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Todzilla wrote:I bought 7.24 in June and was told I'd get a free upgrade to 8 when it came out. But how? The store still prices it for me, even though they have my 7.24 registration on June 26, 2012.
Me want
Send me an email at magicd@motu.com and I'll put your DP8 order in.
Dave
that's why he's called Magic Dave!
2012 Mac Pro 3.46GHz 12 core 96 gig,Mojave, DP11.01,Logic 10.51, RME UCX,Great River ME-1NV,a few microphones,UAD2, Komplete 12U,U-he,Omni & way too many VI's,Synths & FX galore!, Mimic Pro w/ SD3,Focal Twin 6 monitors, Shunyata...........
So I guess this means I might be able to save money and stay at VEPro4, since I can now use VST and not be limited with AU as far as 16midi per instance...right? I just have to install all of the VST versions of all the VIs I have
BTW, for all those with 32bit old non-upgradeble software, I would think VEPro would be a really great solution. My old Ivory integrates well with DP7.24 (through Ethernet), though I still need to re-install my Korg Legacy stuff and try it out.
Raul
iMac Pro 3GHZ 10-core, 128GB RAM, 2TB hd, Big Sur
motu 8pre-es
Yes you could do that, but remember that only VST 3 has more than 1 MIDI port per instance. Luckily VEP comes in both flavors, VST 2 and VST 3. BUT, keep in mind that VST3 doesn't support program change messages. It's a real sore spot for people like me who use lots of program changes to switch articulations.
One thing I do wonder: for those of us stuck in 32-bit mode for compatibility, I wonder if the new plugins will work.
Spankin' 2020 10-core iMac, 40GB, Catalina, DP 10, Ivory, B-5, M-Tron,
UAD-2, Wissner Artist Upright Grand, Tokai MAT Strat, P-Bass, and a bunch of other noisemakers.
My studio assistant and Windows chauvinist is now jumping on DP 8 with a competitive upgrade from (cough, cough) Sonar.
-Todzilla
Huge sound generation & capture facilities
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DP 8!!!, OSX 10.7.3, 15" MacBook Pro w 16G RAM 256G SSD & 630GHD, MOTU 896HD, MX4, Komplete 8, Apogee Symphony I/O, Neumann U-89, pair of Peluso P12s, Seventh Circle & Demeter preamps, Lava lamp, stuffed frog playing bongos
One thing I do wonder: for those of us stuck in 32-bit mode for compatibility, I wonder if the new plugins will work.
To my knowledge, pretty much all 64bit plugins are backwards compatible to 32bit operation. I would imagine ESPECIALLY on this update, they would make sure that's true.
mhschmieder wrote:Over at GS, the topic is so new that there isn't a single hater yet! How long will that last? Seven postings and ALL of them positive! Did Hell freeze over? Can pigs fly?
Actually, I think most of the folks at Gearslutz are still reeling from
the revelation that there is another DAW besides Pro Tools.
Glad they added VST support in the Mac version! MAin reason for this is collaboration with Windows folks. Another reason is MIDI out from VST plug ins like Reaktor and Geist. This shoudl work and makes using say NI Battery with Geist's sequencer running in DP8 possible.
Also really glad they made it possible to dock the Control Panel into the Consolidated Window! I was thinking about how cool this would be just the other day.
I bought this the day it was announced, first time ever doing this with DP, usually conservative that way, but I think this is worth it! 64 bit version here I come!
M2 Studio Ultra, RME Babyface FS, Slate Raven Mti2, NI SL88 MKII, Linnstrument, MPC Live II, Launchpad MK3. Hundreds of plug ins.
Tritonemusic wrote:Is the info regarding the Notation Editor obtained by word-of-mouth, or do they have any info on MOTU's website? I didn't see anything regarding that. I'm a fan of the Notation Editor and would be thrilled to know it has been updated.
All is says is: "Notation Editor
Single-track, endlessly-scrolling music notation editor"
Whoa, I recall long ago that DP had increased PPQ and then it seemed to disappear back to 480. For many years, no word of this. Does anyone else remember that? I thought I was crazy because no one else seemed to speak about it. It looks like it back. I wonder what the real world impact would be of adding decimal places? Will it sample a given MIDI performance free time(one without quantize), more accurately at higher values, or does it have no effect on the accuracy of dp’s MIDI reception and only affect how small the adjustment increments are on post performance adjustment?
This is a good question for magic d.
Mac Pro (Late 2013
2.7 GHz 12-Core Intel Xeon E5
64 GB 1866 MHz DDR3
Mojave
DP 10.13
MOTU 8pre, MTP AV, 828 mkII
Tons of VIS and plug ins. SSD hard drives etc
