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MARKERS
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To define a region using the Markers window:
1 Select a group of markers such that the
beginning and end marker of the group are at the
starting and end times of the region to be edited.
If the marker with the start time you want for the
edit region and the marker with the end time for
the region are not adjacent, you must select all
markers in between. Click on the starting marker
and drag down until you reach the ending one.
2 Choose Set to Selection Bounds from the Set To
menu in the Selection Information window.
You can now use one of the commands from the
Edit or Region menus. You can also use this
procedure to transfer marker times to the Memory
and Auto Record bars in the Control Panel.
SELECTING WITH MARKERS
When you click a marker in a non-conductor track
editor, it creates a time-range selection in that track
that extends to the next marker or end-of-
sequence, just like in the overview.
MARKERS IN EDIT WINDOWS
Markers appear in the edit windows for each track
in a sequence, where they can be renamed (by
Option/Alt-clicking) or relocated (by dragging).
However, commands on the Edit menu may be
applied to markers only in the Conductor track
edit windows.
You can use the View Filter to determine whether
or not markers are displayed in Event List
windows. For more information about using the
View Filter, see “View Filter” on page 314.
MARKERS IN THE SONG WINDOW
Markers in a song are displayed in the Markers
Strip in the song window. Digital Performer
automatically generates a column in the Song
window for each marker.
Markers can be of great help when building a song
or score because you can use the Song’s Markers
window to create a list of section markers, which
will become Chunk placement columns in the
Song window. Marker-generated columns are
particularly useful for placing Chunks at hit points,
which can be created during playback using the
Record Hits command.
Merging markers in the Song window
You’ll often find when you place a Chunk into a
song that it would be useful to see the Chunk’s
markers in the context of the whole song. The
Merge Markers command in the Song window
mini-menu lets you do just that. Simply select all
the component Chunks whose markers you’d like
to copy into the song, and choose Merge Markers.
All unlocked markers in the selected Chunks now
exist in the Song, and are displayed in the Song’s
marker strip and Markers window.
Removing merged markers from a song
You can just as easily delete a Chunk’s markers
from a song. Select the Chunks whose markers
should be removed from the song and choose
Delete Markers. Digital Performer compares the
song’s markers to those of the selected Chunks, and
removes any that match up by both name and
location. The markers in the Chunk are not
affected. Keep in mind that after you merge
markers of a Chunk into a song, dragging the
Chunk to a different location will not move the
markers. Further, selecting the relocated Chunk
and choosing Delete Markers will not have any
effect, as the markers in the song no longer match
the markers in the Chunk.
EDITING MARKERS IN THE CONDUCTOR
TRACK
You may apply any of the Edit menu commands
(Cut, Copy, Paste, etc.) to markers only in the
Conductor track for the Chunk. Select the
Conductor track in the Tracks Overview, or make a
selection in the Conductor Track in the Sequence