AudioMedia - December 2008 - (Page 50) MOTU | DP6 > If you are one of the many Pro Tools HD users out there that have a fondness for the interface and creative power of Digital Performer, now more than ever DP can act as a seamless and complete front end for your system. In fact, DP is fully qualified for use with Pro Tools systems running under DAE Version . cs or higher. This comprehensive new support includes: robust AAF session interchange, RTAS instrument support, FXpansion VST-RTAS wrapper support, plug-in automation for any TDM, HTDM or RTAS plug-in, plug-in latency compensation, instrument track support, RTAS and AudioSuite plug-in support, Mono and stereo sends, send automation, automatic voice allocation, DirectMIDI support, QuickPunch support, TDM plug-in side chain support, System Resources Usage Window, enhanced audio bundle support, mute automation, and many more refinements and performance improvements. A Power ful, Friendly Face For Pro Tools Users DP now allows you to choose Broadcast WAVE and AIFF as the native audio file format in addition to the (now aging) Sound Designer II (SDII) format. On top of that, DP can now record and play interleaved audio files (stereo and surround). This saves an enormous amount of time when importing and exporting files, and greatly reduces the number of files to manage when working with interleaved file formats. An emerging file format used for high-end applications, floating point audio files are now supported in DP . This allows you to take advantage of the same exponential headroom and dynamic range Digital Performer employs internally when performing floating point computations for mixing and processing. S ay G oodbye To Split SDII Files! With so much power available to engineers on the Apple platform, it is very easy to overwhelm oneself when searching for the right processor or tool in your system. In an average pro setup, the number of third party and native installed plug-ins can easily reach into the hundreds. Simply adding a compressor to an audio track often involves having to navigate through a long vertical list of plug-ins. DP ’s new plug-in management feature allows the enabling or disabling of individual plug-ins, thus creating plug-in sets. Imagine having only the plug-ins you use for voice work as one preset and another set for sound design. This feature not only cleans things up immensely, but saves system resources and allows for a much faster project load time. Even after everything we’ve covered here, there are many other features still untouched. From enhanced OMF interchange and Apple Loop import, to improved OMF/AAF import and multiple outputs for audio unit plug-ins and ReWire. M anage Those Plug-I ns! Digital Performer is simply amazing, and is easily the most stable version to date. I myself use DP at least eight hours a day, and there is no end to the level of creativity and magic one can conjure up for music and film production. For voice and dialogue work, DP is simply the best tool on the planet for my needs. If you are an existing user, you’ll work faster. If you are a new user, you’ll learn Digital Performer quickly and easily. With amazing advances and new features, two new monster plug-ins, interleaved Broadcast WAV support and Final Cut Pro integration, Digital Performer is my (not so) secret weapon in the ongoing mission for stunning music and sound production. ∫ Conclusion I N F O R MAT I O N £ US$795.00 (exc.tax) A MOTU, 1280 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 T +1 617 576 2760 W www.motu.com A UK Distributor: Musictrack T +44 (0) 1767 313447 W www.musictrack.co.uk 50 AUDIO MEDIA DECEMBER 2008 http://www.seelectronics.com http://www.motu.com http://www.sonic-distribution.com http://www.sonic-distribution.com http://www.musictrack.co.uk
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