| eJay Dance 7 Virtual Music Studio (PC) | 
 enlarge | From: eJay
Category: Software
List Price: £19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 106
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 8 x 2.1
EAN: 5017783025828
ASIN: B000SSKTT6
Release Date: July 30, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Be warned May 12, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought the new Dance Ejay 7, couldnt wait to start using this software as i am familiar with ejay and have always liked their products, BUT, it is not supported on laptops. The other ones use to work fine on my laptop,but, the new ejay 7 doesnt want to work with my vista laptop, So, before you buy ejay 7 make sure if you are using a laptop, it will be supported.
 Amazing value for money August 4, 2007
26 out of 28 found this review helpful
I bought Ejay Dance and Dance 2 many, many, years ago and got a lot of pleasure from those items, so I came to Dance 7 VMS with interest.
The first thing to say is that this package is amazing value for money - it does a lot more than earlier versions and the developers have done a fantastic job.
The .pdx format is gone and instead .wav files are used and the audio-quality of the sounds is excellent.
There are a few instruments and effects [although they're not plug-ins in the sense of VST plug-ins, they do a reasonable job]. There's no midi of course and you wouldn't expect it for this price.
The interface is very impressive looking - much more slick than the earlier versions.
There is also a lot more versatility because you can import your own samples [actually I haven't worked out how to do this from my sample cds - I can load the wav files onto the sample palette in file manager, but they never show in song mode so I think I am doing something wrong here - but let's just say I didn't find that bit very intuitive. ]
OK - so what are my reservations? Well it is a less 'immediate' then the earlier versions. Although the audio quality is impressive, the loops themselves are - well a bit dull - I found it harder to build a pumping track than I did on the earlier versions. The interface does look really good, but it isn't that practical. So for example, when you have chosen your loops and are arranging them in the song, there are no text names on the loops themselves, just a sort of cool muted design. To see the names you, have to move your mouse over the loops, one by one, and this takes ages when you are just scanning the song area for the one you want. The rest of the interface is similar - even with the tool tips it isn't that easy to get around. The help files aren't great that great either.
The naming of the drum loops is, I'm afraid, a weakness. There are an impressive 192 house drum loops, [and 128 more trance loops] and they are quite varied, but they are named house drums 001, house drums 002.... house drums 192. Naming is hard I know, but can't you even give us a clue?! Its hard to remember which loop you want to go back to when it is just a number from 1 - 192. To be fair, you can rename them yourself though once you have got them on the palette, and when you rename a loop on the palette, all the instances in the song take on the same name - neat!
So would I recommend this? Well yes! - despite my reservations - it is still a worthwhile product and probably, unlike the earlier versions where you sort of exhausted them after a few weeks, I think this one will reward you because there is quite a lot of depth to what you can achieve, with patience. I would probably give this 3.5 stars if half stars are allowed. 4 is a bit generous, but 3 would be a bit stingy.
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