DP 8 Wish List/Request
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Re: DP 8 Wish List/Request
My wish list for upcoming versions of DP currently looks like this:
- Higher CPU/RAM efficiency (Mac OS X)
- possibility to bounce multiple tracks separately with one command/click
- Freeze/Bounce in Place (dare I say, a little more like Logic Pro...)
- Markers: multiple lanes (when overlapping), markers that can extend over multiple bars, custom Marker colors
- equivalents of VST Expression Maps & Note Expression
- VST3 support
- Velocity bars could be easier to grasp
- possibilities for more extensive visual feedback (CC position at the spot, note names in MIDI notes)
- possibility to also view the Movie Track in the Track Window
- extra license so one can legitimately run DP on your laptop
All the best,
Dennis
- Higher CPU/RAM efficiency (Mac OS X)
- possibility to bounce multiple tracks separately with one command/click
- Freeze/Bounce in Place (dare I say, a little more like Logic Pro...)
- Markers: multiple lanes (when overlapping), markers that can extend over multiple bars, custom Marker colors
- equivalents of VST Expression Maps & Note Expression
- VST3 support
- Velocity bars could be easier to grasp
- possibilities for more extensive visual feedback (CC position at the spot, note names in MIDI notes)
- possibility to also view the Movie Track in the Track Window
- extra license so one can legitimately run DP on your laptop
All the best,
Dennis
Re: DP 8 Wish List/Request
You can run DP on two computers now. I have it on a desktop and a laptop.MediaComposer88 wrote: extra license so one can legitimately run DP on your laptop
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Re: DP 8 Wish List/Request
Thanks, that's good to know!
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Re: DP 8 Wish List/Request
1.IMPORT SESSION DATA!!! NOT THAT CHUNKS MESS!!
2.USE THE JOG WHEEL ON MY US 2400 AND V-CONTROL OTHER THAN SCRUBBING.
I NEED NOTHING ELSE, DP WILL BE PERFECT FOR ME!!!
SORRY FOR THE CAPS I JUST WANT MOTU TO HEAR ME!!! PLEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSEEE!!!
2.USE THE JOG WHEEL ON MY US 2400 AND V-CONTROL OTHER THAN SCRUBBING.
I NEED NOTHING ELSE, DP WILL BE PERFECT FOR ME!!!
SORRY FOR THE CAPS I JUST WANT MOTU TO HEAR ME!!! PLEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSEEE!!!
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Re: DP 8 Wish List/Request
What is it about it that you consider "a mess", exactly?Bennie Sims wrote:1.IMPORT SESSION DATA!!! NOT THAT CHUNKS MESS!!
I can't think of a better way to import session data than the Chunks window.
What you don't you like, or what would you like to see instead?
What I don't like is that apparently MOTU took out the Link/Data buttons in that window in DP8. I have no idea why.
Yeah. I'm sure that'll help...Bennie Sims wrote:
SORRY FOR THE CAPS I JUST WANT MOTU TO HEAR ME!!! PLEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSEEE!!!

If you really want to be heard, I suggest you drop them a note in their suggestion box, or email them or call them.
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Tascam DM-24, MOTU Track 16, all Spectrasonics' stuff,
Vienna Instruments SUPER PACKAGE, Waves Mercury, slaved iMac and Mac Minis running VEP 7, etc.
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Re: DP 8 Wish List/Request
This site is not an official MOTU site. But as FM asked: what about the load feature is not working? It seems to work fine for everyone else
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Re: DP 8 Wish List/Request
One thing I don't like is the thing you don't like (Link/DATA). Protools, which is my second go to DAW, DP being my first makes the process so much easier to manipulate and understand. Almost drawing a picture for you. I Dropped these suggestions in MOTU suggestions box and emailed and phoned them for years!! Watch out for that practice of ASSumption.FMiguelez wrote:What is it about it that you consider "a mess", exactly?Bennie Sims wrote:1.IMPORT SESSION DATA!!! NOT THAT CHUNKS MESS!!
I can't think of a better way to import session data than the Chunks window.
What you don't you like, or what would you like to see instead?
What I don't like is that apparently MOTU took out the Link/Data buttons in that window in DP8. I have no idea why.
Yeah. I'm sure that'll help...Bennie Sims wrote:
SORRY FOR THE CAPS I JUST WANT MOTU TO HEAR ME!!! PLEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSEEE!!!
If you really want to be heard, I suggest you drop them a note in their suggestion box, or email them or call them.

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DP 8 Wish List/Request
Linking can be problematic if you mistakenly delete the folder you're linking to. If you SAVE AS to the same folder as the original project you can share the original project folder without duplicating it. That's a much safer option.
Not all users are as careful as others and if MOTU wants to be sure assets of projects are protected, I think that's a good thing. I suppose you could make an alias of the original project files and save to them to a new folder (or alias the folder itself) and SAVE AS to that alias folder if you don't want to duplicate the data. Otherwise I don't see a solution to your "problem."
Not all users are as careful as others and if MOTU wants to be sure assets of projects are protected, I think that's a good thing. I suppose you could make an alias of the original project files and save to them to a new folder (or alias the folder itself) and SAVE AS to that alias folder if you don't want to duplicate the data. Otherwise I don't see a solution to your "problem."
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