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It is difficult to memorize MIDI Continuous Control number yet you need it to program your MIDI devices such as synthesizer, virtual instrument, lighting system, etc.
This Widget let you type MIDI Continuous Control number to find its description, or find related CCs by keyword, or even finds Undefined free spaces.
Calculate how much disk space needed for digital audio recording based on bit depth, sample rate, length in time, and number of tracks.
In a studio environment where standing waves in a range can mess up your perception of the actual sound. A so-called standing wave is a resonating frequency between, e.g. 2 parallel walls which distance is the same (or even 2 or more times) as the actual wave length.
A-NO-NE Wave Length Calc will help you find the location of the offending reflection.
I often bounce CD project which contains several selections into one CD long SDII file then slice it up into multiple regions so Roxio Jam will read each selections as individual track ID when played on audio CD player.
Note that if your CD burner software does not support Region and/or Split Stereo SDII format, you'd need to export each region into AIFF file.
I am going to explain as if 2 track recording into DP file is prepared for CD burning without significant editing.
Note: the term "Selection" here is such as an individual song, a movement of a Sonata, and so on.
1) While tracking (or playing back after tracking), hit Ctrl+M to mark the selections.
Note: If you bounced from sequence which was built from multiple chunks within DP, do use existing marker for conveniences. Otherwise, you will need to do fine adjustment once tracking has stopped because Ctrl+M while running can not be that accurate.
2. Edit Marker names so they will identify each selection.
3. Have Marker window and Sequence Editor window side by side.
4. Using Marker window, locate the first marker which is the beginning of the first selection.
5. Hit F5 key, which marks the region edit start point.
6. Using Marker window, locate the second marker which is the ending of the first selection.
7. Hit F6, which marks the region edit end point.
8. Click on the track name of the target track so the first selection (Track-1) will be highlighted.
9. Hit Cmd+Y so the selection becomes an individual Soundbite (region).
10. Rename the Soundbite (regions) according to the selection name.
Note: Prefixing by number is strongly recommended so porting into a playlist will automatically sort as it appears in your project sequence.
11. While the wiper is still parked at the end of the first selection, hit F5 key so this location becomes the beginning of the next selection.
12. Go back to Step 6.
13. Delete unused regions within the SDII file you have been editing so imported playlist will contain only the numbered selections, such as 01.Track-1, 02.Track-2, and so on.
Note: Remove Unused Soundbite command will not remove junk regions. Delete command is necessary.
Create Marker (Ctrl+M at the Green Wiper position) at the beginning of each songs.
When you click on the Marker within Track Overview Window (Shift+T), the beginning of the Marker until next Marker is selected so you can "Copy Selection to New Sequence" from Track Overview Sequence popup menu.
Prefix numeric ID to Sequence name will benefits sorting down the load.
Activate the newly created Sequence from the Track Overview Sequence Selector (but not from Chunk Window to avoid confusion) and verify the sequence can be played without any problem.
Now select all Sequences but the first song, which should be play-enabled as shown in the Chunk Window.
From Chunk Window Mini Menu, select Delete so all but the first Sequences will be deleted. DO NOT SAVE!
Next step is to make sound file smaller for housekeeping.
Open Soundbite Window (Shift+B) and do "Select Unused Soundbites so all the Soundbites except ones needed for the first Sequence are selected.
Remove Unused Soundbites from the list. DO NOT SELECT DELETE! DO NOT SAVE!
And of course make sure the Sequence still plays as expected. DO NOT SAVE!
File menu > SaveAs: Give a meaningful numbering. Remember that OSX is Unix. Even Mac might allow illegal characters, it is a better practice to not to use period, and use UNDERSCORE for string separation.
Select Duplicate Audio Data option so the new DP Project file is self-contain, which can be backed up as a song without depending the original Project file/directory.
» Download UREI Clipping for Digital Performer (60 kb)
» Download AIFF files to use with application other than Digital Performer (5 kb)
» Download WAV files to use with application other than Digital Performer (5 kb)
Copy Click Clippings folder to Home/Library/Preferences/MOTU Clippings folder then launch DP4: Click image to enlarge
High Sensitive Microphones which works best with Mobile I/O
~ Sensitivity c.a. 20mV/Pa recommended to use with MIO ~
Note: High sensitivity may be only needed when tracking quiet source such as classical music from distance.
The Fomula
If x = sensitivity in dBV e.g. -66dBV/microbar(.1Pa)
then sensitivity in mV is
10^(x/20) * 1000
or .5mV/microbar - to get mV/Pascal multiply by 10 which gives 5mV/Pa for the Core Sound mics.
- Joe Buchalter, Metric Halo
While Metric Halo web site has a very good Digital Performer (DP) Tutorial, being a long time DP user and MIO user, I have a slightly different way of setting this up, and wished to share to anyone who is interested. Remember that you should set it up on your new DP project file and save it as one of your template, or even default template. That's what I did.
MIOConsoleConnect makes MIOConsoleX setting saved with your DP project. Whether you wish to save one setting per project file or one setting per sequence within single project file, the best way is to use one of the MasterFaders as the place holder.
Note: To avoid the real MIOConsoleX to keep restarting, you may wish to have it launched before you use MIOConsoleConnect in DP.
Note: For people like me who dislike floating window in general and is too used to switch applications with Cmd+Tab, MIOConsoleConnect offers Conduit Mode via its preferences, which still gives great benefits of saving MIO settings with project.
This preparation steps, which will be saved as template, are to avoid later confusion and accident such as feedback loop.
If you wish to use a normal MasterFader for your analog output, you may do so by ignoring MIOConsoleConnect Master Fader
TIP: The MasterFader that holds MIOConsoleConnect, which was instantiated in a sequence, can be moved to V-Rack easily by selecting "MIOConsole" MasterFader track in Track Overview Window first then Project Menu »
Sequences » Move Selected Tracks to V-Rack…
Again, Metric Halo site has very good tutorial page and tutorial movie. I would like to share slightly different approach for my conveniences especially the goal is to create a template for future use. In this tutorial, the differences between 2882+DSP and ULN2+DSP will be noted when applicable.
You could skip using AUX track by returning the signal to an audio track via Audio Patch Thru option under DP's Studio menu, which may cost your CPU usage, however.
The blue soundbite on the top is the source, one of the click samples for DP I created. The pink soundbite on the bottom is the printed FWReturn.
Oddly, it is ahead by 50 samples.
This project is 24 bit / 44.1k. The MIO +DSP on this test has one instance of MIOStrip with every param engaged. The mystery here is that this 50 samples offset does not change whether Plug-in Compensation is engaged or hardware buffer is set to low/high.
Joe Buchalter handing me the first Jensen ULN2+DSP mod.
My MIO Car! - Look at the plate: 138 MIO!
