User Manual

SEQUENCE EDITOR
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Figure 38-45: The Show Times menu lets you choose how to display
the location of each soundbite.
Current Time
When you choose Current Time in the Show menu,
all soundbites display their current location.
Figure 38-46: SMPTE start and end time.
Original Timestamp
When you choose Original Timestamp in the Show
Times menu, soundbites display the time at which
they were originally recorded (or created),
regardless of where they currently reside. If a
soundbite does not have an original timestamp
(perhaps it was created in an earlier version of
Digital Performer that didn’t support time-
stamping), then no times will be shown.
If a soundbite has an original timestamp, you can
move the soundbite to its original time with the
Timestamps command in the Audio menu.
User Timestamp
When you choose User Timestamp in the Show
menu, soundbites display their user timestamp, if
they have one. If a soundbite does not have a user
timestamp, then no times will be shown.
If a soundbite has a user timestamp, you can move
the soundbite to its user timestamp location with
the Timestamps command in the Audio menu.
For applying user timestamps to soundbites, see
“Setting a user timestamp” on page 628.
SYNC POINTS
A sync point can be placed inside a soundbite as
positional reference point for the soundbite instead
of its beginning (left edge). For example, if you
have a soundbite that consists of a hinge squeak
followed by a door slam, followed by a hollow echo,
you could put the sync point right at the door slam.
Sync points can also be very important for
percussive hits that have a small bit of sound before
the hit, such as a “ruff” snare hit. The example
below in Figure 38-47 shows a cymbal crash with a
small snare roll going into it. The Sync point has
been placed at the cymbal crash, which is the
highest point of rhythmic interest.
Figure 38-47: A soundbite sync point.
The sync point determines how the soundbite will
be positioned when doing things like quantizing
the soundbite or dragging it.
Creating a sync point
To create a sync point:
1 Double-click the soundbite in the Sequence
Editor to pop-edit it.
SMPTE start time
SMPTE end time