NAMM Show 2012 - MOTU announces Digital Performer for Windows

[The Press Desk at Gearslutz.com]

MOTU ANNOUNCES DIGITAL PERFORMER FOR WINDOWS

MOTU has unveiled Digital Performer version 8, a major upgrade to their flagship audio workstation software. Recognized throughout the industry as a leading workstation application for Mac, Digital Performer 8 will now be available for both Mac OS X and Windows 7. During in-booth demos, MOTU debuted other significant new features, including a new video playback engine, Punch Guard™ confidence recording, 14 new user interface themes, and 15 new included plug-ins.

"With a long history of firsts, Digital Performer is widely considered to be a leader in audio software technology," said Jim Cooper, MOTU Director of Marketing. "We are thrilled to bring Digital Performer's leading role of exceptional performance and innovation to Windows-based recording artists, producers, engineers, remixers, composers and anyone looking for advanced desktop music and audio production."

DP8 will operate in 32-bit or 64-bit mode on Mac OS X and Windows 7. On Windows, it will support VST plug-ins and Rewire. MOTU demonstrated DP8 running on HP Z Workstations and HP EliteBook Mobile Workstations provided by Hewlett-Packard.

Other new DP8 features

Punch Guard™ records an extra four seconds of audio before and after record passes, allowing users to edge-edit in/out points to "uncover" audio material accidentally cut off during recording. DP8's new video engine allows full-screen viewing of full 720 or 1080 HD video clips on a primary or secondary computer monitor, or on a conventional HDMI or SDI video monitor connected to a MOTU video interface such as the HD Express or HDX-SDI.

Digital Performer's Themes allow users to change the entire look of the software with one click. DP8 adds 14 new themes, including "Hi-Fi", "Arctic", and "None More Black".

MOTU demonstrated 15 new plug-ins to be included with DP8, including two new classic guitar amp models, a bass cabinet model, several classic guitar pedals, modeled analog delay, a multi-band dynamic equalizer, a de-esser, the Subkick™ kick drum enhancer, and Springamabob™, a modeled vintage spring reverb processor.

Digital Performer 8 will ship Spring, 2012. Pricing is TBA. A DP8 screen shot can be found here:

http://www.motu.com/marketing/motu_p...e/dp8/dp8-hero

iPad support for CueMix FX

MOTU also demonstrated iPad support for CueMix FX, the mixing and effects processing engine in MOTU's current line of audio interfaces. With a simple software update, MOTU audio interface users will be able to control the mixing and processing features in their MOTU interface from OSC-compatible iPad software, which offers graphic, multi-touch control over the hardware's mixer, EQ, compression and reverb. iPad support for CueMix will ship as a free software update in Spring, 2012.

[michaiel]

I have been waiting to see if Avid or MOTU would be first to 64 bit. MOTU is getting my $ the minute they make this update available. I have been using PT and DP since 1994 and while both have their strengths 64 bit to me is a serious game changer...

[mista min]

Yea, but there is no more DAE and TDM support... and I don't see them taking on HDX support. But who knows what the future holds.

[dannygold]

That's not MOTU's decision... AVID dropped 3rd party support for HDX. Even if MOTU wanted to they couldn't. Ditto Logic, Cubase, etc.

[jmvideo]

This is a smart move by MOTU considering Apple is going to discontinue the MacPro and abandon their "pro" user base.

[boon]

Originally Posted by jmvideo

This is a smart move by MOTU considering Apple is going to discontinue the MacPro and abandon their "pro" user base.

and you have this confirmed info from ????

it's all speculation. anyway - if they cancel the mac pro i'm gonna dig up steve jobs... chances are it will just take a different form factor but have all the same power.

anyway - curious to see DP8 when it arrives.

[Pasta4lnch]

What's all this about discontinuing the Mac pro? Any truth to it?

Anywho this new DP looks cool!

[Mario-C.]

It's a rumor that's been circulating over the past months ...

[Pasta4lnch]

So it seems. I started looking it up after I read this thread…frankly I'm in shock. Kinda messed up.

[jmvideo]

[QUOTE=boon;7557834]and you have this confirmed info from ????
chances are it will just take a different form factor but have all the same power.QUOTE]

Yes, it's called "The iMac".

[boon]

Originally Posted by jmvideo

Yes, it's called "The iMac".

doubtful imo. i'm thinking they'll just get rid of the PCIe slots and add other thunderbolt/FW/USB etc ports.. so, probably closer to a mega expanded mac mini with no bottlenecks and way more CPU cores/power.

but, yeah.. DP8. woo hoo.

[shanabit]

Hopefully MOTU doesnt port the lousy tech support over to the PC as well

[laddie.music2]

That's got to be the ugliest User interface i've ever seen,

I didn't eve know DP was still going

[Convectuoso]

Originally Posted by shanabit

Hopefully MOTU doesnt port the lousy tech support over to the PC as well

Quoted for truth. Terrible.

[s.d.finley]

Originally Posted by shanabit

Hopefully MOTU doesnt port the lousy tech support over to the PC as well

Lolz!!!

[Finnish]

Originally Posted by laddie.music2

That's got to be the ugliest User interface i've ever seen,

I didn't eve know DP was still going

I disagree, that UI looks quite nice

[daez]

Interesting to see there still kicking.I have rarely heard mention of digital performer for over a decade now. Havent used motu stuff in the longest but I remember it not being a good pc brand and really only right for mac users but that was long ago in a studio far far away...