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Preferences

Open the Preferences dialog from Settings > Preferences.

Preferences

General

  • Zoom In Sensitivity — Controls how fast the timeline zooms in
  • Zoom Out Sensitivity — Controls how fast the timeline zooms out
  • Shift+Zoom Sensitivity — Controls zoom speed when holding Shift
  • Default Length — Default timeline length for new projects (in bars)
  • Default View — Default visible range when opening a project (in bars)
  • Auto-Save — Enable or disable automatic saving, and set the interval

UI

  • Panel visibility defaults — Choose which panels are shown on startup
  • Behavior settings — Configure UI interaction preferences
  • Language — Select the UI language from the dropdown. The list is populated from the locale files (.json) shipped in MAGDA's lang/ folder, so available languages grow as translations are contributed. A restart-required hint appears after switching; the new language takes effect the next time MAGDA launches. See Localization for how translations are managed and how to contribute.

UI Scale

Pick a global scale factor for the whole interface. Useful on HiDPI / 4K screens where MAGDA looks too small at native resolution, or on the opposite end where you want more screen real estate.

Setting Behavior
Auto Scale is derived from the display's reported DPI.
100% – 200% Fixed multiplier, ignoring DPI auto-detection. Common picks: 125% on a regular 4K monitor, 150% on a Retina laptop with external scaling, 200% if you want to see fewer rows from across the room.

Changes apply live — no restart required. The shortcuts Cmd++ and Cmd+- also bump the scale up and down by one preset.

Colours

  • Custom colour palette — Define a custom set of colours for tracks and clips
  • Track colours — Right-click any track header to assign a colour; the colour tints headers in the arrangement, session view, and mixer strips
  • Clip colours — Clips can have their own colour or follow the track colour

Rendering

  • Default format — Choose the default audio format for renders (WAV, AIFF, FLAC, OGG)
  • Sample rate — Default sample rate for rendered files
  • Bit depth — Default bit depth for rendered files

AI

AI provider configuration has moved to a dedicated dialog. Open it from Settings > AI Settings.

See AI Assistant — Setup for details.

Shortcuts

  • Keyboard shortcuts — View and customize all keyboard shortcuts
  • Reset to defaults — Restore the default shortcut mappings

See Keyboard Shortcuts for the full default shortcut list.