eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method Volume 1
Piano And Keyboard Method is a powerful and original new approach to building music skills! Interactive lessons and multimedia exercises combine for a clear and easy-to-use learning method!
eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method Volume 1 Accessories
 M-Audio USB Midisport Uno MIDI Interface
E-MU Xmidi 1X1 USB MIDI interface
Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method (Win/Mac)
M-Audio Keystation 61es 61-Key Keyboard
M-Audio SP-2 US65010 Sustain Pedal Piano Style Sustain Pedal for Keyboards
M-Audio Keystation 88ES Midi Controller
eMedia Guitar Method Version 3 (Vol 1) [OLDER VERSION]
Yamaha PKBX2 Double X Portable Keyboard Stand
Emedia Piano & Keyboard Basics
Yamaha UX16 USB-MIDI Interface for Laptops or Desktop Computers
eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method Volume 1 Reviews
And the woman who is featured in the video clips is truly frightening. There are none, essentially. This is so shameful that it makes me think there should a federal agency whose mission it is to keep things like this off the market. MUCH better. I was really hoping to find something along the lines of Mavis Beacon Typing, with games and such to help me work on chord progression and key scales.
If you want to start making music, don't buy this. There's nothing like this. The features in this software are awful. Buy the "Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory". First off, it is a "Director" movie, which means /really/ old software technology, which means adding a high degree of boring and uninteresting user interface.
Its like this product was explicitly designed to invoke all the ugly memories we have of being forced to take all those boring piano lessons with that grouchy old person when we were kids.
Maybe you'll have more luck on a Mac, but I wouldn't suggest this program for anyone running on a new Windows based PC. I didn't even get to the second screen in the introduction. The program is made for low resolution monitors and while you can switch to full screen mode, it just changes your Windows resolution to a very low setting so it fills up the screen. I upgraded QuickTime per their web site's suggestion and that didn't help either. The program crashed everytime I tried to play the videos.
I went through the replacement process, but the second box also contained the same wrong CD. Finally just went to Guitar Center and bought it software works well on the Mac. I ordered this software, but when it arrived, the box contained the CD for eMedia's Guitar Method.
Don't recommend this for youngsters, adults can get still get use out of this program by ignoring the lagging keyboard input and not touching the multimedia/video button. From all the reviews and the product descriptions posted, I was disappointed with the product. I bought this to motivate my 7yr old and to suppliment his formal lessons. The multimedia/video button crashes the program every time - the web site lists getting the latest edition of quicktime - not effective. Unlike Music Ace Deluxe the keyboard input is delayed by 1/2 a second - support recommends buying a new sound card with low latency. I have the guitar version and was very happy with it; the same can't be said for this Emedia product.
The only criticism I would have is the cost of Postage. it was ridiculous, the product came in a big parcel, and inside was a dvd. Excellent service, and the product worked extremely well.
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