![]() But it does bring back permanent confirmation of sample rate and bit depth - hooray! The Control Panel is very different, too, with a new layout and none of the collapsible 'drawers' of versions past, and no buttons to open different editing windows. Look at the title bar of the consolidated window, for example there's the familiar OS X 'traffic lights', but none of DP5's non-standard stuff. Plus Ça change.Īs this month's header graphic shows, there are very noticeable cosmetic changes in DP6, some of which are more than skin deep. Except that everything now feels that much slicker! We'll be bringing you a DP6 review very soon, but in the meantime, DP users can get an upgrade head-start by reading on. But what's great is that DP6 has absolutely not reinvented the wheel - it's nothing like the transition from Cubase VST to SX, for example - and once you've learned how old functions have been transferred to the new scheme it'll be business as usual. The old look was outdated, and presented quite a learning curve to anyone who'd begun their Mac experience in the squeaky-clean, standards-based world of OS X. So on booting up DP6 for the first time last week, and even though I'd already seen screenshots and demos, I was probably as surprised as anyone by exactly how much had happened to my sequencer. And let's not forget that grey look, punctuated with various bright colours here and there. The new DP6 looks almost like a different application, and conforms much more to OS X standards, so this month we bring you the first-look guide to what's new.Įver since I started using Digital Performer, back in the days of version 2.6, which ran in OS 9 on my old bright-blue 450MHz Power Mac G3 (long since departed), I've taken for granted its non-standard features - the strange buttons for closing and expanding windows, the idiosyncratic title-bar functions and mini-menus, and the way similar functions could be presented in quite different ways in different editing windows. Combine external hardware - synths, controllers, mics, instruments, compressors - with virtual instruments, loops, audio tracks and MIDI tracks, all together in a seamless, intuitive production environment.Digital Performer has retained the same basic look and feel from its introduction right up to version 5.13 - but no more. Record, edit, mix, process and master polished recordings. ![]() ![]() It's a recording studio - in your computer! Digital Performer represents a complete studio production experience on your computer desktop. Is your competing product not listed? Call +1 617.576.2760ĭuring the purchase process, you will be asked for the name and serial number of the competing product that you own. ![]() If you don't see your competing product on the list, contact MOTU customer service at +1 617.576.2760: If you are an owner of a competing audio sequencer product, you can upgrade to DP9 for only $395 (a savings of $400 off list price). MOTU Digital Performer 9 delivers inspirational features devised to ignite your creative muse, combined with state-of-the-art studio production technologies engineered for the most demanding, world-class recording and production environments.
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