User Manual

RECORDING
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128 samples. This gives you the best of both worlds:
very low monitoring latency (3-6 ms) with effects
processing. The trade-off in this scenario is that the
lower buffer settings put more strain on your
computer.
Setting the input monitoring mode
The two choices for input monitoring described in
the previous section are provided by choosing
Configure Audio System > Input Monitoring Mode
from the Setup menu, which opens the dialog
shown below in Figure 24-10.
Figure 24-10: Under the MOTU Audio System, Digital Performer
provides two input monitoring modes. ‘Direct hardware playthrough’
provides monitoring without delays, but it does not provide effects
on the monitored signal. ‘Monitoring record-enabled tracks through
effects’ lets you monitor input with effects applied to it, but there
could be a noticeable delay in the signal.
Direct hardware playthrough
Direct hardware playthrough provides accurate
monitoring with no delays, but if you have real time
effects (EQ, reverb, etc.) assigned to the track being
recorded into, you will not hear them during
monitoring. Effects will, however, be applied to the
recorded material during subsequent playback.
When this option is chosen, the input signal
currently being monitored can always be heard, i.e.
it will be patched through when Digital Performer
is stopped, playing or recording.
When operating Digital Performer with a MOTU
audio hardware system, this option is required to
enable the Cue Mix™ monitoring feature.
Monitor record-enabled tracks through effects
Monitor record-enabled tracks through effects lets
you apply effects to the input signal (via the effects
inserts of the currently record-enabled track), but
you might hear a delay during recording. If,
however, the input signal is actually received by the
computer in sync with the rest of the sequence, the
input signal with be recorded properly (with no
delay).
When this option is chosen, the input signal
currently being monitored can always be heard
when Digital Performer is either stopped or
recording. During playback, however, the input
signal being monitored will never be summed with
existing track contents. Instead, you will hear
either one or the other.
USING THE WAIT AND COUNTOFF
FEATURES
The Wait feature holds recording until you hit a key
on your MIDI keyboard or the computer
keyboard. Countoff gives you a number of
measures of countoff in the starting tempo before
recording begins. For details, see “Wait button” on
page 202, “Click” on page 245 and “Click
Preferences” on page 246.
START RECORDING
After making the preparations already discussed in
this chapter, you are ready to begin recording:
1 Set the Counter to the location in the sequence
at which you want to begin recording.
If you are recording into a new sequence, you’ll
probably want to start at the beginning of the
sequence. To do so, click the Rewind button. To
start at a specific location other than the beginning,
type in the location in the Counter.
2 To begin recording, press the Record button in
the Control Panel.