the Sonic Producer software, make it the first choice for novice musicians or for those people looking to explore a new direction in their music.