Plug-in Alliance, seriously? You haven't heard of DP?

[MIDI Life Crisis]

If you're a Plug-in Alliance customer you probably got the same email. Twenty-five bucks credit on your next purchase for finishing a survey. I got as far as the 8th question when I stopped dead in my proverbial tracks:



Three forms of Logic. Three form of Pro Tools. Two forms of Ableton. Not ONE form of Digital Performer.

So if they don't see it as even important enough to mention, they probably don't test their crap on it. Well, they lost me as a customer.

[Shooshie]

I don't even open their stuff. I just delete it.

[James Steele]

Sadly, all too typical. Sometimes it's like we're the Rodney Dangerfield of DAWs. I signed up over there in the hopes that they send me an email like yours and I can fill it out the same way. Tired of being relegated to the "Other" category... especially when it's one of the finest DAWs on the market, IMHO.

[MIDI Life Crisis]

I signed up over there in the hopes that they send me an email like yours and I can fill it out the same way.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm= ... p1qw%3d%3d

[BKK-OZ]

I noticed the same thing - went through the whole process of the survey (with the temptation of the $45 voucher) and then realized I don't want anything they sell.

Anyone want to buy my $45 voucher @ half price?

[MIDI Life Crisis]

We're just fanboys... Nothing to see or hear, here.

[groove]

Bx Digital v2 and Bx dynEQ v2 are amazing tools for mid-side corrections and I use them a lot.
They've been working flawlessly in DP in AU format for years.

The fact that DP is not in the survey list doesn't surprise me nor bother me at all. I'm beta testing a new synth VI from a well known dev and, out of the fifty or so testers, they told me I was the only one using DP. That is the reality, sad but true.

[MIDI Life Crisis]

The general population has never heard of DP, for sure. Every high e d engineer and composer I know has and uses it, them exports to PT for their sucker clients.

[Shooshie]

The general population has never heard of DP, for sure. Every high e d engineer and composer I know has and uses it, them exports to PT for their sucker clients.

Man, it's not supposed to be that way. Back in the 1990s, you'd hear about DP on the Johnny Carson show when he'd be talking to musicians. Someone would mention the version of their song currently on their laptop in Digital Performer. I heard that two or three times, and I rarely even watched TV! So, it was almost a household word back then, except that the average person couldn't figure out what they meant by having recorded their song on their laptop. That was still new technology, and people just didn't realize it could be done.

Shoosh

[mikehalloran]

Final Draft has had a long standing offer. Any screenwriter who mentions that they use it during their Oscar acceptance speech gets a free copy or updates for life.

Perhaps MOTU could make the same offer to anyone who mentions DP in his/her Oscar, Emmy or Grammy acceptance speech. Lord knows the benefits would far outweigh any minor costs.

[MIDI Life Crisis]

I'd like to thank the little apps.

[James Steele]

Well, I guess many of you already knew this, but I somehow didn't. So Steinberg is owned by Yamaha and Logic is owned by Apple. Cubase and Logic have "800 lb. gorillas" (no offense to Nicky) backing them. MOTU is a small, privately-held company. It's a real David vs. Goliath type situation.

http://www.prosoundnetwork.com/article/ ... sses/19230

I wonder if Cubase and Logic can be eternal loss-leaders simply for their parent companies to maintain "credibility" in the pro audio companies? "We have to have a DAW."

[Robert Randolph]

Well, I guess many of you already knew this, but I somehow didn't. So Steinberg is owned by Yamaha and Logic is owned by Apple. Cubase and Logic have "800 lb. gorillas" (no offense to Nicky) backing them. MOTU is a small, privately-held company. It's a real David vs. Goliath type situation.

http://www.prosoundnetwork.com/article/ ... sses/19230

I wonder if Cubase and Logic can be eternal loss-leaders simply for their parent companies to maintain "credibility" in the pro audio companies? "We have to have a DAW."

And don't forget, Sonar has Gibson. Avid.. is huge. FLStudio is easily the most downloaded audio software out there (legal and not).

The options on the list are pretty reasonable considering the sheer size of their backing.

[Michael Canavan]

Beyond just corporate muscle, (there are of course DAWs with less corporate backing than MOTU) IMO the other DAWs end up with a lot more sales towards people who aren't dedicated to music, but just want to be an instant artist; although that drives revenue, I'm willing to bet that MOTU have a lot higher percentage sales of upgrades than the other DAWs. People buy DP because they use it and like it, not because they're instantly a recording engineer by owning it (Pro Tools), Instantly an EDM artist (Live) or instantly branded with iQuality (Logic). <<-- For the record I found DP more stable in OSX than Logic, and that was a huge reason for my move back to DP.

Consequentially the quality of the stuff I hear from DP users is usually higher. Your results may vary of course, but DP ranks up there in terms of actual output VS sales. Slow steady sales VS "next big thing" sales.

[MIDI Life Crisis]

I'm not sure that's entirely true. Virtually every pro studio in Los Angeles is Pro Tools. None that I've been to use DP, only the smaller "boutique" once and composer studios. Those boutique ones are the only ones I'll spend my money on. My clients, OTOH, always end up hiring a Pro Tools house and I always end up amazing the non-DP users. And the funny thing is, the really high end engineers all use DP at home. Every one I've talked to, including the main guys at Pixar. When PT can't handle it, they take the file home, do their thing in DP and return the file to the main studio. That's not conjecture, that is straight from the horses mouth.