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Transport Functions
Click on the MIDI monitor to silence any hanging notes.
If this doesn’t work, double-clicking on it should do the
trick (Full Panic; take a look at the section For hanging
notes—Panic Function from page 141 onwards).
Song Title: The title of the active song is shown below
the MIDI monitor.
Song End: Below the song title, on the right, you are
given the position of the song end. As soon as the se-
quencer reaches this position, it stops automatically, ex-
cept when recording. In this case the song end is automat-
ically moved to the end of the recording.
For internal system reasons, the maximum length of a
MAGIX midi studio generation 6 song is 8550 quarter
notes, or about 2138 bars in 4/4 time.
A song can therefore last a maximum of around 70 min-
utes at a tempo of 120bpm. At 95bpm, the maximum
length is over an hour and a half.
If you need to increase this length, e.g. for video synchro-
nization, just halve the tempo. You can achieve the same
result by using 4/8 time instead of 4/4 time, and treating
quarter notes as eighth notes.
A 4/8 song at a tempo of 60bpm (equivalent to 4/4 at a
tempo of 120) has a maximum length of more than 4273
bars, or over 2 hours and 22 minutes.
Keys and Buttons
All the functions of the Transport panel are also available
as keyboard commands, even if the Transport window is
not open.
Transport: The basic functions of these keys are the
same as on tape machines, or cassette recorders, and
should be familiar to everyone. Here are a few special fea-
tures.
Record: Recording normally starts after the count-in, at the
start of the current bar. In cycle mode, it starts at the left
locator. You can also choose to have one beat constantly re-
peated, until a MIDI message is received, at which point
recording begins (more on this on page 114).
Pause: Pauses recording or playback until you press pause
or play again. During paused recording, you can add indi-
vidual events which will still be recorded.
Play: Starts playback at the current position, or in cycle
mode from the left locator.
Stop: Ends recording or playback—the sequencer stops. If
the sequencer is already stopped, pressing stop moves the
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