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Using MAGIX midi studio generation 6
search criteria, regardless of the commands’ current as-
signment.
The Find: button switches Find mode off and on. The but-
ton is automatically activated if a string of characters is en-
tered.
By choosing Options > Scroll To Selection the key com-
mands window will scroll to the currently selected key
command. The same function will automatically be per-
formed when the FIND button will be disabled.
You will find other helpful functions under the Options
menu. Options > Import Key Commands… allows you to
import the key commands from another .prf file. This im-
ports only the key commands, not the rest of the settings
stored in a .prf file. Just in case: Please make a backup
copy of your existing .prf before importing other key com-
mands.
If you want to printout your key commands, use Options >
Copy Key Commands to Clipboard, paste the key com-
mands into a text editor—and print them.
Global Functions
Object Colors
In the Arrange window you can define a color for selected
objects. View > Object Colors… (Open Object Colors) opens
a color palette. Selecting the key command a second time
closes the palette.
Click on the color you want to fill in all the selected objects
in that color.
Newly-recorded sequences acquire their tracks’ colors.
Online Help
MAGIX midi studio generation 6 has an online help facil-
ity: the .HLP file is automatically installed, and needs to be
in the MAGIX midi studio generation 6 folder. You can
call up the online help via Help > Help.
Song Administration
All events, other objects and settings (apart from the Pref-
erences and key commands) are components of a song.
Songs are handled in the main File menu.
New Song
When you first launch MAGIX midi studio generation 6,
it opens a preset standard song. After just a short time,
you will have learned how to make your own adjustments
to screensets and to song settings, and will no doubt want
to keep these settings for use in future songs, as they are
suited to the way you personally work with MAGIX midi
studio generation 6. The best way to do this is to set up
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