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by sdemott
Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:22 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
Topic: Bounce To Disk Window half off screen
Replies: 12
Views: 600

Re: Bounce To Disk Window half off screen

I was kind of curious if there was a way to invoke the "green button" with a keyboard shortcut to force the window to some new dimension that matches the display. There might be a way to get the system prefs to let you enter a keyboard shortcut for this. Then you can COMMAND-~ (tilda?) to...
by sdemott
Sun Apr 27, 2014 6:29 am
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
Topic: Bounce To Disk Window half off screen
Replies: 12
Views: 600

Re: Bounce To Disk Window half off screen

Yes, it's been a while. I already tried that & tried the old "Detect Displays" trick. Seems as though Mavericks doesn't respond the same as Snow Leopard (never used any of the Lion variants, so I can't say about those). I guess the good news is that I can get to the settings I need, bu...
by sdemott
Sat Apr 26, 2014 5:48 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
Topic: Bounce To Disk Window half off screen
Replies: 12
Views: 600

Bounce To Disk Window half off screen

Anyone know how I can move it when the top half of the window is "behind" the menubar. Kind of frustrating.

DP 8.06, Mac OS 10.9.2

Thanks.
by sdemott
Tue Feb 19, 2013 5:02 pm
Forum: General Recording
Topic: UAD Apollo
Replies: 25
Views: 6205

Re: UAD Apollo

It could very well have been the specific unit. I will say that the front panel knobs (master volume & 2 headphone volumes) were a bit flimsy...I would not call them "high quality" by any stretch. It was a decent piece of gear, but it wasn't anything I would classify as super high-end....
by sdemott
Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:31 am
Forum: General Recording
Topic: UAD Apollo
Replies: 25
Views: 6205

Re: UAD Apollo

I'd been thinking of selling my HD192, 24 I/O, and Millennia HV-3C preamp to get into an Apollo, but sounds like letting go of the Millennia would be a mistake. From what I experienced, I would say so. As I said, I'm not sure if that's indicative of all the units. It certainly didn't instill me wit...
by sdemott
Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:54 pm
Forum: General Recording
Topic: UAD Apollo
Replies: 25
Views: 6205

Re: UAD Apollo

I used one last week for 2 choral sessions for some video game soundtracks. The composer just got one and insisted we use it for the recording instead of my interface (but I used DP for tracking...not wanting to mess around with anything else). It was very nice, but there was a very distinct & n...
by sdemott
Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:01 am
Forum: Composing, Orchestrating, Songwriting, etc.
Topic: Need some Vocal production tracking examples.
Replies: 9
Views: 1603

Re: Need some Vocal production tracking examples.

I did something similar to that with a young, female pop "singer". The producer insisted on recording chunk by chunk and then assembling it later. I thought he was kidding...but he wasn't. It was mind numbingly boring. I never got a feel for the vocal track...even after hearing each phrase...
by sdemott
Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:07 am
Forum: Composing, Orchestrating, Songwriting, etc.
Topic: I hate writing lyrics
Replies: 32
Views: 5927

Re: I hate writing lyrics

I may have to give MasterWriter a whirl. Thanks for the tip.
by sdemott
Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:12 pm
Forum: Composing, Orchestrating, Songwriting, etc.
Topic: I hate writing lyrics
Replies: 32
Views: 5927

Re: I hate writing lyrics

And I think MasterWriter belongs in the toolbox of any aspiring songwriter: http://www.masterwriter.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; May I ask how you utilize it in your workflow...and did you have a computer centric workflow before adopting MasterWriter?? I just can't ...
by sdemott
Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:34 pm
Forum: Composing, Orchestrating, Songwriting, etc.
Topic: I hate writing lyrics
Replies: 32
Views: 5927

Re: I hate writing lyrics

I'm way late to this party - been away from the board for a while. A book suggestion for you: Writing Better Lyrics by Pat Pattison. Pat was my lyric writing teacher at Berklee. A great guy with tons of great insight into getting lyrics out of you and onto the paper. He taught me to really love the ...
by sdemott
Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:04 pm
Forum: General Macintosh
Topic: Anyone know how to download an Mp3 from page that plays it?
Replies: 17
Views: 919

Re: Anyone know how to download an Mp3 from page that plays it?

Alternatively, you can just drag items from the Activity window into the Downloads window. I can't get anything to drag out of the Activity window, Jim. I can drag from the address bar into the Downloads window though. Kind regards. You can: option-click the item in the Activity window select the i...
by sdemott
Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:21 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
Topic: DP 7 stability with 10.5.x
Replies: 12
Views: 418

Re: DP 7 stability with 10.5.x

7.02 with 10.5.8 on a 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo MBP (17"). No problems for me, but I really stick to audio and rarely use MIDI or VIs.

Have to say, upgrading from 5.13 and find DP7 to be far superior. Snow Leopard is the next update after I finish some live recordings next week.
by sdemott
Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:22 pm
Forum: General Recording
Topic: Need a MOJO compressor
Replies: 17
Views: 1660

Re: Need a MOJO compressor

I don't know if Anthony DeMaria is still in business, but one of the nicest comps I've ever used is my ADL SCL 1500. Great for tracking and great as a final 2-bus comp. Sweet and punchy with a definite vibe to it. I've had this one about 10 years now. If you want a similar sound for less money - che...
by sdemott
Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:09 am
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
Topic: Is DP 7 worth it?
Replies: 86
Views: 3760

Re: Is DP 7 worth it?

To James's point: I think the traditional idea of recording has changed. And it started a while back when the studio started to become the writing room. Now, with DAWs, there's no need for real instruments or even other musicians about 90% of the time. You can compose, arrange and record at the same...
by sdemott
Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:47 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
Topic: DP7 AIFFs crashing Sound Grinder 3.3
Replies: 11
Views: 455

Re: DP7 AIFFs crashing Sound Grinder 3.3

Only thing I can think of is byte order. Maybe SoundGrinder expects one type and DP7 is exporting the other. Intel Macs prefer Little-Endian, PPC Macs require Big-Endian byte order. I haven't yet installed my DP7 update (it's just sitting here waiting for me to finish a project), so I can't check. B...