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can then be synchronized with it. The music, original sound,
voice tracks, effects and much more can be adjusted on the
time line and played with the AVI video simultaneously.
As the final step, the audio signal can be recorded back to
the video tapes original audio tracks or mixed for broad-
casting.
File Name: Here you can specify the file name and directory
where the media file is located. By clicking on the “?” button
you will receive a file requester dialog that allows you not
only to look for the location on your hard disk(s), but also
let’s you specify which media file type you are looking for.
Once you have found the media file, simply click on OK
and MAGIX audio studio will make the link.
SMPTE Offset: The Offset allows you to specify a diffe-
rent start time for the media file. The default is a zero
position, which means that the media file would be started
at exactly 0 position, which is the beginning of the file. If
the offset is different than the 0 position the playback of
the media file starts at the position you entered. Here is an
example:
Let’s assume that we are working on the audio for an AVI
file and the audio section does not appear until 15 minutes
into the AVI file. It would be unnecessary to create 15
minutes of empty space at the beginning of the VIP in order
to line up the AVI frames and the audio. Instead we can
specify an offset of 15 minutes and the AVI file would start
playback at 15 minutes into the video file. However, all the
audio in MAGIX audio studio would start at position 0.
It makes good sense to write down the offsets you are spe-
cifying for the individual projects you are working with.
This way you can easily identify offset references for your
work.
Play Always: This checkbox allows you to specify whether
MAGIX audio studio is to play the media file every time
you start playback or recording in MAGIX audio studio. If
you uncheck the option MAGIX audio studio will not play
back the media file. This is a quick way to turn off the play-
back of the media file.
Load Always New: If this option is checked, MAGIX audio
studio will always load the media file for every playback or
recording of your VIP or Wave project. If the box is not
checked the playback of the media file is performed with the
contents of the memory. If the media file is too large for the
buffers, the playback is performed from the hard disk.