Comments on: Intel Mac Musicians Get Some Holiday Love: Universal Binaries Everywhere http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/18/intel-mac-musicians-get-some-holiday-love-universal-binaries-everywhere/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:26:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Roland http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/18/intel-mac-musicians-get-some-holiday-love-universal-binaries-everywhere/#comment-73367 Roland Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:56:30 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/18/intel-mac-musicians-get-some-holiday-love-universal-binaries-everywhere/#comment-73367 I'm still eagerly waiting for updates to my AAS products --- Ultra Analog, Lounge LIzard are available "end of November" according to the AAS website.... hmmm. And Tassman will be "sometime in 2007".... fair enough, but where are the other two? I’m still eagerly waiting for updates to my AAS products — Ultra Analog, Lounge LIzard are available “end of November” according to the AAS website…. hmmm.
And Tassman will be “sometime in 2007″…. fair enough, but where are the other two?

]]> By: entasmiquity http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/18/intel-mac-musicians-get-some-holiday-love-universal-binaries-everywhere/#comment-73175 entasmiquity Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:16:26 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/18/intel-mac-musicians-get-some-holiday-love-universal-binaries-everywhere/#comment-73175 I agree completely, Peter. Steve Jobs' announcement of the Intel switch included a segment on how easy it would be for developers to generate Universal binaries, but obviously its harder than that--"pretty hard" in fact. Jobs also may have over-sold Rosetta. While it is amazing to watch MS Word boot relatively quickly even though it was made for a different processor, it was a big letdown to learn that Rosetta wouldn't work with Garageband plug-ins. Thanks again for the thoughtful reply! I agree completely, Peter. Steve Jobs’ announcement of the Intel switch included a segment on how easy it would be for developers to generate Universal binaries, but obviously its harder than that–”pretty hard” in fact.

Jobs also may have over-sold Rosetta. While it is amazing to watch MS Word boot relatively quickly even though it was made for a different processor, it was a big letdown to learn that Rosetta wouldn’t work with Garageband plug-ins.

Thanks again for the thoughtful reply!

]]> By: Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/18/intel-mac-musicians-get-some-holiday-love-universal-binaries-everywhere/#comment-70303 Peter Kirn Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:59:12 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/18/intel-mac-musicians-get-some-holiday-love-universal-binaries-everywhere/#comment-70303 I feel your pain, but the short answer to "how hard could it be" is "pretty hard." Developers couldn't necessarily drop other development cycles just to work on Intel porting. The other issue is that audio software both needs to be ported more urgently (won't run at all in an Intel-native host, and runs poorly in Rosetta), and is *harder* to port because it tends to be more processor-specific than simpler apps. I think Apple did the right thing with the switch, and I do sympathize with the challenges developers face. My big disappointment is that Apple wasn't more up-front with how tricky the transition would be, and didn't give its third-party developers the same running start it had on its in-house pro apps. And nothing changes the pain of not being able to run this stuff on your new machine. I do know both the projects you mention are coming; I'm with you -- hope it's soon! I feel your pain, but the short answer to “how hard could it be” is “pretty hard.” Developers couldn’t necessarily drop other development cycles just to work on Intel porting. The other issue is that audio software both needs to be ported more urgently (won’t run at all in an Intel-native host, and runs poorly in Rosetta), and is *harder* to port because it tends to be more processor-specific than simpler apps.

I think Apple did the right thing with the switch, and I do sympathize with the challenges developers face. My big disappointment is that Apple wasn’t more up-front with how tricky the transition would be, and didn’t give its third-party developers the same running start it had on its in-house pro apps.

And nothing changes the pain of not being able to run this stuff on your new machine. I do know both the projects you mention are coming; I’m with you — hope it’s soon!

]]> By: entasmiquity http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/18/intel-mac-musicians-get-some-holiday-love-universal-binaries-everywhere/#comment-70223 entasmiquity Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:30:35 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/18/intel-mac-musicians-get-some-holiday-love-universal-binaries-everywhere/#comment-70223 I'm a hobbyist with modest needs, modest means, and modest tools. I'm a little disappointed that NI hasn't ported their lean "Express Keyboard" line to Intel. I understand it's probably not their top priority, but how hard could it be? Likewise, I've been waiting for Novation to bring their V-station up to code. I read that they hoped to do that before year's end, but that doesn't appear to be happening. So now I'm pretty much stuck using my old Powerbook for Garageband projects, while the MacBook sits there unused. Kinda defeats the purpose. I’m a hobbyist with modest needs, modest means, and modest tools. I’m a little disappointed that NI hasn’t ported their lean “Express Keyboard” line to Intel. I understand it’s probably not their top priority, but how hard could it be?

Likewise, I’ve been waiting for Novation to bring their V-station up to code. I read that they hoped to do that before year’s end, but that doesn’t appear to be happening.

So now I’m pretty much stuck using my old Powerbook for Garageband projects, while the MacBook sits there unused. Kinda defeats the purpose.

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