Hi,

Did you look at my tutorial on getting started in MMM? I show how to do this.

The yellow bar will repeat what is under it, but you can keep on recording beyond it. To listen to beyond the yellow bar, expand it or double-click in the space to the right of it to expand it over the whole song. This is explained in the tutorial and in the manual.

Thank you both for your replies. I have watched your tutorials, but im still lost.I wish to open a midi opject on a track and draw in notes using my mouse, but I find it wants to automatically loop that midi object into an 8 bar play loop, even when i extend the yellow playback line at the top of the page. At first I click on the track and open "create new midi object", then i empty the magix notes, then I draw in the notes i want, but it plays back only 8 bars  even though i have more than 8 bars of notes in the composition . Yet, some obects have played longer than 8 bars. What is determining this  midi object loop length . I cant work out what im doing wrong. Im sure its something obvious but i can work it out.Cheers

Hi,

You should have given that information when you posted your question.

1. Select an instrument
2. Right-click on that track
3. Select Create a new object
4. Select Create midi object
5. Select Empty 8 bars - you will now have an empty object on the track
6. Drag the right side of the object to the right, extending it the number of bars that you want. You can extend it even more later, or reduce it.
7. Make sure that the yellow bar covers the entire midi object
8. Double-click on the empty midi object
9. Create your song.

Thank you browj. ive done exactly what youve said step by step .I extend the object some 40 bars. I extend the yellow line above the same. Then when i put a note in the object editor it gets repeated once again every 8 bars which isnt want i want. It isnt working I dont want it repeating every 8 bars. idont want it repeating at all. what do you think im doing wrong?

Hi,

I just tried it again and you are right. Sorry for the bad advice.

Try creating a midi object normally.

1. Select and instrument and make sure that the track is set for Midi/REC
2. Open the on-screen keyboard from the tab at the bottom
3. Press on Record
4. Play a note
5. Stop - you now have a normal midi object
6. Stretch the midi object to the right the number of bars that you want
7. Double-click on the object and edit the midi object. Delete or move the note that you made.

Should work; works for me. I got 64 bars and could place notes anywhere.