User Manual

RECORDING
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PREPARING A MIDI TRACK FOR RECORDING
To prepare a MIDI track for recording:
1 Record-enable the MIDI track.
This can be done in several different windows in
Digital Performer. In the Tracks window, click the
Record button next to the track (in the REC
column). If the button is red, the track is record-
enabled. In the Mixing Board, click the record
button below the solo and mute buttons. In the
Sequence Editor, click the record button next to the
track name. In standard record mode, only one
MIDI track can be record-enabled. In Multi
Record mode, several MIDI tracks may be record-
enabled (see “Recording several MIDI tracks in
one pass” on page 235).
2 If you are using Multi Record (Studio menu) to
record two or more MIDI tracks simultaneously, or
if you need to specify a MIDI device and channel to
record from (in order to exclude data received from
other input sources at the time of recording),
choose the input device and channel from the
track’s Input column in the Track List.
See “Choosing an input source” on page 132 for
details.
3 Select the playback device for the track being
recorded.
See “Choosing a MIDI output destination” on
page 132 for details.
4 (Optional) Turn on MIDI Patch Thru (Studio
menu) so that you’ll record the track with the same
sound as it will play back with.
Patch Thru echoes incoming data to the output
destination device you’ve chosen for the track. This
is essential when using a separate MIDI controller
instrument: it allows you to hear what you are
playing while it is being recorded. For details, see
“MIDI input monitoring” on page 228.
5 (Optional) If you are using MIDI Patch Thru,
choose the desired patch (sound) for the track
from its Default Patch or Patch column in the Track
List. For details, see “The patch list” on page 135
and “The current patch” on page 135.
6 (Optional) Set the Input Filter, if needed.
See “Input Filter” on page 223 for details.
7 (Optional) Set up Input Quantize or non-
destructive output quantize, if desired.
See “Input Quantize” on page 223 and “Non-
destructive output quantize” on page 224 for
details.
You are now ready to record MIDI.
PREPARING AN AUDIO TRACK FOR
RECORDING
To prepare an audio track for recording:
1 Make sure that the audio hardware that you are
using for recording is activated.
If you are using the MOTU Audio System, choose
Setup menu> Configure Audio System>Configure
Hardware Driver to activate the hardware driver.
For details, see “Configuring the hardware driver”
on page 25 in the DP Getting Started Guide.
2 Choose an audio input to record from.
This is the microphone input on your computer, a
physical input jack (or pair of jacks) on your
recording hardware, or a virtual input from a
software synthesizer or sampler. You can also
choose one of Digital Performer’s internal virtual
busses as the input. This means that you can record
output from any other track—or combination of
tracks—that are assigned to the bus you choose. In
the Track List, choose the input by pressing on the
input column next to the track as shown below in
Figure 24-3. You can also choose the track input