User guide

NEW FEATURES IN DIGITAL PERFORMER 7.24
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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).
Figure 4: Themes preferences
A variety of themes are included. To change the theme, select
a theme in the list and press the
Choose button.
The
DP Version column displays the compatible versions of
Digital Performer for each theme. If a theme does not
support the current version of Digital Performer, the theme
will be unavailable (grayed out).
A text description and preview image of the selected theme is
displayed in the bottom portion of the Preferences window.
Meter Color
Meter color can be further customized.
Animated examples are shown for each of the meter color
options.
Selection Color
Selection color can also be further customized.
Examples are shown for each of the selection color options.
Managing theme files
Themes are installed in the following location:
/Library/Application Support/MOTU/Digital Performer/
Themes/
Press the
Open button (Figure 4 on page 4) to open a Finder
window to the folder on disk which contains your theme
files. There, you can rename, copy, delete, etc. your theme
files.
OPEN SOUND CONTROL (OSC)
Digital Performer now supports the Open Sound Control
(OSC) protocol via a control surface plug-in. OSC is used in
a variety of software and hardware devices, such as
Max/MSP, Pure Data, CSound, TouchOSC, Monome 40h,
and more. For information on the OSC protocol, please see
http://opensoundcontrol.org.
OSC plug-in installation
The Open Sound Control plug-in is placed by the
Digital Performer installer into the standard location for
Digital Performer control surface plug-ins:
/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/MOTU Control Surface/
Configuring an OSC device
To use an OSC device with Digital Performer, choose Setup
menu > Control Surface Setup
. Click the + button to add a
control surface, then choose “Open Sound Control” from the
Driver menu, as shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5: Configuring an OSC device
Option Where the color is defined
Use Theme’s Meter Color The theme
Use A Custom Color The single color picker
Use A Custom Color Gradient The three color pickers, for the bottom,
middle, and peak ranges, respectively
Option Where the color is defined
Use Theme’s Selection Color The theme
Use A Custom Selection Color The single color picker
Use the System Selection Color The Highlight Color setting in
System Preferences > Appearance