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Navigating with Markers
Markers play an important role in your daily work with MAGIX music editor 2 . Markers are a way to
same time positions to ‘markers’
that can be recalled at any time. For example, when mastering a live recording from a DAT tape, it helps
tremendously if you could drop markers at every beginning of a song during the recording of the tape.
The markers can be dropped into the window to help you remember certain editing positions.
Selecting of markers is relatively easy. There are three main methods of selecting markers:
Click on the marker head on the marker bar above the track pane.
Press the corresponding number on the keyboard for numbered markers.
Step between Markers with "RangeàMove Play Cursorà
Marker left/right" Keyboard shortcuts F2 /F3
Another method of finding and selecting markers is with the Marker Manager. The Marker Manager lists
all markers in the project. A marker can be selected by simply clicking on the entry in the manager. The
Marker Manager also allows you to rename markers.
Examples for using Markers
Example 1:
The mastering of an audio CD requires so-called ‘index markers’. These are markers that are configured
either automatically (using the ‘Auto Track Markers’ button in the toolbar) or manually by clicking on the
‘Set Track Index’
button in the toolbar. The markers can be moved to adjust the relative starting position of a CD track.
Example 2:
Use the markers to simulate cuts in your audio tracks. By setting a marker and moving it around you can
audition cut positions. You may want to zoom into the window to work at a higher detail. The movement
of the marker will follow smaller increments.
Example 3:
Markers can be named with the Marker Manager in the Tools menu. By naming markers, you can easily
set up a few markers that you name according to sections in the audio. For example, you could use
markers to indicate ‘Verse 1’, ‘Bridge’, ‘Chorus 1’, ‘Intro’
and so on. You can quickly jump to those locations by selecting the marker head or by clicking on the
entry in the Marker Manager.
Another practical use is to quickly select a range between markers by double clicking between two
markers on the marker bar. If the play cursor stands between two markers, you can select the range over
this two markers by pressing shift-F2 /shift-F3 ("RangeàEdit Rangeà
Range start to left marker/Range end to right marker")
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