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A bundle of tips helps you get the most from Autotune running inside DP, and there's plugin news aplenty...
Robin Bigwood
There have been some important developments in the DP world this last month, including new and newly-updated plug-ins that could prove extremely useful to DP users. Perhaps the most widely anticipated of these is MOTU's own MX4 'multisynth', which has been shown in pre-release versions since the start of 2004. Whilst its $295 price tag puts it amongst the most expensive soft synths on the market, stability and compatibility with DP 4 should be about as good as it gets, and it certainly looks to have some interesting features. Possibly the best of these are the multi-architecture design, with options for standard subtractive synthesis alongside FM and AM, and wavetable oscillators. MX4 also continues the tradition of American synths of yore with its mindboggling modulation options. Not only, it seems, are single modulation sources capable of controlling multiple parameters, but multiple sources can control single parameters a programmer's delight. Less great, perhaps, is the processor hit, described recently by one of MOTU's head honchos as similar to Guitar Rig: Be careful with synths such as Camel Audio's Cameleon 5000 which, in my experience, puts it that axe Eugene. easily into the 'hog' category. Also, as is the way with Mach Five, copy protection is via an iLok USB dongle. While MOTU state that MX4's authorisation can be transferred to a Mach Five iLok, this approach doesn't make it easy for legitimate owners to shop out processor hit to multiple Macs as and when necessary and, as far as I'm concerned, a single iLok is already one too many. The sound quality of the MP3 demos posted up at www.motu.com put MX4 on the 'digital' side of warm, but as soon as I can get my hands on a copy I'll confirm whether this is really the case or not, and report on ease of integration with DP 4. Quick Tips
DP is, and always has been, notorious for its potential window clutter. Having dozens of windows open not only makes your work environment confusing but also saps processor power. Two simple settings can help with this. First, consider choosing 'Apply Closes Window' from the mini-menus of the Transpose and Quantise windows, so that they don't outstay their welcome. Also try the 'Open one Graphic Editor for each sequence' option in DP's preferences if you work with MIDI much the resulting single Graphic Editor, with a track list selector, is much easier to work with, I find. I mentioned Audio Hijack Pro in last month's column as a possible candidate for Bounce To Disk alternatives in DP. No sooner had I submitted my copy than Audio Hijack Pro 2 was announced, with some important new features, such as built-in CD burning and support for AAC and Apple Lossless file formats. It costs $32 from www.rogueamoeba.com, or a measly $10 for owners of AHP version 1.
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