Digital Performer 8 Explained®
Chapter 1 : Getting Started
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5:47 Audio Driver Setup
See how to configure your MOTU Audio System (MAS) for use with either a single or multiple audio drivers, and how to configure the various settings for optimal performance.
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7:55 Bundles
Discover how to customize how your physical inputs and outputs appear inside Digital performer.
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7:16 The Consolidated Window
Explore Digital Performer's consolidated window. Learn how to customize the number of tabs, add rows, hide / reveal the sidebars, and some of the main window conventions and key commands.
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7:40 Starting a New Project
Learn the basics of file management, saving, startup behavior, using templates, setting audio file formats, and conversion options for imported audio.
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5:09 Setting Time Formats
Discover how to customize the time display formats in the various areas of Digital performer, and how to save them as recallable templates that can be used globally or overridden on a per project basis when necessary.
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4:26 Concepts
Learn how data is organized within Projects. Sequences are the basic unit of organization, they contain tracks along with audio and MIDI data. V-Racks are used to centralize virtual instruments, bus routing, and effects processing within a project. Songs and Chunks are meta units of organization used to lay out and arrange your music.
Chapter 2 : Recording
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7:07 Click & Count Off
Watch as the various click and count off settings are explored and set for use when recording.
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8:39 Setting Up Audio Tracks
Learn about the various audio track controls, and how they are configured within some of the various Digital Performer windows.
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11:04 Recording Audio
Learn how to monitor your input levels, use the various Auto Input Monitoring modes, and start and stop playback and recording with key commands.
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7:42 Edge Editing
Learn how to edit the boundaries of soundbites using the Pointer, Trim, Roll, Slip, and Slide tools and how the Sequence mini menu edge editing setting affects soundbite copies.
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7:38 Working with MIDI Tracks
Learn how to set up MIDI tracks for multi player recording, to output to multiple destinations simultaneously, and how to easily remap MIDI devices and use the QWERTY keyboard for MIDI input.
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8:16 Instrument Tracks & V-Racks
Explore the different methods of soft synth track creation, and how to move instruments, as well as aux and master fader tracks, into a V-Rack so that they are accessible from multiple sequences within the same project.
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5:40 MIDI Record & Quantize
Watch as a MIDI track is recorded using the Wait function, the events are selected in the Event List, and quantization is applied to correct the timing of the performance that was captured.
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6:23 Memory Cycle & Playback
Discover a variety of playback and recording scenarios that utilize the Memory Cycle functions as well pre and post roll times.
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5:08 MIDI Overdub & Input Quantize
Watch as a short drum loop is recorded using the Memory Cycle, Overdub, and Input Quantize functions.
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3:38 MIDI Punch In Recording
Watch as the Auto record mode is used to drop in and out of record mode at a specified time range to replace some pre-existing notes.
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10:36 Quantizing Explained
Learn how to use real time non destructive MIDI quantizing, and explore all the various and subtle nuances Performer's quantization functions offer.
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9:27 Track Folders & Groups
Discover how Track Folders are used to view multiple tracks in a single container that can be expanded or collapsed and how Track Groups are used to link tracks together for mixing and/or editing tasks.
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3:27 Multi-Track Drum Recording
Watch as a live drum track is recorded in real-time to a Track Group consisting of five mono audio tracks.
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5:31 Record with Real-Time FX
Watch as we get set up for multi-take recording and route a new audio track to an aux track with guitar processing effects for real-time monitoring.
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6:14 Cycle Record Multiple Takes
Watch as live guitar parts are recorded, in overdub mode, while monitoring with effects. Additional takes on the same track are created on each pass.
Chapter 3 : Editing
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4:24 The View Filter
Learn how to use the View Filter to specify what types of MIDI, audio, or automation information will be effected by the Edit and Region menu operations.
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5:37 Zooming
Discover a variety of ways to navigate the display to efficiently get what you want to edit into view.
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7:11 Control Panel, Transport & Playback Tips
Discover thirteen useful ways to navigate and control playback more efficiently.
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8:57 Working in the Edit Windows
Explore some of the ways of getting into the various edit windows, how to view either single or multiple tracks, and how the Information Windows and Information Bars work.
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9:23 Tool Tips
Learn about some of the basic editing functions performed with the various tools.
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8:50 Track & Sequence Ergonomics
Discover how to sort and organize the Track List Setup in the Tracks Window, and how to control the display of data and markers in the Tracks Overview section. Also see how to use the Track Selector window and control track and marker display in the Sequence Editor.
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8:27 Working with Markers
Learn how to create and manage markers from the Markers Window, as well as several useful marker based navigation functions.
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9:54 Basic Sound Bite Editing
Learn some basic techniques for editing audio directly within the Sequence Editor.
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9:56 Takes & Comps
Learn how to manage multiple takes and how the Comp Tool is used to assemble a composite take containing parts from each take.
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10:38 Edit Menu Functions
Discover some hidden gems in the Edit menu and the powerful editing functions they provide.
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6:22 The MIDI Editor
Discover how the MIDI Editor is used for basic note creation and editing tasks, including editing location, pitch, duration, and velocity.
Chapter 4 : Mixing and Arranging
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6:39 Working the Mixing Board
Learn how to customize, store, and recall mixing board layouts.
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5:56 The Plug-In Chooser
Explore the Plug-In Chooser. Learn how to sort and store plug-ins in custom groupings, and various ways accessing and working with plug-ins in directly from the Track Inserts.
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10:09 Working with Sends
Discover how Track Sends are used to route signal through a virtual bus pathway, where the signal is processed on an Aux Track with an effect before being passed through to the Master Bus and Main Output
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10:32 EQ & Compression
Explore the basics of how EQ and Compression plug-ins are used to sculpt the frequency response and dynamics of the various elements in your mix, and how to use their channel strip controls for quick access.
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11:00 Multi Output Instruments
Learn how to route sounds from the multitimbral MachFive3 instrument through discreet outputs that are assigned uniquely to inputs of Aux tracks within DP's Mixing Board.
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9:03 Recording Automation
Learn how the various automation modes work, how to attach a MIDI controller to a specific parameter, and how some of the various trim modes are used to scale existing automation.
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7:39 Snapshot Automate & Multi Mixes
Explore two alternate ways of working with automation that involve static parameter changes instead of dynamic changes over time.
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5:37 Create & Edit Breakpoint Automation
Discover how control point automation shapes are drawn and edited directly in the Sequence Editor, and how Soundbite volume automation works.
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9:01 Conductor Track Quickstart
See how the Conductor Track and Event List are used to create and edit meter, tempo, and key change info within a Sequence.
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7:49 Chunks
Learn how the Chunk Window is used, and how to create Chunks based on selections from pre-existing Sequences.
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7:54 Command, Colors & Themes
Explore ways to customize how you control DP functions with key bindings, and how to customize and change the look of the interface with the Themes and Colors features.
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10:13 The Song Window
Watch as Chunks are re-arranged into Songs, and discover how to use markers to establish Song Window columns at hit points which is useful for assembling music cues when working to picture.
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10:38 Bounce to Disc
Learn how to use some gentle master bus compression and limiting to beef up your mix, see how the various bounce to disc options work, and listen to a final run through of the final mix.
Product Overview
Digital Performer has been reborn with MOTU's latest version 8! This series by DAW expert Eli Krantzberg takes you from the beginning, all the way to exporting your song for all the world to hear. If you're new to Digital Performer 8, or just want to freshen up on this truly deep and powerful DAW, look no further.
Shot in the latest version 8, and almost 6 hours long, Eli starts at the beginning with setting up your audio driver and how to customize the names of their inputs and outputs in DP8. Next, he gives you a detailed overview of the Consolidated Window, how to start a new project, setting time formats and organizational concepts.
Eli then jumps in and shows you all about recording audio and MIDI, quantizing, editing, instrument tracks and V-Racks, punch-in recording, track folders and groups, multi-track drum recording and recording with real-time effects and more. Eli wraps up the series with a ton of mixing and arranging tutorials that will give your productions that professional sound.
If you're looking to explore Digital Performer 8 for the first time, or just want to sharpen your skills, don't miss this title by the master of DAW's, Eli Krantzberg. Supercharge your production performance, get "Digital Performer 8 Explained" today...
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Reviews
Submitted 8 months ago
Life Saver!
Way more effective and intuitive way to learn than by interpreting the DP8 textbook, saving me loads of time, energy and frustration. Explained with great detail and clarity, very user friendly and entertaining. Highly recommended for those who prefer to read instructions first without having to read!
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 1 year ago
Eli is the Wizard of DP
Extremely detailed and advanced introduction to the power hidden inside DP. Eli brings the whole thing to light in his unique fashion. Thank you. Can't wait to to move on to the advanced session.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Sound Designer, Cakewalk Sonar, Digital Performer, Logic Pro
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
No rambling, just teaching.
Very well explained. Straight to the point, I recommend this course.
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 3 years ago
Not Enough about the program
If you never use this program you don't know what or how to set up windows and how to setup a template the video act that everyone has used this platform before. Not enough information for me to understand.
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 4 years ago
Great course!
I'm a very experienced keyboard player/synth programmer, but have intentionally avoided MIDI and digital recording for years, due to the learning curve. I'm a player first (keys/bass), but am also a former Mastering Engineer. I've just moved off ios based recording as I wasn't able to finish pieces as I was hitting the limits of what that platform is capable of. I decided I would go with pro gear, so got the beefiest MacBook Pro they make, a Focusrite Clarett 4Pre interface as the plan was to still leverage my iOS synths and other generation apps, and get a real DAW. I knew about the majors, but neither I nor my pals who DO know about this stuff had ever heard of DP 9, but that is the one I chose based on feature set/price and because it was fo used on the composer and performer. It's hard to be both engineer and talent. This course is so well dons, I'm so glad I went with it. Over 30 years of knowledge I've missed, I've gained with your course. The material is sinking in, and a lot of the mystery is being taken out of My being behind the curve. I'm a noob in the world of MIDI, but not with recording consoles, processors, etc. and I am confident I'll be able to complete pieces I simply couldn't in iOS. I would highly recommend it newbie to experts!
I am a: Musician
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 4 years ago
Good way to learn
This tutorial has just the right amount of detail for me.
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 4 years ago
Very nice presentation of DP8
There is a lot to learn in in DP8. I used this course as a refresher but discovered lots of really information. The presenter gets right into shortcuts and given the scope of the subject does a good job. ......Much better than trying to get through the manual.
I am a: Beginner, Musician, Digital Performer
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 4 years ago
Very Helpful!
Just what I needed to get on my feet in DP.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Professional, Musician, Producer, Sound for Film/TV, Digital Performer
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 4 years ago
Very thorough!
Covers everything down to the nitty gritty.
I am a: Professional, Sound for Film/TV, Digital Performer, Pro Tools
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 4 years ago
Really glad I bought this package!
I'm not a huge fan of manuals but I always want to learn more about the programs I use. Digital Performer is a beast and can be daunting to anyone who has just a basic understanding of it. I've learned so much already and I haven't even gotten to the end. Can't recommend this series enough.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Digital Performer
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Reviews
Submitted 8 months ago
Life Saver!
Way more effective and intuitive way to learn than by interpreting the DP8 textbook, saving me loads of time, energy and frustration. Explained with great detail and clarity, very user friendly and entertaining. Highly recommended for those who prefer to read instructions first without having to read!
Submitted 1 year ago
Eli is the Wizard of DP
Extremely detailed and advanced introduction to the power hidden inside DP. Eli brings the whole thing to light in his unique fashion. Thank you. Can't wait to to move on to the advanced session.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Sound Designer, Cakewalk Sonar, Digital Performer, Logic Pro
Submitted 2 years ago
No rambling, just teaching.
Very well explained. Straight to the point, I recommend this course.
Submitted 3 years ago
Not Enough about the program
If you never use this program you don't know what or how to set up windows and how to setup a template the video act that everyone has used this platform before. Not enough information for me to understand.
Submitted 4 years ago
Great course!
I'm a very experienced keyboard player/synth programmer, but have intentionally avoided MIDI and digital recording for years, due to the learning curve. I'm a player first (keys/bass), but am also a former Mastering Engineer. I've just moved off ios based recording as I wasn't able to finish pieces as I was hitting the limits of what that platform is capable of. I decided I would go with pro gear, so got the beefiest MacBook Pro they make, a Focusrite Clarett 4Pre interface as the plan was to still leverage my iOS synths and other generation apps, and get a real DAW. I knew about the majors, but neither I nor my pals who DO know about this stuff had ever heard of DP 9, but that is the one I chose based on feature set/price and because it was fo used on the composer and performer. It's hard to be both engineer and talent. This course is so well dons, I'm so glad I went with it. Over 30 years of knowledge I've missed, I've gained with your course. The material is sinking in, and a lot of the mystery is being taken out of My being behind the curve. I'm a noob in the world of MIDI, but not with recording consoles, processors, etc. and I am confident I'll be able to complete pieces I simply couldn't in iOS. I would highly recommend it newbie to experts!
I am a: Musician
Submitted 4 years ago
Good way to learn
This tutorial has just the right amount of detail for me.
Submitted 4 years ago
Very nice presentation of DP8
There is a lot to learn in in DP8. I used this course as a refresher but discovered lots of really information. The presenter gets right into shortcuts and given the scope of the subject does a good job. ......Much better than trying to get through the manual.
I am a: Beginner, Musician, Digital Performer
Submitted 4 years ago
Very Helpful!
Just what I needed to get on my feet in DP.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Professional, Musician, Producer, Sound for Film/TV, Digital Performer
Submitted 4 years ago
Very thorough!
Covers everything down to the nitty gritty.
I am a: Professional, Sound for Film/TV, Digital Performer, Pro Tools
Submitted 4 years ago
Really glad I bought this package!
I'm not a huge fan of manuals but I always want to learn more about the programs I use. Digital Performer is a beast and can be daunting to anyone who has just a basic understanding of it. I've learned so much already and I haven't even gotten to the end. Can't recommend this series enough.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Digital Performer
1. When did you start dabbling in music?
I started playing drums in high school at age fourteen. Like most kids my age around then, I was into progressive rock. Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Yes. They rocked my world. A few short years later though, my musical life changed. While studying music in college I discovered Charlie Parker, Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt, and John Coltrane. Milt Jackson spoke to me in such a profound way that it left me no choice but to take up vibraphone.
These great players, along with drummers like Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach, Art Blakey, and Elvin Jones changed not only the way I thought about drumming, but also music - and by extension, life - as a whole. I realized life was meant to be a creative endeavor. The idea of improvising based on a loose set of guidelines and rules permeated into my psyche even when I wasn't holding a pair of drumsticks or mallets. But if I am going to be perfectly truthful, I have to hold Henry Miller and Woody Allen equally responsible for shaping the way I view and experience the world around me.
2. What training have you had?
I am currently an Apple certified Logic Pro. Young and cocky, and armed with only a partial University degree, I dropped out of school and began playing steady commercial hotel engagements and jazz gigs when I could. This went on for many years until I decided it was time to complete my degree - which I ultimately did with a major in Political Science and a minor in music.
It was at this point that I formed my current band Nightshift. We are going in to our twenty third year now - playing commercial one nighters like weddings, corporate events, etc. Don't turn your nose up at it though - it has allowed me a wonderful quality of life. It gave me the freedom to go back to school and complete a post graduate degree in Communications Studies - all the while supporting myself by playing weddings.
3. When did you get into recording?
It was in this graduate program - in the early nineties - that I found myself drawn to the fledgling emerging universe of hard disc recording and midi sequencing. Based on nothing more than the recommendation of one of my band mates who had an old Atari, I jumped in head first and bought a Mac LC ll, along with a version 1.1 of what was then Notator Logic. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But, in hindsight, it was a decision of epic importance in my life - shaping my future as much as the music of Milt Jackson and Charlie Parker did fifteen years prior.
I opened up my own commercial home studio in 1998 and began doing a variety of projects, working on radio jingles, artist CD projects, and whatever came my way. A couple of years later a colleague called me up - desperate. He was working at a post production house and one of the editors had just quit. They were doing audio post for a weekly TV series and needed a Pro Tools editor - and fast! And so, once again, I jumped in head first into what would ultimately open up my world even more - the world of Pro Tools.
4. People you have worked with/for?
Focusing on Logic, I built up a small but loyal client base and my phone kept ringing for Logic tech support and instruction. Film composers and studio owners all over the city were calling me. Even the music stores were giving out my phone number at this point! This kind of stuff becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. The more of it you do, the more calls you get to keep doing it. At least that's the way it should be!
As my Logic chops kept growing, I was hired by an old buddy of mine, Len Sasso, who was then an associate editor at Electronic Musician magazine, and began writing some columns for them. I had a blast doing them - and really learned to focus and express my thoughts in a concise and clear manner. This lead to a collaboration with LA based composer Terry Michael Huud on the 2006 film called Civic Duty - which was certainly one of the highlights of my professional life as a composer.
5. Why are you so good at training people?
I wake up every day excited to boot up, and create. Whether it's instructional videos, creating music, working with a studio client, performing with my band, or teaching at the schools - my days are filled with what I love doing. Enriched by the stimulation and creative freedom this modern music making software brings to my life. I bring that excitement and passion to each and every training product I create. My years of experience both using and teaching these programs has taught me the best way to make the user comfortable with these complex programs.
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