When will this be available in stores at "Office Depot" World Wide Kate Watt?

They had MC4 which I already have, but I must ask, if a person were to purchase MC4 right now at a store in the BOX, would they Automatically be entitled to the new upgrade to MC5? Just wondering.....

I am gonna wait until the official MC5 boxed version hits stores eitherway to purchase it.

I would purchase the MC5 right now ONLINE but from the reviews that I have read here on this site, you don't get everything and even for a few bucks less you should be told that in advance IMO.

ORIGINAL: Beagle

yeah - I'm thinking unless CJ takes a hiatus again then there's no hope of me catching up now!

I dunno though - can you give me 500 reasons behind your thinking?

And for clarity - can you give one reason per post

CJ and the Dawg! hey wasn't that a TV show a while back?!?!

Thanks Beagle. I kinda figured that they would wanna sell out there old stock in the stores before re-stocking the new MC5. I think I"ll wait for it to hit stores. I thought about purchasing it from Office Depots online store but to my shock the only thing I could find online was "MC3", I dunno why, and I got that address by clicking on Buying Options I think it was called from this website.

I can live without it for now, I have a lot more to learn, although I am very interested in the drums and the EQ on the track aspect of the program.

Thanks again Reece, and don't be sad about those TN Vols, I think they will be ok this year. It's my GA Dawgs that I'm worried about with a new QB, I mean they are the bulldogs, not the beagles.

Amazon has it available for "prepurchase" right now - shipping May 2.

http://www.amazon.com/cakewalk-10-CWMC5-00-10C-Cakewalk-Music-Creator/dp/B0023RTCMU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1240629929&sr=8-1

Which version of MC do you have, Meadowman? They stopped including Session Drummer after MC 3, I think, so 5 probably doesn't have it, either.

MC5 has Studio Instruments Drums. it's the DRUMS ONLY version of this:
http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/StudioInstruments/

I also had the full Studio Instruments pkg, and I know several of us have commented about how we love the Strings portion so much. So I know the drums are also very good, and when I receive my MC5 I'll be looking for how easy it is to load and bring in the entire SI pkg. (shouldn't be hard at all). I have preordered my MC5 from Amazon so I'm all set to upgrade, and this time I chose to get the box version instead of download. Wanna be sure not to miss anything. Sounds like it won't be long now before we'll have all kinds of hands-on reviews posted!

Since I don't like the new Home Studio 7 upon which MC5 is based, I have to give it 2 thumbs down. I was going to buy MC4 but would not buy MC5.

The chart is OK but it lacks listing what MC5 does not have over what MC4 does have. For the same money I would consider it a downgrade.

I was going to upgrade from Home Studio 2002 to Home Studio 7, but I like what I see in MC5. I work alone in my studio and play all the instruments myself so while I can handle something like SONAR 8 (I've been recording for over 25 years) I'd rather not. I don't need the agravation from learning Pro Tools or Nuendo- I just want something simple with great audio quality.

This neophyte computer-user (in 2002) had very few problems with using Music Creator 2003, and I barely graduated high school. It wasn't that hard to get up and running. What took time was learning the techniques of recording. And I still have a lot to learn.
Music Creator has always been the most basic sequencing program from Cakewalk since it first came out. It allows for fewer audio and MIDI tracks, only 2 simultaneous inputs, fewer effects and processes and fewer plug-ins. The further up the upgrade path you go, there are more soft synths, more effects and processes, the ability to record multiple simultaneous inputs, and the audio engine seems to be improved with each new version.
I can't detail every difference between each version because I don't know them all, and it would be up to the user to decide if the extra $100 or $400 is worth it. It was worth it for me to go to SONAR 6.
If you have specific questions about MC, Pedro, you can always ask in the MC forum and we'll try to help.

no, there's not. if you don't buy the boxed version then you don't get the extra content. sorry - that's the way they decided to market it.

and the differences between the two are listed here:
http://www.cakewalk.com/products/musiccreator/specs.asp

if you're talking about just audio loops then you don't need to scan them for MC5 to use them, they just need to be in a format that windows recognizes (not AIFF) - wave, mp3, those kinds of loops will work in MC5, you just drag them and drop them into a project.

and actually the biggest difference between MC5 download and boxed version is the 100 more sounds included in the Sound Center - those are loops, they're proprietary sounds to be used by triggering them with MIDI thru the soundcenter.

Seriously, I must say that the content they ship is not worth a penny, but hey, the application is great!
Loving it. I have a friend that works professionally with Sonar Studio, and heaps of expensive plugins off course, and he tested my MC5, and the verdict was totally positive, if we don't include the content. But, it's like Lego, you can build on it and use VST plugins that you can later use in Sonar if so is needed.

I must add, that I've also purchased the full Cakewalk Studio Instruments package...

Comparisons, comparisons... MC5 is practically free, compared to other music creating software. Simple? Yes, but in a doable way.
It is possible to learn the interface that is indistinguishable from its bigger brother (SH), still it is possible to use advanced plugins and expand with other compatible packages.

I think it's a great product. Compare it to Steinberg Sequel 2, that targets the same audience, and after trying out both, I must say that Cakewalk has a major lead.
It is targeted at small productions, even one-man-bands, and for that purpose it serves just great.

Well, give me a work in sales, but thats MHO.