User Manual

CHAPTER
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56 Custom Consoles
OVERVIEW
Digital Performer’s custom consoles provide a host
of control items, including:
■ Sliders
■ Knobs
■ Buttons
■ Menus
Each control item can be used for virtually any
musical purpose that involves MIDI data. For
example, a control item can:
■ Act as a “virtual” MIDI instrument, generating
continuous data which can be sent to MIDI
instruments and recorded into tracks
■ Remap data, such as velocities into controllers
■ Modify velocities of notes as you play back
■ Generate system exclusive data to modify synth
parameters on the fly
■ Generate controller data to control and shape the
sounds in your synthesizers
The sliders, knobs, and buttons can be controlled
in real time, while Digital Performer is playing
back or recording, to create musical effects. In
addition, they animate during playback to reflect
what you have recorded.
☛ Note: for standard multitrack mixing of MIDI
tracks (volume and pan control), use the Mixing
Board (Project menu). It provides a more advanced
environment for mixing applications. For details,
see Part 7 , “ Mixing” (page 795).
Custom Console Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .688
Building a Custom Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .688
Controlling Knobs and Sliders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .696
Recording a Knob, Slider, or Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .697
Taking a Snapshot of a Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .698
Animation During Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .699
Using Controllers Above 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .699
Grouping Control Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .699
Generating Sysex with a Slider or Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . .702
Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704
Figure 56-1: A custom console.