User Manual

TRACKS WINDOW
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Sequence Name: The Window Target tab displays
the name of the sequence. A Digital Performer
project can contain any number of sequences, each
with their own Tracks window. Click to view a
different sequence in the window.
Marker well: Allows you to drag and drop an
unlimited number of markers anywhere into the
Time Ruler. Option/Alt-click the marker name to
rename it. Drag it left and right to move it. Drag
makers downwards until the cursor turns into a
trash can to delete them.
Zoom Buttons: The horizontal zoom buttons zoom
the Time Ruler so that each segment represents a
smaller or larger duration, while the vertical zoom
buttons scale the vertical size of the tracks.
For example, in the Quick Reference diagram, each
segment currently represents one measure of music
at the default height. Clicking the Horizontal Zoom
In button will cause each segment to represent one
quarter note. Other zoom-in levels are: eighth note,
sixteenth note, 32nd note, and 64th notes per
segment. Other zoom-out levels are: 4, 8, and 16
measures per segment. The vertical height of the
tracks can also be scaled down (if you have a very
large project and want to see many tracks at once)
or scaled up (if you want to see each track in more
detail). Option/Alt-clicking any zoom button
zooms all the way in that direction.
Phrase of tempo events: A stream of tempo events
that creates a smooth tempo change.
Phrase of MIDI data: A series of related MIDI
events are displayed as a block so they can easily be
dragged, copied, duplicated and otherwise edited
as a single event.
Window Divider: Separates the Track List from the
Track Overview. You can grab the divider anywhere
along its length and drag it left or right to resize
each portion of the window proportionally. Drag
left to see more of the Track Overview or right to
see more of the Track List, comments, etc. If you
drag all the way to the right, the Track Overview
completely disappears (the divider remains).
Double-click the divider to hide the Tracks List;
double-click the divider again to restore it to its
previous position.
Default patch: Displays the name of the patch that
will initially be called up for a MIDI track when the
sequence starts playing. This setting is saved with
the file.
Track names: Click a track name to select the track
(or a portion of it) for editing. Option/Alt-click a
track name to rename it. Double-click or
Command–double-click it to open editing
windows for it. Drag over adjacent tracks to select
several at a time. You can Shift-click tracks to select
a contiguous range of tracks, or Command/Ctrl-
click to select tracks that aren’t next to each other.
Take menus: Each track can have an unlimited
number of takes. A take stores the contents of the
track. If you want to keep what is already in a track,
but you want to try an alternative version of it
(either recorded from scratch or based on the
current take), choose New Take or Duplicate Take
from the Take menu. The original data is preserved
in its own take, which you can always return to by
choosing it by name from the Take menu.
Output menu: Each track has an output
assignment, which can be selected from a menu by
clicking in this column next to the track. MIDI
tracks are assigned to a MIDI device (channel) or a
combination of several devices (several channels).
Devices in the menu are provided by your MIDI
device configuration (Setup menu > Bundles >
MIDI Devices tab). Audio tracks are assigned to
physical outputs on your audio hardware (such as
the headphone output of your computer or a pair of
outputs on a MOTU audio interface), or to one of
Digital Performer’s internal busses.