User Manual

CLICK AND COUNTOFF
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Adding your own click sounds
To add your own clicks to the click sound menus,
save them as a mono AIFF, or WAVE audio file, give
the file the name you wish to see in the menu, and
then drop it into the Clicks folder below. You can
add as many click sounds as you wish.
Playing the audio click on the computer internal
speaker (Mac only)
You can play the audio click on the computer’s
internal speaker, even when you are using a third-
party audio interface product general audio input
and output. Just Command/Ctrl-click the Built-in
Audio option in the Configure Hardware Driver
dialog to select it (along with your third-party
hardware driver), as shown in Figure 4-1 on
page 25 in the DP Getting Started Guide. Then
choose Built-in Audio from the audio click’s output
menu (Figure 25-2).
Disabling the audio click
To disable the audio click, uncheck the Audio check
box (Figure 25-1).
MIDI Click
The MIDI click (Figure 25-1) sends a MIDI note for
every click. For this option, you must set up an
instrument to receive these notes and play a ‘click’
sound of your choosing. For example, you could
use Digital Performer’s Model 12 virtual drum
module or an external hardware drum machine to
play a side stick or rim shots.
Data for MIDI click
These options define what notes are played if the
MIDI option is selected. The Accented note is played
on the first beat of each measure; the Normal note is
played at all other times. Each note has four
parameters:
First, you specify the device that will play the
accented and unaccented click by choosing it from
the menu provided. The list of devices in the menu
shows any virtual instruments that are currently
available, as well as any external instruments
provided by your MIDI device configuration
(Setup menu > Bundles > MIDI Devices tab).
Pitch is the pitch of the note, expressed as a scale
letter (A-G) (use the number sign # to represent a
sharp, or a small letter ‘b’ to represent a flat) and an
octave number. For example, C3 means middle C.
Vel o c i t y is the attack (on) velocity, expressed as a
number from 0-127.
Gate specifies the length of the note in milliseconds
(thousandths of a second).
Visual Punches
Visual Punches work just like the punches
associated with streamers, as explained in
chapter 66, “Streamers, Punches and Flutters”
(page 763), except that they flash on-screen on
each click. They can be used with or without the
audible click. Choose the desired color and size
from the menus provided (Figure 25-1). You can
also choose the output devices to be used to
generate the visual click.
Click options
Always click makes the click audible whenever
Digital Performer is counting off, playing or
recording.
Only during countoff makes the click audible only
during countoff measures. When playback or
recording begins, the click will fall silent. See
“Countoff preferences” on page 250 for more
information about the countoff.
Only when recording makes the click audible only
when Digital Performer is in record mode. If the
Countoff button is enabled, Digital Performer will
also click during the countoff in this mode.
Platform Path
macOS /Library/Application Support/MOTU/Digital
Performer/Clicks
Windows C:\ProgramData\MOTU\Digital Performer\Clicks\