User Manual

IMPORT AND EXPORT
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Importing REX files into the Soundbites window
You can import REX files using the Import Audio
command in the Soundbites window mini-menu
(or the File menu). This opens the audio import
window, in which the REX file can be auditioned
before importing. Just enable auditioning by
clicking the speaker button and the click on the
REX file in the file list. After importing, all of the
REX file’s individual slices are handled as
individual soundbites, with no further grouping or
association. Therefore, it is better to drag and drop
a REX file into a track, where you can then loop,
repeat or cut/paste it as a whole loop.
Viewing REX loop slices and changing their time-
stretch attribute
You can easily view all of the soundbite slices that
belong to a REX file with the Soundbite window’s
sorting features. Just view by file name, and the
REX file will appear with a disclosure triangle next
to its name that lists all slices below it. If you wish to
change the time scale attribute of the slices, select
them and open the Sound File Information
window, and choose either Time Scale or Don’t
Time Scale for the Time Compress/Expand
soundbite attribute. You can do so for multiple
selected soundbites (REX slices) at one time. If you
don’t time scale the slices, you might (but are
unlikely to) hear gaps between the slices when
using the loop at a tempo that is considerably less
than its original tempo. Most of the time, however,
you will get better results with the Don’t Time Scale
setting, which preserves the audio slices in their
original form (tempo). For more details, see
“Sound File Information” on page 349.
Acid file and Apple Loop import
Digital Performer can import Acid WAV and Apple
Loop AIFF files. To do so, drag and drop the Acid
or Apple Loop file into the Soundbites window or
into an audio track of the same format (mono or
stereo). Or import them as usual using the Import
Audio command in the Soundbites window mini-
menu (or the File menu). If the file has a tempo, the
tempo will be imported with the audio so that it
will automatically conform to the sequence tempo
when placed in a track, as long as automatic tempo
conversion (as explained in “Automatic
Conversions” on page 80) is enabled.
Audio file exporting
The Export Selected Soundbites command in the
Soundbites window mini-menu can export any
soundbite in the file formats shown in Figure 2-6
for Mac and Windows.
Figure 2-6: The audio export file formats.
For the macOS Core Audio Export formats, stereo
soundbites are exported in the interleaved stereo
version of these formats.
For further information about exporting to the
MP3 file format, see “Bouncing to MP3” on
page 934, as MP3 export works the same way for
bouncing as it does for exporting.
Saving an audio export preset
To create and save an audio export preset, check
the Save Settings as Audio Export Format option in
the audio export dialog (Figure 2-6). If there are
any additional settings required, they will appear in
subsequent dialogs. Then, you’ll be asked to name
your export preset. After a preset has been saved, it
appears in the audio export file format menu