Digital Performer for Live Performance

If you're supporting live performance with recorded sequences, Digital Performer's reliable, flexible control will make you a hero on stage.

Bulletproof reliability

When you're playing live, you need backup support systems that won't drop the ball — ever. Successful artists like Madonna, Fleetwood Mac, and many others depend on Digital Performer live on stage. With sample-accurate playback, you can even set up redundant DP workstations with instant, transparent cutover.

Unrivaled flexibility

With Digital Performer, wholesale, large-scale editing is as easy on the road as it was during rehearsals. Need a few more bars for your solo? Want to tweak your signature vocal effects? Make your changes at the hotel tonight — or even backstage — and you'll have a new show tomorrow. Try that on the road with dedicated playback hardware.

Powerful cueing control

Digital Performer lets you keep multiple sequences in a single file. Arrange your sequences as multiple cues within a song, or even an entire set. You can chain sequences together and trigger sequences by mouse, keystroke, remote MIDI message, or even slaved to specific SMPTE time code locations. Just load one file and your whole show is ready to go.

Completely customizable interface

The Commands window allows you to completely customize your computer keyboard interaction with the software. You can assign keystrokes or MIDI events to trigger virtually any function in Digital Performer. You can even save and load entire sets of commands, and pre-built command sets for Pro Tools and other software products make it even easier to switch to Digital Performer.

Multi-track playback with no bouncing

Play your tracks live just like you recorded them. Easily play 120 or more full audio tracks on a standard dual G5 Macintosh, with EQ and compression on every track! Digital Performer's efficient design means you get reliable playback without having to bounce your mix down to fewer tracks.

Easy Pro Tools session exchange

Digital Performer makes it easy to work with Pro Tools users. Drag Digital Performer files directly into ProTools sessions or import from Pro Tools into Digital Performer, with no loss of region edits or time stamps. You can read and write Standard MIDI files, of course, for import and export of MIDI tracks with Pro Tools. And Digital Performer opens and creates OMF files, allowing import and export of audio, region edits, crossfades, SMPTE times, and volume and pan automation with the DigiTranslator utility.

Extensive control surface support

You can control every function of Digital Performer with standard MIDI messages. Digital Performer ships with support for Mackie Universal Control, Radical Technologies SAC2, Tascam remote control, and Mackie HUI control, and you can use any device that generates MIDI notes and controller messages.