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by Michael Canavan
Fri Jun 06, 2025 3:38 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Usage, Techniques, Tips & Optimization
Topic: Why does my CPU meter spike even when the actual CPU usage in Activity Monitor is almost nothing?
Replies: 4
Views: 324

Re: Why does my CPU meter spike even when the actual CPU usage in Activity Monitor is almost nothing?

Spiking CPU meters in DP in my experience are almost always plugin specific. At one point it was Kontakt here that spiked the CPU. The Effect Performance Window will let you know which plugin is badly coded or causing issues with DP. In terms of CPU, Reaper cubase and DP are very CPU friendly as lon...
by Michael Canavan
Tue Jun 03, 2025 4:31 pm
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: DP12 release date?
Replies: 195
Views: 98438

Re: DP12 release date?

I used to be optimistic by nature, and even now that part of me wants to hold hope that DP 12 will make some nice improvements, bug fixes, and tighten some loose screws. The "realist" nature that has been sort of drummed into me by life-experience knows it'll be a mixed bag. I probably wo...
by Michael Canavan
Tue Jun 03, 2025 7:42 am
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: DP12 release date?
Replies: 195
Views: 98438

Re: DP12 release date?

So is DP actually dead? No. MOTU have been doing webinars for almost five years now, paying one of their employees to teach DP and Performer Lite. Regardless of whether they're documenting the webinars online that's money invested in the DAW, not their hardware. Even now DP11 is not the oldest vers...
by Michael Canavan
Mon Jun 02, 2025 6:09 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Usage, Techniques, Tips & Optimization
Topic: DP11 on M1 — only utilizing using 4 cores?
Replies: 14
Views: 2416

Re: DP11 on M1 — only utilizing using 4 cores?

Like Mike said. Plus the CPU history window has the cores always labeled. IMO between the Effect Performance Window in DP and the two CPU windows in Activity Monitor it's not that hard to determine what DP is doing with your CPU, and to adjust performance accordingly. Personally the bigger issue is ...
by Michael Canavan
Mon Jun 02, 2025 10:20 am
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Usage, Techniques, Tips & Optimization
Topic: DP 12 released today... download at MOTU.com! (April Fools Post)
Replies: 30
Views: 49809

Re: DP 12 released today... download at MOTU.com!

DP11 was released on July 6th 2021, so at this point if it is ready they should wait until 7-6-25 to release it. They can then do ads "Four years in the making!"
by Michael Canavan
Thu May 29, 2025 8:06 pm
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: DP12 release date?
Replies: 195
Views: 98438

Re: DP12 release date?

The fact that the webinars continue indicates to me that they haven't thrown in the towel on DP. Yeah I've been telling myself that for long time now. I mean it's possible that DP12 rewrites parts of the core functions of DP, other DAWs had to do that to get functions that people wanted. I just hop...
by Michael Canavan
Wed May 28, 2025 6:10 pm
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: DP12 release date?
Replies: 195
Views: 98438

Re: DP12 release date?

Wednesday May 28 and no news yet🤨 At this point I think a few words from someone at MOTU would be a lot better than silence. All of the older DAWs like DP have no open beta and no previous to the release announcements. Not Cubase, Logic, or Pro Tools. This particular go round it's especially frustr...
by Michael Canavan
Tue May 20, 2025 7:21 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
Topic: Window focus
Replies: 5
Views: 347

Re: Window focus

The key command for Set Focus to Next Cell is command ` . Set Focus to Previous Cell is Command Option ` . In the Consolidated window you can see a thicker line around the window that is in focus, often it opens with a sidebar in focus so if you can commit these commands to memory then you'll save a...
by Michael Canavan
Thu May 08, 2025 9:02 am
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: DP12 release date?
Replies: 195
Views: 98438

Re: DP12 release date?

I’m starting to lose hope. Is MOTU even a viable healthy company any more ? DP12 seriously late, hardware delays…??? Not good- Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Hardware delays were/are beyond their control. DP11 being 3 years and 10 months old on the other hand, that's on them. I have no idea why...
by Michael Canavan
Fri May 02, 2025 10:17 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Usage, Techniques, Tips & Optimization
Topic: DP Finding Plugins on Scan with Folders Empty & DP won't launch & crashing
Replies: 12
Views: 1075

Re: DP Finding Plugins on Scan with Folders Empty & DP won't launch & crashing

I guess I haven't explained this very well. The picture is how I normally have it demonstrating I know where the plugins are stored and I even have them set up so it is all AU except ARA (Vocalign and Melodyne) and three that need to be VST3 to function property (SSL Native Compressor and Channel S...
by Michael Canavan
Thu May 01, 2025 5:00 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Usage, Techniques, Tips & Optimization
Topic: DP Finding Plugins on Scan with Folders Empty & DP won't launch & crashing
Replies: 12
Views: 1075

Re: DP Finding Plugins on Scan with Folders Empty & DP won't launch & crashing

dwilliams wrote: Thu May 01, 2025 1:55 pm Screenshot 2025-04-30 at 7.29.46 PM.png
In your screenshot your VST3 folder still has plugins in it. Here anyway even if I'm using AU only it scans VST and VST3 as well if I trash preferences.
by Michael Canavan
Tue Apr 29, 2025 8:58 am
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Usage, Techniques, Tips & Optimization
Topic: DP Finding Plugins on Scan with Folders Empty & DP won't launch & crashing
Replies: 12
Views: 1075

Re: DP Finding Plugins on Scan with Folders Empty & DP won't launch & crashing

pardon me for asking all the basic questions, but hey.. you never know right? When you remove the plugins where are you putting them? I've always had good luck with installing a "Components Disabled" folder in the plugins folder. You may only download for the most part AU, but are there an...
by Michael Canavan
Tue Apr 15, 2025 1:41 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Usage, Techniques, Tips & Optimization
Topic: Airwindows GUIs/Wrappers/Skins
Replies: 1
Views: 510

Re: Airwindows GUIs/Wrappers/Skins

The only thing close is Airwindows Consolidated, which is a simple GUI for all the plugins.
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by Michael Canavan
Tue Apr 15, 2025 1:27 pm
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: Looks like it’s time to move away from DP - wondering if others are doing the same
Replies: 68
Views: 11615

Re: Looks like it’s time to move away from DP - wondering if others are doing the same

Seems to me if any company wanted to lure defectors from another DAW to theirs, they could provide a script or app that would do seamless project re-writes. https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2023/10/03/dawproject/ So far Steinberg Cubase,, Presonus Studio One, Bitwig, Cockos Reaper, and I bellieve F...