User guide

NEW FEATURES IN DIGITAL PERFORMER 7.24
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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.
IMPROVED PHRASE PARSING IN TRACKS OVERVIEW
Phrase parsing in the Tracks Overview has been improved.
In most cases Digital Performer will automatically and
intelligently creates phrases of data of the most appropriate
length, but phrase parsing can be further customized with a
new setting in the Tracks Overview preference: Break phrases
longer than _ measures into _ measure phrases.
Figure 57: Phrase Settings preferences
This setting is used to optionally break long phrases into
smaller phrases. You can specify one to eight measures for
either field in this setting.
MARKER COUNTER
Figure 58: The Markers counter
The Markers counter type displays the most recent marker in
the counter. This counter type can be used in either counter
in the Control Panel, or the Counter window.
The Markers counter can also be used to locate to a marker.
Click on the marker name to pop-edit the field and display a
drop-down menu, then choose a marker by clicking on it or
pressing Return or Enter to choose the highlighted marker.
Figure 59: The Markers counter, pop-edited
You can also type in the pop-edited field. As you type, the
drop-down menu will narrow the list to show only the
markers containing the character(s) that you’ve typed. In the
example shown in Figure 59, typing “ver” would narrow the
list to Pre-Verse 1, Verse 1, and Verse 2, while typing “2”
would narrow the list to Verse 2 and Chorus 2. The up/down
arrow keys can be used to navigate the list.
RESIZABLE COUNTER WINDOW
The Counter window (Studio menu) is now freely resizable,
and the text size scales along with the window size. At larger
sizes, the Counter window is easily visible from across the
studio or across the stage.
COPY & PASTE COUNTER VALUES
Counter values can now be copied and pasted to easily move
time values from one field to another. This works in nearly
any field where a counter value is displayed: the main
counter, aux counter, Information Bar, and so on.
1 Click in any counter field so that it becomes pop-edited.
2 Press Command-C or choose Edit menu > Copy.
3 Click in the main or aux counter field to highlight it.
4 Press Command-V or choose Edit menu > Paste.
COUNTER ROUND ON ENTRY
By default, the Counter’s “Round on Entry” option, found
under the Time Format menu (Figure 60), is enabled and
edits to larger time fields will clear smaller time fields. When
the “Round on Entry” is disabled, smaller time fields are
preserved when editing larger fields.
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Figure 60: The “Round on Entry” option
For example, locate to 3|2|017, then select the counter’s bars
field and drag it upward. With “Round on Entry” enabled,
the counter value will become 4|1|000, 5|1|000, 6|1|000, and
so on.; with “Round on Entry” disabled, the counter value
will become 4|2|017, 5|2|017, 6|2|017, and so on.
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