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2 COPYRIGHT
Copyright
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MAGIX
®
and Samplitude
®
are registered trademarks of MAGIX AG.
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mentioned product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
Errors and changes to the contents as well as program modifications reserved.
This product uses MAGIX patented technology (USP 6518492) and MAGIX patent pending
technology.
Copyright © MAGIX AG, 1990-2009. All rights reserved.
WELCOME 3
Welcome
Thank you for choosing Samplitude!
You now have in your possession one of the most successful all-around solutions for
professional audio editing. As a PC-based Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), this software
supplies comprehensive application options for recording, editing, mixing, media authoring,
and mastering. The current version was developed in close collaboration with musicians,
sound engineers, producers, and users. It has lots of innovative functions and incorporates
the comprehensive and advanced development of tried and tested performance features –
unique functionality & sound neutrality, outstanding cutting & editing options, perfect
CD/DVD mastering, and the flexible customization of individual workflows.
There are various tools available to you for every work step – all completely in 32-bit and
available at up to 384 KHz. Outstanding sound based on highly-developed digital
algorithms, absolute phase stability, and the universal use of floating-point calculations
belong to the professional standard boasted by Samplitude.
Supplementary to this print manual, we also recommend the program's help file to find out
about the individual functions in more detail.
You can also visit our support area and the user forum online at
http://www.samplitude.com to learn more.
The Samplitude team
4 CONTENTS
Contents
Copyright 2
Welcome 3
System Requirements 19
General system requirements 19
Hard disk 19
Contact 20
Product activation: 20
Support 20
Sales 20
Installation 21
Automatic registration directly from within the program 21
Activating Samplitude 11 22
Code Meter licence update for version 11 23
Introduction to Samplitude network installation 25
Tips for using the CodeMeter stick: 25
System settings 27
Audio setup 27
Monitoring settings 28
Audio devices 32
MIDI settings 32
Project options - general 34
What’s new in version 11? 37
EQ116 37
sMax11 37
Vandal guitars and bass amps 38
Studio essentials 38
Audio pre and post-recording 40
Revolver tracks 41
Synth objects 41
MAGIX Synth 41
MIDI / VSTi features 42
Grid bar/snap button 43
Docking 43
Video 43
New skin interface 44
New default coloring method for the color tool 44
CONTENTS 5
Color mode 45
AAF / OMF import and export 46
Manager 47
New commands 47
What's new since 10.2 47
FLAC format 47
Dithering 47
Spectral Cleaning 48
Take composer 48
FFT Filter 48
MIDI editor 48
Folder tracks 48
New commands 48
What's new since 10.1 49
Synchronization (Sequoia and Samplitude pro only) 49
Hardware controller features 49
System options -> Playback 50
Advanced sidechain functionality 51
Improved automation functionality 51
Optimized multi-CPU strategy 52
Mixer 52
MIDI / VSTi features 52
Audio quantization 53
Grouping 53
Manager 54
File handling/Import/Export 54
New commands 54
Screen elements 55
What is a VIP? 55
Program interface – Overview 55
Toolbars – Overview 68
Samplitude quickstart 77
Initial navigation in the virtual project (VIP) 77
Tutorial: Recording 78
Multi-track recording 82
MIDI recording 83
Objects in the virtual project (VIP) 85
Mixer 86
Effects 87
CD mastering 89
General functions in the project window 92
6 CONTENTS
Section 92
Zooming 93
Scrolling 94
Ranges 95
Working with ranges 95
Markers 98
Scrubbing 100
Samplitude as Wave Editor 102
Hints & Tips 103
Object-oriented audio editing 106
What is an object? 106
Object editor 107
Basic functions 108
Object effects 109
Position/Fades 111
Pitchshifting/Timestretching 113
Techniques for Working with Objects 115
Integrating wave files as objects in the VIP 115
Integrating sections from wave projects as objects 115
The difference between loading and importing audio files. 115
Integrating CD tracks as objects into VIP 116
Selecting and Unselecting an Object 116
Object handles 116
Selecting and unselecting several objects, inverting the selection 117
Moving objects 117
Changing the length and start time of an object 118
Duplicating, copying, and inserting objects 118
Change waveform view 118
Editing fades in the Object Editor or by using the handles. 119
Object effects 119
Locking objects 119
Destructively editing an object 119
Moving to a defined position 120
Group/Ungroup objects 120
Linking objects 121
Overlapping objects 121
Gluing objects 123
Looping objects 123
Trimming objects 124
Replacing an audio file below the object 124
Moving audio material below the object 124
Managers 125
CONTENTS 7
File manager 125
Object Manager 129
Track Manager 131
Marker manager 132
Range Manager 134
Take manager 135
Take composer 137
Comping 139
VSTi manager 140
Routing Manager 141
Mixer 142
Mixer Overview 142
Operating the Mixer 142
Channel strips 145
Master section 149
Global buttons 151
Busses and Routing 155
Effect routing/Plug-ins dialog 157
Effects – Organization and work flow 161
Saving Effect Parameters (Preset Mechanism) 162
Drag & Drop of DirectX and VST plug-ins 162
Effect Routing 163
External hardware effects integration 163
Setting latencies for external effects 166
Integrating external synthesizers 166
Effects and plug-ins in an overview 167
Realtime effects at track, object, and master level 167
DirectX / VST FX 167
VST instruments 167
MAGIX plug-ins 168
Synth object 168
MAGIX Synth 184
Plug-ins at track, object and master level 195
Remix Agent 199
Stereo Editor 200
Stereo dialog options 200
Mid / Side Processing 201
Surround Sound 203
Creating a New VIP with the Mixer in Surround Format 203
Converting an existing stereo VIP into a VIP with mixer in surround format 204
8 CONTENTS
Project Surround Setup 204
Surround Panning 206
Surround Panorama Module 207
Panorama Modes of the Surround Panorama Module 209
2-channel surround mode 212
Stereo and mono signal processing in surround projects 214
Working reciprocally in Stereo and Surround Format 215
Automation of the Surround Panorama Module 216
Effects in Surround Projects 216
Editing Surround Sound Automation 218
Surround track bouncing 218
MIDI in Samplitude 220
MIDI Options 220
Import, Record, Edit 220
MIDI object editorCtrl + O 221
MIDI Editors 224
Open MIDI Editor 224
Working with the MIDI Editor 224
MIDI functions 226
Quantize to grid 229
Step recording via keyboard or controller keyboard 235
Cell edit mode 236
Velocity mode 236
Piano Roll (Matrix Editor) 236
Drum Editor 240
Controller Editor 244
List Editor (event list) 248
Multi-object editing (MO editing) 249
Score Editor 251
MIDI editor shortcut keys 266
Software-Instrumente/VST-Plug-ins/ReWire 269
Installation of VST plug-ins 269
Load software instruments 270
Apply plug-ins at wave level 271
Load plug-ins at object level 271
Load plug-ins at track level 271
Load plug-ins at master level 271
Routing settings during software instrument loading 271
VST MIDI out + Audio out recording 274
Routing of VST instruments using the VSTi manager. 275
Adjust instrument parameters 276
Plug-in panel - graphic interface 276
Plug-in parameter dialog 276
CONTENTS 9
Plug-in menu functions 277
Play and monitor instruments live 278
VST instrument preset selection 280
Sidechain input 280
Freeze plug-ins 280
ReWire client application 282
Automation 283
Track automation - Basic approach 283
Automation modes 284
Object automation 287
Master automation 287
Automation – Context menu 288
Curve generator 291
MIDI controller automation 293
VST plug-in/VST parameter dialog 294
Automation recording in read mode 294
Automation draw mode 295
Edit automation curves 295
Move automation curve with audio/MIDI data 296
Automation/MIDI controller settings 296
Synchronization 298
Synchronization in general 298
Media link / video setup 308
Hardware controller 310
Hardware controller - Introduction 310
Hardware Controller settings 310
Hardware controller presets 312
Customizing controllers 339
Hardware controller options 341
Hardware controller - Fader scaling 344
Hardware controller – "Internal" mode 344
Learn controller for plug-in/mixer elements 347
Preset keyboard shortcuts 348
"File" Menu 348
“Edit” Menu 348
“View” Menu 349
“Track” Menu 350
“Object” Menu 351
Realtime Effects 353
Offline Effects 353
“Range” Menu 354
“CD/DVD” Menu 355
10 CONTENTS
“Tools” menu 355
“Play/Record” Menu 355
“MIDI” Menu 356
“Options” menu 356
“Window” Menu 357
“Help” Menu 357
Mouse 357
Signal flow 358
Recording 358
Playback 358
Signal flow with monitoring 358
Glossary 361
Active section 361
Audio markers 361
Automation 361
AUX bus 361
Clip 362
Context menu 362
Crossfade 362
Destructive editing 362
Fade 363
Grid/Marker bar 363
Handle 363
Hybrid Engine and Economy Tracks 364
Latency 364
Latency comparison 364
Level fader 365
Lock key 365
Marker 365
Mouse modes 365
Menu 366
MIDI object 366
Monitoring 366
Objects 366
Object Editor 366
Object Mode 367
Object-Orientated 367
Play Cursor 367
Range 367
Routing 367
Scroll bar 368
Scrub 368
Section 368
Setup button in the VIP 369
CONTENTS 11
Status display 369
Submix Bus 369
Surround AUX bus 369
Surround sound in Samplitude 369
System Settings 370
Tempo marker 370
Time position input field 370
Title bar 370
Tool bar 370
Tool Tips 370
Track 371
Virtual Project 371
VirtClip 371
Visualization 371
Wave Projects 371
Wave Editing 372
Workspace 372
Zoom 372
Menu reference 373
File menu 374
New Virtual Project (VIP) 374
Open 375
Load/Import 376
Save project 379
Save project as 379
Save project copy 379
Save complete VIP in 380
Save project as EDL 380
Save project as template 380
Burn project backup on CD/DVD 380
Save object 381
Save session 381
Rename project 381
Delete Wave Project(s) 381
Delete virtual project (*.vip) 381
Export audio 381
Batch processing 388
Disconnect Internet 391
FTP download 391
Close project 391
Exit 391
Used projects 391
Edit menu 392
12 CONTENTS
Undo 392
Redo 392
Undo History 392
Delete undo history 392
Cut 392
Delete 393
Copy 394
Paste / Insert Clip 394
Extract 394
Insert Silence 394
Strip silence 395
Append project 395
More 396
Crossfade Editor 398
Auto-crossfade active 400
View menu 401
Rebuild Graphic Data 401
Sections 401
Fix vertically 402
Hide submix/AUX busses 402
Overview mode 402
Show grid 403
Grid lines 403
Units of measurement 403
Snap active 403
Snap and Grid Setup 403
Display 2nd grid 404
Exchange grids 404
VIP Display Mode 404
Store position and zoom level 410
Store zoom level 410
Get position and zoom level 410
Get zoom level 411
Horizontal 411
Vertical 412
Track menu 413
Insert new tracks 413
Cut tracks 415
Copy tracks 415
Paste tracks 415
Deletes tracks 415
Track properties 416
Track effects 418
Track options 420
CONTENTS 13
Pan/Surround Editor (Stereo editor) 422
VST Instrument Editor 423
Track visualization 423
Hide track 423
Unhide all tracks 423
Maximize track 424
Minimize none 424
Display subtracks 424
Freeze track 424
Edit track freeze 424
Unfreeze track 425
Alternative revolver tracks 425
Activate next/previous track 425
Object menu 426
New object 426
New synth object 426
Cut objects 426
Split objects 428
Trim Objects 428
Heal/Unsplit Objects 428
Glue objects 428
Freeze objects 429
Lock objects 429
Move/Edit objects/crossfade 430
Mute object 432
Build looped object 433
Set hotspot 433
Delete Hotspot 433
Select objects 433
Group objects 435
Ungroup objects 435
Object effects 435
Object color/name 436
Object Editor 436
Object Manager 436
Take Manager 437
Take composer 437
Wave Editing 437
Edit a copy of wave content 437
Edit Root VIP 437
Automation menu 438
Edit curve 438
Delete all curves 438
(Track) automation mode 438
14 CONTENTS
MIDI controller/automation 438
Hide automation 439
Display track automation 439
Display object automation 439
Display selected curves only 439
Display unselected curves (cannot be activated) 439
Display unselected curves (can be activated) 439
Delete curve points 439
Volume curve active 440
Pan curve active 440
Range menu 441
Range all 441
Move play cursor 441
Edit range 442
Range length to 445
Split range 445
Split range for video 446
Store range 446
Get range 446
Get range length 446
Store markers 446
Get markers 447
Markers to range borders 447
Set Markers on Silence 447
Comparisonics audio search 448
Set new Audio marker 448
Copy audio markers to VIP markers 448
Copy VIP marker to audio marker 448
Erase Marker 448
Deletes Markers in Range 449
Delete all markers 449
Recall last range 449
Range Editor 449
Range Manager 449
Edit time display 449
Effects menu 450
Notes on offline effect editing 450
Extended options for destructive effect calculation 451
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Amplitude 453
Dynamics (Overview) 455
Frequency/Filter 474
Delay/Reverb 492
Time/Pitch 499
CONTENTS 15
Distortion 514
Restoration 515
Stereo/Phase 535
Modulation/Special 541
Sample manipulation 545
Plug-ins... 547
essentialFX 547
MAGIX Plug-ins 553
Further console elements: 553
Analog Modeling Suite: am-track 554
Analog Modelling Suite: am-pulse 562
Analog Modeling Suite: am-phibia 566
Analog Modelling Suite: am-munition 573
CORVEX – Chorus/Flanger 584
ECOX – Echo/Delay 588
FILTOX – Multimode filter 591
De-esser 593
VariVerb Pro 594
Vandal 603
Edit left/right channel only 612
Apply effects offline 612
Tools menu 613
Trackbouncing 613
Range bouncing (internal mixdown) 617
Remove unused samples 617
Delete freeze data 618
Compile project data 618
Waveform Generator 618
SMPTE Generator 619
New manager... 619
Managers 619
Audio marker manager 620
Start Windows Explorer 621
Timestretch/Pitchshift Patcher 621
Remix Agent – Tempo and beat recognition 623
Playback menu 630
Play once 630
Play loop 630
Play in range/loop 630
Play with preload 630
Play only selected objects 630
Play cut 630
Stop 631
Stop and go to current position 631
16 CONTENTS
Restart play 632
Playback options 632
Playback mode 634
Record 636
Capture options 637
Record Mode / Punch In 639
Monitoring 642
Auto JamSession 643
Tempo menu 648
Tempo/time signature 648
Set new tempo marker 648
Set new time signature 649
Set new bar position marker 649
Ignore all time markers / use project beat 649
Working with tempo and beat markers 649
Metronome active 652
Metronome Options 652
Audio quantization wizard 653
Audio quantization – Tutorial 657
MIDI menu 659
New MIDI Object 659
New MIDI track 659
MIDI Editor 659
Object Editor 659
Glue MIDI Objects 659
Trim MIDI objects 659
MIDI bouncing 660
Retrospective MIDI recording 660
Demix MIDI objects by channels 660
MIDI note quantize (standard) 661
advanced MIDI quantization 661
MIDI Humanize Q 662
MIDI quantization settings... 662
MIDI velocity dynamics settings 662
Apply MIDI velocity dynamics 662
Set MIDI velocity to fixed value 662
Randomize MIDI velocity 662
Track options 662
Track MIDI Record 663
MIDI controllers 663
VST instrument editor 663
MIDI Options 664
MIDI Record Mode 664
MIDI Panic – All Notes off 664
CONTENTS 17
CD/DVD menu 665
Import audio CD track(s) 665
Import audio DVD 668
Set CD Track Index 668
Set CD sub index 669
Set CD pause index 669
Set CD end index 669
Set Track Indices on Silence 669
Set track indices on object edges 670
Set track indices on object edges - Options 670
Remove index 670
Remove all indices 670
Make CD 670
Create Audio DVD... 672
Show CDR drive Information.... 675
Show CDR Disc Information... 675
CD Track / Index Manager 676
CD disc options 677
CD text/ MP3 ID editor 677
Set pause time 678
Set start Pause Time.... 678
CD arrange mode 678
Get FreeDB title info 678
FreeDB options 679
Search CD online and set track indices 679
Audio ID 680
Options menu 681
Project properties 681
Project options 687
Track options 687
Synchronization active 687
Synchronization Setup 687
MMC setup 688
Program Preferences 688
System options 704
Window menu 718
Cascade 718
Tile 718
Untile 718
Arrange Icons 718
Main Toolbar 718
Main Toolbar 2 718
Position bar 718
18 CONTENTS
Position bar 2 718
Punch/ Play bar 718
Mouse Mode Toolbar 719
Range bar 719
Grid toolbar 719
Workspace bar 719
Button bar 719
Status bar 719
Mixer 719
Track Editor 719
Time display 719
Visualization 721
Transport Control 728
Manager 728
Video Window 728
Close all Windows 728
Iconise all Wave Projects 728
Hide all Wave Projects 728
Half Height 729
1, 2, … 729
Help menu 730
Help 730
Help Index... 730
Context Help... 730
About Help... 730
About Samplitude... 730
Start Wizard / Tip of the Day 730
System Information... 730
Dongle Activation 730
Index 731
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 19
System Requirements
General system requirements
• 512 MB RAM for Windows XP; 1GB RAM for Windows Vista 32
• 1 GB free hard disk space for full installation and the help system.
• VGA graphics card, minimum resolution 800 x 600 in 256 colors, 1024 x 768
recommended, 32000 colors.
• Windows / ASIO capable 16-bit or 24-bit sound card, digital audio card or multi I/O
card.
• DVD-ROM drive
• Optional: CD/DVD burner
Hard disk
The maximum number of audio tracks depends on the rotation speed, access time, and
data transfer rate of the hard disk. Nowadays, modern UltraDMA hard disks are very fast
and enable the simultaneous use of many audio tracks. Ideally, your hard disk should have
a rotation speed of 7200 RPM (or faster) as well as an access time of under 9 milliseconds.
Audio data should be saved on an external hard disk.
20 CONTACT
Contact
Product activation:
For questions regarding product activation please contact our Samplitude Service Team:
Phone: +49 (0) 5741 3455 30 (Mo - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM CET)
Fax: +49 (0) 5741 310 768
Or send an email to [email protected]
Support
Registered users get free technical support:
• Online: http://www.samplitude.com
• Email: [email protected]
Phone: +49 (0) 351 417 4616, Mo-Fri, 10 AM -3 PM CET
Sales
If you have questions regarding licensing and upgrades/crossgrades please contact our
Sales Department:
Phone:+49 (0) 5741 3455 25
Fax:+49 (0) 5741 3107 68
Email: [email protected]
Adresses: MAGIX AG
Friedrichstr. 200
10117 Berlin
Germany
MAGIX AG
Borsigstraße 24
32312 Lübbecke
Germany
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