General question: What kind of music do you write with DP?

[jresende]

I use Digital Performer for everything I do .
All my productions, Arrangements and shows , I use Digital Performer.
Started in 1986 .
The music styles are: pop, brazilian, new jazz ,country, music for video etc.
I have ProTools, Logic , but I can't work without DP.
I am DP addict .
When I need to use some overdubs in the shows that I am the musical director, DP is the daw I use. In studios session playing VIs , DP is the rack.
DP is the best !
See you

[nk_e]

I use DP in my home keyboard studio to compose/record original music. My compositions are very eclectic with influences that include Elton John, William Orbit, Jethro Tull, Miles Davis, Dave Grusin, Thomas Dolby, and Juno Reactor. People often say that my music sounds like something they might hear while watching the Discovery, National Geographic, or Travel channels on TV. I guess that's better than being told that it sounds like music from a porn film.

Oh, and I also create synthesizer videos that include lots of keyboard demonstrations. Total view count on YouTube alone is approaching 1,000,000, which is just amazing to me.

Michael

Hey I've seen your videos! They helped convince me to buy a MicroQ...

You certainly do look like you are having a blast. Keep up the good works!

[bolla]

I started using DP because most of the composers I was mixing for were using Performer. That was around about Performer 2.61 on a MAC SE or a Quadra or whatever.

After about 100 + albums for various library co's I'm now using it for whatever needs to be done.

The tools help but they aren't the limitation.

Cheers, Bolla

[Matcher]

I've used DP for electronic music, classic, rock, metal, hip-hop, soundscapes, ambient etc. Now I use it only for audio editing.

[thracks]

I used to use a Roland hard disk recorder (which I kinda liked), but my wife fliped out and poured a coke (or somethin') on it - and that was the end of that.

Sounds like you got a country tune right there!

Rarely do I laugh out loud when reading this board... thanks for that.

I make electronic music. I find myself composing a lot more in Ableton Live than anything else these days, though everything always gets finished in DP.

[Splinter]

I do lots of live, spontaneous, worship recording acquired in various ways - Pro Tools, RADARs, and, though it's much less than before, DA88s. All of which are imported or transferred to DP (Sooo happy to see DP6 working with BWF!!!), edited, tuned, overdubbed, and mixed. Live recording really isn't my cup of tea, but it's the niche that has sought me out... and made me a lot of money!

In the studio, I do everything in DP from start to finish and record lots of rock, indie rock, blues, pop, and singer/songwriter oriented music.

My own music is more MIDI-based, VI programmed pop, but I'm really quite bored of that as I don't play guitar and I've really become quite a tone-head over all my years of working in rock and roll. I much prefer alt rock these days, but that's difficult to pull off without guitar (Note to self: Maybe you should start a band.)

Anyway, DP rocks just fine. It's audio editing capabilities are great, intuitive, and easy. Mixing is a breeze, and while there are a few little idiosyncracies, the automation and plugin implementation are a snap. I've been using Performer since 1986 and DP since 2000 and it has molded and shaped how I create and capture music. As long as DP is alive, Ill never use another! Live long MOTU!

[Don T]

Hello,
I mostly record and/or mix other people so I've done just about everything including country & local boys with more money than talent. I keep wanting to get back to writing songs but the only stuff of my own I seem to get around to are little ditties for videos I'm editing. Although it's a great place to dump every riff or idea I had that wasn't strong enough for a full length tune.

Other than that, I use it to develop curriculum and audio examples for the courses I teach.

[kwiz]

I mostly do Hip Hop, R&B, Alt Pop, and NeoSoul but I also compose theme and soundtrack music for television.
When I'm not doing that, I'm on tour using DP to program for a popular A list artist.

[muxlow]

\m/etal

[Johneecatt]

No country though because DP hates the 2 feel in G major with the ascending bass line and crashes every time. I've talked to MOTU countless times about it and they told me one the original programers had a very bad experience with country music in the early 80's and wrote deep in the code this bug as revenge.

Actually, the code isn't that deep. If you go to Preferences, you'll see one marked "CC". It stands for country crash. Trash that and you're good to get your twang on.

[Timeline]

Everything but Country.

Love that





oh... pop AC rock

[twistedtom]

Everything but Country.

Love that

What do you get when you play a country record backwards?

[Timeline]

? I give

[monkey man]

What do you get when you play a country record backwards?

You get your hound dog, your pickup truck and your woman back. LOL!

Everything except country here too, but that's probably just because simian kind hasn't connected with it yet. OK, OK... it's because it sounds so damned hard to play I haven't tried yet!

[donreynolds]

What do you get when you cross country music with rap?

crap.