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You can download DP8.02 from www.motu.com now.

DP8.02 is available for Mac and Windows. DP 8.02 is also available as a demo version.

Enjoy!

Dave

Holy crap! Mac update??!? WIndows??!? A DEMO??!?

I feel a little faint.

Thanks Dave & MOTU!

MLC, I guess somebody owes you 20 quid.

Did I say quid? I meant squid... anyway, there's this:

What's NOT fixed in DP 8.02

So what's new in 8.02, if anything. Can't find the usual list anywhere....

News in 8.02 version:


The ability to export MP3's is now built in to DP and no longer requires the LAME framework (or any extra setup).

Version 8.02 provides many improvements, optimizations, and refinements. Here are just a few highlights:

- If a movie is fullscreen, switching chunks now preserves fullscreen viewing.
- Improved performance when the Movie Track is visible. Improved video scrubbing.
- Waveform drawing is now smoother at certain zoom levels.
- Improved bounce to disk in projects with VST plug-ins.
- Improved stability and performance when using MIDI ports and ReWire (for Reason, Bidule, etc.)
- Improved stability with Kontakt 4 and 5 under 64-bit operation.
- Improved compatibility with VEP, EastWest Play, Spectrasonics Omnisphere, and Mac OS X 10.8's AUSampler.
- Addressed an issue where abutting MIDI notes might not play back properly.
- Autosave now creates a sub-folder in the project folder and saves incremental versions there.
- Many improvements in waveform drawing and editing.
- Fixed entry of diminished (°) and major 7th+ chord (Δ) symbols in QuickScribe.
- Merging chunks in a song now takes the tempo mode from the song itself.
- Effect categories in the Effect Chooser now contain all variants of a plug-in, not just the one added.
- Restored scroll wheel sensitivity to be more like DP 7 and earlier.
- The following feature has been restored: if tracks are selected when switching to the Mixing Board or QuickScribe windows, only those tracks are shown.
- Fixed an issue with timestamps in broadcast wave files.

That last one was so needed. Killed two days in layback to tape. Thank the maker - which is code for MOTU and Magic Dave.

Loaded in 8.02 this morning.

First impression - very good.

I had been having trouble with a large mix in 8.01 - I struggled through and finished it earlier in the week.

When I started 8.02 I loaded that same mix in and, lo and behold, much more stable - no processor spikes and lower processor usage - great!

Definitely snappier! Then I did an A/B input/output test between Monday's recorded mix and today - and I swear it actually sounded clearer, wider, more detailed. I could be wrong. I couldn't perform a null test because of the nature and random character of some of the effects.

I printed a fresh set of mixes anyway, and will be curious if my client can hear a difference.

Happy so far....


SWT