Digital Performer Power!

by Thomas, Steve

• ISBN13: 9781592000661
• ISBN10: 1592000665
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-18
• Publisher: Cengage Learning Ptr

Summary

Take a look under the hood of Electronic Musician Magazine's Best Digital Audio Sequencer Software for three years running. Get an overview of audio and MIDI as well as step-by-step instructions on everything from optimizing setup to mixing down arrangements into a stereo master mix. Delving deep into the functionalities of this new version of Digital Performer, readers will get all the right information to master and enhance their musical creativity.

Author Biography

Steve Thomas is a musician, composer, arranger, audio engineer, and all-around media producer based out of Columbus, Ohio

Table of Contents

Introduction	xvii
About Digital Performer and Your Mac	1	(8)
What Is a D.A.W.?	1	(2)
Non-Linear Editing	2	(1)
Host- and Non-Host-Based Systems	2	(1)
Expansion Cards	2	(1)
MIDI Interfaces	3	(1)
Audio Interfaces	3	(1)
Digital Performer Requirements	3	(1)
The Mac and Your DP System	4	(3)
Hard Drives	4	(1)
Disk Maintenance	5	(1)
SuperDrives	6	(1)
Summary	7	(2)
Setting Up Digital Performer	9	(24)
Installing Digital Performer	9	(6)
Installing Audio Hardware Drivers	9	(2)
Installing Core MIDI Drivers	11	(1)
Installing Digital Performer	11	(2)
Installing Third-Party Plug-ins	13	(2)
Launching Digital Performer for the First Time	15	(1)
Audio Configuration	16	(10)
Audio System: Choosing MAS, DAE, or MIDI Only	17	(1)
The Configure Hardware Driver Window	17	(4)
The Configure Studio Settings Window	21	(2)
The Input Monitoring Mode Window	23	(1)
The Audio Bundles Window	24	(2)
MIDI Configuration	26	(4)
The Audio MIDI Setup (AMS) Utility	27	(3)
Synchronization	30	(2)
Syncing DP	30	(2)
Summary	32	(1)
Navigating Digital Performer	33	(30)
The Consolidated Window	33	(2)
Control Panel	35	(7)
Transport and Counter	36	(2)
Tempo, Meter, and Metronome	38	(1)
Status Strip	38	(1)
Memory and Auto-Record Bar	39	(1)
DP's Drawers	40	(2)
Tracks Window	42	(7)
Title Bar and Mini-Menu	42	(3)
Tracks List	45	(2)
The Tracks Overview Section	47	(2)
The Sequence Editor	49	(4)
The Sequence Editor Title Bar	50	(1)
Mini-Menu	50	(1)
Track Information Panel	51	(1)
Graphic Editing	52	(1)
Time Rulers, Grids, and Zooming	52	(1)
The Mixing Board	53	(4)
Title Bar and Mini-Menu	54	(1)
Track Strips	55	(2)
Soundbites Window	57	(5)
The Soundbites Title Bar and Mini-Menu	57	(2)
List	59	(2)
The Information Pane	61	(1)
Edit	62	(1)
Summary	62	(1)
Setting Up a New Project	63	(26)
Project Basics	64	(2)
The Default Workspace	66	(1)
Setting the Sampling Rate and Bit Depth	67	(1)
Tracks in Digital Performer	68	(3)
Deleting Tracks	68	(1)
Adding Tracks	68	(2)
Renaming Tracks	70	(1)
Moving Tracks	70	(1)
Track Voices and Internal Busses	71	(3)
Input and Output Assignments	74	(8)
Audio and Aux Track I/O	74	(2)
MIDI Track I/O	76	(3)
Monitoring External MIDI Devices	79	(1)
Monitoring MAS/AU Instruments	80	(1)
Monitoring Rewire Instruments	81	(1)
Tempo and Meter	82	(3)
Setting the Tempo	83	(1)
Setting the Meter	84	(1)
Setting Up a Click	85	(2)
Summary	87	(2)
Project Management: Part 1	89	(48)
The Digital Performer Project	90	(3)
Creating a New Project	90	(1)
Opening an Existing Project	91	(2)
Opening Other File Types	93	(1)
Saving Your Project	93	(10)
The Save Command	93	(1)
The Save As Command	93	(3)
Save As Template	96	(4)
Standard MIDI Files	100	(3)
OMFI Files	103	(1)
Customizing Your Workspace	103	(33)
The Consolidated Window	103	(8)
The Preferences and Settings Command	111	(15)
Window Sets	126	(2)
Track Colors	128	(5)
The Commands Window	133	(3)
Summary	136	(1)
Project Management: Part 2	137	(26)
The Undo History	137	(12)
The Project Undo History	138	(1)
Branching	139	(5)
Managing the Undo History Windows	144	(3)
Audio File Undo History Windows	147	(1)
Polar Undo History Window	148	(1)
Managing Audio Files and Soundbites	149	(9)
Changing the Location of Audio Files and Soundbites	149	(2)
Organizing Audio Files and Soundbites into Folders	151	(1)
Renaming Existing Audio Files or Soundbites	151	(1)
Deleting Audio Files and Soundbites	152	(1)
Removing Audio Files and Soundbites	153	(1)
Locating Missing Audio Files or Soundbites	154	(2)
Compacting an Audio File	156	(1)
Compacting a Project	157	(1)
Backup and Project Archival	158	(4)
Backups	158	(1)
Archiving	159	(1)
External Hard Drives	159	(1)
CD-R versus DVD-R	160	(1)
Rewritable Media	160	(1)
Software Solutions	161	(1)
Summary	162	(1)
Recording Audio	163	(22)
Input Assignments and the Audio Assignments Window	163	(2)
Setting Input Levels	165	(4)
Arming a Track	165	(2)
Audio Monitor Window	167	(2)
Monitoring Input Signals	169	(2)
Audio Patch Thru	169	(1)
Monitoring with External Mixers	170	(1)
Direct Hardware Playthrough	170	(1)
Recording Audio	171	(8)
Recording and Managing Alternate Takes	172	(1)
Punching In and Out	173	(2)
Overdub Record Mode	175	(1)
Cycle Record Mode	176	(1)
Recording with Effects	177	(2)
Importing Audio	179	(5)
Sound File Locations	179	(1)
Automatic Conversions Preferences	180	(1)
The Import Audio Command versus Drag and Drop	181	(3)
Summary	184	(1)
Recording MIDI	185	(16)
MIDI-Related Windows and Commands	185	(7)
The MIDI Monitor Window	186	(1)
The Set Input Filter Command	186	(1)
The Input Quantize Command	187	(1)
MIDI Device Groups	188	(3)
MIDI Patch Lists	191	(1)
Recording MIDI Data	192	(7)
Setting Up to Record a MIDI Track	193	(1)
Setting Up an Instrument Track	194	(2)
Overdub Recording	196	(3)
Summary	199	(2)
Recording MIDI: Region Menu, Plug-ins, and Virtual Instruments	201	(18)
Region Menu Commands	201	(10)
The Mini-Menu	202	(2)
The Transpose Command	204	(2)
The Quantize Command	206	(2)
The Change Velocity Command	208	(2)
The Split Notes Command	210	(1)
MIDI Effects Plug-ins	211	(1)
Processing with the Region Menu's MIDI Effects Plug-ins	212	(1)
Inserting Real-time MIDI Plug-ins	212	(1)
Virtual Instrument Plug-ins	212	(4)
Assigned Instrument Tracks	213	(1)
Unassigned Instrument Tracks	214	(1)
Instrument Inserts and the Mixing Board	214	(2)
The Freeze Selected Tracks Command	216	(1)
Summary	217	(2)
Editing	219	(34)
The Tools Palette	220	(1)
The Time Format Window, Time Ruler, and Edit Grid	221	(7)
The Time Format Window	221	(2)
The Time Ruler	223	(2)
The Edit Grid	225	(3)
The View Filter	228	(1)
Zooming	228	(1)
Selecting and Moving	229	(5)
Selecting and Moving Audio	230	(3)
Selecting and Moving MIDI Notes	233	(1)
Basic Edit Commands	234	(3)
The Erase Command	234	(1)
The Copy, Cut, Paste, Repeat, and Merge Commands	234	(3)
Editing Audio in the Sequence Editor	237	(5)
Edge-Editing Soundbites	238	(1)
Soundbite Editing Shortcuts	239	(1)
Fades and Crossfades	240	(2)
MIDI Editing in the Graphic Editor	242	(8)
Inserting, Removing, and Modifying Notes in the Note Grid	243	(1)
The Median Strip and Continuous Data Grid	244	(6)
The Event List	250	(1)
Event List Basics	250	(1)
Editing the Parameter of an Event	250	(1)
Summary	251	(2)
Arranging	253	(48)
The Conductor Track	253	(7)
Modify Conductor Track Menu	254	(1)
Editing Conductor Track Data	255	(5)
Tempo	260	(11)
Tempo Sources and the Tempo Control Drawer	260	(1)
Adjusting Tempo	260	(8)
Audio Menu Tempo Commands	268	(3)
Meter	271	(2)
The Change Meter Command	272	(1)
Applying and Editing Meter Changes	273	(1)
Partial Measures	273	(1)
Key	273	(3)
The Change Key Command	274	(2)
Transposing Audio and MIDI Data	276	(1)
Chunks	276	(11)
Sequences	277	(3)
The Chunks Window	280	(2)
Controlling Chunks	282	(1)
Songs	283	(4)
Looping	287	(4)
Region Menu Commands	288	(1)
Event List	288	(1)
The Loop Tool	289	(2)
Clipping Windows	291	(3)
Clipping Data Icons	291	(1)
Creating, Opening, and Managing Clippings	292	(1)
Where Clippings Are Stored	293	(1)
Adding Audio and MIDI Data	293	(1)
Saving Plug-in Settings	294	(1)
Documents, Folders, and URLs	294	(1)
Markers	294	(5)
Marker Basics	295	(1)
Creating Markers on the Fly	296	(1)
Quantizing Markers	297	(1)
Recalling Markers	297	(1)
Snapping and Shifting Data to a Marker Location	298	(1)
Selecting with Markers	298	(1)
Markers in Post-Production Work	299	(1)
Summary	299	(2)
Mixing	301	(30)
Mixing Board Setup	302	(7)
Showing and Hiding Track Strip Sections	302	(1)
The Board Layout Feature	303	(2)
Track Groups	305	(3)
Alternate Mixes with Mix Mode	308	(1)
Inserts and Plug-ins	309	(3)
Signal Flow	310	(1)
Pre/Post Fader Divider	310	(1)
Dynamic versus Time-Based Effects	311	(1)
Aux Tracks and Sends	312	(18)
Sends and Returns	312	(6)
Submixing	318	(1)
Automation	319	(11)
Summary	330	(1)
Processing and Mastering	331	(38)
Audio Processing	332	(23)
Automatic Delay Compensation	332	(1)
Real-Time Effects	333	(2)
File-Based Processing	335	(4)
The Background Processing Window	339	(4)
The Audio Performance Window	343	(1)
Plug-in Formats	343	(2)
The Effects Window	345	(1)
Bypassing an Effect	346	(1)
Saving and Recalling Effect Presets	346	(6)
Time-Stretching Audio	352	(3)
Mastering	355	(13)
The Master Fader	355	(1)
Bouncing to Disk	356	(3)
Exporting Audio	359	(1)
Exporting and Bouncing to the MP3 Format	360	(1)
Mastering in DP	360	(1)
Processing Your Final Mix	361	(3)
Compression versus Limiting	364	(4)
Summary	368	(1)
Notation and Scoring	369	(50)
The Notation Editor	370	(39)
The QuickScribe Editor	373	(2)
Customizing the Appearance of a Score	375	(1)
The Different QuickScribe Views	375	(1)
The Title Page	375	(6)
Customizing the Appearance of an Individual Track	381	(2)
Linear versus Arranged Score	383	(1)
Working with Markers	383	(2)
Working with Rests	385	(2)
Working with Text	387	(3)
Working with Measures	390	(6)
Inserting Key, Meter, and Tempo Changes	396	(2)
Inserting Dynamic Symbols	398	(1)
Arranging a Score	399	(9)
Printing	408	(1)
Scoring for Picture	409	(9)
Movie Window	410	(5)
Cue Sheets	415	(1)
Viewing Film Cues	415	(2)
Hit Points	417	(1)
Using Hit Points to Find Tempos	417	(1)
Summary	418	(1)
Index	419