User Manual

CHAPTER
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38 Sequence Editor
OVERVIEW
The Sequence Editor is one of several edit windows
in Digital Performer. To learn more about editors
in general, see chapter 35, “Edit Windows”
(page 325).
The Sequence Editor provides a multitrack graphic
environment for editing audio tracks and MIDI
tracks side by side. It includes a movie track for
displaying a project’s movie along the same
timeline. You can view one or more tracks at a time
using Digital Performer’s standard track selector to
show and hide tracks as desired.
MIDI tracks are displayed with the same graphic
note grid as the MIDI Editor, except that
continuous data and Median Strip events are
overlaid on top of the grid. Similarly, audio tracks
display waveform data with automation data
overlaying it. You can switch layers in each track
independently to bring any type of data to the front
for editing.
As with other editors, the Sequence Editor
provides sample-accurate editing of MIDI and
audio.
The Sequence Editor includes basic track
management features, such as adding, duplicating
and deleting tracks and sequences. Combined with
its MIDI and audio editing features, the Sequence
Editor provides “one-stop shopping” for editing
and managing a Digital Performer project.
Quick Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356
Tool palette quick reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
Sequence Editor mini-menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Sequence Editor basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
Opening the Sequence Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
Sequence Editor title bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
Sequence management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
Track management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
Snap, Cursor, Selection, and Event Information. . . . . .361
The Time Ruler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
The Marker Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
Zoom buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363
Zooming techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363
Audio track settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363
MIDI track settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368
Resizing tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369
Working with MIDI tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369
Effect inserts panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370
Audio editing basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371
Inserting soundbites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372
Moving soundbites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
Muting and unmuting soundbites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .376
Overlapping and layering soundbites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .376
Trimming (edge editing) soundbites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
Graphic time stretching of audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
Applying fades and crossfades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380
Graphic editing techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380
Selection techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380
Show times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381
Sync points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382
Working with breakpoint mix automation . . . . . . . . . .383
Soundbite volume automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
Working with loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388
Working with event flags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388
The View Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389
Scrolling during playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389
Scrubbing in the Sequence Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389
The movie track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389
The Conductor track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389