NAMM REPORT (2nd hand): DP SIX!!!!!!!

Tritonemusic · Post by **Tritonemusic** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:16 am

TheHopiWay wrote:Though it's grainy and hard to be certain I zoomed in on some of the shots and it appears the "Arrows" that remove sidebar items from consolidated view are still there.

Thanks, HopiWay.

I just checked out a clip on Youtube.com where Magic Dave specifically mentions that he's currently using the Consolidated window. Here's a link, if you haven't seen it already:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CS4Fve8IMM

Since he mentioned that, it seems obvious that it is still a User choice. Dig.

stretta · Post by **stretta** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:32 am

Babz wrote: What also seems a little odd to me is that the new plugins, like the new virtual instruments introduced in the previous update, all have that "MX4/MachFive" look (obviously designed by their French partners).

Obviously?

gearboy · Post by **gearboy** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:32 am

Regarding "Direct to CD burning", this is the year that I drop Bias Peak LE and do everything within DP. It's also the year that I start using...

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... markers!

FMiguelez · Post by **FMiguelez** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:40 am

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Not that I'm complaining about it, but please remind me why someone would need to scale the TO vertically??
Would not that be almost a duplicate of the SE?? What could you accomplish now that you couldn't before??

Just curious...

wurliuchi · Post by **wurliuchi** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:45 am

gearboy wrote:Regarding "Direct to CD burning", this is the year that I drop Bias Peak LE and do everything within DP. It's also the year that I start using... ... ... ... markers!

If I understood it correctly, what I liked is that with Bounce & Burn you can chose to create your CD tracks with markers or with soundbite edges. Pretty cool.

gearboy · Post by **gearboy** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:52 am

wurliuchi wrote: If I understood it correctly, what I liked is that with Bounce & Burn you can chose to create your CD tracks with markers or with soundbite edges. Pretty cool.

Yeah, I noticed that, too.

I actually have used markers int eh past, extensively, when I worked on rebuilding all of the audio for a film last year. I just haven't worked markets into my work flow for songs yet. Crazy. I know.

I don't want to spend any money on upgrading Peak to Pro, and I want to use more and more plug-ins in a mastering chain, so I'm going to start using DP to Master projects in. combined with DP6's tracks folders and takes it'll be a totally organized solution for me.

Jeff

gearboy · Post by **gearboy** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:53 am

FMiguelez wrote:.

Not that I'm complaining about it, but please remind me why someone would need to scale the TO vertically??
Would not that be almost a duplicate of the SE?? What could you accomplish now that you couldn't before??

Just curious...

I suppose that you have 20/20 vision.

la peste · Post by **la peste** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:54 am

anyone knows if the convolution reverb is a surround reverb (or 'limited' to stereo) ?

also is there, at last, a simple usefull midilearn function ?

odarellmc · Post by **odarellmc** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:01 pm

i just upgraded to 5!!!!!

jr213 · Post by **jr213** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:14 pm

odarellmc wrote:i just upgraded to 5!!!!!

Me too, and I couldn't be happier about the announcement... well... I guess I could be if they chose to give it to me free!

These new features are so worth it though... I'd pay the upgrade fee just for the CD burning.

Kubi · Post by **Kubi** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:19 pm

Timeline wrote:Questions>>>5. Will Mackie Control still work?

Since Euphonix MC is currently working with DP6 in Mackie Control mode, I'd say yes.

Babz wrote: I was kinda hoping that overall interface might be going more in the MX4 direction. But maybe that would have been too much.

Yeeech. Am I glad you're not on their design team...

Babz wrote:P.S. Am I correct in assuming that Electric Keys is a separate product, not bundled w/ DP? If so anyone know the MSRP? Thanks.

Yes. No idea re. the MSRP, but I'd assume it's in the neighborhood of all their Sample players (MSI, Ethnic etc.)

Kubi · Post by **Kubi** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:21 pm

Re. the "instrument tracks", I've always regarded Logic's way of doing this as a liability, not a feature. To each his/her own, I guess.

Of course, as long as they don't break the current mode, they can add what they want...

blue · Post by **blue** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:22 pm

FMiguelez wrote:.

Not that I'm complaining about it, but please remind me why someone would need to scale the TO vertically??
Would not that be almost a duplicate of the SE?? What could you accomplish now that you couldn't before??

Just curious...

When you shrink tracks in the SE you lose most of the track info on the left hand side. Not so with the TO, the info is all in row. The problem with the TO currently is that it's too small for most folks, and without vertical zoom too inflexible. I've never been one of those people clamoring for vertical zoom, but now that DP has it I will be using it all the time. More control over the way info is displayed is always a good thing.

blue · Post by **blue** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:26 pm

Timeline wrote:As far as the tallies, I don't mid them and in fact, if you were controlling an audio deck for instance it would be nice to remote the machine controller interface with the tallies for even more feedback. I have an AMPEX 1200 24 track and 16 track I lock up via lynx from time to time and I can't se the deck from my desk.

DP has always had the option of displaying the counter in a separate window with much bigger type that can be read from afar. What I would like is the option to scale it in the transport so that it doesn't have to be huge.

Timeline wrote:There still many reasons to keep almost all of the features rather than assume everyone is using it one way. I say let the Pref's appear!!!!!

Totally. Options are good for all.

zed · Post by **zed** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:26 pm

FMiguelez wrote:Not that I'm complaining about it, but please remind me why someone would need to scale the TO vertically??
Would not that be almost a duplicate of the SE?? What could you accomplish now that you couldn't before??

Well... in my case, I work in a consolidated window which has the tracks window ALWAYS showing in the top portion of my screen, while the sequence or MIDI editor always appears on the bottom half of the screen. (I keep the mixing console and other palettes on my second monitor.)

The advantage of vertical zoom would allow for customization in the division of these windows depending on the project at hand. If you are working with very few tracks, it might be nice to slightly increase the size of the tracks in the track window to make things feel a little more comfortable. If you have a large number of tracks, you might want to actually reduce the vertical height (making it even smaller than it is currently), which would allow you to have a complete overview of all the tracks, while still leaving space to work in the editor window below.

In the end, I think it is mostly about users being able to customize the look and feel of the DAW so that it works best for them.