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The Sample Edit Window
mands described in the section Functions from page 205
onwards.
Remember that the Undo function in the Sample Editor is
organized separately from the rest of the program. This al-
lows you to try out the edit in the Arrangement. If you
don’t like it you can go back to the Sample Editor and re-
verse the edit using the Undo function.
• Space is reserved on the hard disk for armed tracks
which is not available for undo files. MAGIX midi studio
generation 6 therefore automatically switches off record-
ready status for audio tracks, if the disk is nearly full, and
this would make an edit possible in the Sample Editor.
Functions
The following section describes various useful functions
available in the Sample Edit window, for perfecting audio
recordings. You can use these to add the finishing touches
to your work.
Each of the commands affects only the currently selected
audio. If you want to use them to alter the whole audio file,
you have to use the Select All function beforehand.
All of the following functions are destructive, so they
change files stored on your hard drive. You can use the
Undo function—but only until you make another destruc-
tive edit. So you could, for example, change the start and
end points of the selected audio in between destructive ed-
its, without losing your undo facility.
Since the Undo function in the Sample Editor works inde-
pendently of the rest of the program, you can try out an
edit in the Arrangement and make changes there. As soon
as you open the Sample Editor again (or bring it into the
fore ground), the Undo function is available for the last de-
structive sample edit.
Before these functions are executed, you are asked to con-
firm them as a safety measure. This confirmation dialog
box can be turned off by choosing Audio > Audio Prefer-
ences >
Warning before process Function in Sample Edit
(Menu) or … (Key).
Normalize: Normalization is the process by which a digi-
tal signal is bought up to its highest possible level, without
introducing distortion. Normalizing is possible in MAGIX
midi studio generation 6 by selecting Functions > Nor-
malize.
This is done in the following way; MAGIX midi studio
generation 6 finds the point with the highest volume (−
xdB) in the currently selected audio, and determines how
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