MAGIX Announces Music Studio ProfessionalFrom the melody in the head to the CD in your
hand
May 6, 1999
With the new MAGIX Music Studio Professional, MAGIX is integrating a MIDI
and audio studio with complete mastering and direct CD writing. All the tools
you need to develop your creative ideas into songs, and produce a CD.
MAGIX Music Studio Professional is a digital studio with two main components:
the MIDI Studio, for sequencing and working with MIDI hardware, and the Audio
Studio with the multitrack hard disk recording. Both components are directly linked
to each other and allow you to put your ideas together quickly. And for those
who do not want to start from scratch,a library of MIDI file drum patterns, bass
lines, and complete works are included, royalty free even for commercial use.
With the MAGIX Music Studio Professional, the ambitious musician can not only
record live instruments, compose music, edit audio material, process it with DirectX
plug-ins, synchronize videos, produce samples and remix his songs. He can also
master his or her creation and burn it onto CD-R. If the Internet is the desired
mode of distribution, MAGIX Music Studio Professional also allows you to save
your work in MPEG Layer 2 format.
Features
MPEG Audio Encoder
The integrated MPEG audio encoder allows you to compress audio material into the
MPEG-Layer 2 format. The data size of your audio file is reduced by a factor of
10 while maintaining near studio quality. This allows you to send the production
via Internet easily.
Adaptive Track Mixer
The virtual mixers have been developed to preserve the feel of a professional
console. The channels displayed automatically adapt to the number of tracks. The
mixer in MAGIX MIDI studio has a 3 band EQ, volume, pan, mute, solo, record, clip,
mono/stereo controller and 6 effect returns which can be used simultaneously with
up to 3 included effects as well as DirectX plug-ins. In MAGIX audio studio, the
mixer has 3 AUX sends, dynamics, delay, DirectX, and filter functions.
1000 MIDI File Construction Kit
For your production, you have an extensive royalty-free midi library in general
midi (GM) format at your disposal. Containing both sound patterns as well as drum
loops, bass lines, chords, sequences and complete music arrangements. The midi
files have been produced by international musicians and producers in the various
styles such as techno/trance, hip hop, house, acid funk, rock, pop, funk, Latin
and jazz-rock.
Direct CD Writing
With the integrated CD recording software, you can burn your production directly
onto your CD in the professional “Red Book” standard. The program supports
nearly all CD recorders available.
Video Integration
The MAGIX music studio professional offers you full AVI video integration so that
you can produce a perfect soundtrack for your video.
MAGIX MIDI Studio
MIDI environment
The extensive environment editor lets you fix the internal midi signal flow of
your system.
Score editor
The Score Editor allows you precise presentation, editing and printing of your
arrangement and flawless integration of your song text. There’s also an AudioTo
Score Function that allows you to transform monophonic audio signals into notes,
Parameter box
The Parameter box allows you to put in different settings such as transposing,
velocity, loop, delay, etc. for single objects or whole midi channels all in real
time.
Mini event editor
The practical mini event editor shows you the exact settings of each single event.
This allows you to quickly and precisely fine tune your arrangement.
Drum / HyperDraw Editor
This editor is actually two editing windows in one. In the drum editor you can
record single bass components such as snare drum, bass drum or hi-hat separately
and then edit them exactly. With a click of the mouse you can change to the HyperDraw
Editor where you can additionally control all midi parameters such as modulation,
velocity or pitch bend.
Audio integration
In MAGIX midi studio you can integrate audio tracks. The audio material can be
edited in the integrated audio editor or be directly exported into the MAGIX audio
studio for extensive .WAV editing and mastering.
MAGIX Audio Studio
Wave Pipeline to MAGIX MIDI Studio
The MAGIX audio studio is conveniently linked to the MAGIX MIDI studio. Now audio
material can be edited and exchanged between the two components efficiently.
Recording Box
The recording box allows you to set the recording parameters in detail. Select
an audio resolution up to 24 bits and sampling rates up to 96 kHz.
Audio Effect Curve
The intensity of your audio effects such as echo, reverb, delay, etc. can be determined
for each particular track via an effect curve. This curve can be drawn graphically
anyway you like.
Audio Editing
For the production of your audio material you have a vast amount of editing features
such as time stretching, pitch shifting, resampling, normalize, etc. at your disposal.
You can also import audio material directly from an audio CD and edit it.
Multiple In/Out
MAGIX Music Studio Professional supports multi-stereo wave drivers and allows
you to address each of the 64 audio tracks separately. This allows for simultaneous
recording on as many tracks as you wish.
System Requirements
- Microsoft Windows 95 or 98
- Pentium‚ 200 MHz, 100 MB free disc space minimum
- 64 MB RAM minimum, Resolution min. 800 x 600 with 16-Bit-High-Color, 16-Bit-sound
card, CD-ROM drive, CD-R for direct CD burning.
Visit MAGIX on the web at www.magix.net.
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