@George-Sideridis

With apologies for editing your post but personal data like home and email addresses or phone numbers should never be posted to a public forum like this one.

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Thank you kindly Sir. Sorry I wasn't aware. Thank you for your forum.

Dear Graham. Thank you so much for your reply. Correct. I purchased it in 2019. It was a 32 bit version I believe. In 2021, I saw that there was a "2022" version so I upgraded it. The program looked the same although now it is 64 bit and more compatible with some of my 3rd party software synths. There were a lot of issues when I tried to install which have now been resolved. It was quite a confusing process, so I am reluctant to reinstall it again. I was locked out of my account for weeks . I have 2 other versions of Magix on my computer. I have 17 Premium (17.0.26) and the The MX version. Whilst version 17 sometimes crashes, I feel that the MX version is excellent, especially the mixer. It just looks and feels more professional than the mixer on the newer version. I can always just use those.

I have 2 further questions:

1. Which is the ultimate Magix program with all the features? I am happy to purchase it. There are so many advertisements on the program and their website that I am confused as to which one it actually is!

2. My second questions involves panning and is a bit technical, but please bear with me. My mindset is a bit old-school although I have been using Magix and other programs for years. My question involves whether Magix actually support stereo sounds (midi and audio). My guess is that it does. For instance in the old days when I had a hardware Mackie mixer and I wanted to hear a hardware synthesizer played through it, I would plug a cable from the output of the left channel of the synth into channel 1 of the mixer. I would pan that channel hard left. I would then plug the right output of the synth into channel 2 and pan it hard right. This would preserve the the stereo separation of how the synth designers recorded the particular sound I was playing. My Mackie mixer also had a few "stereo channels" with only one pan pot on those channels (but still with a left and right input to plug your synth in). I think the mixer was designed this way to save space. You would then pan the panning knob in the middle to get the same stereo effect as you would by plugging your synth in the left and right channels as mentioned before..

My question therefore is this; I noticed on the recording preferences on Magix there is a stereo option. Does this mean that If I want to record a live hardware synth, do I just select this option and just pan the panning knob in the middle on Magix to replicate the second example above (ie the stereo channels on the Mackie?) If this is indeed the case, I am assuming therefore that midi Magix sounds and software synths on Magix would operate under the same principle.

The reason I find this so confusing is that on old hardware mixers you would plug the output of a stereo instrument on 2 channels, whereas on programs like Magix it is one instrument per channel!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!