User Manual

CHUNKS WINDOW
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the name of each one as described in the Selecting
Chunks section above. You can Undo this
command.
Choosing the current playback sequence or
song
At any given time, one sequence or song is
designated for playback, and it is the only one you
can play and record into. Certain functions, such as
recording, are available only to the currently play-
enabled sequence or song. For example, if a
sequence is play-enabled, its Tracks window has
record-enable buttons by its tracks. If a song is
play-enabled, one of its component sequences can
be record-enabled. Only that sequence’s Tracks
window will have record-enable buttons.
V-Racks, on the other hand, are always play-
enabled, making their tracks available at all times
to the currently play-enabled sequence or song.
You may edit any sequence or song in the file at any
time regardless of whether it is play-enabled or not.
To play-enable a sequence or song:
■ Click the play-enable button to the left of its
name. It will turn blue. The play-enable buttons of
the other sequences and songs will be gray.
OR
■ Click the Next/Previous Chunk buttons as
needed until the sequence or song’s name is
displayed in the Control Panel
OR
■ Select the sequence or song from the Sequence
menu in the Control Panel
Play-enabling by remote control
Digital Performer also provides two different
methods of play-enabling chunks from a remote
device.
Chunk Selection commands
The first method is with the Chunk select
Commands found in the Commands window,
where each Chunk is assigned a computer key
binding and MIDI event. You play-enable a Chunk
by pressing its corresponding computer key
binding or sending its corresponding MIDI event
from your MIDI keyboard (or controller). Please
refer to chapter 9, “Commands” (page 95) for more
information.
Song Select messages
The second method is Chunk Select, which allows
you to cue chunks for playback by sending a MIDI
Song Select message from a MIDI controller. The
Chunks window column S# displays the Song
Select number that, when received, will cue the
corresponding chunk for playback. If a chunk has
no Song number assigned, the S# column displays
a single dash (-).
Most hardware sequencers and some MIDI
keyboard controllers can send and receive Song
Select messages. Simply send a Song Select message
as instructed in that module’s documentation. If
the open file contains a chunk assigned to the Song
number in the message, that chunk will be play-
enabled. If more than one chunk has the same Song
number assigned, the one highest in the chunks list
will be cued.
When used in combination with the Chunk
Chaining buttons in the Chunks window, a Song
Select message cues the corresponding chunk to be
play-enabled or played back.