This is another fantastic program by Acoustica. Seems like anything they design comes out gold! When our club’s program chairman needed someone to do this review, I figured why not? My husband plays the guitar, so maybe this would be a program that he could help me with. Talk about losing a husband for hours at a time. This software is so much fun and easy to use that it is impossible not to love it.

O.K, I am going to be brutally honest about his playing. He is good, but no Chet Akins. After laying down some of the tracks that I just dragged and dropped for him, he started to add his own music. It is amazing how good he sounded until I started to add my singing to this track. We had such a good time creating the “Good time Grandparents”.

This is a software program that does not require you to be a professional in order to use or understand how to use it. Once you open the program, just decide on the instruments that you want to use to create the sound track, then add the rhythm and tempo of your choice. In other words, you can have the background music playing for a while before your recording session starts. Again, just drag the measure bar to the area you want the pick-up to start.

By creating an MP3, you can then use your own creations to add to a digital video that you create with your own pictures. This is really fun if you are into digital imaging.

Mixcraft 3 is software from the Acoustica company, and sells for $49.95. You can visit their website at www.acoustica.com to download a free trial of this program, or to read more about this software. I have personally seen the software “Band in a Box,” which costs several hundred dollars, and do not think it can hold a candle to Mixcraft 3 for ease of use or bang for your buck.