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Does it matter what MIDI program I use and import the file from? I will experiment with both ideas. I have the 2015 Music Maker Premium. I was use to using Garage Band so I'm getting adjusted to this and your input in much more helpful than what

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 11/4/2014

RE: MP4 encoding results always poor; large files and low quality

Hi . . . . just tried several different encodes of a 10 minute film at 720p25. At 3 Mbps VBR, the file comes in at >200 MB in size and exhibits dreadful macro-blocking and banding when played back. . . . . I am guessing you used the Flash

Movie Studio

4 answers, most recent on 10/20/2014

RE: How can I add Captions in the video, urgent please help !

Hi, A caption is just a title, unless you want to use a fancy builtin lower third caption, which is still a title on a coloured band, possibly with some animation. Select an object. Click on the T (or do a Ctrl+T) to place a title. Type the

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 11/4/2014

MP4 encoding results always poor; large files and low quality

Although having used Magix for years, encoding a decent quality mp4 video is still a mystery to me. I've just tried several different encodes of a 10 minute film at 720p25. At 3 Mbps VBR, the file comes in at >200 MB in size and exhibits

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 10/7/2014

RE: Can you work with PNG layer files on MEP2014 Premium?

Hi Dan, I'm not sure that I understand what you want when you say "to apply our footage to the stage etc.." Are you trying to make a video to project on the screen while the band plays? Or are you just trying to make a video where you have

Movie Studio

6 answers, most recent on 10/11/2014

RE: Movie Edit Pro masks

I understand perfectly how it works and is set up. The problem is that I have a video with light and dark bands that I want to bring to the same level as the rest of the video. If I create a mask for the video with the light bands I can darken

Movie Studio

15 answers, most recent on 10/16/2014

RE: Pro X 6 : can the RGB Parade and Vectorscope be user-resized or are they always a fixed fraction of the available screen?

In case you're still there, an update to VPX6 has come out. I took another look at your image. Are the 2 black bands on either side of the gray scale image actually the background? That is, are they outside of your image? I believe so. I have an

Movie Studio

15 answers, most recent on 10/16/2014

RE: Pro X 6 : can the RGB Parade and Vectorscope be user-resized or are they always a fixed fraction of the available screen?

Hi, For some reason, your reply didn't register in my messages. I was looking back a bit and just noticed it. I don't have an image with pure black bands on the outside like yours. Does playing with the contrast not move that outside bottom

Music Maker

5 answers, most recent on 9/19/2014

I want to do a live video with the music maker of our band

I want to record my band with the music studio and video at the same time, is there one program that can do that, I don't want to match up voice and video but I want to clean up audio.?? I have music maker 2014

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 9/10/2014

RE: Backgrounds for green screen

danstudio, "...from some web site..." is no doubt your best bet. A search for the terms free video clip footage got nearly two and a half million hits! Some suggestions: Generally you would want the background resolution to match (or better)

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 9/10/2014

Backgrounds for green screen

Hello,How can I get more cool backgrounds for my rock band videos that I just started using green screens?I will buy them from Magixs if need be but I tried to contact Magix and cant find where to ask.I dont want any trial offers or ones from some

Photostory

2 answers, most recent on 8/31/2014

RE: After creating a slideshow in Photostory 2014 Deluxe I find that many of my pictures have to be resized for widescreen TV

Hi Maria, Most photos are 4:3 format, and thus you will always have the blank band at each side unless you resize the photos to cut off the top and or bottom. If you want to do this automatically (you can adjust later), then on the second

Music Maker

One answer, on 8/29/2014

RE: cinema type sound

Hi Petey, It is under the Reverb tool. Type B and it will open the Master Audio FX rack. Click on the presets under the Reverb tool and you will see a list. Pick one and listen to the result. (I assume that you have some music or audio in the

Music Maker

2 answers, most recent on 8/14/2014

RE: Keyboard selection

Many thanks John, this is very helpful. One last question, on MMM, either basic or premium, Is it possible to creat a chord progression to which I can add tracks that would sync with? I found this in Band In Box and Gsrage band. Simply

Music Maker

3 answers, most recent on 8/16/2014

RE: MusicMaker vs Music Studio?

Music Maker is a sample & loop based sequencer, specialized to beginners. Music Studio is a professional recording software and DAW for musicians and bands. Both programs complement each other.

Music Maker

17 answers, most recent on 1/2/2018

RE: [Closed] Soundpools not working in MAGIX Music Maker 15?

I can't get any of the soundpools to play unless I insert the dvd, and when I did that I imported, and saved all the pools to my hard drive, and in the program settings I have the path set exactly to where i saved them to. The way I work around

Music Maker

7 answers, most recent on 4/14/2014

RE: HOW DOES ONE GET PERMISSION TO USE BEATS?

THANKS GNARLY........SO WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR ONE TO GET PERMISSION TO BE COMPISATED...OR WOULD.ONE JUST BE BETTER OFF HIRING A BAND TO REDO THE MUSIC?

Movie Studio

15 answers, most recent on 6/26/2020

RE: [Closed] Movie Edit Pro MX 11.0.6.0 cannot read MKV files

Hi terry . . . . My point is that if the developers of those other players (some virtually one-man bands, like VideoLan and the authors of MPC, MPC-HC and others) can do it, then why can't MAGIX? . . . That is one view however . . . . The

Movie Studio

15 answers, most recent on 6/26/2020

RE: [Closed] Movie Edit Pro MX 11.0.6.0 cannot read MKV files

Hi John, My point is that if the developers of those other players (some virtually one-man bands, like VideoLan and the authors of MPC, MPC-HC and others) can do it, then why can't MAGIX? Terry, East Grinstead, UKh

Other products

4 answers, most recent on 2/25/2014

RE: When I try to upload my video from Magix 2014 to YouTube, it doesn't work. Why?

I did more research and found that, somewhere along the road, Magix posted a patch that worked for me. There were many things going wrong at once. What the patch fixed, 'cause I have since successfully posted the 3D video, was when I tried to

Off topic

2 answers, most recent on 2/13/2014

Magix music studio 7 can I use a mixer???

I have Magix music studio 7. in the past I have used a standard PC microphone to record. Although that does a good job for basic recordings, I would actually like to use this great program to do a demo for my band. I have a great Alesis mixer

Music Maker

3 answers, most recent on 2/1/2014

RE: Red time marker quit working

Well....I will tell you this.....I have used several different Magix programs for the past 7 years....Music Makers, Samplitudes, Music Studio, and Audio cleaner....any "problems" that I have personally encountered were due to wrong assumptions on

Movie Studio

7 answers, most recent on 1/20/2014

RE: Electrical sound being added to mpegs and after burning..

HI Sory for the late reply I haev a fractured finger and wrist.. When I transfer the origina file from the JVC Video Camera onto the comp I then use Power Director PLus to make the .tod file into a readable mpeg, the reason I dont transfer

Movie Studio

7 answers, most recent on 1/20/2014

RE: Electrical sound being added to mpegs and after burning..

Hi, Your Youtube video also has it, so it is not occuring just during the buring process but during the export process as well. Your audio also has many areas of clipping which will affect audio quality, but not those clicking sounds. By the