![]() Digital Performer: Interface and workflow It also supports a wide variety of control surfaces. Not only via MIDI (including the aforementioned MPE and MIDI 2.0), which has been supported from the get-go, but with the SMPTE (film) world at large. Digital Performer: Features and contentĭP’s features include: non-destructive audio editing in tracks multi-take comping with lanes a top-flight destructive audio editor (changes are permanent), audio stretching and transient editing, VCA faders for the recording engineer/editing folk articulation maps and notation (multi-instrument with lyrics) for the orchestral crowd: multi-polyphonic expression (MPE) and MIDI 2.0 features for those with MPE keyboards virtual instruments (proprietary, as well as VST 2/3 and AU) and multiple tempo/meter/key signature support.ĭP 11 is also as adept as any DAW at interfacing with the outside world. The organizational possibilities are staggering.īack to the daunting feature set. When you realize that Songs may be nested within other Songs… well, it’s party time. The real fun, however, begins when you arrange Sequences into what DP refers to as Songs (the editor shown above). However, it could just as easily be a set of songs in a set list, or a list of scenes in a movie. In this example of arranging sequences in the Song editor, you actually see a song. ![]() A long look, because it’s not a program you can dive into and immediately grasp–or want to immediately dismiss. There’s still a ways to go on the latter, but if you’ve gone to sleep on DP, you should take another look. MOTU has been hard at work the last few years updating Digital Performer’s feature set and modernizing the interface and workflow. DP 11 is as powerful as any of its competitors, and it also features a unique modular approach to composition and project organization that makes it a particularly good fit for movie scoring and complex live shows. When users discuss the premier digital audio workstations (DAWs) on the market these days, the $499 Digital Performer 11-a former top dog-doesn’t always make the list. But it’s also complex with a steep learning curve. Digital Performer 11’s comprehensive feature set and unique modular organizational features make it great for film/game scoring and live multimedia events.
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