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Mixers and Audio Objects
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them like all the other events—for instance with the
Drum Editor.
The Track Mixer
The Track Mixer is the simplest and most convenient way
to mix audio and MIDI tracks. MAGIX midi studio gener-
ation 6 creates a mixer based on all tracks which are as-
signed to the track list of the Arrange window. It contains
as many channels as there are tracks. The mixer deals with
both audio and MIDI tracks. These are laid out in the
same order as in the Arrange window. Each channel rep-
resents a track in the Arrange window: the audio channels
correspond to the audio tracks, the MIDI channels corre-
spond to the MIDI tracks. The parameters which you ad-
just on the Track Mixer are also available in the Arrange
window. You open the Track Mixer via the key command
or, from the Arrange window, via Windows > Open Mixer.
On the left is the parameter display which tells you
(among other things) which effects are assigned to the aux
sends. Selected tracks are framed in red.
Display: The Track menu is where you define what types
of track are displayed in the track mixer. You can switch
off MIDI tracks if necessary. Although the effect and mas-
ter (output) objects are not track objects, they can also be
displayed in the track mixer.
The View menu is where you customize the display to suit
your requirements. You can hide the labels for the user-
defined pots on the MIDI mixer channels, which saves a
great deal of space. You can individually switch off the dis-
play of the program numbers, bank numbers, the user-de-
fined pots on the MIDI mixer channels (Assign), the pan
pots (Pan), the faders (Volume), and the track names and
numbers, to make more space. You can also switch off dis-
play of the equalizer, the aux sends, and Plug-Ins for the
audio channels.
Like the other editors, the track mixer is always stored in
the Screensets. You can switch between these using the
number keys 1—9, or you may call up two digit screensets
by holding down shift while entering the first digit.
Setting Knobs to their defaults: Clicking a fader or
knob in MIDI tracks while holding alt resets the value to a
neutral value. The neutral value is zero for all controls ex-
cept Volume = 100, and Pan, Balance, Cutoff = 64 (center
position).
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