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Transport Functions
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Switches: On the right of the cycle locators are two place-
ment buttons. When you click on either of the buttons, the
song position jumps to the relevant locator.
Tempo: The tempo is given in quarter notes per minute or
beats per minute (bpm). In MAGIX midi studio genera-
tion 6 it ranges from 0.5 to 9999 bpm and is given to a
precision of 4 decimal places.
Programming Tempo Changes: Please refer to the section
Tempo from page 260 onwards.
Time Signature and Divisions: Bar numerator/ Bar de-
nominator/ Division: The division defines the third format
value in all position displays (i.e. in the Event Window),
and forms the grid for various length and placement oper-
ations. The division is normally set to 1/16 notes, but has
a value range of 1/4 to 1/96 note. If the note value of the di-
vision is equal to or greater than the bar denominator, the
third value of the position display is automatically re-
moved.
Programming Time Signature Changes: If you alter the bar
numerator or denominator in the Transport window, a
time-signature change is created at the start of the bar
where the current song position is. This is shown in the
bar ruler, to the left of the bar number. Of course, a time
change does not affect the absolute positions of the events
that are already there.
You can also add time signature changes directly in the
Score Editor. For more about this, see the section
Time sig-
natures from page 253 onwards.
Editing Time Signature Changes: Move the Song Position
Line to the first bar with the particular time signature you
want to change. Set the new time signature from the trans-
port bar.
You can also edit the time signature in the Score Editor, by
double-clicking on it.
Erasing Time Signatures: Simply change the time signa-
ture back to the value of the previous time signature.
You can also erase time signatures in the Score Editor by
selecting them. and hitting delete. To erase all time signa-
tures, select Edit > Select > Select Similar Objects before
doing this.
MIDI Monitor and Panic Function: The top line at the
far right shows the last MIDI message received, and the
bottom line the last MIDI message transmitted. The mon-
itor is mainly used to check the MIDI connections.
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