User Manual

SONGS
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4 Choose Receive Sync from the Setup menu.
The Receive Sync settings appear.
5 Click the radio button next to Tap Te m po, then
choose the port, MIDI channel, MIDI event, and
countoff beats you wish to use.
Choose an event/channel combination that you are
not using as a Command. Refer to the Commands
chapter for information on Commands
assignments, and to the Receive Sync chapter for
specific information on Tap Tempo.
6 Optional: Click the sequence Chunk into which
you wish to record.
If you wish to record MIDI data while recording
tempo information, you must record-enable the
desired sequence within the song, and tracks
within that sequence.
7 Choose Set Record Sequence from the Song
Window mini-menu.
The highlighted sequence now has a record-enable
indicator in its handle. If you change your mind,
choose Set Record Sequence again to disable the
Chunk.
8 Double-click the record-enabled Chunk.
The Tracks window for the Chunk opens. Each
track has a record-enable button.
9 Record-enable one of the sequence’s tracks by
clicking its record-enable button.
If you wish to record on several tracks, enable
(check) Multi Record (Studio menu).
10 Choose Slave to External Sync from the Setup
menu.
11 Click Record and begin tapping the specified
tap event at the desired tempo.
The Play button remains grey until you have
tapped the specified number of countoff beats.
Digital Performer starts recording at the record-
enabled Chunk’s starting time and continues
indefinitely or until the Auto-Record Out time,
whichever is sooner.
12 When you are finished, click Stop.
To hear the recorded material, rewind as necessary
and click Play.
EDIT MENU COMMANDS AND THE SONG
WINDOW
The following Edit commands can be used in the
Song window: Cut, Copy, Paste, Erase, Select All
and Undo. Other Edit commands such as Snip,
Splice and Repeat have no effect on Chunks in the
Song window.
SONG WINDOW HINTS
The Song window can be used to quickly create
special effects. Try some of the suggestions here to
get started.
Creating an Echo Effect
To add an echo effect to part of a song, try the
following.
1 Find the Chunks that you wish to echo.
Note the starting time of each according to the
Song window Time Ruler.
2 Choose Insert Column from the Song window
mini-menu.