User Manual

REGION MENU
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This command is also useful when you want to
tweak a real-time effect in ways that are not
possible with the effect’s controls. For example, you
might have an arpeggiator effect applied to a track,
and you might want to tweak individual note
velocities of the notes it is generating. The Capture
Real Time MIDI Effects command writes all of the
notes permanently to the track so that you can edit
them in the usual fashion.
Figure 48-47: Capturing real-time MIDI effects.
Bypassing the original real-time effect after
capturing
When you capture a real-time effect, you’ll most
often want to bypass the original real-time effect
immediately afterwards. Otherwise, you’ll hear the
effect applied twice to your original data: once
from the newly processed data generated in the
track and again by the real-time effect.
For your convenience, a check box is provided in
the Capture MIDI Effects dialog box as shown in
Figure 48-47 to do this automatically for you.
After the effect is bypassed, you can either remove
it entirely (since you may no longer need it), or
leave it bypassed if you think you might want to
apply it again later — or to another portion of the
same track.
Expanding loops
This option, when checked, makes Digital
Performer turn loops into actual data. For
example, if you have a two-measure loop repeating
10 times, Digital Performer will remove the loop
and paste the two measures of data ten times in a
row. The result sounds the same as if the loop was
still there; the only difference is that the actual data
is repeated for each iteration stipulated by the
original loop.
☛ When you use this option, data that used to be
overridden by the loop (data that appeared in
italics in the Event List) will be removed and
replaced by the expanded loop data.
If you are capturing real time MIDI effects on a
track that contains loops, it is usually a good idea to
check this option because if you don’t, the loop will
probably “override” at least some of the captured
data. In other words, the captured data will appear
in italics and not play because it is being
overridden by the loop and its data.
TAKE AUTOMATION SNAPSHOT
An automation snapshot is the process of inserting
mix automation data for multiple mix parameters
in one step at a particular location — or over a
specified time range. For complete details about
how to use this Region menu command, see
“Snapshot automation” on page 840 in chapter 71,
“Mix Automation” (page 827).
SET GAP BETWEEN SOUNDBITES
The Set Gap Between Soundbites command sets the
gap between each selected soundbite, and the
previous soundbite, based on the time value
specified in the dialog:
Figure 48-48: Set Gap Between Soundbites.
Each soundbite that is not selected is offset by the
same amount, thus preserving the gaps in any non-
selected bites. In other words, this command is