User Manual

SOUNDBITES WINDOW
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Bypassing warning dialogs when deleting
audio files
You can bypass warning dialog boxes by holding
down the Option/Alt key while you choose Delete
or Remove from list from the mini-menu. Digital
Performer proceeds as if you answer Yes to the
alerts.
Deleting an audio file that contains regions
If an audio file contains regions, but you are
absolutely sure that you want to throw away the file,
you can do so by dragging the file into the trash on
the computer desktop.
Getting rid of unused soundbites after a
session
After a recording session with Digital Performer,
you can quickly get rid of all the soundbites that
you did not use in a track as follows:
1 Choose Select unused soundbites from the
Soundbites window mini-menu.
This highlights all soundbites that are not being
used in a track.
2 Hold down the Option/Alt key and choose
Delete from the Soundbites window mini-menu.
All of the highlighted soundbites are removed from
the list, and their parent audio files are deleted from
the hard disk.
Compacting audio files
The Compact command in the Soundbites window
mini-menu deletes portions of an audio file that are
not part of a soundbite and then closes the gaps
between the leftover regions. For more
information, see “Compacting audio files” on
page 50.
DRAGGING AND DROPPING SOUNDBITES
You can “drag and drop” soundbites into the Track
Overview, Sequence Editor, Event Lists and even
the computer desktop (or any desktop window). To
do so, grab the move handle of the soundbite as
shown below in Figure 3-16 and drop it into the
desired window.
In the Track Overview the soundbite is placed at
the beginning of the grid segment you drop it into.
If you hold down the Command/Ctrl key while
dragging, the soundbite will “snap” to the end of
the previous soundbite from the drop point or to
the beginning of the track.
Audio data
Regions Playlists
Audio file
(before ‘Remove from list’)
Gruve Fill
Mini Fill
Figure 3-15: The Remove from list command leaves the region list in the
audio file untouched. You can re-import the soundbites later, if desired.
Audio data
Regions Playlists
Gruve Fill
Mini Fill
Audio file
(after ‘Remove from list’)