User Manual

EDITING BASICS
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Playing individual soundbites
To audition a soundbite in the Sequence Editor,
click the soundbite and hold down the mouse
button. The soundbite will only play until you
release the button.
To audition a soundbite in the Soundbites window,
click it (but don’t hold down the mouse button).
Specifying audio output for auditioning
When you audition a mono soundbite, Digital
Performer plays it via the first mono output bundle
that it encounters in the Bundles window (i.e. the
highest one in the list). Similarly, when you
audition a stereo soundbite, it plays via the highest
stereo bundle in the Bundles window list. The same
principle holds for auditioning surround audio
files via surround bundles. To change which
bundle is used, make it the highest bundle in the
list using the move handle. For complete
information about audio bundles, see “Input
source: Audio bundles” on page 140.
Playing phrases
Using the Audition Selection command in the
Region menu, it is also possible to audition any
selection of MIDI and/or audio data.
To au di t io n a s e le c t io n:
1 Select the data. (See chapter 45, “Selecting”
(page 525) for details.)
2 Choose Audition Selection from the Region
menu, or press Option/Alt-spacebar.
Alternatively, you can Option/Alt-click the Audible
Mode speaker icon in the Control Panel. The
speaker icon does not have to be highlighted.
When you audition the current selection, the
tempo of the phrase is determined by the current
tempo setting in the Control Panel. Auditioning
can be stopped at any time by clicking or striking a
key on the computer keyboard.
Playing MIDI chords
Audible Mode allows you to hear MIDI chords one
note at a time, all at once, or only with selected
notes. To listen to a chord one note at a time, click
on the first note of the chord and drag downward
while holding down the mouse button. Or you can
start on the last note and drag upward. Each note in
the chord will play as it highlights.
Figure 34-10: Playing chords with the Audition Selection command.
To hear the entire chord at once, highlight all of the
notes and choose Audition Selection from the
Region menu (or Option/Alt-click on the Audible
Mode speaker icon in the Control Panel). To hear
only selected notes within the chord, highlight only
the notes you wish to hear.
Playing MIDI data other than notes
Only notes will play back when you highlight them
in Audible Mode. Other MIDI events such as
controllers or pitch bend can be played with the
audition feature. For example, to send a patch
change to a MIDI instrument directly from the
Event List, highlight the patch change and Option/
Alt-click on the Audible Mode speaker icon.
System exclusive data cannot be auditioned in
Audible Mode. To play back a system exclusive
event, press the Play button in the Control Panel.