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Audio: Recording and Playback
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names are indented, in regular type, and displayed with a
padlock. The regions are only visible if the arrow to the left
of the audio file name is pointing downward (click on the
arrow to toggle). The audio file regions are shown in a
dark shade inside the rectangles. The areas outside the re-
gions are shown in a light shade. You may move the re-
gion boundaries by dragging them with the mouse
pointer. To prevent accidental adjustments, click on the
padlock to secure the region settings.
Moving the beginnings and ends of regions provides an
easy, non-destructive editing method for the audio mate-
rial. Nothing will be deleted. You may, for example, cut off
the last syllable of a song line—and then restore this sylla-
ble by defining it in another region of the audio file, or by
extending the region!
It is often very useful to open one Audio window and one
Arrange window at the same time. You then can grab re-
gions with the mouse pointer in the Audio window and
drag them onto the desired track in the Arrange window.
If you are using the Windows version, you must first se-
lect the respective track in the Arrange window and set the
song position line to the position at which you want the re-
gion to be triggered.
In this context you should note that MAGIX midi studio
generation 6 automatically remembers the various win-
dow configurations as Screen Sets. Just press the respective
key, from 1 to 9, to recall the windows that were open
when you last selected this screen set. The screen set num-
ber is shown on the main menu display (on top) at the
right side of the Window entry.
Summary: Within Audio Files you define Regions. These
regions are displayed in the Arrange window, where they
are arranged on a Track. This track is then played back
through a channel of the integrated Track mixer.
In the Audio window, you can play back a region, by point-
ing at it and holding the mouse button depressed. Play-
back will start at the position of your cursor. Alternatively,
you can click the loudspeaker icon at the left and the se-
lected region will be played back from its beginning. If the
Cycle symbol is enabled, the region will loop continu-
ously, which is very useful, for example, when adjusting
the length of a drum loop. The lower button defines the
play-back channel. If you are using multiple audio hard-
ware systems, a similar button for the selection of audio
hardware will be available.
The small, black arrowbelow the waveform display of the
regions is the anchor. It serves as the region’s timing ref-