AudioMedia - December 2008 - (Page 49) MOTU | DP6 > being aware of it. The self-adjusting behavior of the LA A has an almost magical way of smoothing out just about any audio material without destroying perceived dynamics. If you want the type of compression and limiting that the LA- A has to offer then you will love this plug-in. While it may not be the only compressor you’ll ever need, it will certainly be a great addition to your stockpile of trusty processors. ProVerb is a CPU-efficient convolution reverb plug-in that truly delivers the sound of realistic acoustic spaces to Digital Performer. While convolution reverb is known for its realism, somehow ProVerb seems to have a lush ‘Lexicon’ sound overall and is highly tweakable, including a full four-band equaliser for the reverb tail. ProVerb is frighteningly processor-efficient for such a dense a detailed sound, and always seems to amaze me in comparison to similar plug-ins such as Altiverb and WAVES IR . Particularly when what might take seconds in other convolution plug-ins occurs in real time in ProVerb! For that matter, all parameters can be adjusted in real time, including those that modify the impulse response waveform itself! It comes with dozens of preset impulses (halls, stages, plates, and cathedrals) but the power of ProVerb lies in the ability to simply drag and drop any standard audio file into the waveform display to create your own spaces. This becomes extremely valuable when you start searching the web for all of the many high-end (and free) impulse responses that are available. There are many other wonderful features here including complete Surround support and a Dynamic Mix feature that automatically ‘ducks’ the wet signal as the dry input signal rises. Current convolution reverb plug-ins of this caliber easily cost as much as DP itself – think about it. Both Digital Performer and Final Cut Pro offer complete end-to-end production workflow: Final Cut for picture a n d D P fo r s o u n d. While recent advances in DP have made it in strong film scoring features, DP ’s new Final Cut Pro XML file interchange features could ver y well revolutionise the way film scoring and soundtrack production is done. Seriously – this is a tool that has already changed the way I cut music and audio for picture with my clients running FCP. It's not perfect but already goes way beyond what any DAW has attempted thus far. DP now allows for a dynamic link between the FCP editor and the DP engineer. This link can be managed remotely via e-mailed XML interchange files (which are tiny), or via a dynamic FCP, M eet DP6 “…this is a huge breakthrough for those of us using DP to edit and mix sound for picture. These time-saving features offer the possibility for a quantum leap forward in up-to-theminute delivery of changes to music and sound for picture – thank you MOTU.” link between DP and Final Cut running side by side on the same computer. Here’s how it works. When picture edits are made in Final Cut, the FCP editor can export an XML file that describes all current edits, which the DP composer/ editor can simply import to then compare and conform all music and audio tracks to the latest picture edits. All changes are displayed in DP ’s new ‘Import Final Cut Pro XML’ window, which provides a complete, detailed list of every new picture edit. Double-click any edit in the list, and DP scrolls to and highlights the location of the edit in the Sequence Editor time line. The highlight shows a blue border (old position) and red border (new position) for each picture edit. The DP composer/ editor can then adjust their session as necessary to conform to the new edit, ‘snapping’ their edits to the vertical red line if necessary. > PCM96 Stereo Reverb/Effects Processor 28 new and legendary Lexicon reverbs and effects delivered by powerful hardware processors, controlled and automated by your DAW. Get the full story at www.lexiconpro.com http://www.lexiconpro.com http://www.lexiconpro.com
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