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Mixers and Audio Objects
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MAGIX midi studio generation 6 folder—has readily con-
figured audio instruments.
An audio instrument is an audio track with the track para-
meter “Cha” switched to one of the “Instruments (1-4)”.
So each audio track can be made an audio instrument by
setting its “Cha” parameter in its object parameter box to
an instrument channel. But it is more convenient to create
a new audio instrument by simply selecting “Functions >
Track > Create Audio Instrument Track”.
Remarks on the Use of Audio Instruments
The instruments offer an opportunity to reduce system
load. Please only assign as many voices that you expect to
need for a particular task; for example, one voice is usually
enough for a bass or snare drum.
Please note that muting an audio instrument track in Ar-
range does not reduce system load.
When an audio instrument track is selected, it is ready to
be played in real-time and consequently produces some
system load. Normally MAGIX midi studio generation 6
releases system resources used by the Audio Engine when
the sequencer is stopped. But this is not true if an audio
instrument track is selected in Arrange and is therefore
available for real-time playing. Selecting a MIDI track or a
normal audio track exits this “stand by” mode and releases
reserved system resources again when the sequencer is
stopped.
Audio instruments can only be addressed through corre-
sponding audio instrument tracks in Arrange. Audio in-
strument tracks process the sequence parameters Quan-
tize, Transpose or Delay in real-time. All other sequence
parameters become effective after they are normalized.
Loops and aliases must be converted to “real” copies. If
you want to shorten sequences, please divide them with
the scissors tool and erase the part you do not need any
more. The reason for this is the totally different internal
handling of an audio instrument as compared to external
MIDI instruments. The good thing is: the MIDI timing of
audio instruments is sample accurate.
To hear instrument plug-ins along with plug-in effects in-
serted afterwards, MAGIX midi studio generation 6 must
be in play mode.
The Synthesizers—Audio Instruments
Introduction
With Generation 6 you now have access to everything a
complete professional music production studio offers—
thanks to the built-in synthesizers. To make it as easy as