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REGION MENU
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The groove quantize sliders
A unique and powerful feature, the groove
quantize sliders (Figure 48-20 on page 587) let you
adjust the degree to which the groove is applied—
in essence, they let you “turn up” or “turn down”
the groove. For more information, see “Adjusting
groove parameters when applying a groove” on
page 588.
Locating a groove
The groove list works like a standard open dialog
box. Use it as usual to locate grooves.
Renaming grooves
To rename a groove, option/Alt-click its name in
the Groove list to edit the name.
Deleting, moving, and duplicating grooves
Grooves can be cut, copied, and pasted in the
Groove Quantize window. This allows you to delete
them, move them from one file to another, and
duplicate them.
Duplicating is useful because you can make a copy
of a groove and then make adjustments to the copy,
which preserves the original.
To do any of these operations, you first open the
Groove Quantize window. To do so, select some
data or a region and choose Groove Quantize from
the Region menu. Locate the groove, and then do
one of the following desired operations:
Where grooves are stored
Grooves are stored in Digital Performer groove
files. You can store as many grooves as you want in
a groove file. You can create as many groove files as
you want. The only requirement is that groove files
must be placed in a folder called “Grooves”, and
this folder must be placed here:
This is all taken care of for you when you first
install Digital Performer, so, unless you have
moved the folder, you don’t need to worry about it.
When you create your own groove files (discussed
later), we recommend that you organize them by
category as shown above. This will make it easier to
locate grooves.
Notice that you can further organize your groove
files by placing them in folders (as long as they
remain inside the Grooves folder). You can even
place Mac alias files or Windows shortcuts in the
Grooves folder and place the actual groove files
somewhere else on your hard disk.
Adjusting groove parameters when applying a
groove
When you apply a groove, Digital Performer allows
you to adjust groove parameters without
permanently altering the groove itself. For
example, you can “turn up” the degree to which
velocities are affected without changing the
original velocity map in the groove. To
permanently edit the groove see “Modifying
grooves” on page 592.
Operation How to do it
To delete a groove Click it in the list to select it and
choose Cut from the Edit menu.
To move a groove from one
file to another
Cut it (as described above),
open another groove file using
the menu above the list, and the
choose Paste from the Edit
menu.
To duplicate a groove Click it to select it and choose
Copy from the Edit menu. Then
choose Paste from the Edit
menu. After pasting, rename the
copy to differentiate them.
Platform Path
Mac OS /Library/Application Support/MOTU/
Digital Performer/Grooves
Windows C:\ProgramData\MOTU\
Digital Performer\Grooves\