Thanks for clarifying this.

The Music Maker 14 Classic version doesn't support any external VST instrument plug-ins yet. So, this pretty much only leaves the provided software instruments from the Vita package. However, those are not included in the trial/download version installer, since they take up a lot of space and would excessively bloat the installer. You could check the "Help" menu whether you can download additional content and whether that would cover the Vita synth. However, as I said before, I'm not positive this is part of the trial.

Here's something you could check out, though: There's a trial version for Music Maker 15 Premium on the UK website:

www.magix.com/uk/free-downloads/trial-versions/all-trial-versions/

While this might also just be a bare-bones version of the program with just the functionality, but without all the audio and VSTi content, this one should support the inclusion of external VST instruments. So, you could just integrate and test with your own plug-ins or some random free plug-ins from the net.

As far as MP3 export is conerned, I don't really think this is featured in any trial version. That's a paid, optional feature, even in the full version of the program. But I also wouldn't worry too much about that. I just works like any export function - except that it already compresses to MP3. There are a few other common formats featured, without any additional activation. Plus, you could always encode with the external MP3 encoder of your choice.

I hope this helps.

Hi,
You don't need VST to export midi - something else is wrong. I export to .MP3 regularly with midi and .wav and have no problems. Are you using your own midi tracks or Magix bundled midi?

What type of sound interface do you have?

Justin

Hi again,

You don't need to merge/freeze the tracks in your arrangement or anything like this before exporting them. The export function will automatically result in a mixdown of all tracks. The problem here is rather that your MIDI track is currently outputting to the software synth of the sound card (Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth), which is not taken into account during the mixdown. You basically have two options now: You can either perform an audio recording of the MIDI track (from the stereo mix) before performing the actual mixdown or you can change the output instrument for the MIDI track to a proper VSTi, which will be taken into account during the mixdown. You might want to try the Vita drum sets. They're pretty solid. With Music studio, you can also use external VST instruments, of course. (You just need to set the path for where your VST plug-ins are installed in the Music Studio program settings.)

I hope this helps.

Ralftaro may be on to something with the software synth playback but you should still be able to export it regardless of how your computer plays it. You should not have to route the Midi to a vst instrument nor should you have to create your Midi in Magix... there must be a setting we're missing here. Please check your midi settings in Magix options to make sure your Realtek card is selected as the Midi device.

Also try mixing down your tracks first. Though you shouldn't have to; this might be a work around - it might combine them and allow a proper export. You seem to be doing everything correctly and it should work.

Justin

Regarding your question about configuring Vita as output: This can be done where it now says "Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth" as output. So, you could either do it within the MIDI Editor screen in the upper right-hand corner, where you have the output/instrument drop-down list, or you could do it in the Music Studio arranger main screen in the track options. Just select the track with your MIDI object and you will find all the parameters for that track on the left-hand side, including the "Out" drop-down list under the "MIDI" category. All available software instruments will be listed in there. Vita should be part of Music Studio 14. If you have the download version of the product, you might still have to download and install the additional content via the appropriate option in the "Help" menu, though. Beyond that, you can integrate your own VST instruments into Music Studio and they will also show up in the list.