The other missing feature is Audio Random Access (ARA). I have not tried Volta and can't vouch for it. If you're one of the relatively few users with this interest, you can, of course, work around as with many DAWs, or purchase MOTU's Volta MIDI to CV converter plug-in for a cool $249. One is Control Voltage (CV) for modular synths. There are a couple of technologies that DP doesn't currently support. The program is also constantly recording audio and MIDI in the background (Retrospective recording–it can be disabled) for those moments of brilliance when you're just noodling around and there's no red light to be seen. 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.īeat and tempo detection MIDI grooves and humanize logical MIDI and time editing MIDI step recording extensive SMPTE/video with support for all the common frame rates as well as user-defined a spectrogram view for audio clips import/export of OMF, AAF, MIDI, MusicXML and DP projects for any version back to 3.1 and bouncing stems (entire audio tracks) to disk and CD. 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 Sequence can be any length from a single note to an entire symphony, and you can have as many Sequences as you want in a project file, as well as freely cut and paste between them. The heart of any DP project is the Sequence, which is actually more akin to most other DAWs song or project–a multi-track recording with instruments, a mixer, aux busses, etc. It's impressive, not to mention a tad daunting, but what sets this DAW apart isn't readily apparent: the aforementioned modular composition and organizational facilities. Digital Performer's super powerįorget what you see when you first run Digital Performer. A long look, because it's not a program you can just dive into and expect immediate results. 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 Digtial Performer's feature set and modernizing the interface and workflow.
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DP 11 is as powerful as any of its competitors, and it also has a unique modular approach to composition and project organization that makes it a particularly good fit for movie scoring and complex live shows.
That's sad, not to mention a bit of an injustice.
When users discuss the premier digital audio workstations (DAWs) on the market these days, the US$499 / AU$666.50 Digital Performer 11-a former top dog-doesn't always make the list.
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