Apple released OS X® Mavericks this week. MOTU has worked with Apple to ensure current MOTU products are compatible with OS X Mavericks, and to provide a smooth transition for your MOTU products when you upgrade to OS X Mavericks.

Digital Performer 8.05 is now shipping and provides many improvements, optimizations, and refinements. This update is recommended for all DP8 users. Check out highlights in this release and download it now.

Hollywood-based composer Chad Seiter shares insights into his scoring process for Star Trek: The Video Game, and explains the benefits of using the Windows version of Digital Performer for his high-end work.<

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."

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.

Windows 8 is shipping, and MOTU hardware and software products are ready for your Windows 8 system. In most cases, the current shipping software installers for Windows 7 are forward-compatible with Windows 8. Final compatibility testing still on-going, so keep an eye on motu.com/download for any updates in the near future that may address Windows 8 specific issues.