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Menu Playback
Varipitch
MAGIX audio studio supports smooth changes of the pitch
while playback, even in multi track projects (vertical slider
in playback parameter window - key p). Activate the Va-
rispeed mode with the “active” button, then you can change
the playback speed in various kinds:
Vertical slider: Changes the playback speed from -200%
to +200%
Pitch Factor: Lets you specify a certain pitch factor ma-
nually
Halftones: Lets you specify a value of halftones. The play-
back will be transposed the number of halftones.
Internal Rate: Here you can set a sample rate for the
varipitch calculation. If you want to play a WAV file with a
sample rate of 48 KHz but your sound card can only play
rates up to 44.1 KHz simply set the internal rate to 48 and
activate varispeed. You hear the same result as playing back
with real 48 KHz! This function is also very useful for digi-
tal playback to DAT with 44.1 KHz samples and and vice
versa!
BPM: Here you can type in the original bpm value of your
material and a destination bpm value, which is reached
using the varipitch.
Important: Varipitch works also while recording! So you
can set the pitch to -2 halftones, sing a song into the
computer, then switch off the varipitch – your track is
transposed two halftones higher!
There is a real time resampling performed for changing
the playback rate without changing the sample rate of the
sound card. For best performance use small play buffer
sizes and a fast processor (Pentium recommended) !
Keys: p
Punch In > Punch In Mode active
This option activates the Punch mode. Punch-In and Punch-
Out are a process automating the recording start and end
of an audio segment. Once the Punch mode is active, the
Punch-In Record can be used to record audio segments
without stopping the playback.
Requirements for this mode is an armed Record track. Use
the “REC” button on each track to select it for punch recording!