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Audio: Recording and Playback

Concept: Tracks, Audio Files, and Regions

MAGIX midi studio generation 6 combines a MIDI Se-

quencer with a Hard Disk Recorder. A Hard Disk Re-

corder is similar to a DAT Recorder or a Sampler: it allows

digital recording and playback of audio signals. The hard

disk recording medium provides many advantages over

the magnetic tape medium; no rewinding is required, and

the data is read from and written to various sectors of the

hard disk almost simultaneously. The recordings to be

played back simultaneously may be located at any position

on the hard disk. The Hard Disk Recorder perceives sound

recording edits as play instructions—i. e., an actual edit or

cut does not occur. Subsequently, any edits of the material

can be revoked and the original condition restored. This is

generally referred to as non-destructive editing. CD play-

ers with programmable title sequences are based on a

comparable principle: if you choose to listen to the titles

on the CD in reverse order, the CD player will not change

the data (the actual sequence) on the CD—which would be

destructive. The program merely plays the titles in the

changed sequence—which is non-destructive.

Number of Audio Tracks

On a multi-track tape recorder, the number of tracks that

can be recorded simultaneously, the total number of

tracks on the tape, the number of tracks that can be played

back simultaneously, and the number of outputs for the

playback of the tracks are the same. So, for example, with

an 8-track device, you may simultaneously record 8 tracks,

store 8 tracks on the tape, and play back these 8 tracks

through 8 outputs.

A Hard Disk Recorder like MAGIX midi studio generation

6 operates differently. In its case, the number of tracks

and outputs depend on the audio and computer hardware

being used. The following applies, for example, to the

MAGIX midi studio generation 6 with a sound card with

two in- and outputs:

– You may simultaneously record two mono signals (or

one stereo).

– There is an almost unlimited number of virtual tracks,

i. e., recordings that may be located on the hard disk

under MAGIX midi studio generation 6. The number

of tracks is only limited by the hard disk capacity.

– The number of tracks that MAGIX midi studio genera-

tion 6 can play back simultaneously—the so-called

physical tracks—depends mostly on the hard disk and