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Support terrible software, buy this game.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 64 / 72
Date: November 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I made the mistake of purchasing the XBox Music Mixer. It's terrible. First, let me get the good points out of the way:

-Jpeg Decode is quite fast and the transitions are pretty good.

-Karaoke would be ok if the Mic didn't suck.

-When you do manage to view a visualization full-screen, they look pretty good. I suspect that they are just a port of some WMP vizualizers.

Now, the bad points, of which there are many:

* The Microphone doesn't work properly. You have to cup your hand around it and nearly kiss the thing to get it to pick anything up.

* When it does pick up your voice, there's a distracting delay.

I didn't buy it for the karaoke, so if these were the only problems, then I could deal with it. but:

* In order to transfer music or photos, you have to have a passport account to download the transfer tool. This is annoying and unnecessary.

* When you transfer music, it doesn't allow you to recursivley transfer directories.

* If you transfer mp3's, it takes forever to "prepare" the files for transfer, I suspect that it's transcoding them to WMA -- lossy on top of lossy != good sound. This is also the only reason they require WM9 installed on the PC.

* There's no reason they shouldn't allow you to just play files off of windows shares, over the network.

* The back of the box plainly states HDTV output, but it does no such thing. It puts out 4x3 480p which is definitely NOT HD. (Neither is anamorphic 480p which Microsoft also touts as HD -- liars). This is inexcusable. They really missed the boat by leaving this out and misleading the customer.

* Photos look like... garbage on this thing.

* The UI is non-intuitive and poorly designed. For instance, in order to copy files from the PC, you first have to prepare the files on the PC. Once that's done, you have 5 minutes to start the transfer to the XBox. On XBox you go to the import menu, where the only option is "PC". In order to rip songs from a CD, the natural place to do it would also be from this "Import" screen where there should be another entry, "CD". But there's not. You have to go to the music playback screen, somehow find your way to the "CD" and click the hidden-in-plain-sight record button.

* The "Rave" mode is interesting for about 30 seconds then it's just dumb.

* The Visualizers for the music are ok (probably just ported from WMP), but after you select one, it takes you back to the tracklist, which you have to dismiss with two button presses to get the visualizer full screen. If you don't like it, you have to start over.

* There's no way to browse the photos that you've uploaded on the box, only view slideshows. When you change settings during the slideshow, it restarts the slideshow.

* If you log on the Live to check for downloads, it has to reboot the XBox before you can resume using the XBMM.

So please, don't buy this thing. I'd rather not encourage the developers to keep making fourth-rate software.

my GOD! I should have listened to you Amazon reviewers...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: December 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When I first read some of the negative reviews on Amazon, I figured I'd buy it anyway and try it out before succombing to the overall negativity of this product. My wife had been wanting the XBOX Music Mixer for as long as I could remember... and so I finally decided I'd get it for her for Christmas. When it arrived... LOW AND BEHOLD! It is the worst XBOX purchase I've ever made, besides Microsoft's Michael Jackson game (that's a joke, guys...). The MIC volume is barely audible, even with the volume jacked all the way up, and the "voice-ripping" technology they claim is a crock of pungent coo poo---it doesn't rip worth... The rave and display modes are interesting for the first 30 seconds... then it's like watching Mr. Rogers re-runs. All in all, YOU WILL HAVE SEVERE BUYER'S REMORSE IF YOU BUY THIS P.O.S.!!! You have been warned!!! Don't make the same mistake I made...

Avoid; Pricey and Disapointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Terrible in almost every way. Not HD (as claimed), ugly UI, overpriced and poor quality karaoke tracks, difficult to use, and poorly integrated with existing Windows networks. This is a product that cries out for seamless integration with your home music library which the current Xbox deliberately avoids. The few karaoke tracks that are available are overpriced and not what anyone really wants to play with anyway.

What a POS, do NOT waste your time

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: January 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was hoping to find a simple way to play mp3s across a network on the xbox. This product looked promising. I realized that it would not stream the music from a share but rather require importing, however I thought I would give it a try.

What a horrible, horrible product. I am giving it one star becauae it at least has potential.

Microsoft, listen up. This product sucks. Its interface is horrible, its too cludgy, doing simple things are not simple.

For instance, transfering songs onto the unit works with id3 tags. I hate this. Let it work with file names for frig sakes. I dont want to sort by album or genre, I want to be able to sort by folder!

Piece of crap. [...]

BUY THIS IF YOU WANT CANCER

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 16
Date: February 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Read the bottom of the package when you get it- specifically says "wash your hands" after use to avoid cancer. Real nice.

GARBAGE

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: January 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this because it said I could transfer MP3 and pictures to my xbox. This has been done successfully three times. I repeatedly have problems with it not being able to connect to my PC. The interface is clunky. Save your money and get a linksys media adapter. This is but another example of Microsoft stealing a good idea and ruining it.

con artists

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: February 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Buyer beware. The photo of this product shows a microphone and states it comes with a case and manual. My son order this and got a scratched disk in an envelope. No CASE, No Manual, and no microphone. Try to find someone to contact on the Amazon home page. Go Ahead I dare you. I will never purchase anything from Amazon again.

a dj from Brooklyn n.y.c

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 13
Date: October 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I dont have a x-box my question is can I make music (beats) on the x-box M.M. or this a very expensive karaoke machine? I have asked every one about music mixer. and no one knows. Can I make music on it besides using the karaoke machine? is it like the MTV Music generator1&2/Music Maker/ejay Club World for playstation and I understand Playstation is coming out with a karaoke verision./..so is it worth it to get an X box for music mixer? I hope some one could answear my question?

Don't waist your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: April 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Everybody is saying that the reason why they bought this was to put their music on their Xbox, well I've got a better idea. Simply burn your music onto a CD-RW (not CD-R) and you will be able to play your music that was on your computer on your Xbox.

MP3 Importer Cloaked by Worthless Trash of a game.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: August 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My mother bought this for the family since it had to do with Karaoke and one could sing into a microphone and hear their voice out of the Television for all to admire or painfully listen through because they love you. And maybe do some of the many "options" available while you're at it. But the reason I liked this game is the option to import MP3's and WMA's onto the Xbox. Unfortunately, except for the importer, this game is a heedlessly made abnormality trying to make it on the karaoke scene. Be Warned: This game is NOTHING like the hit Karaoke Revolution on the PS2. In fact, it is not even close to it at all. Sadly, I am too late with this warning for consumers. So many of you are most likely disappointed with this game. But with the cheap genius that is Microsoft, they took out a page from a little game called Madden 2002. Where EA made very few changes to the game at all, yet they just put on the Madden trademark and they had turned trash into gold. Just substitute few changes to Windows-style eye candy and Madden trademark with an MP3 Importer, and you have a match made in heaven! And even worse than this is that people have bought this game and they will continue to buy this game only for the Importer. It is Sheer Madness!!!!

Pros: 1. The MP3 Importer (Finally fixes the infamous unreadable CD-RW problem on the Xbox)

2. Windows-Style Eye Candy (SO distracted)

Cons: 1. Windows-Style Eye Candy (SO hypnotizing)

2. Actual songs, but very cheesy versions of them (If we wanted this, we'd torture ourselves with Kidz Bop!!!)

3. Very Limited Video making capabilities.

4. Songs downloadable for $5 (like any poor sap would download them anyway?)

5. WIll cost more money for Peripherals for Importing (you first have to download the PC exporter off the internet (free), but the System link cable for connecting the two will cost you $30!)

6. And the worst sin of all for a Karaoke game: You can barely hear yourself out of the speakers!!!!!! Even with the mic set on the highest volume you still can barely hear yourself over the voices (hey, maybe they were saving the family members from certain torture) But as I said, Sheer Madness!!!!!

Final Verdict: The only reason you are ever going to come along this game in the future is for the MP3 importer and only for the MP3 Importer. This is NOT a party tool, that Abominaton that is named Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is a better party tool than this (Okay, maybe i'm stretching it way too far, let's just leave it at Halo) But yes, If you have MP3's and you want to put them on the Xbox, this is your only option (makes me sad to say that.)

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