The NAMM show in California saw MOTU unveil Digital Performer 5, a major upgrade that includes six new virtual instrument plug-ins, track folders, a flexible Meter Bridge feature, new audio editing tools, a multitude of new film scoring features, new input monitoring modes, clip-based volume automation and many other feature additions and enhancements.
DP5's six new virtual instruments are:
- BassLine™ - a one oscillator, two-waveform monophonic bass synth
- PolySynth™ - a polyphonic synth with a distinct look that harkens back to the classic Roland Juno 106
- Modulo™ - a two oscillators plus noise subtractive synth
- Nanosampler™ - a basic sampler featuring multimode filter, amplifier envelope, filter envelope and LFO
- Model 12™ - a twelve-part drum module with hundreds of supplied drum sounds and dozens of drum kits
- Proton™ - a two-operator frequency modulation (FM) synthesizer that delivers classic, bright, shimmering and expressive FM synth sounds.
Other new features in DP5 include:
- Track folders - In all windows that display tracks, such as the Sequence Editor, users can now organize their lengthy track lists into folders and sub-folders
- Meter Bridge - a new window (and central pane in the Consolidated Window) that is dedicated to monitoring all signal paths in the Digital Performer mixing environment.
- Trim, Slip, Slide and Roll tools - four new audio editing tools
- Streamers, punches and flutters - major enhancements for music-for- picture.
Plus...
- Visual click
- Click track programming,
- Count-off enhancements,
- Input monitoring modes,
- Clip-based volume automation and gain,
- MIDI Keys
- Audio voice allocation
- Waveform Editor enhancements
- MIDI Device Setup
DP5 will be available during the second quarter of 2006. DP5 will be available as an upgrade for all registered DP users.
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