ShiningMorning’s Virtual Audio Streaming software creates a virtual sound card in your Windows system. It acts as a wrapper on your existing sound card, enhancing its capabilities and making it easy to record and stream whatever audio your system is playing, no matter what the source: microphone, media player, or external device. It also improves sound recording in Windows, even automatically fixing the “no Stereo Mix” problem in Windows 7 and Vista. It’s free to try for 30 days, but the trial version places an audio “watermark” on the output.

Virtual Audio Streaming’s main window isn’t the program’s main interface; the System Tray icon’s menu accesses all the features most users need most of the time. It’s just as well since the main window isn’t particularly intuitive or attractive; for example, you have to scroll the Recording box up or down a few millimeters to view it all, even though the interface itself resizes by dragging. Nevertheless, it explained how to set Virtual Audio Streaming as our default device for playback and recording on the Windows Sound properties dialog. We’re well familiar with this, yet we couldn’t get Virtual Audio Streaming to play audio over our system’s speakers, headphones, or any audio output. Our system sound played normally when we tested it in the Sound properties, yet we couldn’t get Virtual Audio Streaming to play audio through it. It’s easy enough to switch between playback and recording devices from the program’s tray menu, but the inability to hear what you’re recording is a major setback. Clicking Help took us to the program’s Web site and some FAQs, none of which addressed the issue. All our drivers and settings were up to date, leaving us at a loss to explain the silence.

The trial version’s annoying “watermark” consists of a digitally distorted female voice interspersed with bursts of intense noise. And the fact is, Virtual Audio Streaming doesn’t do anything you can’t do with freeware, such as Webcast system audio instead of just your microphone input, or fixing the “no Stereo Mix” issue. Many tools offer superior recording capabilities, too. Keep listening!

Editors’ note: This is a review of the trial version of Virtual Audio Streaming 4.0.

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Magic Camera adds borders and effects to video or still images, including video chat. It can capture screenshots and video, apply emoticons and objects, paint and draw, add text, record Webcam feeds, and apply a range of filters, masks, and effects. Unfortunately, an awkwardly designed interface, garish graphics, and greeting card style give it the look of a holdover from an earlier age of Windows. Magic Camera is shareware, but you can try it with limited features before buying it.

Pros

Pink icing: If you like it sweet, these designs will probably appeal to you. Not everything is on the too-cute side, but safe to say it’s a recurring theme in the animated borders, heart designs, and other offerings to dress up your pics.

Includes a virtual Webcam: No Webcam? Magic Camera’s virtual Webcam lets you display and record desktop video to embellish with cuteness.

Cons

Unattractive interface: Magic Camera’s buttons and controls have a low-resolution look, and the layout has a slapdash feel.

Trial and adware: Despite being shareware with limited functionality, we were still subjected to adware when downloading Magic Camera.

Bottom Line

Magic Camera offers some decent features, but it is easily outperformed by similar tools, including some freeware. If Magic Camera’s features sound appealing, you have nothing to lose by trying it. But better, more up-to-date tools are available.

Editors’ note: This is a review of the trial version of Magic Camera 8.8.3.

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