Digital Performer 11.3 released!

[James Steele]

Just what it says. Get it at MOTU.com

[mikehalloran]

Ha! Beat me to the punch.

DP11.3 is now available for download
With DP11.3, we've focused on general enhancements, optimizations, and bug fixes in the program, whilst also adding a few new features:
- Added a feature to resize the track selector in standalone editor windows
- Added a feature to display and edit Clips in the MIDI Editor and QuickScribe
- Added a feature that enables docking and undocking QuickScribe tool palettes
As always, a comprehensive update change-log file can be found in the installer window. Download the update today

[James Steele]

Here's the exhaustive list of features and fixes from the installer readme. Nice work, MOTU! IMPRESSIVE!!

Enhancements introduced in version 11.3

Enhancements and optimizations
• Added a feature to resize the track selector in standalone editor windows.
• Added a feature to display and edit Clips in the MIDI Editor and QuickScribe.
• Added a feature that enables docking and undocking QuickScribe tool palettes.
• Added support for per-monitor fractional DPI scaling on Windows, and the ability to force upscaling of older plugin UIs.
• Added ARA compatibility for Synchro Arts VocAlign and Sound Radix Auto-Align 2.
• Updated the Set Articulation command to work on multiple tracks.
• Changed the Pack into Clips operation to set the clip's meter to the currently active meter at the start of the clip.
• Changed Insert Measures to split clips in addition to soundbites.
• Improved compatibility with MIDI files coming from EastWest plugins.
• Improved note quantization/placement relative to the mouse cursor in QuickScribe insert mode.
• Prefixed the conductor track item in the window switcher menu with the name of the chunk (song or sequence) containing the conductor track, to reduce ambiguity when editing a song's conductor track in the consolidated window.
• Improved offline BTD speeds at lower buffer sizes.
• Changed the Sound File Information window to now show checkmarks for all selected bites.
• Added an option to Preferences > MIDI Editing > Double Click to allow double-clicking to have no action in graphic editors.
• Added a preference (Preferences > Edit Windows > Clips in Tracks) to open Clips in Tracks in the MIDI Editor where applicable (when double-clicking to edit a clip from the Sequence Editor and from the Tracks Overview).
• Changed opt/alt clicking a folder disclosure triangle in the chunk list window to now open/close all folders at the same level in the tree, matching the track folder behavior in the Tracks Overview.
• Added the ability to edit Bounce to Disk presets.
• Added support for displaying track names in FabFilter plugins.

Fixes
• Fixed a crash that could occur when edge-editing a soundbite in the Sequence Editor after closing the clip editor if the previously open clip was an audio clip and the clip window's graphic editor was active when it was closed.
• Fixed a bug causing the "Open in MIDI Editor" menu item in the Event List for a Song's conductor track not to open the MIDI editor correctly when the MIDI editor is docked in the Consolidated Window.
• Fixed a QS auto note spelling edge case which could lead notes tied across barlines to be spelled incorrectly.
• Fixed various visual glitches in system dialogs by replacing them with newer Windows system dialog style.
• Fixed a bug causing the popped-out Drum Editor not to update the saved visibility state of the track selector if the project file is saved after toggling the track selector visibility without having closed the DE (previously, this setting was only updated when closing the DE).
• Fixed a bug that could cause opening the track selector in the Mixing Board and Clips Window to trigger a resize that pushes the right edge of the window past the edge of the screen.
• Fixed a bug copying a clip from a track and pasting it into the clips window.
• Fixed a bug that could cause clips in tracks to get omitted in rare cases when playing back multiple clips in sequence.
• Improved moving documents between different Mac computers with identical hardware setups.
• Fixed a bug that could in rare instances cause DP to be unable to read certain project files.
• Fixed a crash that could occur in rare cases when selecting sound bites.
• Fixed a bug causing "Show All Lanes With Data" to show the articulation lane for any track containing MIDI data regardless of whether an articulation map is assigned to the track.
• Fixed a bug causing open effect windows to migrate downward every time the project is saved/reopened when multiple effect windows are open.
• Fixed a bug causing Set Remote Source in the metronome menu not to save the selected MIDI source.
• Fixed a bug causing the Clips window not to update correctly when the active sequence is renamed.
• Fixed Apple Silicon compatibility for AAF export.
• Fixed a bug that could cause DP to hang when performing certain operations in a MIDI clip that is currently playing back in the Clips window.
• Fixed a bug causing Move Selection Start/End to Next/Previous Event to ignore clips.
• Fixed a Mac issue that could cause the Microphone Access message to display the wrong app name.
• Fixed a bug that could cause visual glitches in MAS plugins on certain Windows systems, with text labels rendering in the wrong locations.
• Prevented a crash in MAS plugins that could occur if DP attempts to send too many note-ons without note-offs and exhausts all available voices for too long.
• Fixed a bug that could incorrectly cause V-Rack instrument tracks to get converted to combined VI tracks.
• Fixed a crash that could occur on Windows when importing large WAV files.
• Fixed a bug causing MIDI files with a single tempo event to incorrectly omit this event when imported by dragging into the Chunks window.
• Fixed a bug causing custom dialog box elements on macOS to incorrectly expand to the width of the dialog box.
• Fixed a visual glitch in the Find Tempo from Markers window that occurred in certain themes.
• Fixed a bug dragging audio track events.
• Fixed a crash that occurs when you option drag an audio automation point after deleting the point after it.
• Fixed a bug causing the embedded track selector in the Clips window to hide itself when switching among tabs in the CW if the track selector button is set to always open the edit window's track selector.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using the "Select Prev/Next Target in Editor" commands to switch the target of the active editor.
• Fixed a bug that could lead to duplicate track strips in the Clips window.
• Fixed a crash that could occur on Windows when bouncing to disk if the buffer size when the project opened was greater than 2048, but was subsequently changed from the control panel to a size <= 2048.
• Fixed a visual glitch in the memory cycle and auto-record strips on Windows that could occur when the colored region has no definite ending time (such as with Auto-Rewind enabled).
• Fixed a bug making selections and dragging events in the Sequence Editor with beat quantizing.
• Worked around a CoreAudio bug that would cause DP to Emergency Stop when opening Audio MIDI Setup while audio is playing.    Audio may still glitch briefly but should continue.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur upon reopening a project that was saved with certain windows active.
• Fixed a bug that could cause pop-editing markers not to work.
• Fixed a bug that could cause some windows (such as the Find Tempo from Locked Markers window) to open up with visual glitches when the UI is scaled > 100%.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when changing projects after loading in a clipping file containing a new-style Instrument track.
• Fixed a visual glitch that could occur when dragging MIDI notes in a graphic editor and auto scrolling.
• Fixed a bug causing the Solo Exempt checkmark in the Sequence Editor's track mini-menu to always display as checked on instrument tracks, regardless of the actual status.
• Fixed a crash when attempting to display Film Cues Only in QuickScribe.
• Fixed a bug causing the pop editing text box in the Effect Chooser window to be positioned incorrectly when the UI is scaled up.
• Fixed a bug that could cause copy/paste editing of inserts in the Mixing Board with the right-click shortcuts to respond inconsistently if the slot is not already selected prior to opening the right-click context menu.
• Prevented a crash that could occur when switching between chunks containing certain types of invalid data.
• Fixed erratic crashing that could occur after pop editing mixer values, most often in the narrow view with send knobs.
• Fixed a bug causing the Split Notes dialog not to correctly update the keyboard note selection when using a MIDI controller to enter specific notes.
• Worked around a compatibility issue with Spitfire plugins that could cause sustained notes to get cut off when running in pre-gen mode.
• Fixed a bug causing group editing of volume and pan automation to not update correctly for combined VIs in groups with audio tracks.
• Fixed a leak that could lead to instability after playing back an ARA-enabled soundbite.
• Fixed a crash that could occur while starting DP if a known ARA effect fails to load for outside reasons, such as a missing iLok authorization.
• Fixed an ARA bug that caused Auto-Align and Auto-Align Post not to restore correctly when a document is opened.
• Fixed some issues related to importing track clippings containing combined VI track data.
• Fixed a crash on quit that could sometimes occur after importing a clipping containing combined VI track data.
• Fixed a bug causing the Mixing Board not to open up at the correct width when opening outside of the consolidated window with a selection of tracks when the UI is scaled above 100%.
• Fixed a bug causing the tab width of the MIDI Editor in the consolidated window not to update when the master track is changed from the track selector.
• Fixed a bug causing the QS window to shrink the size of the score view when opening a score for the first time with the track selector open, with a previously saved default position that was defined while the track selector was closed.
• Fixed a crash that could occur after deleting a chunk when the Scale Time window is open.
• Fixed a visual glitch in the Chunk list header when inside of a folder, which could cause the folder title to display incorrectly when using a list font scale setting that has been increased above the default.
• Fixed a bug causing clippings to lose their file extensions after being renamed from within the Clippings window itself.
• Fixed a few inconsistent behaviors when using the "Open in QuickScribe Editor" command while QuickScribe is already open.    These behaviors could result in the score failing to update its layout to match the selected tracks, or cause the standalone editor window to unnecessarily reset its position when opening a selection of tracks.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the MCU Single Fader automation toggles to not respond immediately on Windows when the control surface is first initialized.
• Allowed projects with corrupted undo history to still load into DP (but without their undo history).
• Fixed a bug causing all tracks other than the conductor track to get a stronger highlight than the conductor track during marquee selection.
• Removed the "Stop Asking" option when attempting to insert obsolete MIDI events, and clarified the messaging in the pop-up warning dialog.
• Fixed a bug causing pop-editing a marker using opt/alt+click in the Tracks Overview to select the time range for the marker.
• Fixed a bug where changing tabs from the soundbite list window to the Sound File Information window would fail to show information for the selected soundbite.
• Fixed a bug in the Sound File Information window where selecting multiple soundbites from multiple files would only show the selected soundbites from one file, instead of every selected soundbite.
• Fixed a bug where removing a soundbite or using the undo command would update the Sound File Information window incorrectly in certain situations.
• Fixed a bug where clicking on something other than a soundbite would clear the sound file information window in certain situations.
• Fixed a bug in the Sound File Information window where selecting multiple bites from the same file would show that sound file's information incorrectly or not at all.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when opening a document.
• Fixed a visual glitch where Clip Editor would draw as unfocused even when it had the focus.
• Prevented a potential crash that can result from corrupted QuickScribe data.
• Fixed a crash that could occur in certain VST3 or ARA plugins after changing the buffer size.    This fixes a crash with Auto-Align 2 when increasing the buffer size.
• Fixed an issue for third-party plugin developers that would cause an assertion failure in VST3 plugins built with the JUCE framework.
• Fixed a bug that could cause certain articulations to export incorrectly to MusicXML.
• Fixed a bug where the Sound File Information window would clear after changing tabs or being reopened.
• Fixed a bug where clicking outside the soundbite or sound file selection popup in the Sound File Information window would clear the selection, instead of retaining the current selection.
• Fixed an issue where bounce to disk would cause MIDI destinations to lose their protocol settings.
• Fixed an issue where offline bounce would not send per note events to the destination.
• Fixed a bug that could cause bounce issues with record-armed MOTU VIs containing MPE data.
• Fixed an error when trying to set Polysynth, Proton, Model12, and Bassline to their default preset on Windows.
• Fixed a bug causing the initial settings for BassLine and PolySynth not to match the actual "Default" sound patch.
• Fixed a typo in the PolySynth oscillator labels.
• Fixed a bug causing the MIDI track destination menu for console controls not to populate correctly when editing an existing control.
• Fixed a bug where dragging a chunk into the chunk window while it was displaying a chunk folder would exit the folder display and fail to move the chunk into the folder.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the selection info pane to become out of sync with the current selection when multiple editor windows are open simultaneously.
• Fixed a display bug where per-note data displayed on top of a note in the ME wouldn't update when that data was edited in the CC lane.
• Fixed a potential crash relating to automatic beat detection in new soundbites.
• Added optimizations to improve loading speed when opening and closing projects and adding a large number of VI tracks.
• Fixed a ARA compatibility issue with Melodyne 5.3 that could result in audio dropouts when merging long soundbites that use Melodyne as the ARA effect.
• Optimized drag animation when lots of notes are being edge edited in the ME.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when undoing after cutting and pasting from multiple clips at once.
• Fixed a "bad variant access" error that could occur when double-clicking to edit console assignments to insert parameters.
• Fixed a bug causing the Mac menu bar to not activate without double-clicking on macOS Sonoma.
• Fixed a bug causing a Control + Click on a selected chunk to pop-edit instead of showing the context menu.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when attempting to delete combined VI tracks that have previously been added to a track group during the current session.
• Fixed a bug on Mac that could cause the window switch menu to either fail to load or load incorrectly when multiple tracks with identical names are present in the current sequence.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when navigating up and down in the Clips window by using the arrow keys if doing so for the first time in a project without previously having selected a clip.
• Fixed a bug that could result in hangs in QS when paging through extremely long scores.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the Tracks Overview's track selector button to get out of sync with the presence of the track selector window when multiple editors are open in the consolidated window.
• Fixed a Windows bug that could leave the bundles window in a state where it draws partially black when first opened with the UI scaled up.
• Fixed a bug that could occasionally lead to UI slowdowns when the mouse is left in place after clicking while a help tag is displayed.
• Tweaked macOS menus to use default system font and fix alignment issues in Sonoma.
• Fixed a EUCON issue that would cause VCA spill groups to get out of sync with DP when showing/hiding member tracks of a VCA group. Groups will now update on the surface when showing/hiding tracks, but may require the user to close and reopen the spill group on the control surface to fully update.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when dragging MIDI files into the SE.
• Fixed a bug causing the Cursor Info pane in the Information Bar not to load correctly when opening QS for the first time in a session.
• Fixed a bug that would result in the alphanumeric and kana keys on the Japanese keyboard inserting blank characters when pressed in certain text input fields in DP.
• Improved the performance of the MIDI Quantize "Randomize" setting.
• Fixed a memory allocation bug on macOS that could result in undefined behavior and potential crashes.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when deleting a chunk while the movie window is open.
• Fixed a bug that could cause VST2 plugins to initialize with the wrong speaker channel configuration, and potentially result in unexpected or incorrect behavior.
• Fixed some bugs that could result in erratic behavior in the Scale Time dialog.

[James Steele]

Looking at that list of fixes again... wow! I really do have to give some credit to MOTU for squashing so many issues. Also, don't know if he will see this, but big shout out to Jared at MOTU who is a developer/programmer who personally responded to many of my issues with EUCON support and I know is largely responsible for a good many of these fixes. THANK YOU, JARED!!!

[HCMarkus]

Looking at that list of fixes again... wow! I really do have to give some credit to MOTU for squashing so many issues. Also, don't know if he will see this, but big shout out to Jared at MOTU who is a developer/programmer who personally responded to many of my issues with EUCON support and I know is largely responsible for a good many of these fixes. THANK YOU, JARED!!!

Kudos to the entire DP Team!

[cuttime]

• Added a feature to resize the track selector in standalone editor windows.
Wasn't the Track Selector always resizable?

• Added a feature that enables docking and undocking QuickScribe tool palettes.
Where is this setting?

[Michael Canavan]

• Added a feature to display and edit Clips in the MIDI Editor and QuickScribe.

This is great, Clips are slowly moving into the position that loops had. Now we just need them visible and editable in the Drum and Event windows.

[motujared]

Looking at that list of fixes again... wow! I really do have to give some credit to MOTU for squashing so many issues. Also, don't know if he will see this [...]

Of course I will

THANK YOU, JARED!!!

You're most welcome!

• Added a feature to resize the track selector in standalone editor windows.
Wasn't the Track Selector always resizable?

The track selector in the consolidated window was always resizable. The new feature allows you to pop out individual windows and resize the track selector for those specific windows, or to resize the track selector for specific windows while embedded in the consolidated window if the Track Selector preference (Editing > Edit Windows > Editing > Track Selector Button) is set to "Always opens the edit window's Track Selector". 11.3 allows you to resize the track selector everywhere.

• Added a feature that enables docking and undocking QuickScribe tool palettes.
Where is this setting?

On any QuickScribe palette, you can now right-click on the palette to either "Dock in QuickScribe Window" (when it is floating) or "Pop Out of QuickScribe Window" (if it is already docked).

[bayswater]

"• Fixed a bug causing open effect windows to migrate downward every time the project is saved/reopened when multiple effect windows are open."

That was an odd one, but I see it in other apps.

Nice to see MOTU has kept DP working on older OS versions. There's value in a stable operating setup, free of all the Sturm and Drang that comes with macOS updates.

Every update of DP for quite a long time now, has crashed when I first open it, but then not crashed ever again. I've suspected something to so with Little Snitch which I still have running, getting in the way of something DP wants to do the first time it runs. Anyway, this update started up without any problems first time, and it did as advertised, open my template with loads of VI instances faster.

[cuttime]

Wow! Thanks for the info Jared! Don't make yourself too scarce around here!

[monkey man]

Indeed, thank you MOTU team and Jared!

[timsmolens]

Happy to report that 11.3 is working much better and snappier. I have a template with tons of Kontakt instances that DP 11.22 showed taking up 29 GB of ram in activity monitor that now shows to be using about 15 GB in 11.3 and no beach ball hang ups or crashes. 11.22 was crashing a lot on me.

I still have some MIDI timing sloppiness on playback. When I play a passage with many many tracks the timing is way off initially, then I play it again and it's slowly gets better over the next minute or so until it settles into being correct. This is frustrating, Does anyone have any idea of any settings that might affect the timing of MIDI playback?

[svobodomo]

I had to switch back to 11.23 (Ventura) cause if you wanna bounce MIDI and Audio, there is timing glitches (if youre using articulations I guess) and it is really in each exported file!!!

[HCMarkus]

I had to switch back to 11.23 (Ventura) cause if you wanna bounce MIDI and Audio, there is timing glitches (if youre using articulations I guess) and it is really in each exported file!!!

Please open a tech link at MOTU.com on this.

[HCMarkus]

Just pulled up and remixed four projects created in earlier versions of DP11; all worked perfectly in DP11.3.