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Perform Sing along with background music you create Record vocals or instruments into your mix Change key and tempo on the fly Import your own music from CDs or MP3s Record yourself singing a cappella like a real audition Produce Professional tools polish your performance Layer an unlimited number of music tracks Remix songs and MP3s with the Beatmapper tool Create special effects with reverse audio Show Me How tutorials guide you while you work Share Click Play to preview your song Export songs to personal audio players Burn your own demo CDs Convert songs to MP3 format Save to popular formats for uploading to the web What Is a Loop?
A loop is simply an audio file that repeats itself within your song. For example, a loop can be a drum beat, guitar riff, keyboard part, or vocal sample. With American Idol Extreme Music Creator software, you can create complete songs or custom remixes by selecting and arranging different loops. American Idol Extreme Music Creator software includes more than 800 music loops to get you started.

The Magic of Loops
Loops make it easy for anyone to create music. A loop is simply an audio file that repeats itself in your composition. A music loop can be a drum beat, guitar riff, keyboard part, or a vocal sample. By selecting and arranging loops in different ways, you can create complete songs or killer background tracks in minutes. American Idol Extreme Music Creator software includes hundreds of professionally recorded loops in multiple genres -- the creative possibilities are endless!

Instant Pop Songs
As a special bonus, American Idol Extreme Music Creator includes Randy Jackson's Producer's Pack, a special CD crammed with over 250 music loops. The samples on this CD represent popular genres such as hard rock, soft rock, electro-pop, R&B, hip-hop, and dance. Want to jump right in and record your own single? Open up any of the six prearranged projects and lay in your own vocals. All the building blocks you need to create a hit song are included in Randy Jackson's Producer's Pack. The only thing missing is you!

Learn as You Go
Learn the tricks of the trade by following along with the built-in Show Me How tutorials. These interactive helpers walk you through the basics of loop-based composition, recording, and mixing. Text dialog boxes and guides explain your next step and show you where to click so you can learn and do at the same time.

Features

Fundamentals
Over 600 rock, pop, and hip-hop loops Easy recording of vocals and instruments Show Me How interactive tutorials Unlimited tracks and loops per project Intuitive pick, paint, and play interface Automatic pitch and tempo matching Metronome for playback and record

Mixing and Editing Support for alternate time signatures Beatmapper remixing tool Tempo and key changes MIDI playback DLS sample file support

Export and Sharing Disc-at-once CD burning CD audio extraction MP3 open/save Export to Sony Net MD devices Windows Media 9 support QuickTime support One-click publishing to ACIDplanet.com

Supported File Formats

Supported Formats Opens Saves Macintosh® AIFF (.aif) ATRAC Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding * MIDI (.mid) MPEG-1 Layer 3 (Audio) (.mp3) OGG Vorbis (.ogg) Perfect Clarity Audio� (.pca) QuickTime® (.mov) RealAudio® (.rm) Sony Wave64 (.w64) Microsoft Wave® (uncompressed) (.wav) Windows Media® Audio 9 Series (.wma)

*When exporting to a Sony NetMD player.