User Manual

CHAPTER
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24 Recording
OVERVIEW
Except where noted, this chapter applies to both
MIDI and audio track recording.
Digital Performer records very much like a multi-
track tape deck: you connect inputs, specify tracks
to record into and push the record button. Digital
Performer, however, has a great deal more
flexibility than a tape deck. There are many features
you can use while recording that affect which types
of data are recorded, control the time span in which
recording takes place, manage multiple takes on
the fly, automate loop-recording, and much more.
This chapter covers recording into MIDI tracks
and audio disk tracks in real time. It also briefly
discusses several other methods for recording
(Step Record, POLAR loop recording, etc.) and
provides references to other chapters that cover
these topics in detail. They are mentioned here as a
means of seeing how they relate to the recording
process as a whole.
Choosing a sequence to record into. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Setting tempo and meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Recording to a click. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Recording with a Countoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Input Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Input Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Non-destructive output quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Preparing a MIDI track for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Preparing an audio track for recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
MIDI input monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Audio input monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Using the wait and countoff features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
Start recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
Stop recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
How audio is recorded on disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Undo record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Recording stereo audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Recording in surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Recording several MIDI tracks in one pass. . . . . . . . . . .235
Recording several audio tracks in one pass. . . . . . . . . .236
Recording audio and MIDI at the same time . . . . . . . .236
Manual punch-in/punch-out on the fly. . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
Automatic punch-in/punch-out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
Punch Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
Overdub recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
Recording multiple takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Cycle-recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Step Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
Recording in External Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
Sample Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
Getting an error message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243