DP 7 Officially Announced!!!!

[kassonica]

Now these were on my wish list for a long time,

Nine automation modes are provided: Overwrite, Latch, Trim Latch, Touch, Trim Touch, Range Latch, Range Touch, Range Trim Latch, and Range Trim Touch. These last four Range modes are new in DP Version 7 and let you raise, lower or write automation moves within any selected range, preserving everything before and after. All four range automation modes are useful when mixing groups of tracks, such as background vocals or horn sections, within a specific time range, where you want to jump in and change the mix just for that range without changing it before or after.

Every edit window in Digital Performer provides a configurable information bar across the top of the window to display critical information such as cursor location, edit grid settings and more. The Info Bar includes a "miniature" mixer channel for quick access to mix settings for the track you are working on. The Info Bar mix settings always follow the track you are editing.

Yummy

[kgdrum]

Here's another perspective. I'm feeling disappointment right now with the fact that I have to pay $195 for another upgrade when I never used the previous version because for me, 6 was too big of a risk etc...

Well if you're that cautious I wouldn't upgrade yet.
Personally I never upgraded to 6, too many horror stories from long time users here, and as I use Live for performance mainly, so it's not the end of the world to do a .0 release. Between the new features in 6 and 7 there will be a ton of stuff for me to play with. Seriously, the pricing scheme MOTU uses is the best in the industry for skipping upgrades, and if stability is of the utmost, then waiting patiently is the best move.

+1 I have DP6 still in the box,never opened,DP7 looks interesting but I will wait to hear initial reports before jumping into 7land.
I can't find anything for minimum requirements,waiting for a call back from Motu,they usually announce this stuff.Seems strange,will it be PPC or Tiger compatible?I have no idea as of yet,if not I hope they update 6 so users have a better DP6 to use with PPC/Tiger legacy systems.


*** Just heard from Motu,DP7 has the same minimum requirements as DP6,yes it will be PPC and Tiger compatible(10.4.7 or later)
when I asked them about any kind of deal for people who had unopened DP6 I was told it would have to be within 30 days of purchase,for them to be able to work out anything in this regard.
I also asked if there would be any further updates to DP6,he did not think there would be any further updates"to his knowledge".
KG

[TOD]

TBH, when I read this I thought it was a joke!

I bought 6 when it came out and it's, like other's have said, still in the box. Never used, (I'm still on 5.13). Now, they expect me to pay another $195.00 ? when they never made 6 stable??? That's total BS IMHO!

I'll wait for all you beta testers again. I watch this forum and hope MOTU gets it right this time.


Tod, (sticking with 5.13)

[FMiguelez]

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What the hell... I'll buy it right now too.
The DP 6 upgrade was free for me, so I have no problem paying for this one. I think it's a fair price.

I won't even be able to run it on my agin' G5, but I'll be able to play with it on my MacBook Pro.

[dopamine3]

This really does seem more like DP 6.5 update that we're being asked to pay for a full upgrade fee for. And if all the DP 6 issues really were because of problems with 10.5 code that were fixed with 10.6, why wouldn't MOTU make DP7 Snow Leopard only?? At the very least, MOTU should have adjusted the price for DP6 users.

[Splinter]

[People looking to upgrade ASAP should bear in mind that what is coming in the box is DP7.0. It may not be that smooth yet.

I think at this point, it freaking well better be! With DP6 being a wash for most and paying out another $200 for this release ($400 for both), you are going to have some really pissed off users if this baby ain't rock solid!

I still fail to see how this is worthy of a new version number.

[kassonica]

I don't know really in this day and age when DP6 came out 18 months ago that $200 is much of a big deal.

Now b4 I put my flame retardant suit on , I've had my share of problems and even my wife said to me an hour ago 'but you've been complaining about 6 more of late' and maybe i have BUT..... since 6 came out I've recorded 2 full length albums 2 EP's and a lot MORE, I've spent something like 600-700 hours (conservative) in front of it.

Granted I'm using an intel tower but as I said to my wife the thought of going backwards just isn't an option AT ALL. I depend on it's new features now.

All I ask with this upgrade is metronome and timestamps to be fixed and I'll be one happy happy user.

There are many new features in 7 that I've wanted since 03-04 which shows that motu DO listen.

[wurliuchi]

I've been happy with DP6.02 (got a lot of work done with very little hassle), so I wasn't going to upgrade until DP7.0x. But having live x-fades is reason enough for me to upgrade. X-fades have been the cause of many crashes in every version of DP I've used. Maybe those days will finally be over.

My gut feeling is $195 is too much too soon, but I'm going to pay it anyway. If DP7 is unstable, I'll just go back to working with DP6.02 and wait for 7.0x.

I'm happy to see MOTU being so active.

[kassonica]

But having live x-fades is reason enough for me to upgrade. X-fades have been the cause of many crashes in every version of DP I've used. Maybe those days will finally be over.

My gut feeling is $195 is too much too soon, but I'm going to pay it anyway. If DP7 is unstable, I'll just go back to working with DP6.02 and wait for 7.0x.

I'm happy to see MOTU being so active.

+1

[Michael Canavan]

I bought 6 when it came out and it's, like other's have said, still in the box. Never used, (I'm still on 5.13). Now, they expect me to pay another $195.00 ? when they never made 6 stable??? That's total BS IMHO!

I'll wait for all you beta testers again. I watch this forum and hope MOTU gets it right this time.

Out of curiosity did you ever instal 6 and use it for a few hours?

My basic rule is to upgrade only if a feature is more important to me than stability. I'm on DP5, Logic 8, and Live 7, all were until the announcement of DP7 one behind. MOTUs greatest advantage upgrade wise is the ability to skip an upgrade and not be punished for it. I don't even see an upgrade path from Logic 7 to 9? and with Ableton it's expensive to miss an upgrade. The best trick is to stagger the upgrade so you get one free basically. Ableton tie their grace period to the time that you unlock/register the previous version. So I'm buying Live 8 when 9 is announced therefore I get Live 9 and a stable version of 8!

[jloeb]

I could be wrong, but I think it will be pretty stable out of the gate. In essence, this is a big, feature-rich point upgrade. The hardest work was the transition between 5 and 6 - the core rewrite, total GUI redesign, etc.

With regard to DP 6.02, I'm on an 8-core firewired to an apogee, running a ton of plugs at all times. I can do that for days without crashes. No problems with the metronome. Prerendering beats every other current DAW on the VI/fx count front. Everything works. MOTU was all clear to update in my book.

On further investigation I see the justification for the $195 upgrade fee: I now see that there are actually videos of the new guitar amp/cab/mic sims in action on MOTU's site.

http://www.motu.com/products/software/d ... emos.html/

The sound is really really impressive. In particular, take a look at video #10: I was planning to get Softube's Metal Amp Room ($195); instead, I'll just get this upgrade, because I get the same thing, plus a big bunch of very important editing enhancements and inline EQ/dyn on my mixer. Unless you don't care about guitar input at all (or drum sweetening or vocal fx that use amps), this is a no-brainer and an unexpectedly great value.

EDIT: I wasn't even generous enough. Still looking at the website. With Softube's product you only get 1 amp and no pedal fx. MOTU has in fact bundled a completely full-featured guitar suite that competes with the best out there in this upgrade.

[Dwetmaster]

DP 6.5 or DP7...
DP 4.5 was a paid upgrade...

[billf]

People looking to upgrade ASAP should bear in mind that what is coming in the box is DP7.0. It may not be that smooth yet.

+1

Plus Apple is still working on smoothing out Snow Leopard. Anyway...

There are some great new features in DP7, and the guitar sim plugins alone, if they prove to be quality and forgo the need to buy third party solutions, are worth the price of admission. That said, personally I'm going to wait a while before upgrading. I need to bite the bullet and spend some money on a Waves upgrade anyway, so right now that is more important to me than upping to DP7.

[kassonica]

PS motu has keep me after till 3am, I want my sleep back it's boken now

I've noticed their site is a tad slow ATM

[sourgrapes]

unbelievable

i literally opened and installed 6.02 on my new mac pro last night

bummer

but with the automation features, in-line stuff, chord and lead charts, guitar sims, possible future 64 bit, and SL warm and fuzzies

well, it looks like i'm out another $195.00

what can you do?