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Love that link! Times are changing in a big way. The whole job was done on a Mac Book Pro. If these people would have been as good at recording and editing as they are at playing (read: if the material was ready to mix when I received it), I could have done the job for half the price. You don't need to be one of the hottest engineers to take $750 for editing a song and $750 for mixing it.

The album had 14 songs, which means circa $1500 per song.

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I used Logic Pro with a few additional plugins - but it wasn't only mixing, the job probably included as much editing as mixing, since I needed to make an album out of material that was recorded in various studios/on location - sometimes with terrific sounding material, other times recorded with mediocre equipment, too few takes, and also not-very-successful attempts at cutting/pasting various existing takes into a convincing result. ($79.95 direct often includes an amount of editing, especially if people with not enough experience already have tried to work an the song before you receive it, but this job involved a higher amount if editing than what's considered 'normal'. Short of one-on-one instruction from someone like DP guru and MacAudioLab owner Michael Neal (a service which he does provide), Ultimate DP6 Learning DVD is by far the best instruction I've seen.

Whether you're new to DP or a long-time power user, you'll find many secrets and shortcuts in this straight-ahead tutorial. Though an easy to watch product, it is comprehensive and intended for those who are serious about getting the absolute most out of their DP system.

A highlighted circle is used as a pointer on the screen to draw your attention to the task at hand.ĭon't expect to breeze through this DVD in an afternoon. On the other hand, MacAudioLab's tutorial acts as an in-depth overview (if you will), explaining by showing and doing.

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The 1100-page printed manual from MOTU is extensive and complete, and it should be an indispensible part of your studio reference materials. This is not a technically wordy, over-the-top rocket-science type of tutorial, rather one you'll want to make notes on or have hands-on access at home because there is so much good information. Tutorial while next to your own DP rig or at the very least, while taking notes. The content is laid out in a logical, easy-to-follow order and at just the right pace.

This tutorial encompasses 15 hours of QuickTime screen-shot videos, divided into 52 chapters, each ranging from 4-12 minutes. The Ultimate Digital Performer Learning Series is just that. Personally, this is the fourth generation of DP tutorials I own (one from another company) and certainly the best. MacAudioLab has just released their latest in a series of Digital Performer Tutorial DVDs. The functionalities of DP have grown significantly over the years, and a comprehensive working knowledge of the myriad menus, routing, recording, editing features-and much, much more-is no small task to learn on your own.

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Even then, the editing possibilities seemed overwhelming as I thought, 'How are you supposed to learn all this stuff?' Over the years, many of us have evolved using MOTU's hardware and software products with the transition of the original MIDI-only Performer into their latest DAW incarnation, recently released as Digital Performer DP6. While working on a project at Click Studio in Stowe, VT, I was introduced to MIDI sequencing through Mark of The Unicorn's Performer in 1991.

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