Performer

Performer is a powerhouse. It is all about live mobile performance, ultimate control, and fun!

There are many ways to use it (it is like a Tardis!), and to navigate it.

At the top is a display area and a toolbar ("Top Toolbar" shown above in red, as are all toolbar items). The Top Toolbar gives button shortcuts to a number of key actions, such as menu, solo/mute, play/stop, recording, global FX etc. The shortcut to the main menu is the left-most toolbar button.

The central "content area" displays 12 tracks which contain 4 content cells (blackish when empty, orange when loaded). When the mix is playing, any content cell that is playing displays the green play indicator, and the white triangular mote indicates which bar of the content is playing (e.g. bar 4 of a 4 bar loop). Each of this tracks is split into a number of cells (columns).

At the bottom is the global volume control slider.

Elements

Display Area

Shows the mix name (left), play time (middle) and any tooltips there might be (right). Tap this area to open the Main Menu (except when in list display).

Top Toolbar

Shows the main button shortcuts, as follows:

• Menu Button

  

  Launches the Main Menu.

  
  

• Mute/Solo Button

  

  Toggles between Mute and Solo (for when you mute or solo a track).

  
  

• Play/Stop Button

  

  Press to play or stop the mix (also use the left soft key when it says Play or Stop).

  
  

• Mix Record Button

  

  Press to launch the Mix Recording screen so you can save the mix to an audio file.

  
  

• Tempo & Pitch Button

  

  Press to launch the Tempo & Pitch screen, where you can change the tempo of the mix, or pitch shift all the loops.

  
  

• Microphone Recording Button

  

  Press ot launch the Microphone Recording screen, where you can make a microphone recording for the mix.

  
  

• Rules Action Button

  

  Press to cause any rules set for each track to take effect (e.g. Randomise or Shuffle).

  
  

• Global FX Button

  

  Press to call up the FX List, where you can select an FX to be applied to the whole mix (a global FX).

Tracks

There are 12 tracks, numbered 1-9, 0, * and #.

There are 8 cells in each track; the four central ones being where the content is added (the "content area")

• Track Volume and Pan (1st cell)

  

  Select this cell and use the navkey left/right to decrease or increase the track volume (the central indicator is black).

  Select the cell again and use the navkey left/right to change the track pan position (the central indicator changes to orange).

  Select this cell yet again to lose the focus.

• Track Solo/Mute (2nd cell)

  

  Depending on what the Solo/Mute column toggle is set to in the Top Toolbar, select this cell to apply / remove solo or mute to that track (image shown is for mute, solo is a tick).

• Content Area (3rd-6th cells)

  

  This area contains the content cells, which is where you add in your content.

  When a cell has content in it, it is coloured (skip and silent cells have their own identifiers).

  The white triangle at the top is the "mote"l; this moves every bar that is played, up to 4 bars, before starting again. This allows you to see where you are in multibar content.

  The green bar is the play indicator; this shows you which cell in the track is playing.

  To add content to a cell, select it and select the content you want from the Content List.

  
  

• Track Rules (7th cell)

  

  Selecting the Track Rules cell displays the Track Rules List (left).

  A Rule value of Randomise or Shuffle will mean that when the Rules Action button in the Top Toolbar is selected, the content cells in that track will be randomised or shuffled respectively (with content from the underlying Pak).

  A Spot value of "Performer" means that any content cell in that track will ONLY play once (like a sting), either when the section lock is first applied to a section, or if the cell is triggered (i.e. with key 3).

  A Spot value of "Remixer" means that for a track so identified, then the content in section 1 will play as a "one-shot" sting in Remixer (i.e. it will not loop continuously as would normally be the case).

  
  

• Track FX (8th cell)

  

  Selecting this cell will launch the FX list where you can select the FX you wish to apply to this track (use FX sparingly on mobile!).

  
  

Bottom Toolbar

Shows the bottom toolbar button shortcuts, as follows:

• Visualiser Button

  

  Launches the Visualiser List.

  
  

• Store / Recall Button

  

  Press this button to store the solo/mute settings for all the tracks, and then clear them from the mix. Press again to apply the stored values.

  
  

• Mix Sections 1-4

  

  Press a section button to "lock" the mix in that section (i.e. only loops in that column will play).
  Press any locked section again to release the lock. If no section is locked, then when a cell has played its content (once), the next cell in the track with play until it reaches the end of the track, when play moves to the first cell in the track, and so on.

  
  

• Tools Button

  

  Press to launch the Tools List, where you will see a list of macros and other tools to help with your mix making.

  
  

• EQ Button

  

  Press to launch the EQ List, where you can apply EQ to the mix and customise it.