Inspired by popular demand, this week is…Chunks Week: five videos, one per day, that unlock the mysteries of DP's totally unique Chunks feature. If you've often wondered how you can make Chunks a bigger part of your life, follow this video series for a deeper understanding of this often misunderstood — and still unequaled — DAW feature. Hosted by MOTU's Magic Dave Roberts, these short videos are sure to inform and entertain.

"If you're not a longtime user, stop reading and start downloading!" exclaims Keyboard magazine in their review of Digital Performer 8 in the September, 2013 issue. They're referring, of course, to DP8's new fully-functioning, 30-day demo download. Among the many new DP8 features and plug-ins Keyboard exalts, perhaps the most significant are 64-bit functionality on both Mac OS X and — for the first time ever — Windows. "DP8 is certainly a boon for those who prefer PCs to Macs for horsepower-per-dollar reasons."

We've launched a new Tip of the Day series on the MOTU Facebook page. Gain quick, valuable insights into your MOTU audio hardware, Digital Performer, MachFive, and other MOTU products. Learn the practices of today's top professionals as they share their MOTU product workflow secrets.

MachFive 3 helped sweeten the sounds of the July 4th celebration in our nation's Capitol yesterday, thanks to Emmy award-winning Sound Effects/Foley Artist and Live Sweetener Dick Maitland.

At the 14th annual Musikmesse International Press Awards (MIPA) ceremony held last Thursday during the Musikmesse/Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt, Germany, MachFive 3 won the prestigious Best Software Instrument Award for 2012/2013!

Marc Mann has worked with Danny Elfman for over 20 years. In this interview, Marc provides insights into their workflow and offers details about the unique features that make Digital Performer the ideal software for film scoring.

In a ceremony hosted by the TEC Foundation at NAMM 2013, MOTU's Performer sequencer was inducted into the TECnology Hall of Fame. Performer now joins a pantheon of ground-breaking audio technologies from companies like Moog, Solid State Logic, Neumann, and Teletronix, just to name a few.

NAMM 2013 is now in the history books, with throngs of show-goers and hoards of manufacturers finally recovering from jet-lag and hangovers, following the music industry's premiere annual trade show event in Southern California. It was standing room only in the MOTU booth throughout the show, with special guests and artist appearances over four days, along with a sneak preview of a major MOTU software upgrade. Read on to learn more, watch live booth demos, and see one-on-one interviews with MOTU artists at the show.

"This DAW goes to 11," pronounced the editors at EM magazine, in reference to DP8's amazing arsenal of guitar tones. "Sure, there are lots of great DAWs. But DP8 gets the Editor’s Choice Award for the included guitar effects, with amp sims and processors that are not only the best you’ll find bundled in a DAW, but are also equal to or better than third-party amp sims. Of course, many types of musicians use DP… but who would have thought the video community’s favorite audio-for-video DAW was also a hardcore shredder?"