User Manual

RECEIVE SYNC
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Clicking on the Stop button will both stop Digital
Performer and remove it from the master’s control.
This can be done at any time. To return to normal
operation, turn off Slave to External Sync by
reselecting it from the Studio menu.
USING TAP TEMPO
To u s e Tap Te mpo m o d e :
1 Choose Slave to External Sync from the Setup
menu.
This puts Digital Performer in slave mode; it is now
waiting for sync information from an external
source.
2 If you wish to record the tap into your sequence,
record-enable the Conductor Track. Your tap will
be stored as tempo change events in the Conductor
Track and used in subsequent playback and
recording. Existing tempo changes will be
replaced. Other Conductor Track information will
be unaffected.
3 If you wish to record music into your sequence,
record-enable the desired tracks.
If you wish to record the tapped tempo and music
simultaneously, or record music onto more than
one track, choose Multi Record from the Studio
menu. Specify the record device for each track that
is record-enabled. The Conductor Track will
record from the device specified in the Receive
Sync settings window.
4 Press the Play or Record button in the main
transport controls.
The Play button will flash, meaning that Digital
Performer is waiting to receive sync information.
Overdub mode will not function on the Conductor
Track; that is, recording in either normal or
overdub mode will erase any existing tempo
events.
5 If you will be tapping along with a prerecorded
passage, start playback of the recording.
Ideally, the prerecorded music will have a sufficient
countoff so that you can tap the number of countoff
beats specified in the Receive Sync settings
window.
6 Begin ‘tapping’ the MIDI event that you
designated in the Receive Sync settings window.
Digital Performer will listen for the specified
number of countoff beats to predetermine the
tempo for the beginning of playback or recording.
When Digital Performer has received the countoff,
playback or recording will begin.
7 Tap the desired tempo and tempo changes.
Make your tap as expressive and dynamic as you
wish; Digital Performer will follow. The Counter
display will update as you tap.
8 To end recording or playback, press the Stop
button in the main transport controls.
Don’t be alarmed if the computer pauses after you
stop recording. Digital Performer is calculating
precise tempo changes from the taps you just
recorded.
9 Take Digital Performer out of slave mode by
choosing Slave to External Sync from the Setup
menu.
10 If you recorded your tap, you can hear the
results by rewinding the sequence, making sure the
metronome under Conductor Track tempo
control, and pressing Play.
Your sequence will play back using the tempo that
you tapped. If you are not satisfied with the results,
you can use the Undo Record command in the Edit
menu and then repeat the above process. You can