I tried a free version of it a couple of years ago, and it seemed to work well. If you get this, get the boxed version which puts all the loops on DVD. Otherwise you'll have to download them all from the internet.

Now that I have Real Band and realtracks, I don't think Mixcraft is necessary, but for the money could be any extra tool in the box. Of course there is always another learning curve, but it's not all that difficult.

Rob