2.0

Normally the play cursor returns to its starting position when the playback has been stopped by pressing
the space key. With this option you can change that behavior in a way, that the starting position will be
moved to the actual stop position (like a tape deck does). This works only when no range is selected.
(cf. Stop and go to current position )
Scrubbing
While pressing the 0 key on the numeric block (Num lock active) and moving the mouse you can
perform scrubbing. MAGIX music editor 2
starts playback at a very low speed, the mouse position relative to the start play cursor controls the
speed.
There are two scrubbing modes (in playback parameter window - key p):
Note:
When working with smaller buffer sizes (4000, 2000 samples) the scrolling becomes 'softer'. Please
verify the performance of your computer system and smaller buffer sizes to not produce playback
interruption.
The scrolling becomes ‘softer’
when using small buffer sizes (2000, 4000 samples). You may need to test your system for error free
playback with these small settings. Combined with the Soft Scroll mode, editing becomes very
convenient on faster computers.
Relative
The distance between the play cursor and the mouse sets the playback speed.
Absolute
The position of the mouse in the window sets the playback speed - at the left border playback speed is
200% backward, at the right border speed is 200 % forward, in the middle of the window the speed is
0.
There is a real time resampling performed for changing the playback rate without changing the sample
rate of the sound card. For best performance, use small play buffer sizes and a fast processor (Pentium II
recommended)!
Varipitch
MAGIX music editor 2
supports smooth changes of the pitch while playback, even in multi track projects (vertical slider in
playback parameter window - key p).
Activate the Varispeed mode with the ‘active’
button, then you can change the playback speed in various kinds:
Vertical slider
Changes the playback speed from -200% to +200%
Pitch Factor
Lets you specify a certain pitch factor manually
Halftones
Lets you specify a value of halftones. The playback will be transposed the number of halftones.
Internal Rate
Here you can set a sample rate for the varipitch calculation. If you want to play a WAV file with a
sample rate of 48 kHz but your sound card can only play rates up to 44.1 kHz simply set the internal rate
to 48 and activate Varispeed. You hear the same result as playing back with real 48 kHz!
This function is also very useful for digital playback to DAT with 44.1 kHz samples and vice versa!
BPM
Here you can type in the original bpm value of your material and a destination bpm value, which is
reached using the varipitch.
Important
Varipitch works also while recording! So you can set the pitch to -2 halftones, sing a song into the
computer, then switch off the varipitch - your track is transposed two halftones higher!
There is a real time resampling performed for changing the playback rate without changing the sample
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