I am thinking to buy Music Creator 5, does it have a paper manual and how long and detailed is it? While I am no nerd,I don't like skimpy manuals

http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft/download.htm


Here is the best bang for the dollar recording software..It also comes as a host program and VST's included...all for under $100...I use it instead of my $400-$700 programs...

Free 7 day trial download makes it easy to try..

Hi Fran,yes it seems really good value. But does it comes with a detailed paper manual,or just with a pdf manual?

I found that I learn far better and faster with a paper manual....I can underline things and take notes. Unless I do that,I learn nothing

oh,sorry,I thought you were talking about the same software. What you mentioned seems interesting,I'll have a look,thanks

Do you have a printer? The whole point of providing a pdf manual is that you can use it on your computer or print it out on paper. Sure you have to clip the pages together but you still have a hard copy to read or underline. Plus doing it like that drops the price of the software.

A paper manual will depend on how you buy the software. If you purchase it online from the Cakewalk download store, you will not get a manual on paper. If you purchase it in a sealed box from a retail store, you will get a paper manual.

Music Creator 5 also comes with a couple of really neat VST instruments. I don't know about pricing in your locale, but at my store, we sell this for £42.49. It is a very cheap piece of software and does most/lots of the good stuff that a full copy of Sonar does. Nothing too fancy mind!

With regard to PDF manuals... again there are many advantages to them. First, you haven't had to chop a tree down to print it, and you don't need to waste all that expensive ink the printer manufacturers make you buy. Second... and here's the great bit... modern pdf manuals have hyperlinks in them. So if you see a reference to another page, you can just click where it says it, and it automatically jumps to the correct page. I have PDF manuals for all my Roland gear as a result, because it is very handy too. Unfortunately the PDF manual for the Yamaha HX-1 I own is just a scanned copy of an old paper manual, so there are no hyperlinks and no search of the text etc. Just as well I know it pretty well inside out!