Magix Samplitude Pro X 5 Boxed

With Magix Samplitude Pro X 5 , Magix presents the new flagship of its revised  DAW  (Digital Audio Workstation) and offers recording and mixing engineers useful functions that decisively improve the classic workflow. For example, effects can be applied to individual clips, whereas editing can be done easily even during recording. Furthermore, frequencies, phases and volume can be visualised.

New in Magix Samplitude Pro X 5

The new  monitoring section  simplifies the routing of playback and monitor mixes for the individual musicians: Instead of having to rely on hardware, you can  define your settings  here,  save them , assign effects  to them and switch between  mono ,  inverted phase ,  left or right channel  on both channels in real time. Of course, there is a  mute  function and a  separate level control .

Melodyne  users in particular should be happy about the new  ARA2 interface : the runtime of this computationally intensive plug-in has been significantly improved and the time-consuming audio transfer finally eliminated. In addition, ARA2 allows  simultaneous editing of multiple tracks  and  clean transitions  between clips without the need for crossfades. To let you try out the advantages of ARA2 right away,  Melodyne Essentials  is included.

The  tempo track  is another practical innovation: the tempo gets its own  automation track , allowing you to create elegant transitions between slow and fast song segments. Here you will also find buttons for  tempo and bar changes . In addition,  automation shapes  have been introduced; pre-defined waveforms from which you can choose for all types of automation.

MIDI Polyphonic Expression  (MPE) takes the age-old MIDI protocol to the next level: each individual note gets its own MIDI channel with all the corresponding commands. Using a suitable  controller  like the ROLI Seaboard you can edit parameters like  pitchbend ,  mod wheel  etc. for each note individually! Copying to a separate track is no longer necessary.

The  revised user interface  is another feature in Pro X 5:  Frequency progressions  are now  coloured in contrasting colours ,  saturation level  and  pitch  are also displayed in colour. With a little practice, unwanted parts of the recording can be identified and removed even before listening.