MOTU DIGITAL PERFORMER 4.5.

The article reports on Motu Digital Performer (DP) 4.5. Motu Digital Performer remains a classic digital audio workstation. Eschewing bundled virtual instruments, DP 4.5 focuses on improving important, everyday production tasks for audio, MIDI, and notation. This release delivers an integrated, single-window workspace and a new way of detecting beats in audio that blurs the line between audio and MIDI, as well as major new performance features and Digidesign integration. DP is more focused than Apple's sprawling Logic Pro 7, and more traditional about audio than loop-centric applications like Ableton Live. INSETS: CLAIM CHECK;JARGON JOCKEY;GORY DETAILS.