There are up to 99 stereo busses available and a patching system for routing signals between your hardware and the software.
It’s arguably more approachable than Logic or Pro Tools while still feeling like something that wouldn’t be out of place in a top-end studio environment.īeneath the Bonnet Technically, DP is a real workhorse, with track, voice and plug-in counts limited only by the capacity of your hardware. In terms of usability, DP strikes a good balance between feeling like a serious piece of kit and not scaring you away. The idea is that you might like to work using one theme but when showing a project to clients, switch to a more ‘pro-looking’ one. This is more than window dressing, and provides nice-looking alternatives while maintaining usability. The default look is a muted grey but there are Themes: multiple graphical setups that can be switched between on-the-fly and customised. It also gets the level of iconograpy about right, providing many controls onscreen but without overloading you with symbols or information.
And there’s a lot of handy stuff to be found, such as the ability to automatically analyse audio for tempo and control how imported files are converted.ĭP’s interface is particularly nice – a sleek and carefully thought-out system that cleverly manages windows using resizeable tabs, maximising the amount of real estate available to you. Plug-in management is undertaken in the Preferences, where you can also set up myriad other parameters in a way that’s clear and uncluttered. Its own plug-ins are in the MAS format but it can also see VSTs, and AUs if you’re on a Mac. It needs an Intel Mac running OSX 10.6.8 or higher, or Windows 7 or 8 and is 32- and 64-bit-compatible depending on your system. Plug and Play DP8 is available as a download or boxed and there’s a fully functional 30-day trial available with no dongles or extra hardware required, simply an internet connection for server activation.
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