![]() Incorporating the Performer MIDI sequencer, Digital Performer has already won the 1992 TEC award for best computer software or hardware product. Digital Performer also works with MOTU's own Digital Waveboard, and there are plans to support other digital multitracking systems, including Yamaha's CBX D5. MOTU's Performer is arguably the best MIDI sequencer available for the Macintosh, having been around almost as long as the Mac, but what does the fact that it's gone digital really mean? You've probably heard about Cubase Audio or Opcode's Studio Vision - in which case you may be wondering why it has taken Performer so long to go digital! All these programs allow you to record digital audio into specially allocated tracks alongside the MIDI sequence tracks - as long as you have a Sound Tools, Pro Tools, or AudioMedia system installed in your Macintosh. So goes the PR copy in Mark of the Unicorn's product brochure describing their hottest new music software. Then you set up a microphone, plug it into your Macintosh, and tear off a lead vocal track that makes Ray Charles drop his Diet Pepsi! No it's not a dream, it's Digital Performer in action. Inspiration strikes! You quickly sequence a killer drum groove and a rockin' piano part. ![]() Mike Collins takes an in‑depth look at Digital Performer Version 1.4/Performer Version 4.2 and the Digital Waveboard, which adds hard disk audio recording to Performer's powerful sequencer.
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