Few noob questions :)
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 1:06 pm
Hello everyone,
My first post here
I am playing with the latest Magic Demo downloaded from the website and I’m considering to buy it. I have few doubts though, hoping you can clarify them.
I searched for existing topics, but couldn't find any.
For reference: I use a MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014), running OS X Yosemite 10.10.2.
1) Is it normal that, after few minutes from opening it, with an empty scene, Magic is using 28-30% of CPU? I can hear the fans are working pretty hard
I am thinking about using Magic for live performances, where the audio is processed through my Mac and the video is created based on the audio provided.
2) If I connect an external monitor (unluckily I don’t have one now to test), can I set the video output to be full-screen on the external monitor while still having a preview on my Mac screen? Or Magic can only use one screen at a time?
3) Can I control the scenes with a MIDI device? Controls can be only like “Play next/previous scene” or could they be also “Play scene #1/2/3/…”?
Last but not least
4) Are there more effects in the full version of Magic? Or the ones in the demo are all of them?
Looking forward to learning a lot here,
Thank you.
My first post here
I am playing with the latest Magic Demo downloaded from the website and I’m considering to buy it. I have few doubts though, hoping you can clarify them.
I searched for existing topics, but couldn't find any.
For reference: I use a MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014), running OS X Yosemite 10.10.2.
1) Is it normal that, after few minutes from opening it, with an empty scene, Magic is using 28-30% of CPU? I can hear the fans are working pretty hard
I am thinking about using Magic for live performances, where the audio is processed through my Mac and the video is created based on the audio provided.
2) If I connect an external monitor (unluckily I don’t have one now to test), can I set the video output to be full-screen on the external monitor while still having a preview on my Mac screen? Or Magic can only use one screen at a time?
3) Can I control the scenes with a MIDI device? Controls can be only like “Play next/previous scene” or could they be also “Play scene #1/2/3/…”?
Last but not least
4) Are there more effects in the full version of Magic? Or the ones in the demo are all of them?
Looking forward to learning a lot here,
Thank you.