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For existing Mac users, there’s much that’s new, including 15 new themes and 17 new plug-ins, bringing the total to 84. If you’re a die-hard Windows user you may be looking at DP8 for the first time, in which case MOTU’s website has an exhaustive rundown of what it can do. Tracks can be grouped to control multiple parameters across a project at once, and there’s step MIDI recording and the intriguing POLAR loop recorder for quickly building up multi-layered takes then exporting them into a project.
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You get lots of bundled effects and instruments – more on this shortly – and bread-and-butter stuff such as full automation, audio comping, scoring, MIDI plug-ins and plug-in chain support as well as some nifty extras like V-Racks, which make a single instance of an instrument available to all sequences in a project.ĭigital Performer lets you manage multiple songs or sequences within a single project, which is especially useful for live work. There are up to 99 stereo busses available and a patching system for routing signals between your hardware and the software.
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It’s arguably more approachable than Logic or Pro Tools while still feeling like something that wouldn’t be out of place in a top-end studio environment.īeneath the Bonnet Technically, DP is a real workhorse, with track, voice and plug-in counts limited only by the capacity of your hardware. In terms of usability, DP strikes a good balance between feeling like a serious piece of kit and not scaring you away. The idea is that you might like to work using one theme but when showing a project to clients, switch to a more ‘pro-looking’ one. This is more than window dressing, and provides nice-looking alternatives while maintaining usability. The default look is a muted grey but there are Themes: multiple graphical setups that can be switched between on-the-fly and customised.
It also gets the level of iconograpy about right, providing many controls onscreen but without overloading you with symbols or information. And there’s a lot of handy stuff to be found, such as the ability to automatically analyse audio for tempo and control how imported files are converted.ĭP’s interface is particularly nice – a sleek and carefully thought-out system that cleverly manages windows using resizeable tabs, maximising the amount of real estate available to you. Plug-in management is undertaken in the Preferences, where you can also set up myriad other parameters in a way that’s clear and uncluttered. Its own plug-ins are in the MAS format but it can also see VSTs, and AUs if you’re on a Mac.
It needs an Intel Mac running OSX 10.6.8 or higher, or Windows 7 or 8 and is 32- and 64-bit-compatible depending on your system. Plug and Play DP8 is available as a download or boxed and there’s a fully functional 30-day trial available with no dongles or extra hardware required, simply an internet connection for server activation. So just sit back and see for yourself how DP8 has grown, expanded and blossomed into what we think is one of the best DAW out there!
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Next he show's the power of DP8s new plugins andits capability to handle VST and AU!īut wait, there's much more: GUI improvements, MIDI editing power, HD movie player.
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In this FREE course, DP expert Alexander Adhami takes you through some of the biggest new features and gives you a detail first look at this incredible reinvention of one the of the world's greatest DAWs.ĭid I hear somebody say "unlimited memory?" Alex starts off by explaining DP8's new 64 bit architecture and what being able access unlimited RAM means to us, the users.
This is exciting! DP8 is here and it is the new standard bearer in the Mac and Windows DAW parade.
Check out the new features in this FREE "What's New" course by DP expert, Alexander Adhami.