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Tips & Tricks
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– Use the menu option Edit>Edit Tracks to manipulate
complete tracks. This includes adding new tracks,
inserting tracks and rearranging tracks.
Mixer
– Clicking the right mouse button on a Mixer effect control
knob or element opens the associated effect dialog.
– A double click on the middle of a control knob or element
returns it to the passive default setting. Another double
click resets the element to the previous position.
– Clicking on the left or right outer limits of a control knob
changes the setting in individual increments.
– In the Mixer window, multiple channels can be soloed
simultaneously. When holding the Shift key and clicking
on a Solo button, all previously soloed channels are un-
soloed and the single channel is soloed.
– The Master Normalization function in the Mixer window
can be used to instantaneously adjust the output level to
0 dB, no matter how loud or soft the master output signal
is.
Performance
– It often helps to run two copies of MAGIX audio studio
at the same time (simply start it twice from the Desktop).
This allows you to work on an extensive effect processing,
a longer recording, the creation of a CD, or any other
unattended procedure, while working on another aspect
of a second VIP or project. When working on dual
processor systems in Windows NT, both instances use
the full capacity of one of the processors. Even under
Windows 95 this technique can be used to work more
effectively. Make sure you disable the option Check Space
Bar for Play Back… in the System dialog (Shortcut: ‘y’) to
prevent the program in the background to stop any
process.
– After installation, the VIP Buffer size is set to 16,000
Stereo samples (System Dialog – Shortcut: ‘y’). This
setting enables all effects in the Master section of the
Mixer window with an optimum hard disk performance.
If you only work with a small number of VIP tracks and
do not use the FFT Filter in the Master section of the
Mixer, you may reduce the buffer size up to the
minimum of 2,000 Stereo samples. The Start/Stop
responds much faster and the Scrubbing (using the
keypad ‘0’ key) works much smoother.