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Table Of Contents

Copyright
Welcome
System Requirements
- General system requirements
- Hard disk
Contact
- Product activation:
- Support
- Sales
Installation
- Automatic registration directly from within the program
- Activating Samplitude 11
- Code Meter licence update for version 11
  - Upgrade to Samplitude 11 - Serial number version
- Introduction to Samplitude network installation
  - Configuration of the CodeMeter stick
  - Program installation
- Tips for using the CodeMeter stick:
System settings
- Audio setup
  - ASIO settings
- Monitoring settings
- Audio devices
- MIDI settings
  - Global MIDI devices
- Project options - general
What’s new in version 11?
- EQ116
- sMax11
- Vandal guitars and bass amps
- Studio essentials
- Audio pre and post-recording
- Revolver tracks
- Synth objects
- MAGIX Synth
- MIDI / VSTi features
- Grid bar/snap button
- Docking
- Video
- New skin interface
- New default coloring method for the color tool
- Color mode
- AAF / OMF import and export
- Manager
- New commands
What's new since 10.2
- FLAC format
- Dithering
- Spectral Cleaning
- Take composer
- FFT Filter
- MIDI editor
- Folder tracks
- New commands
What's new since 10.1
- Synchronization (Sequoia and Samplitude pro only)
- Hardware controller features
- System options -> Playback
- Advanced sidechain functionality
- Improved automation functionality
- Optimized multi-CPU strategy
- Mixer
- MIDI / VSTi features
- Audio quantization
- Grouping
- Manager
- File handling/Import/Export
- New commands
Screen elements
- What is a VIP?
- Program interface – Overview
- Toolbars – Overview
Samplitude quickstart
- Initial navigation in the virtual project (VIP)
- Tutorial: Recording
- Multi-track recording
  - Preparing to record
  - Start of recording
- MIDI recording
  - Preparing a MIDI recording
  - MIDI recording modes
- Objects in the virtual project (VIP)
  - Audio and MIDI
  - Cut and edit
- Mixer
- Effects
- CD mastering
General functions in the project window
- Section
  - Active section
- Zooming
- Scrolling
- Ranges
- Working with ranges
- Markers
- Scrubbing
- Samplitude as Wave Editor
  - Destructive Editing
  - Non-destructive wave editing
- Hints & Tips
Object-oriented audio editing
- What is an object?
Object editor
- Basic functions
  - Symbols for copying the settings (far right)
- Object effects
- Position/Fades
- Pitchshifting/Timestretching
  - Object/Loop
Techniques for Working with Objects
- Integrating wave files as objects in the VIP
- Integrating sections from wave projects as objects
- The difference between loading and importing audio files.
- Integrating CD tracks as objects into VIP
- Selecting and Unselecting an Object
- Object handles
- Selecting and unselecting several objects, inverting the sel
- Moving objects
- Changing the length and start time of an object
- Duplicating, copying, and inserting objects
  - Inserting an object with ripple
- Change waveform view
- Editing fades in the Object Editor or by using the handles.
- Object effects
- Locking objects
- Destructively editing an object
- Moving to a defined position
- Group/Ungroup objects
- Linking objects
- Overlapping objects
  - Overlap two objects with insert modifier "Ctrl + V"
- Gluing objects
- Looping objects
- Trimming objects
- Replacing an audio file below the object
- Moving audio material below the object
Managers
- File manager
- Object Manager
- Track Manager
- Marker manager
- Range Manager
  - Defining Ranges and Search Options.
  - Editing Range Parameters
- Take manager
- Take composer
  - Monitoring with arrangement
  - Monitoring without arrangement
- Comping
- VSTi manager
- Routing Manager
Mixer
- Mixer Overview
- Operating the Mixer
- Channel strips
- Master section
  - Mix to file while recording
- Global buttons
- Busses and Routing
- Effect routing/Plug-ins dialog
Effects – Organization and work flow
- Saving Effect Parameters (Preset Mechanism)
- Drag & Drop of DirectX and VST plug-ins
- Effect Routing
- External hardware effects integration
- Setting latencies for external effects
- Integrating external synthesizers
Effects and plug-ins in an overview
- Realtime effects at track, object, and master level
- DirectX / VST FX
- VST instruments
- MAGIX plug-ins
- Synth object
- MAGIX Synth
- Plug-ins at track, object and master level
  - Vandal
  - Studio essentials
Remix Agent
Stereo Editor
- Stereo dialog options
- Mid / Side Processing
Surround Sound
- Creating a New VIP with the Mixer in Surround Format
  - Menu File -> New virtual project (VIP)
- Converting an existing stereo VIP into a VIP with mixer in s
- Project Surround Setup
- Surround Panning
  - Track-based surround panning
  - Object-based surround panning
- Surround Panorama Module
  - Display elements
- Panorama Modes of the Surround Panorama Module
- 2-channel surround mode
  - Pan Setup
  - Surround Presets
- Stereo and mono signal processing in surround projects
- Working reciprocally in Stereo and Surround Format
- Automation of the Surround Panorama Module
  - Draw surround automation curves
- Effects in Surround Projects
- Editing Surround Sound Automation
- Surround track bouncing
MIDI in Samplitude
- MIDI Options
- Import, Record, Edit
- MIDI object editorCtrl + O
MIDI Editors
- Open MIDI Editor
- Working with the MIDI Editor
- MIDI functions
  - Change velocity with the random function
- Quantize to grid
- Step recording via keyboard or controller keyboard
- Cell edit mode
- Velocity mode
- Piano Roll (Matrix Editor)
- Drum Editor
- Controller Editor
  - Controller editor: Selecting and drawing events
  - Controller editor tips
- List Editor (event list)
- Multi-object editing (MO editing)
- Score Editor
- MIDI editor shortcut keys
Software-Instrumente/VST-Plug-ins/ReWire
- Installation of VST plug-ins
- Load software instruments
- Apply plug-ins at wave level
- Load plug-ins at object level
- Load plug-ins at track level
- Load plug-ins at master level
- Routing settings during software instrument loading
- VST MIDI out + Audio out recording
  - (for "Mixer FX monitoring/Hybrid Engine" only)
- Routing of VST instruments using the VSTi manager.
- Adjust instrument parameters
- Plug-in panel - graphic interface
- Plug-in parameter dialog
- Plug-in menu functions
- Play and monitor instruments live
  - Monitoring
  - Recording and playing back an instrument
- VST instrument preset selection
- Sidechain input
- Freeze plug-ins
  - Freezing VST instruments
  - "Inactive" state for VST instruments and VST effects
- ReWire client application
Automation
- Track automation - Basic approach
- Automation modes
- Object automation
- Master automation
- Automation – Context menu
- Curve generator
  - Curve generator - options for beat-based calculation
- MIDI controller automation
  - Automation/Controller
  - Settings
- VST plug-in/VST parameter dialog
- Automation recording in read mode
- Automation draw mode
  - Draw-in track automation
  - Draw in object automation
- Edit automation curves
- Move automation curve with audio/MIDI data
- Automation/MIDI controller settings
Synchronization
- Synchronization in general
- Media link / video setup
  - Video Options
Hardware controller
- Hardware controller - Introduction
- Hardware Controller settings
- Hardware controller presets
- Customizing controllers
- Hardware controller options
- Hardware controller - Fader scaling
- Hardware controller – "Internal" mode
- Learn controller for plug-in/mixer elements
Preset keyboard shortcuts
- "File" Menu
  - Open Project
- “Edit” Menu
  - More
- “View” Menu
- “Track” Menu
  - Track properties
  - Source/Destination
- “Object” Menu
- Realtime Effects
- Offline Effects
- “Range” Menu
  - Move play cursor
  - Edit Range
- “CD/DVD” Menu
- “Tools” menu
  - Manager
- “Play/Record” Menu
  - Play cut
  - Playback Mode
- “MIDI” Menu
- “Options” menu
  - Project properties
- “Window” Menu
- “Help” Menu
- Mouse
Signal flow
- Recording
- Playback
- Signal flow with monitoring
  - Hardware monitoring
  - Signal flow software monitoring
Glossary
- Active section
- Audio markers
- Automation
- AUX bus
- Clip
  - Clip for audio files (Wave projects)
  - VirtClip for virtual projects
- Context menu
- Crossfade
- Destructive editing
- Fade
- Grid/Marker bar
- Handle
- Hybrid Engine and Economy Tracks
- Latency
- Latency comparison
- Level fader
- Lock key
- Marker
- Mouse modes
- Menu
- MIDI object
- Monitoring
- Objects
- Object Editor
- Object Mode
- Object-Orientated
- Play Cursor
- Range
- Routing
- Scroll bar
- Scrub
- Section
- Setup button in the VIP
- Status display
- Submix Bus
- Surround AUX bus
- Surround sound in Samplitude
  - Surround-Master
  - Surround Bus
- System Settings
- Tempo marker
- Time position input field
- Title bar
- Tool bar
- Tool Tips
- Track
- Virtual Project
- VirtClip
- Visualization
- Wave Projects
- Wave Editing
- Workspace
- Zoom
Menu reference
File menu
- New Virtual Project (VIP)
- Open
  - Virtual project (*.vip)
  - RAM Wave Project (*.rap)
  - HD Wave Project (*.hdp)
  - Object (*.obj)
  - Edit List (*.edl)
  - Table Of Content (*.toc)
  - Session (*.sam)
- Load/Import
  - Load audio file
  - Import audio
  - Import as dump
  - Load MIDI file
  - Load video file
  - Import audio CD track(s)
  - Import audio DVD
- Save project
- Save project as
- Save project copy
- Save complete VIP in
- Save project as EDL
- Save project as template
- Burn project backup on CD/DVD
- Save object
- Save session
- Rename project
- Delete Wave Project(s)
- Delete virtual project (*.vip)
- Export audio
  - WAV
  - MP3
  - MP3 with external encoder
  - MPEG
  - Windows Media
  - Real Audio
  - AAC
  - FLAC
  - OGG Vorbis
  - AIFF
  - AIFF with QuickTime
  - Mono/stereo convert
  - Save in format
  - Export as Dump
  - 32-bit float as 16-bit / 20-bit / 24-bit
  - Export to "Video Pro X"...
  - Export video sound...
  - Export MIDI file
  - List export
- Batch processing
  - Tasks
  - Source files
  - Effects
  - Target format
  - Destination files
- Disconnect Internet
- FTP download
- Close project
- Exit
- Used projects
Edit menu
- Undo
- Redo
- Undo History
- Delete undo history
- Cut
  - Virtual projects (VIP)
  - Wave projects
- Delete
  - Virtual projects (VIP)
  - Wave projects
- Copy
- Paste / Insert Clip
- Extract
  - Virtual projects (VIP)
  - Wave projects
- Insert Silence
- Strip silence
- Append project
  - Add a VIP to a VIP
  - Add wave project to a wave project.
- More
- Crossfade Editor
  - Crossfading with the Crossfade Editor
- Auto-crossfade active
View menu
- Rebuild Graphic Data
- Sections
- Fix vertically
- Hide submix/AUX busses
- Overview mode
- Show grid
- Grid lines
- Units of measurement
- Snap active
- Snap and Grid Setup
- Display 2nd grid
- Exchange grids
- VIP Display Mode
- Store position and zoom level
- Store zoom level
- Get position and zoom level
- Get zoom level
- Horizontal
- Vertical
Track menu
- Insert new tracks
  - Add one track
  - Add several tracks
  - Insert tracks
  - Insert several tracks
  - New MIDI track
  - New track folder
  - New submix bus
  - New AUX bus
  - New surround bus
  - New surround AUX bus
- Cut tracks
- Copy tracks
- Paste tracks
- Deletes tracks
- Track properties
- Track effects
  - Track routing dialog
    - Track routing dialog - Routing
    - Track routing dialog - Dialog buttons
  - Copy track effect settings
  - Reset track effect settings
  - Save track effect settings... / Load track effects settings.
  - AUX sends
    - Dialog description
  - Additional track effects
- Track options
  - Audio
  - Record
    - Assign file name automatically
      - Audio options
  - MIDI
- Pan/Surround Editor (Stereo editor)
- VST Instrument Editor
- Track visualization
- Hide track
- Unhide all tracks
- Maximize track
- Minimize none
- Display subtracks
- Freeze track
  - Track freeze for AUX busses/submix busses
  - Submix bus
  - AUX bus
- Edit track freeze
  - Frozen Submix/AUX bus
- Unfreeze track
- Alternative revolver tracks
- Activate next/previous track
Object menu
- New object
- New synth object
- Cut objects
  - Cut
  - Copy
  - Paste
  - Delete
  - Extract
  - Duplicating
  - Duplicating and moving
  - Multiple duplication
  - Split objects at the project marker position
  - Split objects at the track marker position
  - Split object on audio marker position
- Split objects
- Trim Objects
- Heal/Unsplit Objects
- Glue objects
- Freeze objects
  - Edit object freeze
  - Unfreeze object
- Lock objects
  - Unlock objects
  - Lock definitions
- Move/Edit objects/crossfade
  - Moving objects
  - Object-/Fade step size ....
  - Object/Fade step size, objects step size 1, object step size
  - Object hotspot to play cursor position
  - Object to play cursor position
  - Object end to play cursor position
  - Object to original time position
  - Set new original position
  - Arranging objects
- Mute object
- Build looped object
- Set hotspot
- Delete Hotspot
- Select objects
  - Select objects under the play cursor / range
  - Select objects on active track
  - Selecting all objects
  - Unselect objects
  - Switch selection
  - Object lasso
  - Temporarily remove object from group
  - Temporarily remove all objects from a group.
  - Select previous object
  - Select next object
  - Select previous object
  - Select next object
- Group objects
- Ungroup objects
- Object effects
- Object color/name
  - Object background color
  - Object foreground color
  - Object name
- Object Editor
- Object Manager
- Take Manager
- Take composer
- Wave Editing
- Edit a copy of wave content
- Edit Root VIP
Automation menu
- Edit curve
- Delete all curves
- (Track) automation mode
- MIDI controller/automation
- Hide automation
- Display track automation
- Display object automation
- Display selected curves only
- Display unselected curves (cannot be activated)
- Display unselected curves (can be activated)
- Delete curve points
- Volume curve active
- Pan curve active
Range menu
- Range all
- Move play cursor
  - To start
  - To end
  - To beginning of range
  - To end of range
  - To start of section
  - Left/Right movement in page/scroll mode
  - Object border left
  - Object border right
  - Marker left
  - Marker right
  - Recall last stop position
  - Recall last position(s)
- Edit range
  - Move range start to left
  - Move range start to right
  - Move range end to left
  - Move range end to right
  - Range to start
  - Range to end
  - Flip range left
  - Flip range right
  - Beginning of range > 0
  - Beginning of range < 0
  - End of range > 0
  - End of range < 0
  - 0 > Range < 0
  - Range start to left marker
  - Start of range to left object edge
  - Range end to right marker
  - Set the end of the range to the right object edge
  - Range over all selected objects
  - Remove section
  - Range over no track
  - Range over current track
  - Range over all tracks
- Range length to
- Split range
- Split range for video
- Store range
- Get range
- Get range length
- Store markers
- Get markers
- Markers to range borders
- Set Markers on Silence
- Comparisonics audio search
- Set new Audio marker
- Copy audio markers to VIP markers
- Copy VIP marker to audio marker
- Erase Marker
- Deletes Markers in Range
- Delete all markers
- Recall last range
- Range Editor
- Range Manager
- Edit time display
Effects menu
- Notes on offline effect editing
- Extended options for destructive effect calculation
  - Destructive effect calculation in wave projects
  - Destructive effect calculation in wave projects
- Amplitude
  - Normalize
  - Normalize (quick access)
  - Loudness adaption
  - Show/Hide
  - Set to zero
- Dynamics (Overview)
  - What compressors are available in Samplitude?
  - Which compressor should be used and when?
  - Dynamics (Compressor / Expander / Gate / Limiter)
    - The following functions are available:
    - Dynamics - Parameter
  - Advanced Dynamics
  - Multiband Dynamics
  - Reserved
  - Multiband stereo enhancer
  - sMAX11
  - efx_Compressor
  - am-munition, am-track, am-phibia, am-pulse
- Frequency/Filter
  - Parametric equalizer
  - EQ116
  - Real-time (object) FFT filter/sound cloner
  - Sound Cloner functionality
  - Sound cloner controls
  - FFT filter/spectral analysis (offline)
  - Brilliance Enhancer
  - Filtox/De-esser
- Delay/Reverb
  - Delay
  - Room Simulator
  - efx_Reverb/efx_StereoDelay
  - Ecox/Variverb
- Time/Pitch
  - Resampling / Timestretching / Pitchshifting
  - Elastic Audio (Easy)
- Distortion
  - Amp simulation
  - Vandal
- Restoration
  - De-clipper
  - De-clipper
  - De-clicker/De-crackler
  - DeHisser
  - De-noiser – Remove unwanted noise
  - De-noiser – Remove unwanted noise
    - Noise reduction parameters
    - DeNoiser graphical display
  - Get noise sample
  - Remove DC offset (offline)
  - Spectral Cleaning (offline)
  - Spectral cleaning – the basics
  - Spectral cleaning – operation
  - Spectral cleaning – toolbar
  - Spectral cleaning – Edit selection
  - Spectral cleaning - Click markers
    - Spectral cleaning - Playback range
- Stereo/Phase
  - Reserved
  - Multiband stereo enhancer
  - Invert phase
- Modulation/Special
  - Convolution (offline)
  - Vocoder
  - efx_ChorusFlanger/efx_Phaser
  - Corvex
  - Reverse
- Sample manipulation
  - Change sample rate (offline)
    - Quality
  - Sample data / 2
  - Sample data * 2
  - Reverse
  - Build Physical Loop (offline)
- Plug-ins...
- essentialFX
  - Chorus/Flanger
    - Chorus flanger parameters
  - Phaser
    - Phaser parameters
  - Reverb
    - Reverb parameters
  - Stereo delay
    - Stereo delay parameters
  - Compressor
    - Compressor parameters
  - Expander/Gate
    - Expander/gate parameters
- MAGIX Plug-ins
  - Console
- Further console elements:
  - Parameter smoothing
  - Pot controls
- Analog Modeling Suite: am-track
  - am-track analogue modelling compressor & tape simulation
  - Compressor section
  - VCA mode
  - VINTAGE mode
  - Compression Parameters
    - VCA mode
    - Vintage mode
  - Compression expert settings
  - Tape section
  - Tips for applying tape simulation
- Analog Modelling Suite: am-pulse
  - Working method of the transient section
  - Transient section parameters
  - Saturation and HF details section
  - Creative tips for working with am-pulse
- Analog Modeling Suite: am-phibia
  - (Samplitude Professional)
  - Signal flow and steps
  - - active A/B
  - am-phibia - "Expert" view mode ('expert view')
  - - Pre MF freq
  - - Post LF/HF
- Analog Modelling Suite: am-munition
  - am-munition: Compressor/Limiter program
  - Overview of am-munition
  - am-munition parameters
  - am-munition Configuration
- CORVEX – Chorus/Flanger
  - CORVEX Parameters
  - Delay/Modulation section
  - Tone/Filter section
- ECOX – Echo/Delay
  - ECOX - Delay Time
  - ECOX - Modulation section
  - ECOX - Feedback path
- FILTOX – Multimode filter
  - FILTOX – Parameters:
- De-esser
- VariVerb Pro
  - Algorithms
  - Overview of the details
- Vandal
  - Particulars of Vandal
  - Quick start via preset selection
  - Tuner
  - Input
  - Stomp boxes
  - Overdrive/Distortion
  - Modulation effects
  - Volume/Dynamics
  - Filter/EQ
  - Vandal - Amplifier
  - Guitar amp
  - Bass amp
  - Cabinet simulation
  - Vandal - Quick start with amp and cabinet simulation
  - Rack effects (FX1/FX2)
  - Scene memory
  - Parameter control via MIDI and remote
- Edit left/right channel only
- Apply effects offline
Tools menu
- Trackbouncing
- Range bouncing (internal mixdown)
- Remove unused samples
- Delete freeze data
- Compile project data
- Waveform Generator
- SMPTE Generator
- New manager...
- Managers
- Audio marker manager
- Start Windows Explorer
- Timestretch/Pitchshift Patcher
- Remix Agent – Tempo and beat recognition
Playback menu
- Play once
- Play loop
- Play in range/loop
- Play with preload
- Play only selected objects
- Play cut
- Stop
- Stop and go to current position
- Restart play
- Playback options
  - Scrubbing
  - Varispeed/Scrub settings
- Playback mode
- Record
- Capture options
  - Options
- Record Mode / Punch In
- Monitoring
- Auto JamSession
Tempo menu
- Tempo/time signature
- Set new tempo marker
  - Tempo markers
- Set new time signature
  - Time signature marker
- Set new bar position marker
  - Bar position marker (Advanced tempo mapping)
- Ignore all time markers / use project beat
- Working with tempo and beat markers
  - Creating tempo markers
  - Manipulating the tempo marker in "Timestretch" mouse mode
- Metronome active
- Metronome Options
- Audio quantization wizard
- Audio quantization – Tutorial
MIDI menu
- New MIDI Object
- New MIDI track
- MIDI Editor
- Object Editor
- Glue MIDI Objects
- Trim MIDI objects
- MIDI bouncing
- Retrospective MIDI recording
- Demix MIDI objects by channels
- MIDI note quantize (standard)
- advanced MIDI quantization
  - Start Q/MIDI quantization
  - Q/MIDI quantization start and length (start and length)
  - Q/MIDI length quantization
  - Soft Q (gradual quantization)
  - Quantize note ends
  - Cancel MIDI quantization
- MIDI Humanize Q
- MIDI quantization settings...
- MIDI velocity dynamics settings
- Apply MIDI velocity dynamics
- Set MIDI velocity to fixed value
- Randomize MIDI velocity
- Track options
- Track MIDI Record
- MIDI controllers
- VST instrument editor
- MIDI Options
- MIDI Record Mode
  - Normal
  - Overdub
  - Replace
- MIDI Panic – All Notes off
CD/DVD menu
- Import audio CD track(s)
  - The track list dialog
  - Drive options dialog
  - CD-Drive Configuration
- Import audio DVD
- Set CD Track Index
- Set CD sub index
- Set CD pause index
- Set CD end index
- Set Track Indices on Silence
- Set track indices on object edges
- Set track indices on object edges - Options
  - Set also Pause Indices on Object Ends
  - Time Offset for Indices on Object Edges
  - No Indices on Object Crossfades
- Remove index
- Remove all indices
- Make CD
  - TOC Export
  - Burn CD
- Create Audio DVD...
  - Create DVD audio
- Show CDR drive Information....
- Show CDR Disc Information...
- CD Track / Index Manager
- CD disc options
- CD text/ MP3 ID editor
- Set pause time
- Set start Pause Time....
- CD arrange mode
- Get FreeDB title info
- FreeDB options
  - Submit CD to FreeDB
  - Freedb user preferences
  - Freedb proxy options...
  - Clear CD info cache
- Search CD online and set track indices
- Audio ID
Options menu
- Project properties
- Project options
- Track options
- Synchronization active
- Synchronization Setup
- MMC setup
- Program Preferences
- System options
Window menu
- Cascade
- Tile
- Untile
- Arrange Icons
- Main Toolbar
- Main Toolbar 2
- Position bar
- Position bar 2
- Punch/ Play bar
- Mouse Mode Toolbar
- Range bar
- Grid toolbar
- Workspace bar
- Button bar
- Status bar
- Mixer
- Track Editor
- Time display
  - Time display – Current field
- Visualization
  - Value range / display
  - Speed
  - Peak hold
  - Spectral options
  - Display/Colors
  - Reset (all)
  - Device
  - Open new visualization
  - Load/save setup:
  - K-metering
  - Peak meter
  - Oscilloscope
  - Bit meter
  - Correlation meter
  - l/R oscilloscope (phase correlation):
  - Directional gauge
  - Spectroscope
  - Spectrogram
  - Tuner
- Transport Control
- Manager
- Video Window
- Close all Windows
- Iconise all Wave Projects
- Hide all Wave Projects
- Half Height
- 1, 2, …
Help menu
- Help
- Help Index...
- Context Help...
- About Help...
- About Samplitude...
- Start Wizard / Tip of the Day
- System Information...
- Dongle Activation
Index

88 SAMPLITUDE QUICKSTART

2. Track effects

3. Master effects

Effects in audio objects

Object-based virtual effects are set in the object editor. This may be opened by double

clicking an audio object. The effect view is opened here as default. To display the the full-

size object editor, place a check next to "Max".

Object effects are applied only to the selected object. All other objects in the VIP are not

affected by these settings.

Effects in tracks

Track-related effects can be set either in the VIP window or in the mixer. These may be

internal effects or VST FX or DirectX effects.

Now click on the arrow of the corresponding field. A menu with the various effect

categories will open.