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Table Of Contents

Copyright
Preface
Support
Introduction
- What is Samplitude Music Studio 2013?
- What’s new in Samplitude Music Studio 2013?
- The features
Tutorial
- Step-by-step mode
- Switch workspace
- Recording in the Arranger
- Integrate audio material
- VIP and wave projects
- Arranging MAGIX Soundpool loops
- Add synthesizers
- Edit objects
- MIDI recordings
- Edit MIDI
- Effects
- Burn CD
Program desktop overview
- VIP window
- Managers/Docker
- Docking
- Transport control
- Track Editor
- Track box
- Symbol bars
- Workspaces
Functional overview
- Objects
- Ranges
- Wave projects
- Marker
- Volume
- Output mode
- Record
- Folder tracks
- Tips & tricks
Mouse functions and mouse modes
- Universal mode
- Range mode (safe mode)
- Curve mode
- Curves / Object mode
- Cut mode
- Pitchshift / Timestretch mode
- Draw volume mode
- Draw panorama mode
- Wave edit mode (only wave projects)
- Scrub mouse mode
- Color mode
- Zoom mode
Effects and effect plug-ins
- What effects are there, and how are they used?
- Saving effect parameters (preset mechanism)
- "Sound FX" (object editor, mixer channels, Mixmaster)
- Parametric equalizer (track effects, mixer channels, Mixmaster)
- MAGIX Mastering Suite
- Vintage Effects Suite (track effects, mixer channels, mix master)
- essential FX
- Vandal SE
- Analogue Modelling Suite: AM-Track SE
- Track dynamics
- Track delay/reverb (track effects)
- Elastic Audio Easy
Automation
- Automation – context menu
- Automation modes
- VST plug-in/VST parameters dialog
- Recording automation in "Read" mode
- "Draw" mode
- Edit automation curves
- Move automation curve with audio/MIDI data
Mixer
- Overview
- Operating the mixer
- Channel strips
- Master section
- Global settings
- Buses and routing
- Embedding external effects devices
- Tips and tricks
MIDI in Samplitude Music Studio 2013
- What is MIDI?
- Connect external equipment
- Convert MIDI objects into audio files
- MIDI settings
- MIDI: Import, record, edit
- MIDI object editor
- Step recording via keyboard or controller keyboard
- MIDI editor
Software / VST instruments
- Installing VST plug-ins
- Load instruments
- Loading routing settings with software instruments
- Load effects plug-ins
- Route MIDI instrument inputs
- Instruments with multi-channel outputs
- Adjust instrument parameters
- Play and monitor instruments live
- Routing VST instruments using the VSTi manager
- Preset management
- Freezing instruments (freeze)
- Tips on handling virtual instruments
- ReWire
Tempo editing
- Tempo and time signature changes in the tempo map...
- Tempo markers
- Tempo Map Modes: BPM Mode / Grid Fit Mode
- Tempo Change: BPM Marker
- Time Signature Marker
- Grid Position Marker
- Grid Tapping
- Tempo Map Dialog
- Tempo and Time Signature Dialog
- Manipulating the Tempo Marker in Timestretch Mouse Mode
Synth objects
- Working method
- Note for users of older versions of MAGIX Music Studio
- Atmos
- BeatBox 2 plus
- Loop Designer
- LiViD - Little Virtual Drummer
- Robota
- Vita
- Revolta 2
- Additional Vita Solo synthesizers
Surround sound
- Surround panorama module
- Stereo and mono signal processing with twin-channel Surround
- Automation of twin-channel Surround
Synchronization
- Synchronization formats
- Synchronization / Synchronization settings
Burning CDs
- Writing
- Burning CDs in Samplitude Music Studio 2013
- DSP display
Tools and wizards
- Load audio CD track(s)
- Crossfade Editor
- Waveform generator
- Remix Agent
- Harmony Agent
- Track settings
- Managers
- SMPTE Generator
- Solo JamSession
- Timestretch patcher
File menu
- New Virtual Project (VIP)
- Open
- Load / Import
- Save
- Save project as
- Save project as template
- Save object
- Save session
- Export
- Internet
- Trackbouncing (internal mixdown)
- Range trackbouncing
- MIDI bouncing
- Rename project
- Clean up
- Close project
- Project properties
- Program Preferences
- Exit
- Recently opened files
Edit Menu
- Undo
- Redo
- Undo List
- Mouse mode
- Object mode
- Copy
- Cut
- Split
- Insert
- Delete
- Silence
- Tempo
- Range
- Crossfade
Track menu
- Insert new tracks
- Copy track(s)
- Insert track(s)
- Delete track(s)
- Track type
- Input
- Track size
- Track Freeze
- Track effect settings
- Track information
- More
Object menu
- Object editor
- MIDI editor
- Wave editing
- New MIDI object
- New MIDI object in the range
- New synth object
- Edit
- Quantization
- Object effects
- Select objects
- Groups
- Move object
- Snap point (Hotspot)
- Object color / name
- Tempo and beat recognition
- Harmony Agent
- Harmony display
- audioid
- Time Stretch/Pitch Shift Patcher...
Playback / Record menu
- Play once
- Play loop
- Play in range
- Play with preload
- Play only selected objects
- Restart playback
- Stop
- Stop and go to current position
- Playback mode
- Playback options
- Record
- Record mode / Punch in
- Record options
- Monitoring
- Move Play Cursor
- Marker
- Solo JamSession
- MIDI record modes
- MIDI panic – All notes off
Automation menu
- First entries in the automation context menu
- Editing curves
- Delete all curves
- Automation mode
- Do not display automation
- Display track automation (default setting)
- Display selected curves only
- Display unselected curves (cannot be activated) (Default setting)
- Display unselected curves (can be activated)
Effects menu
- Amplitude / Normalize
- Dynamics
- Frequency/Filter
- Delay / Reverb
- Time / Pitch
- Distortion
- Restoration
- Stereo / Phase
- Modulation / Special
- Sample manipulation
- Plug-ins
- essential FX
- MAGIX Plug-Ins
- Waveform Generator
- SMPTE Generator
- Process only left (right) stereo channel
- Process Effects Offline
CD menu
- Load audio CD tracks
- Make CD
- Indices (Track markers)
- CD track/index manager
- CD disc options
- Set pause time
- CD arrange mode
- Get CD info (freeDB Internet)
- freeDB options
- Show CD-R drive information
- Show CD-R disc information
- audioid
Menu view
- Mixer
- Multitrack recorder MR-64
- Mastering Suite
- Transport control
- Time display
- Visualization
- Export tool
- Managers/Docker
- Manager
- Track editor
- Rebuild graphic data
- Sections
- Hide submix / AUX buses
- Grid view
- VIP display
- Overview mode
- Horizontal
- Vertical
- Cascade
- Tile
- Untile
- Window
- Toolbars
The "Share" menu
- Community upload
- Use as background music
- Add to music collection
Help menu
- Help
- Help index
- Context help
- Open PDF manual
- Watch the introductory video
- Online tutorials
- About Samplitude Music Studio 2013
- MAGIX auto-update
- Open magix.info
- Product registration
- Download more instruments/Sounds/Soundpools
- Screen transfer - MAGIX Screenshare
- Restore original program settings
- MP3 Encoder activation
Preset keyboard shortcuts
- Mouse
General settings
- System / Audio
- Program
- Edit keyboard shortcuts and menus
- Design
- Easy setup
Project options
- General
- Project Auto Save…
- Mixer setup
- Synchronization
- Recording options
- Varipitch/practice mode
If you still have questions
- Tips for program help
- System requirements
- Uninstalling the program
- Serial number
More about MAGIX
- MAGIX Online World
- magix.info
- Soundpool DVD Collection
Index

Index 499

Play once..................................................................................................................................384

Play only selected objects ...................................................................................................384

Play while recording..............................................................................................................388

Play with preload ...................................................................................................................384

Playback / Record menu......................................................................................................384

Playback mode........................................................................................................................385

Playback options...........................................................................................................333, 386

Playback settings .................................................................................................................. 460

Plug-ins...........................................................................................57, 72, 215, 359, 377, 420

Plug-ins/Sound FX ...................................................................................................................72

Position................................................................................................................................ 73, 74

Position bar..............................................................................................................................439

Position bar (left side)................................................................................................... 61, 436

Position bar 2 .............................................................................................................................62

Possibility 2 - Drawing mode in the Surround panning dialog................................... 272

Possibility 3 - Drawing automation curves in the VIP track....................................... 273

Practice speed ........................................................................................................................309

Preface........................................................................................................................................... 3

Preparation - Setting the start marker and object end.................................................288

Preparing a MIDI recording................................................................................................... 40

Present music on magix.info.............................................................................................. 444

Preset keyboard shortcuts...................................................................................................449

Preset management.............................................................................................................. 223

Presets ............................................................................................................................. 376, 417

Preview audio files.................................................................................................................298

Print notes................................................................................................................................205

Printing score..........................................................................................................................204

Process Effects Offline..........................................................................................................423

Process only left (right) stereo channel...........................................................................423

Processing the Surround Sound automation.................................................................. 272

Product registration...............................................................................................................445

Program....................................................................................................................................462

Program desktop overview.................................................................................................... 49

Program Preferences.............................................................................................................336

Programming the synth object........................................................................................... 236

Project Auto Save… ..................................................................................................... 335, 476

Project information................................................................................................................ 335

Project options........................................................................................................................473

Project options - Bar/BPM..................................................................................................475

Project options – Snap/Grid ...............................................................................................475

Project options - Standard pitch for tuner (Hz).............................................................475

Project options– Project .......................................................................................................474

Project properties .................................................................................................................. 332

Project status .......................................................................................................................... 336

Punch in mode active............................................................................................................388

Quantization............................................................................................................................366

Quantization grid ( ................................................................................................................206

Quantization settings ........................................................61, 186, 188, 189, 192, 193, 207

Quantize......................................................................................................................... 205, 367