Published 8/7/05
Free update adds powerful pitch automation capabilities
The new Pattern Gate plug-in (pictured right), a gate controlled by a 16-step sequencer, can be used to create rhythmic patterns from pads, drones and loops, while the new V-Racks feature is a convenient and CPU-saving way of managing plug-ins and virtual instruments.
Version 4.6 of Digital Performer, a free update for Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4, is now available to download from www.motu.com.
New features include pitch automation, which allows users to adjust the pitch of monophonic audio using track automation tools. Anything from subtle pitch correction to radical pitch-shifting effects can be drawn on using the pencil tool, in the same way as level, panning and effects automation. It's also possible to quantise and scale pitch and convert audio to MIDI.
The new Pattern Gate plug-in (pictured right), a gate controlled by a 16-step sequencer, can be used to create rhythmic patterns from pads, drones and loops, while the new V-Racks feature is a convenient and CPU-saving way of managing plug-ins and virtual instruments.Elsewhere there are a number of new features for creating music for film and video. You can open multiple Quicktime movies within one project, the Find Tempo feature, used to find a suitable tempo to match video cues, has been enhanced and projects can be bounced directly to a Quicktime movie.
DP 4.6 also supports multiple outputs from Audio Units virtual instruments and Audio Units and Rewire outputs are now managed from a single window. Finally, v4.6 supports the AAF file standard for exchanging multitrack files with Pro Tools and there are a wider range of metronome click sounds.
