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ok... not great
I agree with most reviewers. I also had the problem with the collection agency threats, which are absolutely annoying and a shameful practice too, since in theory they let you try one before subscribing. The funny part is that my girlfriend did give me a subscription as a present when I was not sure if to get it or not, and for the longest time I kept receiving this threats (since she subscribed with her card)! Very very annoying. The magazine is OK I guess, but as another reviewer pointed out nowhere near the UK edition, which is awesome. One of the big flaws of this magazine is that they seem to love ALL the products they review. I mean, to begin with they don't grade the products they review (as their UK sister magazine does), and then they focus only on the best things about the products they are reviewing. If they ever criticize something it is done in an extremely careful and brief way, only to go straight to the best qualities of that product. Perhaps they are afraid to annoy the company and lose some precious ads,who knows. Needless to say this makes it impossible to know what product is worth buying, and if everything is outstanding you might as well not even bother reviewing anything at all. In this sense Electronic Musician seems a lot better, but the down side of that one is that EM does not come with a CD, as this one does (even though the UK version ships with a DVD!) I did send them an email complaining at how benevolent they are with their reviews, but never got any reply. <
>Bottom line: For some unknown reason the US magazines that deal with music + computers + recording are like an amateur version of their british counterparts. Of course they are also cheaper (in the broad sense of the word cheap), so don't expect much out of them. As I said Electronic musician has better reviews (or should I say REAL reviews?) aimed to the buyer and not to pleasing the companies. On the other hand Future Music has the CD with demos and samples, so it's a tricky decision. If EM started shipping with a CD I would turn to them immediately. As it is I guess I'll have to stick to Future Music.

BEWARE!!!
Just like another reviewer, I sent in the card for a preview issue. I did receive one issue, which I found to be of limited value anyway. I have since been bombarded with collection agency notices. I can't believe I may have to get legal help for this. Absolute rubbish.