User`s guide

CHAPTER
53
7 Digital Performer
OVERVIEW
This chapter provides a brief overview of Digital
Performer’s basic I/O and synchronization
operation with the 896HD hardware. This chapter
covers both DP3 with Mac OS 9 and DP4 with Mac
OS X.
Setting up your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
The 896HD settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Be sure you have enough voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Trimming the analog inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Working with 896HD inputs and outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
24-bit operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Fine-tuning I/O timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
MIDI Machine Control (MMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Processing live inputs with plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using a foot switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Exchanging projects with AudioDesk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Sound Manager and Digital Performer (OS 9 only) . . 58
SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM
As described in chapter 4, “Installing the 896HD
Macintosh Software” (page 33), the Digital
Performer and MOTU 896HD software installers
will properly install and update everything for you.
If you are using a MIDI Timepiece AV or Digital
Timepiece for synchronization, be sure they are
present in Audio MIDI setup (or FreeMIDI Setup
under Mac OS 9).
THE 896HD SETTINGS
896HD settings in Mac OS 9
In Mac OS 9, the 896HD settings can be accessed
by choosing MOTU Audio System
options>Configure Hardware Driver from the
Basics menu. This is where you choose the 896HD
as your audio input output device. Once you’ve
done so, you should see the 896HD settings as
shown below in Figure 7-1.