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What are the system requirements for Digital Performer 5?

System Requirements for DP 5

The minimum requirements for DP 5 are:

  • Mac OS X v10.3.7 (10.4 or later for DP 5.1 or later; 10.4.4 or later for 5.12; 10.4.6 or later for 5.13) to 10.5.8
  • G4 500 MHz or faster
  • 512 MB RAM
  • A optical disc drive for installation (via CD-ROM)

We recommend:

  • G4 dual 1 GHz or faster, or any Intel Mac (DP 5.1 or later required for Intel Mac support); dual processor/dual core systems are also recommended
  • 1 GB RAM or more
  • 17" (or larger) monitor is highly recommended

For using DP5 under DAE mode:

  • DP 5.0-5.01: Pro Tools 6.7 or later is required. For optimum performance, 7.1 cs4 or later is strongly recommend.
  • DP 5.1-5.11: Pro Tools 6.9.3 - 7.2.x is required. For optimum performance, 7.1 cs4 or later is strongly recommended; for DP 5.11, 7.2 c1 is strongly recommended. DAE on Intel Macs is not supported (requires DP 5.12 or later).
  • DP 5.12-5.13: On Intel Macs, Pro Tools 7.2.1 - 7.3.1 cs2 is required; on PPC Macs, 7.1 cs9 - 7.3.1 cs2 is required. OS 10.4.7 or later is required for both Intel and PPC, and DAE 7.3.1 is recommended.
    • Native Instruments users, please see this tech note; Waves users, please see this tech note.
    • While DP 5.13 is compatible with Mac OS X v10.5 ("Leopard"), there is not a 10.5-compatible version of DAE at this time. More information on DAE compatibility in OS 10.5 will be available once Digidesign releases an update and qualification testing can be done.
  • As new versions of DAE become available, please check back at motu.com for compatibility information.