User Manual

RECEIVE SYNC
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Setting up Tap Tempo
The next step is to set up Tap Tempo for external
sync. See “Using Tap Tempo while slaved to
external sync” on page 961.
Checking Tap Tempo
Before recording anything, check to make sure
Digital Performer will follow the MIDI clicks sent
by the MIDI Express XT.
1 Choose Slave to external sync from the Setup
menu.
2 Press the Play button.
3 Roll the tape.
After a few measures or so of countoff click, the
sequence will begin to play back, following the
clicks on tape. If not, check the MIDI Monitor
window to make sure Digital Performer is
receiving the MIDI click. Also check the Tap
Tempo options in the Receive Sync settings
window.
4 Stop the tape and rewind it to the beginning of
the cue.
You are now ready to record the tempo map.
Recording the Tempo Map
If you will be synchronizing the sequence
containing the new tempo map to the click track
using SMPTE time code, make sure that you:
■ already have SMPTE time code recorded on one
track and the click recorded on another
■ already have Digital Performer and the MIDI
Express XT set up for SMPTE synchronization
such that when you roll the tape, Digital Performer is
receiving both the MIDI click and MIDI Time Code
at the same time
■ have selected the External time code and Capture
start time options in the Receive Sync settings
window
☛ Please note: if you want to be able to
synchronize the sequence to the click track via
SMPTE, it is absolutely necessary that Digital
Performer is receiving both the MIDI click and
MTC when you record the tempo map.
To record the tempo map:
1 Record-enable the Conductor track in the
Tracks w indow.
2 Press the Record button in the main transport
controls.
3 Roll the tape.
If you chose the Capture start time option and are
referenced to time code, Digital Performer will
remember the exact SMPTE frame of the tap that is
the first downbeat and automatically remember to
start the sequence at that SMPTE frame when you
lock the sequence to SMPTE afterwards.
4 When you are finished recording, stop the tape.
Digital Performer may take a few moments to
process the new tempo data.
You now have a new tempo map the matches the
click track on tape.
Locking the recorded tempo map to tape
If you recorded the tempo map referenced to time
code, you can now lock the sequence to tape. Just
choose the MTC option in the Receive Sync
settings window, make sure the Metronome is
under Conductor track tempo control, and roll the
tape. The Capture start time option automatically
sets the Chunk SMPTE start time, so the first
downbeat of the sequence should occur at exactly
the first click downbeat (not including countoff
beats, of course).