MOTU, Inc.
1280 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A.
Voice: (617) 576-2760
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Web: www.motu.com
Email: info@motu.com

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Digital Performer™ 11
Audio Workstation Software with MIDI sequencing
$795
$395 competitive upgrade
$395 upgrade from AudioDesk
$195 upgrade from previous version

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Digital Performer is used worldwide every day to create, produce and perform music and audio tracks for prime-time TV, blockbuster movies, sellout tours, platinum albums and viral videos. Easy to use, yet powerful enough for top professionals, DP is packed with the latest advanced audio/MIDI production technology, including the new Clips window for live triggering of audio and MID clips, in-line ZTX PRO™ audio stretching and pitch-shifting, scalable and customizable UI, elegant music notation editing and printing, state-of-the-art mixing, dozens of advanced plug-ins and hundreds of included virtual instruments. Whether you’re running the show for your next club or stadium gig, or you want to write a song and stream it online, DP gets you there quickly with advanced features and intuitive, streamlined design.

Digital Performer feature highlights:

• Complete desktop studio production
• Unlimited sequences, songs, V-racks, tracks, audio voices and undo history
• Highly customizable user interface
• Comprehensive MIDI and audio editors
• Clips window for live performance
• Hundreds of included virtual instruments
• Takes, comping and loop-recording
• Advanced video/film scoring features
• State-of-the-art mixing and processing
• Elegant music notation entry, editing, printing and MusicXML exporting

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Digital Performer is used worldwide every day to create, produce and perform music and audio tracks for prime-time TV, blockbuster movies, sellout tours, platinum albums and viral videos. Easy to use, yet powerful enough for top professionals, DP is packed with the latest advanced production technology, including in-line ZTX PRO™ audio stretching and pitch-shifting, dozens of advanced plug-ins and hundreds of included virtual instruments. DP gets you there quickly with advanced features and streamlined design.

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MOTU's award-winning Digital Performer lets you record, edit, arrange, mix, process and master MIDI and audio tracks simultaneously to produce musical recordings, sound tracks for film and television, and other audio production tasks.

For both Mac and Windows, Version 11 delivers exciting new features, including Articulation Maps, Audio Retrospective Record, support for MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE), a completely redesigned nanosampler 2.0 instrument plug-in, support for macOS Big Sur, native compatibility with Apple silicon Macs and dozens of additional user-requested enhancements.

Get started quickly with over 300 different instruments, 1100 instrument presets and 500 loops. Included are acoustic and electronic drum kits, pianos, guitars and basses, along with church organs, electric organs, strings, brass, woodwinds, synths, ethnic instruments, choirs, voices, percussion, sound effects and more. This versatile collection of instruments spans musical genres, eras, geographical regions and cultural styles.

The completely redesigned nanosampler serves as every DP user’s go-to virtual instrument for creating unique beats, instruments and sounds. Drop in a sample and start stretching, slicing, randomizing and transforming audio into just about any sound or instrument you can imagine. New features include: three playback modes (Classic, 1-shot and Slice), ZTX™ time stretching, beat slicing with Randomize and Auto Randomize, Repeat and Reverse.

Drag and drop audio and MIDI clips from DP's new Content Browser into Clips window cells and trigger them in real time, interactively, for live performance or on-the-fly inspiration while creating new material. Trigger multi-track clip groups (a partial row of cells) or the entire row (clips across all tracks). DP's unique clip queue lets you stack clip sequences ahead of time, without having to manually trigger each one. Clips can be added and removed, as inspiration strikes, from your computer or any MIDI controller. The Clips window allows you to combine clip triggering with linear, track-based playback and live mixing.

Shape, sculpt, twist, mangle and otherwise process your tracks with 90 included real-time audio and MIDI effect plug-ins. You get 32-bit processing and 64-bit mastering. Highlights include the efficient ProVerb™ convolution reverb, MasterWorks EQ™ modeled after British console EQs, MasterWorks Leveler™ modeled after the legendary LA-2A optical leveling amplifier, MultiMode Filter™, Pattern Gate™ and many more.

With DP’s new Articulation Maps feature, you can take full control of the expressive depth of today’s most advanced orchestral sound libraries, including VSL™, East West™, Spitfire™, Cinesamples™ and many others. Create or import articulation maps to build dynamic instruments and ensembles, allowing you to play, record or program expressive performances with unprecedented realism and musical impact.

DP 11 adds audio to its Retrospective Recording capabilities. Now, DP always listens to both MIDI and audio input sources, capturing everything, even when not recording. Like magic, you can immediately recall any audio or MIDI material you’ve recently played. For both MIDI and audio input, Digital Performer ensures that you'll never lose that precious, fleeting creative moment.

For studio production, song writing, film scoring, live performance, remixing, post production and surround mixing, Digital Performer gets you there quickly with advanced features and intuitive, streamlined design.

DP11 new feature highlights:

Articulation Maps — Create or import articulation maps to build dynamic instruments and ensembles for today’s most advanced orchestral sound libraries. Play, record or program expressive performances with unprecedented realism and musical impact.

MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) support — Record multi-channel output from an MPE controller (such as a Roli™ Seaboard™) as regular MIDI notes with encapsulated MPE expression data for easy and intuitive editing in DP’s familiar piano roll. View and edit each controller in a separate lane using DP’s familiar and powerful continuous controller (CC) editing tools. MX4 and DP’s other included synth plug-ins are MPE-enabled.

Audio Retrospective Record — DP always listens to both MIDI and audio input sources, capturing everything, even when not recording, for instant recall.

Nanosampler 2.0 — Serves as every DP user’s go-to virtual instrument for creating unique beats, instruments and sounds. Includes three playback modes (Classic, 1-shot and Slice), ZTX™ time stretching, beat slicing with Randomize and Auto Randomize, Repeat, Reverse, and a ground-up rewrite of the UI.

Support for macOS Big Sur and Apple silicon Macs — DP11 is fully qualified for macOS Big Sur (11.x) and the latest generation Apple silicon Macs. No Rosetta required.

Clip Triggering With Novation™ and Akai™ Pad Controllers — Custom support for popular pad controllers like the Novation™ Launchpad™ Pro mk3 or Akai™ APC-40.

New Control Surface plug-ins for Native Instruments™ and Icon™ — Custom support for current Native Instruments™ Komplete Kontrol™ lineup, including the M32, A-Series, and S-Series MK2 controller lines, plus hot new iCON Control™ mixing worksurfaces like the QCon™ Pro G2/EX, Pro X/XS, Platform Nano™ and Platform M/X™ series.

Enhanced Avid™ EuCon™ Support — Includes support for the Avid S series consoles and EuCon operation under Windows 10.

Live Performance Mode — All effects processing is done in real time, rather than pre-generated, for instant responsiveness in critical performance situations.

Chunk Folders and Playlists — Organize sequences and songs into folders and playlists. Playlists are perfect for building set lists for live shows.

Chunks List Split View — Improves chunk list management. For example, search for a chunk in one list section and then drag it into a folder or playlist in the other.

Multi-channel MIDI Tracks — You can now record and play multiple channels of MIDI data in a single track. Channel info is stored with each MIDI event in the track.

Enhanced View Filtering — Quickly show/hide individual MIDI channel data and/or specific event types with the expanded Track Selector.

Enhanced Support for MCU and HUI-compatible Control Surfaces — Includes improved automation toggling, scrub modes, send mode, loop toggle and much more.

More Control Surface Enhancements — V-Racks can now be displayed on all control surfaces (that support them). New track pinning modes ensure that you always see the tracks you need. New track indicator lights in the Sequence Editor and Mixing Board show which tracks are currently active on any control surface.

Track and Clip Effects — Every audio track, MIDI track and clip now has a transpose setting that leaves the original data unaffected. MIDI tracks and clips also have a quantize setting.

Intelligent Audio Interface Selection — On macOS, if you haven’t yet selected the audio hardware you wish to use with DP, it finds the best option for you.

Clips Window Enhancements — The ‘New Empty Clips Scene’ command fills empty cells with new empty clips. The ‘Double Clip Loop’ feature doubles the length of the looped portion in a clip.

List Font Scaling — Resize the text in DP’s list windows, independent of the scaling for the rest of the UI, with three independent controls for List windows, Project Notes and Lyrics.

Text Rendering and dialog box scaling on Windows — Optimized for the latest text rendering engine in Windows 10, DP’s text appears significantly crisper. DP also resizes system dialogs and menus appropriately for the size and resolution of your computer screen.

Dynamically Resizable Channel Strips — DP's faders resize when you make the Mixing Board and Channel Strip windows taller (or shorter).

‘Transpose Exclude’ option — A new track setting locks tracks from Transpose operations.

New Scale Tool — Quickly scales per-note expression data by simply dragging vertically.

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MachFive™ 3
The universal Sampler for creative music production
$495
$295 competitive cross-grade from a competing software
$179 upgrade from previous version


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Keyboard Magazine says, “MachFive 3 is a desert island instrument, one you could easily make your only sound source.” Effortlessly combine the four worlds of advanced sound design: samples, loops, synthesis and effects. Import, edit, combine, process, and play multi-sample instruments, tempo-synced loops, and audio phrases in MachFive’s unified window. Create dynamic, ultra-realistic musical performances with world-class yet easy-to-play instruments, powered by MachFive’s incredibly deep scripting engine. MachFive delivers the perfect combination of superb audio quality, powerful programming, intuitive operation, and across-the-board compatibility with all major plug-in hosts, sound libraries, and third-party sample library formats.

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MachFive 3 delivers cutting-edge sound synthesis technology combined with inspired software design to spur your sonic creativity. Quickly realize your aural inspirations as you effortlessly span the four worlds of advanced sound design: samples, loops, synthesis and effects. Import, edit, combine, process, and play multi-sample instruments, tempo-synced loops, and audio phrases in MachFive’s unified window. Create dynamic, ultra-realistic musical performances with world-class yet easy-to-play instruments, powered by MachFive’s incredibly deep scripting engine. Craft your own unique sounds with intuitive, full-screen sample mapping/editing, LoopLab™ beat-slicing, modular synthesis architecture, eleven different sound engines, unlimited multi-point envelopes, tempo sync, and very high-quality “extreme” time-stretching and pitch-shifting licensed from the IRCAM research institute. Apply 47 real-time effects, including convolution reverb. Running stand-alone or as a plug-in, MachFive delivers the perfect combination of superb audio quality, powerful programming, intuitive operation, and across-the-board compatibility with all major plug-in hosts, sound libraries, and third-party sample library formats.

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BPM™
Rhythm production instrument for Mac and Windows
$295

BPM (Beat Production Machine) Version 1.5 combines familiar drum machine-style operation with the power and flexibility of state-of-the-art virtual instrument technology to give you the ultimate rhythm programming experience. Use the intuitive step sequencer to quickly build and layer drum kits, sequenced patterns, sliced loops and instrument sounds to realize your rhythmic vision with just a few clicks. Choose among hundreds of preset patterns, mixing and matching any playing style with any drum kit. Or plug in your pad controller or MIDI keyboard to capture your live, groove-quantized performance directly in BPM.

Browse BPM's vast 19 GB library of expertly recorded and mastered 24-bit 96 kHz drum sounds, percussive hits, sliced loops and other rhythmic material spanning decades of urban, hip hop, R&B, electro, techno, house, pop, funk, soul, rock and other music styles. Included is Beatbox Anthology, 10,000 authentic samples from 80 classic iconic drum machines from 70s, 80s, and 90s. Samples, patterns, and loops play as you click for faster browsing. Sample your own drum sounds directly into BPM's drum pads, or simply drag and drop them into BPM from your computer desktop. Instantly apply "old school" sound with BPM's exclusive SP1200 Mode. Add further punch with BPM's Drum Synth. Choose from dozens of included preset sounds, tweak as needed and even layer with drum samples on any pad. Combine unlimited sample layers per pad with programmable velocity, cyclic and random layer switching. Now add guitar, bass and other multi-sampled instrument sounds from BPM's included library — or any other MOTU or UVI sample instrument library.

Combine kits, patterns and sequences into scenes, then trigger scenes during live performance with pads and/or MIDI notes. Or simply drag and drop scenes into a song to build an entire track in seconds. Run BPM standalone or synced to your host software tempo and timeline.

Finalize your track for prime time with BPM's comprehensive graphic mixer, which lets you mix all 64 pads, instrument parts and loops side by side, complete with a master mixer for banks, instrument racks and aux channels. Apply unlimited professional quality effects processing independently to pads, loops, instruments, banks, racks, aux outs an master outputs. Effects include EQ, compressor/gate, filter, delay, reverb, phaser, chorus, drive, distortion and CPU-efficient convolution reverb.

Advanced software features include ultra-low latency, efficient disk streaming for fast preset loading, world-renowned UVI Engine for superb sound quality, universal plug-in compatibility and stand-alone operation. Let BPM turn your computer into a rhythm production powerhouse.

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Electric Keys™
Universal electric keyboard instrument
$295

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A comprehensive collection of 50 classic and rare electric pianos, electric organs, clavs, tape samplers, string machines and other exotic keyboard instruments.

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Electric Keys delivers the most comprehensive collection of electric keyboards ever offered: 50 different instruments spanning 40 years, from the early tape samplers and string machines of the 1960’s to the classic electric pianos, organs and clavs of the 70’s, 80’s and beyond. This unprecedented, massive library includes 40GB of electric keyboard sounds with over 20,000 samples recorded in pristine 24-bit 96 kHz resolution to capture every authentic nuance of each original instrument.

Recreate the popular keyboard sounds and riffs you know so well from your favorite recordings of yesterday, or create your own unique style with rare electric keyboard instruments never before offered in a virtual keyboard product.

Electric Keys is beautiful to look at and easy to use on screen. Load, save and combine factory or custom presets. Use the virtual effects rack to combine, apply and save chained multi-effects, including chorus, reverb, delay and more. It’s easy, fast and fun to play and layer professional, authentic electric keyboard sounds.

Advanced software features include 256-note polyphony per instrument, ultra-low latency, efficient disk streaming for fast preset loading, world-renowned UVI Engine™ for superb sound quality, universal plug-in compatibility and stand-alone operation. You can even load and play Electric Keys sounds using MachFive for convenient, consolidated operation with your other sound libraries.

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Ethno Instrument™ 2
Universal world/ethnic instrument
$395
$179 upgrade from previous version

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Ethno Instrument delivers expressive ethnic instrument sounds combined with authentic world music loops and phrases in one window. This massive 21GB library delivers all the exotic textures you need to take your recordings to the four corners of the globe. Start with a huge library of multisample instruments from all over the world, recorded with pristine audio fidelity. Browse and search by category or geographic region. Now add hundreds of authentic loops and phrases, instantly tempo-locked to your host software time line. Slice loops with one click to trigger each beat from your keyboard, or drag & drop them directly into your host software tracks. Play authentic non-western tunings and scales using your favorite MIDI controller. Adjust sounds quickly with Ethno’s intuitive controls. Place your music in real acoustic spaces, from primordial caves to towering forests to remote canyons, all faithfully reproduced with stunning realism by Ethno’s built-in convolution reverb processor. Create entire songs with unlimited parts and mix them in Ethno or your host software via multiple outputs. Run Ethno stand-alone to turn your computer into a world instrument powerhouse with disk streaming and multiple outputs. Or load it as a plug-in that saves all settings with your host software sessions for instant recall.

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MOTU Ethno Instrument delivers 21GB of expressive ethnic instrument sounds and authentic world music loops and phrases in one simple-to-use window, tempo-locked to your host software time line. Slice loops to trigger each beat from your keyboard, or drag & drop into your host software tracks. Adjust sounds quickly with EQ, filter and other controls. Apply convolution reverb to place your recordings in real acoustic spaces. Runs stand-alone or as a plug-in universally compatible with all major plug-in formats for Mac & Windows. Advanced features include expert mode programming, disk streaming and multiple outputs.

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MOTU Ethno Instrument delivers 21GB of expressive ethnic instrument sounds and authentic world music loops and phrases, tempo-locked to your host software. Slice loops to trigger each beat from your keyboard, or drag & drop into your host software tracks. Adjust sounds quickly with EQ, filter and more. Apply convolution reverb for real acoustic spaces. Runs stand-alone or as a universally compatible plug-in. Advanced features include disk streaming and multiple outputs.

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Symphonic Instrument™
Universal Orchestral Instrument
$295

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A simple-to-use virtual instrument plug-in that contains everything needed to create complete orchestral recordings. From solo instruments and small ensembles to full orchestral masterpieces, the MOTU Symphonic Instrument provides a massive 8GB library of brand new sounds from world class orchestras and musicians, recorded with pristine audio fidelity and careful attention to detail. Quality and variety abound. Users can adjust sounds quickly and intuitively using a simple, easy to understand, single-window interface. To add stunning realism, the MOTU Symphonic Instrument includes a built-in convolution reverb processor to produce the most realistic room ambiences available. Users can choose authentic acoustic spaces, from orchestra sound stages to renowned concert halls to majestic cathedrals. Compatible with all major plug in formats for Macintosh OS X and Windows (VST, Audio Units, DXi, MAS and RTAS).

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A simple-to-use instrument for creating complete orchestral recordings. From solo instruments and small ensembles to full orchestral masterpieces, the MOTU Symphonic Instrument provides a massive 8GB library of brand new sounds from world class orchestras and musicians, recorded with pristine audio. New Version 1.1 features for NAMM 2006 include a new stand-alone version for both Mac and PC, disk streaming, multiple outputs, 64 parts (instruments) per plug-in instance and support for 64 MIDI channels.

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MasterWorks™ Collection
Masterfully crafted plug-in processing for your audio
$295

The MasterWorks Collection is an advanced audio plug-in bundle for Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase, and other Mac OS X hosts that support RTAS, Audio Units, and VST3 audio plug-ins.

The bundle includes three masterfully crafted audio processors suitable for even the most critical and demanding mixing situations. Originally developed exclusively for Digital Performer, the MasterWorks series plug-ins have developed a reputation for their incredibly authentic analog hardware modeling, 32- and 64-bit internal floating point processing, and highly CPU-efficient performance. All three plug-ins support mono, stereo and surround channel configurations (with supporting host software), and users can share MasterWorks plug-in presets among different hosts.

MasterWorks EQ: modeled British analog EQ
Inspired by legendary British console EQs, the MasterWorks EQ delivers the look, feel and sound of the most sought-after classic analog equalizers. Apply up to five bands of EQ filtering, each with four EQ types that provide popular modern EQ styles and vintage analog EQ styles alike. Two mid bands include shelf filtering. Now add two additional bands of variable slope low- and high-pass filtering. Click directly on the filter response display for total control and visual feedback of the EQ curve being applied. The MasterWorks EQ has been carefully crafted and meticulously engineered to produce satisfying, musical results in a wide variety of applications.

MasterWorks Leveler: vintage automatic gain control
The MasterWorks Leveler is an accurate model of the legendary Teletronix™ LA-2A optical leveling amplifier, known for its unique and highly sought-after Automatic Gain Control (AGC) characteristics. Conventional compression and limiting do not apply here: the heart of the LA-2A is the T4 opto-coupler, a photoelectric device with almost magical (signal dependent) self- adjusting behavior that has made the LA-2A the tool of choice for smoothing out just about any audio material, from vocals to bass guitar to full-program mixes, without destroying perceived dynamics. You get four models (eras), from Slow Vintage to Fast Modern.

ProVerb: stunningly realistic acoustic spaces
ProVerb is a CPU-efficient convolution reverb that delivers the sound of stunningly realistic acoustic spaces to any track or mix. Convolution is a process where the characteristics of a real acoustic space, such as a concert hall, sound stage or cathedral, are “sampled” (captured) and then faithfully reproduced, down to the last detail and nuance. Known for its stunning realism, convolution reverb is widely considered to be the best type of reverb that money can buy. ProVerb delivers convolution reverb with CPU-efficient performance and real-time parameter adjustment. Dozens of acoustic spaces are included, or simply drag & drop any standard audio file to add your own.

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Volta™
Virtual instrument plug-in for playing and automating modular analog synthesizers and other CV-equipped analog gear
$249

Volta is a virtual instrument plug-in that turns your audio interface into a voltage control interface. Any hardware device with a control voltage (CV) input can be placed under precise digital control from your favorite audio workstation software.

Play and automate analog modulars, synths, filters — even effects processors — via familiar plug-in operation in Digital Performer, Logic Pro, Live, or other Audio Unit hosts. Perform MIDI sequencing with external modular synths with sample-accurate precision. Calibrate and tune oscillators with the click of a button to make oscillator drift a worry of the past.

Use ramp automation in your host audio software to create smooth, precise control changes with any shape imaginable. Apply LFOs, step sequencers and pattern sequencers to CV inputs and effortlessly tempo-sync them to your host software time line.

Whether you’re a seasoned modular synthesizer devotee or simply a computer-based studio owner dreaming of adding that rich, coveted sound only true analog synths can deliver, Volta finally enables you to easily incorporate CV-equipped analog gear into your computer-based studio with all the control, precision and convenience of a virtual instrument.

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MX4™
Multisynth instrument
$295

Meet the new instrument plug-in powerhouse for your studio. Inspired by legendary subtractive synthesizers, MX4 combines several core synthesis techniques in a unified, hybrid synthesis engine that delivers fresh and vintage sounds alike. As you explore its many banks and hundreds of presets, you'll soon rely on MX4 as your "go-to" instrument. Fat basses, nasty leads, analog pads, vintage electronica ? it's all at your fingertips and conveniently saved with your host application projects for instant recall. Tweaking sounds is fast and easy with clearly presented controls in one window - but with a depth and sophistication true synth programmers will appreciate. Create your music with pristine 32-bit sound quality, unlimited voices and unlimited polyphony (as much as your host computer allows). MX4's flexible programming and advanced modulation architecture provide the intimacy of a vintage synth, the flexibility of a modular synth, and the innovation of a virtual synth.

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Unisyn™
Universal MIDI device editor/librarian software for Macintosh and Windows
$195

Unisyn is a MIDI device editor and librarian software application for Macintosh and Windows computers. It allows users to retreive, store, and edit the internal settings for over 300 commercially available MIDI devices. Users can create databases of sounds for MIDI synthesizers, and edit sounds graphically on their computer screen.

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