Traxxpad

 PSP
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
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  1. Game Chronicles
    73
    Traxxpad is an interesting application for creating songs or techno sounding beats. There is something here if you’re interested in creating music on your PSP but this is not for the quick and easy music buff.
  2. Armchair Empire
    60
    The major problem is Traxxpad is that it's not really sure who it's aimed at.

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#17 Best PSP Game of 2007
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#54 Most Discussed PSP Game of 2007

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User Score
6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. PeterH.
    Sep 25, 2007
    4
    It's not as good as the reviews indicate. I imported this as soon as I heard about it because I've been waiting in desperation for It's not as good as the reviews indicate. I imported this as soon as I heard about it because I've been waiting in desperation for a good PSP sequencer to sketch out the ideas that (invariably) hit me on the way to or from work. Then I could go home and program them properly with proper synths, guitars etc in my studio. Unfortunately, the user interface is so astonishingly bad that the software can't fulfil this function. This is nothing like Cakewalk, Logic or any "real" sequencer - it has a dreadful gimmicky front end with a very broken separation of the sequence, melody and arrange windows. If you have a musical idea, rest assured, by the time you've fought your way through choosing an instrument and working around the poorly-laid out "melodee" window, you'll have forgotten it. Even if you've disabled the stupid dancing robot animations. The sounds are poor but that doesn't matter for a sketchpad; however, what is unforgivable is the total lack of ease of use. I'm good with this sort of thing; the very first game I ever had on a PSOne (and the reason I bought a PSOne) was Codemasters' Music, and I've used various console iterations since, in addition to ten years programming vintage synths using Logic. This thing is aimed squarely at ADD-troubled kids who want to cobble together piffling hip-hoppy loops without really knowing what they are doing (hence the soundset full of clunky West Coast percussion stabs and mock record crackles). I challenge anyone to program anything more complex in a meaningful way. Perhaps Beaterator will be better - fingers crossed. This, I'm afraid, is a titanic disappointment.… Full Review »
  2. TimV.
    Aug 7, 2007
    3
    Just too hard to learn. i've used audacity and garageband, and they're both far easier to pick up. after playing with this for a Just too hard to learn. i've used audacity and garageband, and they're both far easier to pick up. after playing with this for a couple hours, i still couldn't get further than producing and editing one beat. from there i couldn't even add instruments. and the manual was no help at all.… Full Review »
  3. JuanN.
    Jul 15, 2007
    8
    Difficult to learn, but fun to make music with.
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