MAGIX Music Studio Deluxe 12.0 User manual

Manual

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Copyright

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Preface

Congratulations on your purchase of MAGIX Music Studio 12 deluxe!

Creating your own music or video soundtracks in a home studio has

become more and more popular. But the wide variety of available

equipment and software often confuses beginner and professional

musicians alike. What to I really need? What's best value for money?

MAGIX Music Studio 12 deluxe is the perfect solution: Fast and easy-

to-handle music production on your PC – from recording to

mastering. Transform your PC into a complete sound studio.

All you need to produce and arrange in high-quality is a conventional

sound card. Additional studio equipment can easily be added.

The following pages will introduce you in detail to the various

functions and possibilities of MAGIX Music Studio 12 deluxe.

Have fun with MAGIX Music Studio 12 deluxe.

Your

MAGIX team

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Table of Contents

Copyright 2

Preface 3

Support 15

Getting started 17

Package contents 17

System requirements 17

Installation 18

More about MAGIX 19

MAGIX Online 19

MAGIX Premium Club 19

Introduction 20

What is MAGIX Music Studio 12 deluxe? 20

What’s new in MAGIX Music Studio 12 deluxe? 21

The features 22

Tutorial 26

Creating a VIP 26

Working with MIDI 31

Edit Objects 34

Mixer 38

Burn CD 42

Program desktop overview 43

VIP window 43

Transport control 44

Track Editor 47

Track box 50

Workspaces 51

Terminology 52

Handle 52

Section 53

Range 54

Clip 55

Destructive and non-destructive editing 55

Objects 56

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Play-Cursor 56

Virtual Projects (VIPs) 57

Wave projects 58

Functional overview 60

Working with Objects in the VIP 60

Working with Ranges 63

Working in wave projects 65

Using markers 66

Volume 67

Output Mode 68

Record 68

Tips & Tricks 72

Effects and effect plug-ins 76

What effects are there and how are they used? 76

Saving Effect Parameters (Preset Mechanism) 77

Cleaning FX (object editor) 78

Sound FX (object editor, mixer channels, mixmaster) 83

Parametric Equalizer (mixer channels, mix master) 86

MAGIX Mastering Suite 88

Vintage Effects Suite 93

Track Dynamics (track effects, mixer channels) 108

Track delay/reverb (track effects) 110

Elastic Audio 111

Effect Calculations 121

MAGIX Music Studio 12 deluxe as an external effects device 122

Mixer 123

Overview 123

Operating the Mixer 124

Channel strips 125

Master section 128

Global Settings 131

Busses and Routing 133

Embedding external effects devices 134

Tips and tricks 134

MIDI in MAGIX Music Studio 12 deluxe 136

What is MIDI? 136

Connect external equipment 136

Convert MIDI objects into audio files 138

MIDI settings 139

MIDI: Import, Record, Edit 139

MIDI Object Editor 143

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MIDI Editor 147

Open MIDI Editor 147

Notation display, movement, zoom 147

Synchronized MIDI Editor and VIP screen view 149

Using the MIDI Editor: Selecting events 150

Editing Events: Piano Roll 151

Controller Editor 155

List Editor (midi event list) 158

Quantize 160

MIDI Editor shortcuts 161

Drum Editor 163

Score Editor 166

Software/VST instruments 182

Introduction 182

Installation of instruments and path settings 182

Load instruments 184

Adjust instrument parameters 184

Play and monitor instruments live 186

Preset management 187

Freezing instruments (Freeze) 188

Tips on handling virtual instruments 189

ReWire 189

Synth Objects 191

Working with synth objects 191

Drum & Bass machine 2.0 192

Beatbox 4.0 196

Atmos 199

Vita 200

LiViD - Little Virtual Drummer 202

SampleTank 2 MX (SE) 203

Robota 207

SilverSynth Pro 217

Copper Synth 219

Revolta 220

Auto Jam Session 229

Open 229

Handling 230

Auto Jam Session modes 231

Loop effects 232

Enhanced Auto Jam Session dialog 233

Record Device 234

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The Managers 236

File browser 237

Object Manager 240

Track Manager 242

Marker Manager 244

Range Manager 246

Surround Sound 247

Surround Panorama Module 247

Stereo and mono signal processing with twin-channel Surround 250

Automation of twin-channel Surround 251

Burning CDs 253

Redbook 253

Writing 253

Burning CDs in MAGIX Music Studio 12 deluxe 254

DSP Display 255

Menu File 256

New Virtual Project (VIP) 256

Open 257

Import Audio 258

Load Audio CD Track(s) 259

Save Project 261

Save Project as 261

Save complete VIP in 262

Save Project as Template 262

Burn Project Backup on CD 262

Save Object 262

Save Session 262

Rename Project 263

Delete HD-Wave Project 263

Delete Virtual Projects 263

Convert audio 264

Export audio 265

Export podcast 265

Batch-processing 268

Connect to the Internet 272

FTP Download 273

Send project via email 273

Close Project 273

Exit 273

Menu Edit 274

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Undo 274

Redo 275

Undo-History 275

Cut 275

Delete 276

Copy 277

Paste from clip 277

Extract 278

Insert Silence 278

Append Projects 278

More 278

Delete Curve Handles 280

Delete Undo Levels 280

Crossfade Editor 280

Auto Crossfade active 283

Menu View 284

Rebuild Graphic Data 284

Sections 284

Fix vertically 285

Hide SubMix/Aux Busses 285

Show Grid 285

Grid Lines 285

Units of Measurement 285

Snap to Grid 286

Snap and Grid Setup 286

VIP Display Mode 287

Store position and zoom level 291

Get position and zoom level 291

Horizontally 292

Vertical 292

Menu Track 292

Insert new Tracks 292

Cut Track(s) 294

Copy Track(s) 294

Insert Track(s) 294

Delete Track(s) 294

Track Properties 294

Track Effects 295

Surround Editor 295

DirectX Plug-Ins 295

Maximize Track 295

Minimize none 295

Track Freeze 296

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Track UnFreeze 297

Activate next /previous Track 297

Menu Object 298

New Object 298

New Synth Object 298

Cutting Objects 298

Split Objects 300

Trim Objects 301

Group objects 301

Lock Objects 301

Move Object 302

Mute objects 302

Build Loop Object 303

Hotspot 303

Select Objects 303

Group Objects 303

Ungroup Objects 304

Object color/name 304

Object Editor 304

Object Manager 308

Take Manager 309

Wave Editing 309

Range menu 310

Range all 310

Move play cursor 310

Edit range 311

Range length 312

Split Range 312

Split Range for Video 313

Store Range 313

Get Range 314

Get Range Length 314

Save markers 314

Get Marker 314

Markers on Range Borders 315

Set Markers on Silence 315

Delete marker 315

Delete all markers 315

Recall last range 316

Range Editor 316

Range Manager 316

Edit time display 317

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"Real-time Effects" Menu 318

Offline effects menu 318

Amplitude / Normalize 319

Switch Channels 321

Stereo FX 321

Invert Phase 323

Equalizer 323

FFT Equalizer 324

Dynamics 325

Multimax 326

Declipping 327

Remove DC offset 328

Get Noise Sample 329

Denoiser 329

Dehisser 331

Amp Simulation 332

Vocoder 332

Room Simulation 335

Echo / Delay 336

Resample / Time stretching 337

Change Sample Rate 340

Reverse 341

Build Physical Loop 341

DirectX Plug-Ins 342

Process only left (right) stereo channel 345

Menu Tools 346

Track Bouncing 346

Range trackbouncing 346

Remove unused Samples 347

Delete Freeze Data 347

Waveform Generator 349

Open new Manager 349

Manager 349

Timestretch Patcher 351

Remix Agent 353

Menu Playback/Record 360

Play once 360

Play loop 360

Play in Range 360

Play with Preload 360

Play only selected objects 360

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Stop 361

Stop and go to current position 361

Change Play Direction 361

Restart Play 361

Playback Options 362

Record 365

Record Options 365

Record mode / Punch In 368

Monitoring 371

Auto Jam Session 372

MIDI menu 373

New MIDI object 373

New MIDI track 373

MIDI Editor 373

Object Editor 373

Glue MIDI Objects 374

Trim MIDI objects 374

MIDI bouncing 374

Track information 374

Track MIDI record 374

VST Instrument Editor 374

Tempo/Time Signature 375

Set new tempo marker 376

Set new beat marker 376

Set new beat position marker 376

Ignore all tempo markers, use only project tempo 381

Metronome active 381

Metronome Options 381

MIDI Options 381

MIDI Record Modes 381

MIDI Panic – All Notes off 382

CD menu 383

Load audio CD track(s) 383

Set Track 383

Set Sub-index 383

Set Pause 384

Set CD end 384

Set Track Markers automatically 384

Options for the Track Marker recognition 384

Set Track Indices on Object Edges 385

Remove Index 385

Remove all Indices 386

Make CD 386

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Show CD-R Drive Information 388

Show CD-R Disc Information 389

CD Track Options 389

CD Disc Options 389

CD Text / MPEG ID3 Editor 390

Set Pause Time 390

Set Start Pause Time 391

CD Arrange-Mode 391

FreeDB Options 391

Audio ID 392

Options menu 393

Project properties 393

Project Options 397

Track Information 398

Synchronization / Synchronization settings 398

Program Preferences 401

System/Audio 406

Window menu 414

Cascade 414

Tile 414

Untile 414

Arrange Icons 414

Main Toolbar 414

Position bar 414

Mouse Mode Toolbar 415

Range bar 415

Workspace bar 415

Button bar 415

Status bar 415

Mixer 415

Track Editor 415

Time display 416

Visualization 417

Transport Control 417

Manager 419

Close all Windows 419

Iconise all waveprojects 420

Hide all wave projects 420

Half Height 420

Jobs menu 421

Services 421

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MAGIX Online Services 421

MAGIX Community 421

MAGIX Blog Service 422

Export podcast 422

Menu Help 426

Help Index 426

Context Help 426

About Help 426

About MAGIX Music Studio 12 deluxe 426

Start selection / Tip of the day 426

System Information 426

MAGIX Auto-Update 427

Web publishing area 427

MP3 Encoder activation 427

Mouser functions and mouse modes 429

Universal Mode 429

Curves/Object mode 431

Range Mode (Secure Mode) 431

Curve Mode 432

Cut Mode 433

Pitch-shift/Time stretch Mode 433

Draw Volume Mode 433

Draw Panorama Mode 433

Wave Edit Mode (only wave projects) 433

Scrub Mouse Mode 434

Zoom Modus 434

Button Overview 434

Tools bar (left) 435

Tools bar (right) 435

Mouse mode bar 436

Positioning bar (left) 437

Positioning Bar (right) 437

Range bar 438

Shortcuts and Intellimouse 439

File menu 439

Edit menu 439

View menu 440

Track menu 441

Object menu 442

Realtime effects menu 444

Offline effects menu 444

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Range menu 444

CD/DVD menu 445

Tools menu 445

Playback menu 446

MIDI menu 446

Options menu 446

Window menu 447

Help menu 447

Mouse 447

Index 448

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Support

If you experience any problems with your software, please get in

touch with our support team:

Support website: http://support.magix.net (

http://support.magix.net)

This website will lead you to the MAGIX user service page, which,

among other things, contains the following free offers:

FAQs (frequently asked questions) and general tricks and tips. In

most cases you’ll find the solution to your problem here. If not, use

the Email support form:

E-mail support form. Via the special form you inform our support staff

about your system. This information is used to solve your problems

quickly and competently. Simply fill out and send with a mouse-click!

Support forum: You are not alone. Perhaps other users had a similar

problem and can help you solve yours. Our support staff are also

regular contributors.

Download section: Updates, improvements and patches are likewise

offered free of charge via download Many problems you may

experience are well-known to us, and which can be solved by

downloading the latest patch. Besides patches, there are also

wizards for checking and optimizing your system

Links: In the links list you will find the contact addresses of all the

most important hardware manufacturers.

You can also reach our support team by telephone:

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