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Transport Functions
Punch, Cycle, Skip Cycle
Press “Stop” twice to set the song position line back to the
beginning of the song (or, if Cycle is enabled, to the next lo-
cator to the left). This double-hit of the Stop key is very
useful, if you want to start playing back or recording from
the beginning of the song. With this function no rewind-
ing is required. Record Toggle (preset to space bar) allows
you to manually drop (or: punch); i. e., enter or exit a re-
cording while the sequence is already playing. (drop in /
drop out).
Cycle will continuously repeat the playback or recording
between the left and right locator. You can directly click
and drag on the beat position of each locator to change
their value. If you double-click them, a text field opens in
which you can type in an exact value. Type in a “space” or
“.” to separate between the data positions of location, i. e.,
type “5.3.1.1” to set the locator to bar 5, beat 3. (NOTE:
MAGIX midi studio generation 6 will also “round off” the
values of positions not entered so typing “5.3” would ren-
der the same result as typing “5.3.1.1”) The illustration on
the left shows the input of 14 in the left locator (seen
graphically it actually is on top), by double-clicking Back-
space, 1, 4, and enter. The “right“ (lower) locator is set to a
beat of 20.
For intensive editing of a song section, you can repeat it
continuously using the Cycle function. To enable this
function, press and hold your mouse button and move
over the respective area in the upper half of the bar ruler.
In the Cycle mode, playback and recording will be re-
peated only between the two locator positions.
This Cycle range is highlighted with a thick, orange bar on
the bar ruler. As an alternative to the previous described
method, you can change the locator positions by grabbing
the lower corners of this bar and dragging them with the
mouse.
To skip a section, press and hold the mouse button and
move over the section from right to left. The Skip Cycle
range is shown as a very thin bar at the top of the bar ruler.
Under Skip Cycle, the left locator will have a later position
than the right locator.
Count-In and Metronome
The count-in and metronome settings are set as follows: