Super Duper Music Looper From:Sony , Sony Creative Software ,
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0855309736514
Format: CD-ROM
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Weight: 200 hundredths-pounds
Label: Sony Creative Software
Manufacturer: Sony Creative Software
Model: SSDML1000
Packaged Height: 130 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 760 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 30 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 540 hundredths-inches
Platform: Windows XP
Platform: Windows Vista
Platform: Windows
Publisher: Sony Creative Software
Release Date: 2008-05-06
Studio: Sony Creative Software
Feature:
- Fun, easy way for kids to make their own music on the computer
- Big buttons, simple tools, and musical building blocks called loops
- 100s of real instrument sounds such as drums, keyboards, guitars, and horns
- Plug a microphone into computerÆs sound card and software will record
- Includes 10 demo songs; microphone not included; for ages 6 to 9
Product Description:
Sony's Super Duper Music Looper is the fun way to create music. Wake up your child's creative talents by giving them a full recording studio to work with; They'll have a great time recording over their favorite songs or makingup new ones. Everything they need to make music is here: Pick from nine instruments, mix them together and create a complete song in minutes. Kids can record their own vocals, e-mail songs to friends and be as creative as they want. They'll even watch wacky animation as they dance to the music. Best of all, they don't need to know anything about music. All they need is Super Duper Music Looper, a PC, and a little imagination.
Customer Reviews:
 Easy and fun, if you know how to create and mount ISO files, 2008-04-23
I got this to goof around with and to consider letting my 3-year-old daughter play with. The program is probably too advanced for my daughter, though I'm sure it's usable by some 4 and 5 year olds (it's recommended for ages 6 to 9). But I find it pretty fun, and it seems like, even for an adult, a good first step toward using Sony's Acid products. So I recommend it, but with reservations.
As another reviewer noted, the program expects you to have the CD inserted (the loops -- the building blocks of the songs -- are on the CD). This is a huge drag. There's a way around it, but it requires some computer savvy. Specifically, you have to copy an image (an ISO file) of the installation CD to your hard drive, then "mount" that image so that your computer thinks the CD is in your drive. You can then run Super Duper Looper and, when it asks where the CD is located, you can point it to your mounted ISO file. I'll try to explain briefly how this can be done with free software in Windows XP SP2.
You need two pieces of software: (1) an ISO-creation program, and (2) an ISO-mounting program.
You can get a free ISO-creation program called ISO Recorder from http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/ . Make sure you look at the programmer's how-to page at http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/HowTo.htm to see how to use it (when you install ISO Recorder, you won't find a shortcut to it, because it is just a shell extension, as the how-to explains). This will allow you to create an ISO image -- i.e., a file on your hard drive -- of the Super Duper Looper installation disk. You can save it wherever you want; next you need to mount it.
For mounting the ISO in Windows XP, you can get a free program from Microsoft (it's not officially supported but seems to work fine) called the Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for XP. Go to this URL and search for "virtual CD" and you'll see a link to it: http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/faq/ . Instructions for installing and using the Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel are in the README.TXT file that comes with the program.
Note that when you run Super Duper Looper after installing it, and after creating and mounting the ISO of the installation disk, you will need to manually type in Super Duper Looper's dialog box the drive letter you assigned to the ISO file when you mounted it. (The drop-down list in Super Duper Looper's dialog box will only show you the letters of your actual CD or DVD drives; since the ISO file is really a virtual CD drive, you need to manually enter the drive letter.)
Note: If you're running Vista, you should still be able to create and mount an ISO of the Super Duper Looper installation disk. There's a version of ISO Recorder available for Vista. You'll need a different ISO-mounting program, though, since the Virtual CD Control Panel mentioned above is for XP only. I think a program called Virtual Clone Drive (Google it) will work, but I haven't tried it.
Also: I don't know whether Sony would argue that this violates their copyright. I don't think it should -- it seems like it's obviously fair use -- but if you're worried about that sort of thing, consult a lawyer. (I'm a lawyer, but I'm not YOUR lawyer, and this review is not legal advice.)
Good luck!
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