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Table Of Contents

Copyright
Preface
Support
Introduction
- What is Samplitude Music Studio 2013?
- What’s new in Samplitude Music Studio 2013?
- The features
Tutorial
- Step-by-step mode
- Switch workspace
- Recording in the Arranger
- Integrate audio material
- VIP and wave projects
- Arranging MAGIX Soundpool loops
- Add synthesizers
- Edit objects
- MIDI recordings
- Edit MIDI
- Effects
- Burn CD
Program desktop overview
- VIP window
- Managers/Docker
- Docking
- Transport control
- Track Editor
- Track box
- Symbol bars
- Workspaces
Functional overview
- Objects
- Ranges
- Wave projects
- Marker
- Volume
- Output mode
- Record
- Folder tracks
- Tips & tricks
Mouse functions and mouse modes
- Universal mode
- Range mode (safe mode)
- Curve mode
- Curves / Object mode
- Cut mode
- Pitchshift / Timestretch mode
- Draw volume mode
- Draw panorama mode
- Wave edit mode (only wave projects)
- Scrub mouse mode
- Color mode
- Zoom mode
Effects and effect plug-ins
- What effects are there, and how are they used?
- Saving effect parameters (preset mechanism)
- "Sound FX" (object editor, mixer channels, Mixmaster)
- Parametric equalizer (track effects, mixer channels, Mixmaster)
- MAGIX Mastering Suite
- Vintage Effects Suite (track effects, mixer channels, mix master)
- essential FX
- Vandal SE
- Analogue Modelling Suite: AM-Track SE
- Track dynamics
- Track delay/reverb (track effects)
- Elastic Audio Easy
Automation
- Automation – context menu
- Automation modes
- VST plug-in/VST parameters dialog
- Recording automation in "Read" mode
- "Draw" mode
- Edit automation curves
- Move automation curve with audio/MIDI data
Mixer
- Overview
- Operating the mixer
- Channel strips
- Master section
- Global settings
- Buses and routing
- Embedding external effects devices
- Tips and tricks
MIDI in Samplitude Music Studio 2013
- What is MIDI?
- Connect external equipment
- Convert MIDI objects into audio files
- MIDI settings
- MIDI: Import, record, edit
- MIDI object editor
- Step recording via keyboard or controller keyboard
- MIDI editor
Software / VST instruments
- Installing VST plug-ins
- Load instruments
- Loading routing settings with software instruments
- Load effects plug-ins
- Route MIDI instrument inputs
- Instruments with multi-channel outputs
- Adjust instrument parameters
- Play and monitor instruments live
- Routing VST instruments using the VSTi manager
- Preset management
- Freezing instruments (freeze)
- Tips on handling virtual instruments
- ReWire
Tempo editing
- Tempo and time signature changes in the tempo map...
- Tempo markers
- Tempo Map Modes: BPM Mode / Grid Fit Mode
- Tempo Change: BPM Marker
- Time Signature Marker
- Grid Position Marker
- Grid Tapping
- Tempo Map Dialog
- Tempo and Time Signature Dialog
- Manipulating the Tempo Marker in Timestretch Mouse Mode
Synth objects
- Working method
- Note for users of older versions of MAGIX Music Studio
- Atmos
- BeatBox 2 plus
- Loop Designer
- LiViD - Little Virtual Drummer
- Robota
- Vita
- Revolta 2
- Additional Vita Solo synthesizers
Surround sound
- Surround panorama module
- Stereo and mono signal processing with twin-channel Surround
- Automation of twin-channel Surround
Synchronization
- Synchronization formats
- Synchronization / Synchronization settings
Burning CDs
- Writing
- Burning CDs in Samplitude Music Studio 2013
- DSP display
Tools and wizards
- Load audio CD track(s)
- Crossfade Editor
- Waveform generator
- Remix Agent
- Harmony Agent
- Track settings
- Managers
- SMPTE Generator
- Solo JamSession
- Timestretch patcher
File menu
- New Virtual Project (VIP)
- Open
- Load / Import
- Save
- Save project as
- Save project as template
- Save object
- Save session
- Export
- Internet
- Trackbouncing (internal mixdown)
- Range trackbouncing
- MIDI bouncing
- Rename project
- Clean up
- Close project
- Project properties
- Program Preferences
- Exit
- Recently opened files
Edit Menu
- Undo
- Redo
- Undo List
- Mouse mode
- Object mode
- Copy
- Cut
- Split
- Insert
- Delete
- Silence
- Tempo
- Range
- Crossfade
Track menu
- Insert new tracks
- Copy track(s)
- Insert track(s)
- Delete track(s)
- Track type
- Input
- Track size
- Track Freeze
- Track effect settings
- Track information
- More
Object menu
- Object editor
- MIDI editor
- Wave editing
- New MIDI object
- New MIDI object in the range
- New synth object
- Edit
- Quantization
- Object effects
- Select objects
- Groups
- Move object
- Snap point (Hotspot)
- Object color / name
- Tempo and beat recognition
- Harmony Agent
- Harmony display
- audioid
- Time Stretch/Pitch Shift Patcher...
Playback / Record menu
- Play once
- Play loop
- Play in range
- Play with preload
- Play only selected objects
- Restart playback
- Stop
- Stop and go to current position
- Playback mode
- Playback options
- Record
- Record mode / Punch in
- Record options
- Monitoring
- Move Play Cursor
- Marker
- Solo JamSession
- MIDI record modes
- MIDI panic – All notes off
Automation menu
- First entries in the automation context menu
- Editing curves
- Delete all curves
- Automation mode
- Do not display automation
- Display track automation (default setting)
- Display selected curves only
- Display unselected curves (cannot be activated) (Default setting)
- Display unselected curves (can be activated)
Effects menu
- Amplitude / Normalize
- Dynamics
- Frequency/Filter
- Delay / Reverb
- Time / Pitch
- Distortion
- Restoration
- Stereo / Phase
- Modulation / Special
- Sample manipulation
- Plug-ins
- essential FX
- MAGIX Plug-Ins
- Waveform Generator
- SMPTE Generator
- Process only left (right) stereo channel
- Process Effects Offline
CD menu
- Load audio CD tracks
- Make CD
- Indices (Track markers)
- CD track/index manager
- CD disc options
- Set pause time
- CD arrange mode
- Get CD info (freeDB Internet)
- freeDB options
- Show CD-R drive information
- Show CD-R disc information
- audioid
Menu view
- Mixer
- Multitrack recorder MR-64
- Mastering Suite
- Transport control
- Time display
- Visualization
- Export tool
- Managers/Docker
- Manager
- Track editor
- Rebuild graphic data
- Sections
- Hide submix / AUX buses
- Grid view
- VIP display
- Overview mode
- Horizontal
- Vertical
- Cascade
- Tile
- Untile
- Window
- Toolbars
The "Share" menu
- Community upload
- Use as background music
- Add to music collection
Help menu
- Help
- Help index
- Context help
- Open PDF manual
- Watch the introductory video
- Online tutorials
- About Samplitude Music Studio 2013
- MAGIX auto-update
- Open magix.info
- Product registration
- Download more instruments/Sounds/Soundpools
- Screen transfer - MAGIX Screenshare
- Restore original program settings
- MP3 Encoder activation
Preset keyboard shortcuts
- Mouse
General settings
- System / Audio
- Program
- Edit keyboard shortcuts and menus
- Design
- Easy setup
Project options
- General
- Project Auto Save…
- Mixer setup
- Synchronization
- Recording options
- Varipitch/practice mode
If you still have questions
- Tips for program help
- System requirements
- Uninstalling the program
- Serial number
More about MAGIX
- MAGIX Online World
- magix.info
- Soundpool DVD Collection
Index

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SMPTE Generator 306

Solo JamSession 307

Timestretch patcher 311

File menu 313

New Virtual Project (VIP) 313

Open 315

Load / Import 316

Save 318

Save project as 319

Save project as template 319

Save object 319

Save session 319

Export 319

Internet 323

Trackbouncing (internal mixdown) 326

Range trackbouncing 328

MIDI bouncing 328

Rename project 329

Clean up 329

Close project 331

Project properties 332

Program Preferences 336

Exit 339

Recently opened files 339

Edit Menu 340

Undo 340

Redo 340

Undo List 341

Mouse mode 341

Object mode 342

Copy 342

Cut 342

Split 343

Insert 344

Delete 345

Silence 345

Tempo 346

Range 346