3.0
Table Of Contents
- Copyright
- Support
- Serial number
- More about MAGIX
- Introduction
- Overview of the program screen
- Track window and constant control elements
- Import
- Editing in the track view
- What is an object?
- Project
- Adjust object volume
- Fading objects in and out
- Duplicate objects
- Reducing and increasing the length of objects
- Deleting and moving objects
- Cut objects
- Fading objects
- Change song order
- Automatic insertion of pauses between objects
- Several songs in a single long object
- Draw volume curves
- Quick zoom
- Cleaning
- Mastering
- Sound Effects
- Export
- File menu
- Edit menu
- Effects menu
- CD/DVD menu
- Set track marker
- Set Pause marker
- Set track markers automatically
- Set track marker to object edges
- Split objects at marker positions
- Set auto pause length
- Delete marker
- Delete all markers
- Create CD...
- Show CD-R drive information
- Show CD-R disc information
- CD track list/ID3 editor
- Get CD track information (freedb)
- CD info options
- Get CD Track list online
- Audio ID
- Options menu
- Move mouse mode
- Cut Mouse mode
- Zoom mode
- Delete Mouse mode
- Resampling/Timestretch mode
- Draw volume mode
- Stereo display
- Activate Volume Curves
- Play parameter
- Video window
- Units of measurement
- Mouse Grid Active
- Auto crossfade mode active
- Display values scale
- Options for automatic track marker recognition
- Path settings
- Tasks menu
- Help menu
- Tips and tricks
- Keyboard layout and mouse-wheel support
- Problems & solutions
The master track
Audio material display
All of a project's audio
material is displayed in the master track of the track window as a waveform. The waveform corresponds
with the acoustic properties of the material. This means that there isn't anything to listen to at places
where there isn't anything visually; higher waves mean high volumes. The tracks waveform display forms
the most important basis for locating specific passages.
The display is compressed, meaning that the waveform is displayed as a ratio of loud passages to quiet
passages. This ensures correct display for quieter sections at the beginning or end of a song.
Stereo
Use the "Stereo" button to split the stereo characteristics of the
audio
material into two channels in the waveform display.
This view is useful to optically monitor processing of the material in the stereo panorama, or to locate
precise crossover points during editing operations.
Position line
During playback a thin line will move horizontally from the left to the right over the master track. This is
the position line, which indicate, which part of the wave
form is currently reproduced.
The last starting point of the playback is indicated by a small triangle in the master track. The position line
will jump back to that position, once playback has finished.
Time ruler
On top of the track is the time ruler. Here you control the time course of the project. The units in which
the time is measured can be selected in the Options menu
. You can choose between samples, milliseconds, hours/minutes/seconds and CD-frames.
The track markers are also displayed in the time ruler. You can click on them and move or delete them
with the mouse If you pull a track marker over another, then the corresponding objects
will also be moved, so this is an easy means to change the sequence of the songs.
Navigation
The task of the transport controls is to help you navigate through the audio material in the master track.
Here you can find functions that you will already now from your old tape recorder. You can get more
information in the chapter Transport controls
.
The simplest solution, however, is to navigate directly in the track: a mouse click on the time ruler will set
the starting point for the playback (even if playback is already running!) The space bar starts and stops
playback.
Volume curve
You can activate a volume curve with the "Volume curve"
button
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