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 Check the MIDI output device in the "Program settings" window via the
"Audio/MIDI" tab (P key or "File > Settings > Program settings"). "Microsoft CD
Wavetable SW synth", a standard software synthesizer included in Windows
®
as an OS component, should be set as the default. If sound cards with their
own synthesizer are used or in case MIDI hardware synthesizers are
connected, set the sound card's MIDI driver or a MIDI interface!
 The sound car synthesizer's volume is set via the the sound card mixer.
Double click the small loudspeaker icon in the tray and find the controller for
the SW synthesizer.
 Several sound cards cannot use the SW synth simultaneously with ASIO
drivers.
The "Microsoft GS Wavetable SW-Synth" is treated as an external MIDI device,
which means that even while it produces sounds in the computer, it is still not
a component of MAGIX Music Maker MX Production Suite. If you want to
export a sound from the arrangement, then you will have to record it
beforehand (see Converting MIDI objects to audio files (view page 98)). The
sound quality of the
device is rather modest compared to "proper" software
synthesizers like MAGIX Vita or Revolta.
It's easier if you assign different software synthesizers to the MIDI object after
you load it. MIDI files of complete songs, for example like you might find on the
Internet, often contain multiple tracks that control different instruments. MAGIX
Music Maker MX Production Suite is able to use one software synthesizer per
track. For this reason, duplicate your MIDI one beneath the other as often as
there are different instruments involved and set the corresponding Channel
filters (view page 104) in the MIDI objects ("Options" menu in the MIDI Editor)
so
that each object only plays the notes for a single channel. Next, assign
software instruments for the individual channels via the Track (view page 40)
menu.
Connect external equipment
USB-MIDI keyboards
Over the last few years, controls for software synthesizers have produced a
new class of devices: USB-MIDI keyboards. These devices usually do not
contain separate sound generators, but rather consist of just a keyboard,
different controls, and a MIDI interface that is connected via USB cable to the
computer.
These keyboards usually do not need special drivers - they only need to be
connected. Make sure that the device is switched on and is able to be
detected prior to starting MAGIX Music Maker MX Production Suite, since the
available MIDI ports are only able to be discovered during program launch!