User Manual

CHAPTER
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34 Editing Basics
OVERVIEW
Digital Performer provides unmatched features for
editing MIDI data, audio data and both at the same
time. This chapter provides a introduction to
editing in Digital Performer and covers several
general features than can be employed universally
while editing.
Unlimited Undo/Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Editing during playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Selecting and searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Region editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Track groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
View menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
View Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Zooming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Scroll To. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Graphic editing techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Audio editing basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Sample accurate editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Audible mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
UNLIMITED UNDO/REDO
Digital Performer supports unlimited Undo/Redo.
It can remember everything you have ever done to
a project, even after you close and quit, across any
number of sessions, all the way back to the moment
the project was first created. There are several
commands in the Edit menu to support a simple,
single-step undo behavior, plus several commands
to step forward and backward through the undo
history. The Undo History window provides a
complete log of actions and numerous features for
navigating through the undo history and jumping
to any point. or complete details, see “Undo
History” on page 552.
EDITING DURING PLAYBACK
Almost all edit operations in Digital Performer can
be done during playing back so that you don’t have
to stop and start to hear the result. For example,
you could Transpose while the sequence is playing
and then use the Undo/Redo command as the
music continues playing to compare the original
and modified data.
SELECTING AND SEARCHING
To edit anything in Digital Performer, you must
first select it. Digital Performer provides many
useful ways to make selections, from a single
event—or event parameter—to the entire project.
After you’ve made a selection, you can apply
Digital Performer’s many powerful Edit menu
commands to whatever is selected. Be sure to learn
all of the ways to make selections by reading
chapter 45, “Selecting” (page 525) and chapter 46,
“Searching” (page 539). Both chapters contain
many shortcuts that will speed up your work.
REGION EDITING
A region is a span of time across one or more
tracks. Digital Performer’s edit windows provide
flexible region editing across one or more tracks,
allowing you to edit data within that region with a
wide range of edit operations. You can edit audio
tracks, MIDI tracks, and both simultaneously. The
process of region editing consists of the following
basic steps:
1 Select a region.
2 Apply the desired operation from the Edit or
Region menus.
These steps are discussed briefly in the following
sections.