MOTU Digital Performer 11 is a comprehensive digital audio workstation(DAW) designed for professional music production. Including powerful tools for recording, editing and mixing professional recordings, DP11 also lets you compose extensive pieces. Like its predecessors, the software includes a wide array of advanced audio tools to optimize your workflow and make the most of your recordings and VST instruments. Naturally, DP 11 also introduces a host of innovations and enhancements that allow you to work even more efficiently – helping you get one step closer to your next hit.
Whether you're a Mac or Windows user, DP11 prioritizes cross-platform compatibility supporting a variety of external MIDI controllers, control surfaces and plugins.
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If you love working with samples, transforming them and crafting completely unique, extraordinary sounds, then you will be right at home with Nanosampler 2.0. This powerful, upgraded tool offers three playback modes – classic, 1-shot and slice – alongside ZTX time-stretching, envelope and LFO modulation and both trigger and gate playback options. You can minimize click noise using the snapping function, everse or loop samples with ease and manually adjust fade-ins, fade-outs and volume to suit your creative needs. Supporting both 32- and 64-bit floating-point samples, Nanosampler 2.0 makes importing easy with drag&drop functionality, letting you focus on the music – not the setup.
Composers and producers can take full advantage of flexible articulation maps that offer precise control over today’s expressive orchestral sound libraries. Whether you're working with VSL, EastWest, Spitfire, or Cinesamples, you can create or import articulation maps to design dynamic instruments and ensembles, enabling you to program compositions with unprecedented realism. Or, simply perform live and play with natural expression and powerful musical impact.
Additionally, you can work with virtual sheet music, allowing you to assign articulations, tremolos, trills, and more in a traditional notation style—and bring them to life directly in your DAW using compatible virtual instruments.
At last, it’s now possible to record standard MIDI notes with expression data from MPE controllers like the ROLI Seaboard—all in a single multi-channel stream. Instead of having note and controller data scattered across multiple tracks, Digital Performer 11 gives you a clean, unified MIDI stream, where each note carries its own expressive information. This means you can work more intuitively and always maintain a clear overview of your performance. You can show or hide per-note controllers, visualize pitch bends, and track expression data directly in DP’s familiar piano roll interface. Plus, you can scale the note grid and controller data independently, giving you full control over how you view and edit your performance.
To help you get started right away, a selection of VST instruments and virtual synths is included—so you can dive straight into creative MPE-based composition and production.
Among the more subtle yet highly practical features in Digital Performer 11 are a range of audio tools designed to streamline your workflow and save valuable time. You can, for instance, scale controller data per individual note, open sub-tracks for MPE expression data, and even enable retroactive recording—so you'll never lose a take again. Transposing and quantizing your MIDI data has never been easier, now available at the click of a button. For better usability, you can scale the font size to reduce eye strain, and take advantage of dynamic sliders in the mixer view that automatically adjust as you zoom. Visual clarity is further enhanced on Windows 10, thanks to a modern text rendering engine that makes on-screen text noticeably sharper and easier to read.
Everyone knows the moment—you’re singing or playing, and suddenly a riff or melody emerges that you absolutely want to capture. But all too often, the idea slips away before you can record it, and it’s difficult—if not impossible—to fully recreate the inspiration later.
That’s exactly where Digital Performer 11 shines. With just a click, you can activate the "Retroactive Recording" feature, and your musical idea is instantly placed into a track—even if you weren’t recording yet. And the best part? It works for both MIDI and audio recordings, so whether you're playing a synth or singing into a mic, DP11 captures your creativity the moment it happens.
Take full advantage of Digital Performer 11’s unique Chunks feature to manage multiple sequences, songs, and V-Racks within a single project file—ideal for everything from film scoring to live performance setlists. With DP11, you can now also organize chunks into folders and playlists, making your workflow even more streamlined. For improved navigation, the chunk list can be split into two sections. This allows, for example, searching for a chunk in the upper section and assigning it to a new location or sequence in the lower section.
Managing complex projects has never been easier, whether you're composing for the screen or performing live.
Digital Performer 11 makes it even easier to integrate Novation and Akai pad controllers, so you can focus entirely on your live performance. Use your controller to launch clips in DP's powerful Clips window, trigger individual clips or full scenes, apply filter sweeps, and add real-time effects processing—all without having to build complex setups. Own a Native Instruments controller or iCON hardware? No problem—DP11 includes new control surface plug-ins for seamless integration with the latest gear. This includes the NI M32, A Series, and S Series, as well as iCON’s QCon Pro G2/EX, Pro X/XS, Platform Nano, and the Platform M/X Series.
Whether you’re in the studio or on stage, Digital Performer 11 puts controller integration and hands-on workflow at the heart of your music-making.
Further hardware compatibility
Console 1 and EuCon console owners can also enjoy the new update and benefit from the workflow as well. This will make your next mixing experience more enjoyable and intuitive, so you can focus more on your music.
(For more information on compatibility with external devices, visit the manufacturer's site).