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Problems & Solutions
My VIP volume appears to be too low. How can I
fix that?
MAGIX audio studio generation 6 has a sophisticate way
to deal with digital audio clipping which can occur when
you add audio tracks in the VIP. Depending on how strong
the audio signals are in each of the tracks, by the time you
add audio in tracks 5 or 6, you actually might encounter
digital clipping.
Since digital audio volume processing deals with
mathematical addition of volume values it can easily happen
that the resulting volume for combined tracks is beyond a
sound card’s capabilities to deal with the audio volume.
This is when digital clipping would be introduced.
In MAGIX audio studio you can set a ‘master volume’ for
each VIP. This setting can be different depending on the
audio material in the VIP.
This setting can be found in File>Properties>Project Info.
You will need to have a VIP open to get to the Project Info
dialog. You can adjust the overall volume setting for the
VIP in the Volume section of the dialog. By default, MAGIX
audio studio will assign a setting of -12dB which can be too
low for some projects. You can easily increase the volume
setting to 0 dB for example. When you encounter digital
clipping, you may want to reduce the volume setting at that
point.
You may also change the overall volume setting in the Mi-
xer window in the Master Volume + Image section.
MAGIX audio studio display some sort of
‘SYSTEM’ error when I try to do simultaneous
record and playback with my sound card. What
could be the problem?
Unfortunately, you may be dealing with a sound card that
is not capable of working in the ‘full-duplex’ mode needed
for simultaneous record and playback. Some sound card
are only ‘half-duplex’ sound cards, meaning that you can
either play back your audio or record audio, but not both at
the same time.
You will either need to install a second sound card and
record with one card while you play back audio tracks with
the other. Or you will need to replace your sound card with
a full-duplex sound card. Check with the manufacturer of
your card to verify the capabilities.