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NEW FEATURES IN DIGITAL PERFORMER 7.24

New Features in Digital Performer 7.24

OVERVIEW

This document provides information about new features in

Digital Performer 7 and late-breaking information not

covered in the

Digital Performer User Guide

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Users of previous versions of Digital Performer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Enhancements in version 7.24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Enhancements in version 7.23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Enhancements in version 7.22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Enhancements in version 7.21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

New features in version 7.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Enhancements in version 7.12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Enhancements in version 7.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

New features in version 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Enhancements in version 7.02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Enhancements in version 7.01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

New features in version 7.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum requirements

Digital Performer 7.24 requires:

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PowerPC G4 CPU 1 GHz or faster (including PowerPC G5

CPUs and all Intel processor Macs)

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1 GB RAM or more

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Mac OS X version 10.5 or 10.6; v10.5.8 or later is required

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A display with 1024 x 768 resolution or higher

Computer recommendations

The recommended system for Digital Performer 7.21 is:

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PowerPC G5 or Intel CPU, with multi-core processor or

multiple processors

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2 GB RAM or more

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A display with 1280 x 1024 resolution or higher

The faster the Mac, and the more RAM installed in it, the

more responsive Digital Performer is. Scrolling during

playback is smoother, the counter updates regularly, and

actions that you take with the program are faster —

especially during playback.

Pro Tools | HD system requirements

Digital Performer supports DAE version 8.0–8.0.3 with the

following Digidesign Pro Tools systems:

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Pro Tools | HD (1, 2 or 3)

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Pro Tools | HD Accel

Pro Tools version 8.0 cs3 or later is strongly recommended.

☛

Support for Pro Tools 8.0.3 requires that Pro Tools is

installed before installing Digital Performer 7.1 or later. If

Pro Tools 8.0.3 is installed after Digital Performer 7.1 or later,

the Digital Performer installer must be run again for DAE to

function properly.

☛

Avid has announced the end of support for DAE mode

in third-party applications such as Digital Performer and

Logic. Digital Performer 7.24 is anticipated to be the ﬁnal

version of Digital Performer to support the use of DAE as the

audio engine. For more information, please refer to

“Supported Pro Tools systems” on page 2 in the

Digital

Performer DAE Guide

(Help menu).

While Avid is bringing third-party DAE support to a close,

they have opened third-party support for their Pro Tools|HD

Native system. This allows you to run Digital Performer as a

complete software front end for the Pro Tools|HD Native

system and its audio interfaces. For more information, please

refer to“DAE versus MAS” on page 1 in the

Digital Performer

DAE Guide

USERS OF PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF DIGITAL

PERFORMER

If you are familiar with Digital Performer version 5 or earlier,

please note that some user interface elements have changed

in Digital Performer version 6 and later. For information on

these changes, please refer to the “Users of previous versions

of Digital Performer” page in DP’s online help ﬁles (

Help

menu > Digital Performer Help

Summary of content (34 pages)

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New Features in Digital Performer 7.24 OVERVIEW This document provides information about new features in Digital Performer 7 and late-breaking information not covered in the Digital Performer User Guide. System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Users of previous versions of Digital Performer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Enhancements in version 7.24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ENHANCEMENTS IN VERSION 7.24 ENHANCEMENTS IN VERSION 7.21 Improvements, optimizations, and refinements can be found in the following areas: Audio pitch automation reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Other changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ■ Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) support: Digital Performer 7.24 is compatible with Lion. ■ Other enhancements: various additional improvements.
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NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 7.2 Contextual menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Open Sound Control (OSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Live search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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THEMES Digital Performer’s user interface can now be changed with themes. A Themes preference panel has been added to the Preferences window (Digital Performer menu). Selection Color Selection color can also be further customized.
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Input Port defaults to zero, which means that an arbitrary, non-conflicting network port will be assigned internally and published via Bonjour. If you would like to use a specific port, enter the desired port instead of zero. (This may be necessary when the OSC client does not support Bonjour discovery.) OSC implementation documentation Digital Performer’s implementation of the OSC protocol is described in the OSC Programming Guide for Digital Performer, available via Help menu > Control Surfaces Help.
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ENHANCEMENTS IN VERSION 7.11 Control Surface Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MIDI device configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Other changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 7.1 Folder contents overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Automatic addition of inserts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Insert Settings presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 EQ and Dynamics Bypass shortcut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Open Instrument shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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/Library/Application Support/MOTU/Digital Performer/ Insert Settings Presets For more information on Clippings, see “Aliased folder as Clipping folder” on page 12 of this document and chapter 59, “Clippings” (page 719) in the DP User Guide. Bypass toggle Option-click the Insert Settings menu to toggle Bypass of all inserts on that track at once.
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■ Mixing Board track menu TRIM TOOL FOR CONTINUOUS DATA ■ Track Inspector/Info Bar button The Trim tool can now be used on continuous data, such as audio track volume, MIDI CCs, and pitch bend. If a MIDI track is not assigned to a virtual instrument, the Open Instrument command will be unavailable. TRACK TYPE ICONS IN MENUS Menus which show a mixture of different track types, such as the Effects window’s Track menu, now display track type icons next to each track name.
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Flattening continuous data Holding the Option key while using the Trim tool as described above will flatten the data rather than scale it. Meter value: difference between the detected note and the detected frequency, in cents. Arrows: the direction in which the detected frequency needs to move to match the frequency of the detected note. The color of the arrows changes progressively in the same manner as the meter segments.
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BUNDLES IMPROVEMENTS Bundles are bolded when in use Bundles which are already in use are now bolded in input and output assignment menus. Figure 20: Bundles which are already in use are bolded Figure 19: Custom ’59 Power Amp settings Power Amp models Each Power Amp model has different characteristics. Row and column highlighting in Bundles window The names of the row and column under the mouse cursor are now highlighted, making it easier to determine which row and column you are currently in.
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CORE AUDIO FORMAT (CAF) AUDIO FILE IMPORT Core Audio Format (CAF) audio files can now be imported. When multi-channel CAF files are imported, they will be converted to stereo. ALIASED FOLDER AS CLIPPING FOLDER Folders can now be aliased into any location where clipping folders are located. For example, you could create an alias to your Apple Loops folder (/Library/Audio/Apple Loops) in the global clippings folder (~/Library/Preferences/ MOTU Clippings).
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CUSTOMIZING SELECTION INFORMATION The Selection Information window, and its corresponding Information Bar section, can now display multiple time formats. This is configured in the Selection Information section of the Time Formats window (Setup menu). CUSTOM CONSOLE CREATION FROM WINDOW TARGET MENU A new Custom Console can now be created via the Window Target menu of any Custom Console window.
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ENHANCEMENTS IN VERSION 7.02 QUICKSCRIBE: CHORD SYMBOLS PREFERENCES Improvements, optimizations, and refinements can be found in the following areas: An Apply To Score button has been added to the Chord Symbols pane in the Preferences window (Digital Performer menu). This button applies changes made in the Chord Symbol preferences to the current project’s QuickScribe score. ■ Transport: responsiveness of transport controls. ■ Miscellaneous: changing audio hardware driver’s sample rate.
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NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 7.0 EQ & Dynamics in Mixing Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V-Rack Edit button in Mixing Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Show V-Racks in Mixing Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Channel Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Two line Information Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Selecting a plug-in To select a plug-in for the EQ or Dynamics section when the section is empty, choose the desired plug-in from the bottom portion of the Select Insert/Default menu. You can also instantiate the default (checked) plug-in by pressing the Effect toggle button or by double-clicking the graph.
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MasterWorks Limiter Pre-rendering Showing the EQ and Dynamics sections in the Mixing Board causes any associated plug-ins to be processed in real-time, i.e. not pre-rendered. as Input Gain Right Input Gain (stereo only) EQ Threshold controls Ceiling Figure 37: Dynamics controls for MasterWorks Limiter For more information, see “MasterWorks Limiter” on page 901 in the Digital Performer Users Guide. Graphs The EQ and Dynamics graphs provide a visual representation of the plug-in’s settings.
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SHOW V-RACKS IN MIXING BOARD as V-Racks can now be displayed alongside your sequence tracks in the Mixing Board with the “Show V-Racks” option in the Mixing Board mini-menu.
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CHANNEL STRIP A new information window has been added to the Studio menu: the Channel Strip. This window shows the Mixing Board channel strip controls for a single track. The Channel Strip behaves like other Information windows, updating to focus on the current track at hand. When in two, three, or four column view, the fader defaults to the left side of the window. To reverse the order of the columns, deselect the “Fader on left” mini-menu item.
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■ Track name ☛ For more information, see “Track Inspector” on page 311 in the Digital Performer User Guide. TWO LINE INFORMATION BAR Figure 46: The Channel Strip in the Information Bar The controls function in the same manner as in the Channel Strip window, with the exception that the Inserts and Sends sections display only one insert or send at a time. To change which insert or send is being displayed, click the up/down arrows in each section.
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Using the range automation modes All four range automation modes are useful when mixing groups of tracks, such as background vocals or horn sections, within a specific time range, where you want to jump in and change the mix just for that range without changing it before or after. Analog Chorus These modes provide the following additional benefits: ■ The range automation modes allow you to use the same control for modifying the data as you did for entering it.
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Custom ’59 M-M M-S M-n S-S S-n n-n yes yes no yes no no Custom ’59 is an amp modeling plug-in that lets you mix and match preamp tubes and circuits on-the-fly, with complete automation of all parameters. Modeled amps Custom ’59 models three renowned guitar amps: the original Fender® Bassman®, the Marshall® JTM45® and the Marshall® JCM800-2203®.
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D Plus Delta Fuzz M-M M-S M-n S-S S-n n-n yes yes no yes no no D Plus emulates the MXR Distortion+™ pedal; its crunchy sound has been widely used by Randy Rhoads, Jerry Garcia, Bob Mould, and many others. Output: level of the output signal. Distortion: amount of distortion. Source Z: simulates varying the source impedance of the device connected to the input, which affects the highfrequency response of the pedal.
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Diamond Drive Intelligent Noise Gate M-M M-S M-n S-S S-n n-n M-M M-S M-n S-S S-n n-n yes yes no yes no no yes yes no yes no no Diamond Drive emulates the Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive™ pedal, which is itself an Ibanez TS9™ clone with a dirty/clean crossfader. Intelligent Noise Gate is a noise gate designed specifically for recording instruments that are prone to AC mains interference. Gain: amount of distortion.
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Mic: selects the microphone type and position. Channels 1 Live Room G M-M M-S M-n S-S S-n n-n yes yes no yes no no Live Room G models a loudspeaker cabinet in a physical space. Live Room G requires a library file containing data about these physical models. This file is placed by the Digital Performer installer here: and 2 can be set to one of five options: On Axis, Off Axis, Near, Rear, or Far Omni. Channels 3 and 4 can be set to one of four options: XY, ORTF, Blumlein, or Wide Omni.
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These side chain outputs are configured in the same manner as multiple outputs from a virtual instrument — see “Multiple audio outputs” on page 279 in the Digital Performer User Guide. RXT Cabinet models The following cabinet models are provided: ■ 4x12 Modern: Intended for ultra-distorted chunks and sludge, yet versatile enough to handle smooth Santana-style leads. ■ 4x12 Vintage: Based upon an aging, road-worn British monster held together with gaffer’s tape and AquaNet.
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Tube Wailer Über Tube M-M M-S M-n S-S S-n n-n M-M M-S M-n S-S S-n n-n yes yes no yes no no yes yes no yes no no Tube Wailer is an emulation of the venerated Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer™ overdrive pedal. Über Tube is an emulation of the Ibanez Super Tube™ overdrive pedal, a close but rare cousin of the Ibanez Tube Screamer™. Drive: amount of distortion. Drive: amount of distortion. Tone: variable high-frequency roll-off, with upper midrange peak at high settings.
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Voicing: selects the frequency response model. “V846” Wah Pedal represents a vintage ‘70s Vox 846™, “WhineBaby” a modern Dunlop CryBaby™. Sweep Mode (stereo only): chooses which channels are in phase with the effect: left, right or both. For the out-of-phase channel, the pedal position is inverted after applying the sweep range modifications but before the sweep curvature is applied to simulate playing an identical pedal that is “turned around.
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REALTIME FADES QUICKSCRIBE: LYRICS In previous versions of Digital Performer, audio fades and crossfades were created as audio files and placed in the project’s Fades folder. In Digital Performer 7.0 and later, fades and crossfades are calculated in realtime and do not generate any additional files on disk. Fades are applied nondestructively, just as with volume automation or realtime effect inserts. Lyrics can now be added to your score in the QuickScribe Editor.
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Entering lyrics shared by multiple tracks Lyrics can be associated with two or more tracks. For example, in a SATB choral score (Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass), you might have lyrics that are shared among the Tenor and Bass parts (tracks) for a portion of the score, or perhaps shared by all four parts. You can freely choose which parts the lyrics are associated with, at any time.
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5 Click on the Auto Flow button to flow the selected lyric text into the selected tracks. Reflowing text after making edits The Lyrics window is not dynamically linked to the text in the QuickScribe score. Therefore, if you make changes in the Lyrics window, you will need to reflow the text afterwards to update the QuickScribe score.
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Lyrics placement Various options specify the placement of lyric text on the QuickScribe page. Type the desired chord symbol in the empty box. The first character, the root note, must be a letter A–G ; after that, you may use any of the following symbols: ☛ Symbol When specifying a vertical offset between two staves or tracks, the offset is the distance beneath the top staff or track.
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Transposing chord symbols Chord Symbols are transposable along with other MIDI data. Select the desired chord symbols, with or without a MIDI note selection, and choose Region menu > Transpose. Select the “Transpose chord symbols” checkbox, choose the desired transpose options, and Apply. Chord symbols in the Event List Chord symbols are also displayed in the Event List. This is for display purposes only — chord symbols cannot be edited in the Event List. To edit chord symbols, use the QuickScribe Editor.
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■ The Measure Spacing dialog now updates the QuickScribe page in realtime as you drag the slider. MERGE SOUNDBITES ENHANCEMENT When there is a time range selection that extends beyond the selected soundbite(s), the Merge Soundbites command (Audio menu) now extends the beginning and end of the resulting soundbite to the entire selection range. You can also type in the pop-edited field.