User Manual

CHUNKS WINDOW
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If Digital Performer receives a song select number
that is assigned to two or more chunks, Digital
Performer will cue the chunk that appears highest
in the list. For this reason, it is best to assign a
unique Song Select number to each chunk.
End time: Displays each chunk’s End time. In
automatic mode, End time is the downbeat of the
measure following the last complete measure in the
chunk. When a chunk’s End time is in manual
mode, it is bold and can be edited to be any length.
V-Racks do not have an end time because they hold
no audio or MIDI data.
Name: Displays the name of the chunk. Click the
name to select the chunk. Option/Alt-click the
name to change it. Double-click the name to open
the Tracks, Song or Mixer window belonging to the
chunk.
Because chunks can be imported into other files,
dragged without limit into Song windows, and
duplicated easily, use the most descriptive chunk
name possible to avoid confusion.
Comments: Displays as much as possible of your
comments for each chunk. View and edit the
comments by clicking them.
Next/Previous Chunk buttons: If you have more
than one sequence or song in the file, these buttons
skip to the next or previous one, much like the skip
buttons on a CD player.
Cue Chunks button: When highlighted, it
play-enables the next chunk in the chunks
list after the current playback chunk reaches its
End time and stops. To begin playback of the next
chunk, press the Play button, or a command for the
Play button.
Chain Chunks button: When highlighted,
starts playback of the next chunk in the list
after the current chunk reaches its End time.
Search: If you have a lot of chunks in the list, type
in the name of the one you are searching for.
The Chunks window mini-menu
The Chunks window mini-menu contains the
following commands:
New Sequence: Creates a new sequence. To create
several sequences at once, press the Option/Alt key
while choosing New Sequence.
New V-Rack: Creates a new V-Rack. To create
several V-Racks at once, press the Option/Alt key
while choosing New V-Rack.
New Song: Adds a song to the chunk list. To create
several songs at once, press the Option/Alt key
while choosing New Song.
Duplicate Track Layout: Creates a new, empty
sequence with the same track layout as the selected
sequence. Select an existing sequence before
choosing this command.
Duplicate Sequence: Creates an exact copy of the
currently selected sequence.
Open Chunks: Opens a Song window for each
highlighted song, a Tracks window for each
highlighted sequence, and a Mixing Board for each
highlighted V-Rack.
Auto/manual end time: To g g le s t h e Au to /m a n u a l
status of the selected chunks. Automatic mode
locks the chunk’s End time at the downbeat of the
measure following the last complete measure in the
chunk. Manual mode changes the time to boldface
and allows it to be edited.
Set Chunk Start: Establishes the start times of the
currently selected chunks in three of Digital
Performer’s time formats: measures, real time, and
SMPTE time. The start times are what you see in
the Counter when you rewind back to the