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Arrange Window
ing it to 1/16th notes and then call up Fix Quantize. You
can now apply any swing quantization to this cleaned-up
version of the sequence.
If you are recording a hi-hat pattern consisting of 1/16
notes and one single 1/32 note, first play the rhythm
(quantized to 1/16 notes) without the 1/32 note and choose
Fix Quantize. You can now raise the quantization to 1/32
notes and add the extra note without misquantizing any
badly-played 1/16 notes.
Groove
In the early days of sequencers, many people thought that
electronic music sounded mechanical or sterile. This im-
pression (which, at the time, might have been a fair obser-
vation) was based on the fact that sequencers could only
output notes that were quantized. This is no longer the
case. MAGIX midi studio generation 6’s resolution is so
high that at a tempo of 120 it can differentiate between two
notes that are just 520 microseconds apart. This is equiv-
alent to a single oscillation cycle of the highest note that
you can play on a soprano saxophone!
So, if you think modern sequencers always sound me-
chanical, you probably haven’t yet had the pleasure of
working with Logic. Of course, using the above-men-
tioned quantization functions, it is still possible to gener-
ate sterile timing if that is what you actually want.
Hyper Draw in the Arrange window
Hyper Draw is the easiest way to create and edit volume
and pan changes in the Arrange window. The changes in
MIDI data are made by graphically inserting points, which
represent fixed controller values.
The points are then interpolated automatically by MAGIX
midi studio generation 6, which creates a series of events
to smoothly connect the MIDI data from one fixed point to
another. These automatically generated events are recal-
culated every time you edit the curve points.)