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Published in SOS February 2013

Technique : Digital Performer Notes


RObin Bigwood
DP8, as you probably already know, marks a watershed moment for Digital Performer, as it gains PC and Mac cross-platform compatibility (announced, and in the pipeline), 64-bit compatibility, new plug-in selection behaviour, and other less obvious but very nice enhancements. Let’s examine some of those features in more detail.
There are good new things aplenty in DP8. Just look at that docked Control Panel, for a start!
There are good new things aplenty in DP8. Just look at that docked Control Panel, for a start!
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We hear a lot about this magic 64 number — 64-bit processing, 64-bit operating systems, and all the rest. The headline for DP8 is that it has native 64-bit support. What does that really mean? Well, in short, it’s all to do with memory, and in particular the amount that DP can use at any one time.
DP7 (along with the versions before it) was a 32-bit application, and as such it could theoretically use up to 4GB of your Mac’s RAM. In practice, the amount is normally less than that, which can be a big deal for users of software sample-based instruments especially, who may find themselves severely restricted in the amount of sample data their DP-hosted instruments are able to load into RAM.
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