Digital performer 9 upgrade manual#
Digital performer 9 upgrade pro#
Digital performer 9 upgrade software#

Digital performer 9 upgrade pro#

D Plus is based on the MXR Distortion+, Delta Fuzz mimics the Electro‑Harmonix Big Muff, Diamond Drive is MOTU's take on the Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, RXT is their Pro Co Rat, and Tube Wailer and Uber Tube model the Ibanez Tube Screamer and Super Tube respectively.

Digital performer 9 upgrade software#

Of these new plug‑ins, six are software models of well‑known fuzz, distortion and overdrive pedals. Now there are no fewer than 12 new plug‑ins aimed at guitarists and bassists, which could conceivably be pressed into service for general tracking and mixing tasks too. Some would argue that they have been a long time coming: previous DP versions offered only the less‑than‑impressive PreAmp‑1 plug‑in for distortion and overdrive treatments. Without doubt DP7's sexiest and most colourful new additions are those aimed at guitarists. So let's boo the support band off stage and get straight on to DP7's headline acts. Worthy as they are, though, efficiency improvements to an application don't set users' hearts aflame. MOTU never give much away about DP development stuff like this, but you have to assume these things must be related to ongoing, fundamental revision of application code, perhaps in readiness for OS X's 64‑bit future.

CPU efficiency seems better than before, too. I notice fewer interruptions to audio when plug‑ins are instantiated, opened or closed, or when making edits on audio tracks during playback, and the user interface is nicely responsive at all times. These things are hard to quantify, but I fancy DP7 runs more sweetly and efficiently than DP6 ever did. There's also an Extras DVD with some giveaway sample and loop content.

Digital performer 9 upgrade manual#

There's a printed manual - a 1090‑page whopper - and a smaller Getting Started guide, but no PDF or browser‑based equivalents for when you're on the road. It installs from a single CD, and still has light‑touch copy protection that just requires the installer disc to be in the drive, and a key code entered, the very first time you run the application.

Secret SevenĭP7 looks and feels remarkably similar to DP6, and there are other similarities too. Both should give you a taster of what's generally on offer if DP is otherwise new to you.

And though very outdated in many ways now, there's additional coverage of the guts of the editing environment in September 2006's DP5 review, at /sos/sep06/articles/performer5.htm.

It's customary at this point to refer the reader back to some previous reviews, and who am I to buck tradition? My review of DP6 was published in the November 2008 edition of SOS, available on the web at /sos/nov08/articles/dp6.htm. But it's also got a reputation as an all‑rounder, offering sophisticated audio editing and deep MIDI programming features, making it a serious alternative to the other giants of the Mac DAW world. The headline feature in DP7 is a suite of new guitar-processing plug‑ins that includes various modelled 'stomp box' effects, plus amp (below) and cabinet simulators.ĭigital Performer has long occupied a niche in the world of music‑for‑picture and film scoring, especially in the US. The latest version of MOTU's Mac sequencer has guitarists firmly in its sights, but there are plenty of general improvements too.