I can't sing. It's something my closest friends, family and drinking partners have known for some time, so it was little surprise to find a piece of software confirming it. But that's exactly what Singing Coach ...

Among the latest raft of releases from budget software specialists GSP come these three applications, courtesy of a team-up with Ulead Software. First, there's Burn.Now 1.5 SE. The clue here is in that 'SE' suffix, as ...

Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny didn't compose his latest album 'The Way Up' using paper and pen but instead, like so many composers, he did the job with Sibelius 3 on his Apple Mac. Sibelius is chuffed ...

Sometimes a software company comes up with an excellent idea and then does something irritating that shoots itself in the foot. That's what's happened here with Magix's Ringtone Maker, a package that theoretically allows you to ...

Given that plenty of companies will happily relieve you of a couple of quid for a new mobile phone ringtone, a simple software application that can help you make your own could have substantial appeal. It's ...

Calling MP3 Music Suite a suite is, to be blunt, a bit of a deception. Calling it four programs bunged onto a CD is far closer to the mark. For a suite, by its very nature, ...

Navigation software has been around for PDAs for a while now, as an add on, as part of a hardware and software bundle, and even in a couple of cases involving PDAs with a GPS antenna ...

Though the debate over the value of inkjet ink cartridges will run and run, there's little doubt that they're pricey. Typical costs for the four coloured inks in a general-purpose inkjet printer is £40 to £60; ...

With the plethora of media available to record sound and vision, there's a real need for software that is especially friendly to the first-timer wanting to capture their favourite tunes, videos and presentations on disc. To ...

Anyone used to the plethora of ZX Spectrum emulators on the market will get an immediate culture shock should they choose to buy a copy of Amiga Forever. Whereas programs emulating the former platform are generally ...

Music production software often abandons conventional notation, but to share your music with others, such notation is still the most universally acceptable form. Conventional notation is by no means simple and a program designed as a ...

Ever had the joy of an interior design company coming and planning some home improvement for you? Noticed the way they bring along a laptop laden with some clever program that churns out a design you ...

Music can make your heart sing, it's the food of love, it lightens the very soul. But not if your poor old scratched and battered vinyl has more snap, crackle and pop than the Rice Krispie ...

Finding a strong application to do a job isn't necessarily a case of heading to your nearest PC World replete with a Visa card that's been warned to expect the worse. The growth in broadband Internet ...

Product advertising gumph can often make pretty wild or nonsensical claims - such is the nature of the business. "Yes, your brain can be washed whiter than white with new Supernova Suds - please rush me ...

Have you ever played a computer game and thought "This is rubbish. I could do much better than this (if I could program, draw, write music, etc.)"? So have we, but somehow we've never really had ...

As you can probably guess from the title, this is an MP3 utility program aimed at beginners to the world of music on the PC. Do we need more MP3 programs, given the fair few out ...

Instead of the usual track window view, with Cutting Edj you are presented with a bank of 16 rectangles. Each of these can be loaded with a sample and then matters get interesting. Basically, you can ...

'Aciiiiidd' was the hip cry (or not) of the music scene many years ago and it's now become the name of a rather prominent series of music packages on the PC. Developed by Sonic Foundry, this ...

You'll have the hippest hops around, or so FastTrak reckons, with its music package Hip Hop eJay 2. It's the snappily-titled follow up to the original Hip Hop eJay, and cultured fans are no doubt begging ...