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Table Of Contents

Using MAGIX midi studio generation 6

Link, Show Contents, and Contents Catch: You can

define these display options to control how information is

displayed when working with related editor windows.

Link: When the button with the chain link icon is activated

(i.e. when it is this window always displays the same con-

tents as the top window. The display is adjusted whenever

the selection in the top window is altered.

Here’s an example: imagine the top window is an editor.

In Link mode, the other editor windows can display the

same data in another form (though please remember: you

cannot have any event display as the background window

of an Arrange window while in Link mode).

Contents Link: Double-clicking on the link button (dark

blue) activates Contents Catch mode. This means that the

window always shows the contents of the object selected

in the top window. The display is therefore always one

level below that of the top window.

Here’s an example: if the top window is an Arrange win-

dow, in Contents Link mode the editor windows can show

the events of a selected sequence. Selecting a different se-

quence in the Arrange window will cause the display of

the linked editor to switch to that sequence, as well.

Contents Catch: By simultaneously switching on Catch

and Contents Link, you activate Contents Catch mode. Ini-

tially, this is equivalent to Contents Link mode, but when

the song position reaches the next object on the same

track, the contents of this object are then displayed.

You could use this mode in an Arrange window, much as

you would in Contents Link mode. The editor windows

would then show the events of the sequence which is cur-

rently being played on a track.

Screensets

Normally you will lay out your windows on the screen in a

way that suits your way of working. This layout with vari-

ous windows, with all their different parameters (display,

zoom, position of each window) is called a screenset, and

can be stored. You can then swap between different

screensets, much as you might swap between different

computer monitors.

Storing Screensets: Screensets are numbered from 1—

99 using only the numbers 1—9. You can see the number

of the current screenset in the main menu next to the

word Window.