Zynewave Podium vs Magix Music Maker

Most DAWs suffer from software bloat, with constant updates adding unnecessary features. Not Podium. This makes it easier to focus on making music.

The piano roll is excellent.

Using the navigator at the top of the screen, Podium users can click and zoom, adjust the edges of the viewed area, or click a programmable button to the left of the navigator that jumps to a selected view.

Mice with 4-way scroll wheels are compatible with Podium.

Zynewave plugins use custom editors that are built in to the inspector's rack panel, allowing users to adjust settings without having to open a new window.

MAGIX regularly releases new sample libraries (Soundpools), live sets and VST instruments, as well as new plugin integrations.

MAGIX Magazine has great articles and the Community is friendly.

Very high quality sound and varying VST instruments.

It's very easy to learn your way through and master it.

The interface is very clear, which makes it fast to create and easy to learn.

With Premium version, you can add video and synchronize lyrics to your music video productions. Even better if you use along any of MAGIX pro video editors.

MAGIX recently released a free version of it that is excellent and not crappy like others. It has most music creation features of the premium version, but only some basic VSI and sample library (both things easily extendable with MAGIX store's rich packages).

MAGIX constantly updates all its software and listens to the community.

You can use both 32 bit and 64 bit plugins.