MOTU Digital Performer is a professional digital audio workstation (DAW) built for music production, audio recording, MIDI sequencing, editing, arranging, and mixing. It provides an integrated environment for working with both digital audio and MIDI, making it suitable for composers, producers, musicians, and audio professionals.

Audio and MIDI Production

Digital Performer brings MIDI sequencing and digital audio recording together in the same production environment. Users can record and edit audio, create MIDI sequences, arrange musical parts, and combine software instruments with recorded material.

The software is designed around a seamless audio and MIDI workflow, allowing projects to move from initial composition through editing, arrangement, mixing, and final production without requiring separate applications.

Editing and Arrangement

Digital Performer provides tools for shaping musical performances and organizing complete productions. MIDI and audio material can be edited and arranged within the project, while automation can be used to control mixing parameters and effects over time.

Its mixing environment includes audio tracks, aux tracks, master faders, sends, bussing, and real-time effects plug-ins. MOTU's documentation also describes support for surround mixing and extensive internal signal routing.

Mixing and Effects

The Mixing Board provides a flexible environment for building and managing complex mixes. Audio can be routed through internal busses, aux tracks, and master faders, while effects plug-ins can be applied in real time.

Automation can control parameters such as volume, pan, sends, and many effects settings, allowing detailed changes to be recorded, edited, and played back as part of the production.

Virtual Instruments and Sounds

Digital Performer supports virtual instruments as part of its production workflow. MOTU documentation also describes downloadable sounds, loops, and virtual instruments available to registered users, including instrument presets and material covering drums, pianos, guitars, basses, organs, strings, brass, woodwinds, synthesizers, and other sounds.

Flexible Production Workflow

Digital Performer is designed to accommodate different types of audio and MIDI projects, from music composition and recording to detailed editing and automated mixing. Its combination of sequencing, recording, arranging, effects processing, virtual instruments, and mixing provides a unified workspace for complete productions.

MOTU's documentation identifies Digital Performer as supporting MIDI sequencing, digital audio recording, seamless MIDI and audio integration, editing, arranging, automated mixing, MIDI and audio effects processing, and virtual instruments.