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Mixdown with MAGIX midi studio generation 6
without any problems, regardless of the sound generator
brand used. 2) The low-cost General MIDI sound modules
can be used to design complete arrangements, allowing
you to create a good pre-production at a very low cost. Pro-
fessional productions, however, will require the transfer
of many sounds to instruments, which sound better and
more distinct.
Roland has developed a General MIDI standard called
General Standard (GS), which is fully forward compatible
with General MIDI. If you are working with a Roland GS
sound generator, you can adapt the GM/GS/XG Mixer to
its configuration. Yamaha has developed a General MIDI
standard called Extended General MIDI (XG), which is
fully backwards compatible not only with General MIDI,
but also with GS. If you are working with a Yamaha XG
sound generator, you adapt the GM/GS/XG Mixer to its
configuration. Some Yamaha instruments bear the XG
logo, although they are not compatible with General
MIDI. These are merely designed for interplay with other
XG instruments (Yamaha P-50m, Yamaha VL 70m). To
adapt your system touch the button shown on the right
and select the appropriate setting.
The MIDI Channel Strips are merely a remote
control.
A mixer is used to mix audio signals. This is not the case
with this part of the Mixer. It is rather a remote control for
a sound generator in the shape of an on-screen mixer.
Why? Here is an example:
On your sound module (or on the sound generator of your
keyboard) you can adjust how loud the sound coming in
on MIDI channel 3 should be. This volume parameter can
also be set through MIDI without ever touching the sound
module. To set the volume of the sound on channel 3 to a
value of 65 “MIDI units” (value range 0—127) you will
send a MIDI volume command with the channel ID 3 and
the value 65. MIDI Volume is a controller command, to be
exact: a controller 7 command. In the Event Editor, this
command would look like this:
MAGIX midi studio generation 6 will send exactly this
command, if you set the fader (volume slider control) of
channel 3 in the GM/GS/XG Mixer to a value of 65. The
faders will send controller 7, the pan control will send con-
troller 10, the reverb control will send controller 91—and
so on. It is not necessary to remember all of these control-
ler numbers. Just use the GM/GS/XG Mixer as remote