User Manual

CHANGE METER
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A Meter Change event in Digital Performer
consists of a meter displayed in this way, along with
a metronome click setting, which determines how
the click will behave. It also determines how often
the Counter is updated during playback or
recording.
The meter’s denominator value, the beat value of
the current tempo and the click settings are all
related, though they need not be set to the same
value. You may wish to have a meter of 4/4 with a
tempo of half note = 180 with the metronome
clicking every eighth note. The ability to use
separate values allows a great deal of flexibility and
accuracy during recording. In addition, the click
can be fully, independently customized. You can
even specify default click behavior for specific
meters and tempo ranges. See “Click Changes” on
page 710 and “Click Defaults” on page 248.
If a sequence or song contains several meters, the
resulting configuration of meters is termed a meter
map. This map is simply the complete set of
programmed meter changes for an entire
sequence. These changes are displayed in the Event
List windows for each track in the sequence. The
meter changes for a given sequence or song can
only be altered in its Conductor track.
It is often useful to set up the meter map before
recording the music, this way the measure
locations of the events you record will stay
consistent through the recording and editing
process. If you change the meter after recording a
track or tracks, the measure|beat|tick locations of
the events may change.
Inserting a new meter may or may not have an
audible effect on the music. Depending on the
options you select for inserting a new meter, note
events may be excluded and durations may change.
These options are explained in detail below.
Digital Performer starts a new measure at every
meter change. Thus, if a meter change is inserted in
the middle of a measure, that measure will
terminate early, and a new one will begin with the
meter change event. See “Meter changes and
partial measures” on page 714.
USING THE CHANGE METER WINDOW
Use these general guidelines for changing meter.
Specifying the sequence or song to insert
meters into
If a Tracks window is active, the meter insertion
will apply to that sequence. If the Chunks window
is active, the meter insertion will apply to the
highlighted Chunk or, if no Chunk is highlighted,
to the current play-enabled Chunk. If an edit
window is active, the meter insertion will apply to
whatever sequence it belongs to.
When you open the Change Meter window
(Project menu>Conductor Track>Change Meter),
the name of the sequence or song in which the
meter insertion will be placed is displayed at the
top of the Change Meter window.
Entering the meter
Click in each box and type in the numbers. The
numerator must be a value between 1 and 99. The
denominator must be a standard note value: 1, 2, 4,
8, 16, 32 or 64.
Numerator
Denominator