magix maker 17 stuttering

blueskies wrote on 9/16/2011, 11:13 AM

I recently purchased the music maker 17 premium on-line, directly from Magix. I am confused about why this program is stuttering and occasionally skipping during play back of instruments that I recorded. I downloaded an up date from Magix which was suppose to correct some issues,. .but it didn't. I am desperately just trying to get a got mixdown of my original music. Did I make a mistake when I bought this software? Should I have bought Samplitude Producer instead? Is there a anywhere on-line to download the full version of Samplitude for free? I already have over $100 wrapped up into a program which is totally useless to me at this point. Or is there a patch to correct this stuttering problem I am having? I have a brand new computer, windows 7, plenty of ram and hard drive space.

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john-auvil wrote on 9/16/2011, 12:40 PM

First, the issue you are having doesn't sound like its program related as much as resource related.

I know you say you have plenty of RAM, but do you? Here is the problem most users of multimedia software fail to take into consideration. If you have 4/6/8 GB or RAM, you need to find out how much is available in the system. I have 4 gigs running on my laptop, but I only have 68% of that 4 GB available to me because of other applications that run when Windows boots up, plus the resources that Windows needs just to operate.

If you have icons that hang out down at the system clock like idle teenagers at the mall, then you are also supporting other applications (running from start-up) with your system resources. This could cause intermittent issues on recording and playback of multimedia. On top of that, you need to make sure you actually have a sound card... not a integrated sound chip. Onboard audio processing should be fine for playback, but this type of sound device must share even more resources with the rest of the components on the main board. This can be further complicated for recording as some integrated hardware devices do not support full-duplex.

So, my suggestion to you is to identify the sound device you have. You can do this by going to the Start button of Windows, then to the Run area and type in DXDIAG. This will start the DirectX Diagnostic Tool which will have tabs for the different multimedia components of your system. Under the sound tab, you will find your audio device. If you an reply with the information that it states there. We can identify the device.

What I know of integrated devices are AC97, SoundMAX, Tellarc, but there could be others. These devices are not suitable for audio recording in the sense of creating music.

Now, what program should you have purchased?

I think Music Maker was the correct choice. The Samplitude Producer/Music Studio is really more for the user that records instruments in multi track... like a band... simultaneously. It is a full on editor, so if you need to do multitrack editing, than maybe that is what you need. There would be no "Free" Samplitude, as this is also a professional product used in the recording industry. If you are inclined to know more about Samplitude you can check it out at www.samplitude.com.

For you, I suggest we look into the system and see if we cannot eliminate the stuttering in terms of the audio.

johnebaker wrote on 9/30/2011, 3:39 PM

Found this in the manual - it refers to exporting but the section highlighted may be of use.:

The export calculations are independent of the playback performance. Even if your playback on your computer begins to stutter because too much RAM is being used for videos and effects, the export file will still be calculated correctly. We recommend placing already finished passages of complex arrangements via the export or mixdown function into a single file to free up some processing power (and tracks). This kind of file can be reloaded into the arrangement and edited further with the other parts.

John