DP 6.01 released!

[Tomrabbit]

Ok, I'm a music guy not a math guy.

And dreaming i guess, James.

[homebilly]

record enable delay still not fixed!

[Frodo]

Did anyone find any official notes on what this update allegedly fixed?

I'd also be curious to know if anyone has to go back to 6.0 for any reason.

Thanks.

[bOing]

Nicky... do you know anybody who could download the updater via high-speed for you? I know your problem the lack of broadband connection. It just seems you might be better off to go ahead and install 6.0 for the key disk, etc. then somehow get the download updater. Maybe one of your Aussie bretheren might download the updater for you and post a CD to you. Seems like in this case, that wouldn't be unreasonable.

I'm packing some lunch and heading overseas in my ultralite - and a flash drive with MM's update.

Wish me a quick, painless death.

[James Steele]

record enable delay still not fixed!

What is this issue? I'm not sure I'm aware of it.

[Dwetmaster]

I'd also be curious to know if anyone has to go back to 6.0 for any reason.

They've changed how the faders are treated graphically in the mixer so amplidood's mod is not working 100% for now. I kinda got hook to his thing...

[Tomrabbit]

Frodo, the Read Me file in the DP 6.01 installer gives many details. ( see below ) Also, FYI after update you still have the DP 6.0 icon in App. Folder, as usual, but I haven't tried to open it yet.

AND is the contrast WAY better now esp. on the mixing board or is it me?




Configuring the Information windows and Information Bar
The following key modifiers may be used to configure the Information Bar:
• Option-clicking a circled letter will open the corresponding Information Window in configuration mode.
• Command-clicking a circled letter will open the Information Bar preferences.

The following key modifier may be used to configure the Information Windows:
• Clicking a field's enable/disable circle while in configuration mode will enable or disable that field only for the active edit window; this allows you to configure each Information Bar section independently for each edit window. Option-click a field's enable/disable circle to change its configuration for all windows. Note that the actions for click and option-click are reversed from DP 6.0.

For more details on configuring the Information Windows and Information Bar, please see pages 308-309 in the Digital Performer User Guide.


Selection Information window
A Load Selection button has been added to the Selection Information window. Click the button once to Set Selection to Remembered Times, or double-click the button to Set Selection to Chunk Bounds.

As with other Information windows, this button may be added to the Selection Information section of the Info Bar using the Selection Info window's "Configure Info Bar" mode (see above).


Track Inspector
A new Information window has been added to the Studio menu: the Track Inspector. This window shows track settings such as color, input, output, play-enable status, record-enable status, and so on. The Track Inspector behaves like other Information windows, updating to focus on the current track at hand.

As with other Information windows, the Track Inspector may be added to the Info Bar using Preferences > Information Bar. This allows you to add controls for track play-enable, record-enable, take, automation, and so on in windows that did not previously have them available, such as the QuickScribe Editor. You can configure the Track Inspector section differently in each edit window, if desired (as described above).

Additionally, the Track Inspector has a mini-menu option to "Use Small Menus in Info Bar". By default, this item is unchecked and the menus shown in the Track Inspector's Info Bar section are displayed at their full width.


Plug-in real-time preferences
There are now preferences to specify which plug-ins run in real-time and which ones take advantage of Digital Performer's pre-rendering abilities.

For individual plug-ins, the Effects window mini-menu has two items:
• Run this instance in real-time: Checking or unchecking this item changes the current instance's real-time state. This functions the same as the Always run in real-time item in previous versions of DP.
• Default to real-time: Checking or unchecking this item changes the real-time state that new instances of this plug-in will instantiate with. For example, if you would always like MachFive to run in real-time, enable this item; new instances of MachFive will have Run this instance in real-time enabled. You can change the real-time status of any instance, regardless of the default preference.

For project-wide settings, the Preferences > Audio Plug-ins pane has a "Plug-in real-time preference" section:

• Pre-gen mode when possible: This is the default behavior. Plug-ins will pre-render when possible, which includes when the plug-in window is closed and • All plug-ins in real-time: Both instrument and effect plug-ins always run in real-time.
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• You can change the project's real-time preferences at any time. Additionally, there is a separate item to specify the default Plug-in real-time preference for new projects.
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• Snapshot button
• There is now an automation snapshot button in the lower left of the Sequence Editor and Mixing Board, and next to the Presets menu in the Effects window.
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• Consolidated Window
• When more than one row is open in the Consolidated Window body, close buttons now appear on each row.
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• Final Cut Pro XML Import & Export
• Stereo and surround tracks are now properly preserved when moving between Digital Performer & Final Cut Pro via XML, including when using interleaved audio. Note that the order of output bundle tiles must remain as they are assigned by default to ensure proper channel mapping.
• DP and Final Cut Pro handle panning of stereo and surround tracks differently, so while pan data on mono tracks is maintained when importing or exporting via Final Cut Pro XML, pan data on stereo or surround tracks is not.
• DP now exports the setting of the volume fader and pan knob in the Mixing Board in addition to whatever pan automation they might have. Likewise, DP's Final Cut Pro XML Import now sets the volume fader and pan knob in the Mixing Board for imported tracks even when automation is not turned on.
• Automation is now play-enabled on imported tracks which have more than one keyframe of different values.
• Volume and pan values are now interpolated when importing volume or pan keyframes which fell outside of the clip boundaries in Final Cut Pro.
• DP now handles importing "linked" tracks properly as dual mono rather than stereo; note that if you export to XML from DP and reimport into Final Cut Pro, the tracks will be preserved but no longer linked. Additionally, we recommend that you do not "stereo link" clips in FCP that are not truly stereo (i.e., clips that are not the left & right channels of the same file).
• For proper import in DP, do not mix stereo and mono clips in the same tracks in Final Cut Pro.
• V-Racks are now ignored when exporting from DP.
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• CoreMIDI Patch Thru
• The CoreMIDI Patch Thru functionality has been absorbed into DP's other Patch Thru abilities. The CoreMIDI Patch Thru preference, previously found under Preferences > MIDI Solo & Patch Thru, has been removed.
• when MIDI tracks assigned to virtual instruments are not record-enabled; see page 802 in the Digital Performer User Guide for more details.
• Virtual instruments in real-time: Virtual instruments will always run in real-time, regardless of whether instrument plug-in windows are closed or MIDI tracks assigned to virtual instruments are record-enabled.

[malditoyanki]

record enable delay still not fixed!

What is this issue? I'm not sure I'm aware of it.

I believe it's when switching between MIDI tracks for example with the arrow keys to quickly record enable them. You could do this in DP easily, but in DP 6 there is a noticeable lag and beachball that happens especially when switch between tracks that are assigned to different plugins.

[Tonio]

Does not happen here... though there is a lag when copy /pasteing data-maybe2 or 3 seconds.

T

[Eleventh Hour Sound]

Which Mas.AudioUnitSupport file are you guys using it with? I put back the one that came with DP6. Then did the install. So far, on the file I was just working on yesterday it's crashed twice at launch.

[magnumpraw]

Now that the first maintenance release is out (and I have a couple of down days) I was thinking of trying out this new monster but have a couple questions.
From those brave souls who have gone ahead with 6.01 can you tell me if it is still necessary to use the old 5.13 AU-MAS wrapper? Or have they fixed it so the one in 6.01 now works?
I am using Waves, SoundToys, Kontakt3, EW Play, StylusRMX, and BFD2

Also, what is the best way to do this? Is it enough to make a separate user account to install 6 to? Or do I really need to make a new partition or a new drive with a whole new OS install and go through the draining process of installing/authorizing plugins, vi's, etc. ,lol?

Any insight would be mucho appreciatedo.

Thanks!!

[Eleventh Hour Sound]

Did anyone find any official notes on what this update allegedly fixed?

I'd also be curious to know if anyone has to go back to 6.0 for any reason.

Thanks.

I may be going back if these crashes at launch don't go away

[tripit@earthlink.net]

Still same plug GUI for DAE issues....

[Frodo]

Frodo, the Read Me file in the DP 6.01 installer gives many details. ( see below ) Also, FYI after update you still have the DP 6.0 icon in App. Folder, as usual, but I haven't tried to open it yet.

That is really wild! I got no PDF with my download. I just did a search for DP 6.01 and came up with zilch.

Also, I just checked my downloads again and still get this blurb:

There are currently no updates available for the version of Digital Performer registered to your MOTU.com login ID, or you do not have any Digital Performer registrations linked with your MOTU.com login ID...

But thanks, Tom, for posting that information. It helps.

[Eleventh Hour Sound]

I'm having crashes with 6.01 that seems to be repeatable with Antares new Auto-Tune Evo. One project that had it inserted in a vocal channel crashes on launch and another file that opened fine crashed as soon as I inserted it...

Process: Digital Performer [194]
Path: /Applications/Digital Performer 6.01.app/Contents/MacOS/Digital Performer
Identifier: com.motu.DigitalPerformer
Version: 6.01 (6.01)
Code Type: PPC (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [159]

Date/Time: 2008-08-29 14:48:46.519 -0700
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.4 (9E17)
Report Version: 6

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 8

Thread 0:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x946734a8 semaphore_timedwait_trap + 8
1 com.motu.MAS.framework 0x017c2e94 MAS82879 + 120
2 DPPart2.dylib 0x0113fe3c WrappedMotuAudioSystem::Poll() + 44
3 com.motu.DigitalPerformer 0x00134c00 0x1000 + 1260544
4 PerfEngine.dylib 0x01ca8534 AudioRTPoll(bool) + 104
5 PerfEngine.dylib 0x01b9d358 MaybeRTPoll(bool) + 196
6 PerfFoundation.dylib 0x021caee4 CompoundPane::_Iterate(bool, long (*)(GlogPane*, void*, short), void*) + 236
7 PerfFoundation.dylib 0x021cb61c CompoundPane::Deactivate() + 44
8 PerfFoundation.dylib 0x021dd368 GlogPane::GlogMessage(short, long) +