User Manual

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31 POLAR
OVERVIEW
The POLAR window is a self-contained audio
recording module within the general environment
of Digital Performer. What makes POLAR different
from Digital Performer’s usual audio track-based
recording is this: POLAR records your audio
entirely into RAM, rather than writing it to a hard
disk. Because RAM is so much faster, it allows
Digital Performer to be much more interactive
with you during recording, allowing you to
immediately loop newly recorded material,
overdub (merge) new audio data with existing
audio, and otherwise respond instantaneously to
your actions.
A typical POLAR session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
Ideas for using POLAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
Preparations for using POLAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
Opening the POLAR window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
Memory used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Ways to free up RAM for POLAR recording . . . . . . . . . .290
Setting the length of each pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
Choosing an input and setting input level . . . . . . . . . .291
Processing POLAR input with effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
Recording multiple channels into POLAR . . . . . . . . . . .291
Choosing an output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
Controlling POLAR’s output volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
Effects processing on output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
Monitoring POLAR’s live audio input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
The current pass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
Adjusting levels and panning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
Playback and transport control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
Punching in and out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
Creating new passes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
The record gate settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Viewing previous passes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Working with passes in the pass list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Working with pass groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Exporting a POLAR session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Saving and loading POLAR sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Remote control of the POLAR window . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296