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Super Duper Music Looper | 
 enlarge | From: Sony Creative Software
Category: Software
List Price: $19.95
Our Price: $8.62
You Save: $11.33 (57%)
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 3014
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows
Genre: PRODUCTIVITY
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.3
MPN: 100722
Model: SSDML1000
UPC: 855309736514
EAN: 0855309736514
ASIN: B000AG5SB0
Release Date: May 6, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 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 |
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Product Description
Item #: 40825B. Super Duper Music Looper software is a fun, easy way for children to learn the basics of music making and recording. Kids don't have to know how to read or play an instrument to make their very own songs. Using the big buttons, simple tools, and musical building blocks called loops; anyone can create fun, catchy tunes in minutes. Product Description
Super Duper Music Looper - complete package
Category: Games
Subcategory: Games - miscellaneous / entertainment / educational
License Type: Complete package
ESRB Rating: Everyone (6+)
License Qty: 1 user
License Pricing: Standard
Platform: Windows
Package Type: Retail
Compatibility: PC
OS Required: Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 10
 twice bitten September 12, 2009
L. Michaelis (NEW ORLEANS)
this is the second time I've bought this software and the second time it wont open on any of the computers I have (3 of them). I bought the sony version and gave it to my nephew and it worked fine.
doesn't work with Vista, no help from Sony March 26, 2009
Ya Only Live Once (Texas)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wish I could use this program, but it doesn't work with Vista, and Sony couldn't help me! The fix they recommended didn't help, and they had no other suggestions. Don't buy it unless you have XP or earlier.
won't install, no tech support March 9, 2009
Rod Gilchrist (Pacifica, CA, USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this product for my son after he was introduced to it through a school project. After installing it I was unable to register the product and therefore it wouldn't run. After hours of searching I found a registration update and was successful at registering it. But it would crash whenever it would launch. I contacted their technical support and have been waiting almost a month to hear from them! It won't run on XP (although it's supposed to) and technical support is non-existent. Save your money and the headaches.
 Easy and fun, if you know how to create and mount ISO files April 23, 2008
Brian C. Hagerty (Minneapolis, MN USA)
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!
 Music Looper - a real hit January 7, 2008
Angelique (CLINTON, Tunisia)
This was a Christmas gift we purchased for our 8-year-old son who loves music. He was reluctant to try it, as he thought it'd be too hard to use. Once he got started on it, he plays it about 1 hour per day. He makes his own songs & saves them to the hard drive. We also save them as .wma files, so windows media player can use them. He's used the e-mail feature (with some help) to send his music creations to grandparents. We've also copied them over to his PSP (Sony Playstation Portable) and he takes them on-the-road on road trips & shared them with kids while at daycare during Winter Break. Most of his songs have a lot of drums & word-phrase looping, but that's how he likes it. He starts off a new song w/drums, guitars, bass, etc. & adds word loops here & there. It's really easy for him, as he just picks what type of instrument from a pick list & then scrolls through all the possibilities (many looping sounds from each instrument to pick from). You use a paintbrush to paint in that sound on a staff-like group of bars to the right & you repeat this again w/another instrument. You can see all your music at once & where each instrument sound starts & stops (which can have many of each). This is a great computer game & we've found so many more uses for the created music (like background music for a computerized photo album). We haven't tried the RECORD feature, as we don't have a microphone on the PC, but he'll probably be singing to that once we buy one. It was really easy for him to use & his 6-year-old sister can use it with a little help too. You can change the tempo & key the masterpiece is played in & the volume of each individual instrument playing. This was well worth the money we spent.
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