MOTU has updated Digital Performer to
version 7.24.
MOTU has unveiled
Digital Performer
version 8, a major upgrade to their flagship audio workstation software.
Recognized throughout the industry as a leading workstation application for
Mac, Digital Performer 8 will now be available for both Mac OS X and Windows
7. During in-booth demos, MOTU debuted other significant new features,
including a new video playback engine, Punch Guard confidence recording, 14
new user interface themes, and 15 new included plug-ins.
"With a long history of
firsts, Digital Performer is widely considered to be a leader in audio
software technology," said Jim Cooper, MOTU Director of Marketing.
"We are thrilled to bring Digital Performer's leading role of exceptional
performance and innovation to Windows-based recording artists, producers,
engineers, remixers, composers and anyone looking for advanced desktop music
and audio production."
DP8 will operate in 32-bit or
64-bit mode on Mac OS X and Windows 7. On Windows, it will support VST
plug-ins and Rewire. MOTU demonstrated DP8 running on HP Z Workstations and HP
EliteBook Mobile Workstations provided by Hewlett-Packard.
Other new DP8 features
Punch Guard
records an extra four seconds of audio before and after record passes,
allowing users to edge-edit in/out points to "uncover" audio material
accidentally cut off during recording. DP8's new video engine
allows full-screen viewing of full 720 or 1080 HD video clips on a primary or
secondary computer monitor, or on a conventional HDMI or SDI video monitor
connected to a MOTU video interface such as the HD Express or HDX-SDI.
Digital Performer's
Themes allow users to change the entire look of the software with one
click. DP8 adds 14 new themes, including "Hi-Fi", "Arctic", and "None More
Black".
MOTU demonstrated 15 new
plug-ins to be included with DP8, including two new classic guitar
amp models, a bass cabinet model, several classic guitar pedals, modeled
analog delay, a multi-band dynamic equalizer, a de-esser, the Subkick kick
drum enhancer, and Springamabob, a modeled vintage spring reverb processor.
Digital Performer 8 will ship
Spring, 2012. Pricing is TBA.
iPad support for
CueMix FX
MOTU also demonstrated iPad
support for CueMix FX, the mixing and effects processing engine in MOTU's
current line of audio interfaces. With a simple software update, MOTU audio
interface users will be able to control the mixing and processing features in
their MOTU interface from OSC-compatible iPad software, which offers graphic,
multi-touch control over the hardware's mixer, EQ, compression and reverb.
iPad support for CueMix will ship as a free software update in Spring, 2012.
Previous Update: MOTU has updated Digital
Performer to version 7.24.
Changes:
Digital Performer lets you
play, record, edit, arrange, mix, process and master MIDI and audio tracks to
produce musical recordings, sound tracks for film and television, and other
audio production tasks.
Version 5 includes six new virtual instrument plug-ins, including the
analog-style BassLine bass synth, classic retro PolySynth,
highly programmable two-oscillator Modulo, super easy Nanosampler
sample player, Model 12 twelve-part drum module and
imaginative Proton FM synth.
Additional new features include track folders, the unique and flexible
Meter Bridge, new slip/slide/roll audio editing tools, built-in waveform
editor enhancements, embedded audio file tempo map editing, QuickTime
streamers/punches/flutters, visual click, advanced click track programming,
new input monitoring modes such as Blend, clip-based volume automation curves,
automatic audio voice allocation, built-in MIDI device configuration and
convenient MIDIKeys MIDI data entry directly from the computer keyboard.
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