leopard
Taking the Leopard plunge
23/08/08 17:17 Filed in: roadmap
I finally did it - I installed OS X Leopard on the Expert Sleepers development machine. So far so good, and I'm impressed with the genuinely useful enhancements in OS X, and in the new XCode.
Even better, Augustus Loop appears to have built without too much trouble and (from a brief test) appears to run fine in Ableton Live.
So hurrah! Onwards and upwards.
Even better, Augustus Loop appears to have built without too much trouble and (from a brief test) appears to run fine in Ableton Live.
So hurrah! Onwards and upwards.
To Leopard or not to Leopard?
13/05/08 17:11 Filed in: roadmap
I just wanted to follow up on the post below, in which I said I'd be moving to Leopard once 10.5.2 came out.
Basically, I didn't, and I'm glad I didn't. It seems a lot of people are having severe problems with audio performance in 10.5.2. There are also problems with 10.4.11 (which I'm using) if you have the latest airport software installed (which I do), but fortunately turning off airport seems to fix it (well, perhaps 'fix' is being a bit generous - 'stop the audio problems at the expense of any wireless network connection' would be more accurate).
So, I'm waiting for 10.5.3. At least.
Meanwhile, I'm not getting any more reports of compatibility problems between Expert Sleepers plug-ins and Leopard, so it's looking pretty good on that front. Do let me know if your experience is less favourable.
Basically, I didn't, and I'm glad I didn't. It seems a lot of people are having severe problems with audio performance in 10.5.2. There are also problems with 10.4.11 (which I'm using) if you have the latest airport software installed (which I do), but fortunately turning off airport seems to fix it (well, perhaps 'fix' is being a bit generous - 'stop the audio problems at the expense of any wireless network connection' would be more accurate).
So, I'm waiting for 10.5.3. At least.
Meanwhile, I'm not getting any more reports of compatibility problems between Expert Sleepers plug-ins and Leopard, so it's looking pretty good on that front. Do let me know if your experience is less favourable.
Expert Sleepers and Leopard
29/01/08 08:09 Filed in: roadmap
I thought it was high time I put up some sort of statement about Leopard compatibility.
The current situation is this: all Expert Sleepers plug-ins are currently officially untested in Leopard. I have no reason to suppose that they won't work, but you never know. I've had a couple of reports of problems, but I get that all the time on all OSs (and the problems are almost always resolvable, and due to local installation issues). I've had more reports of the plug-ins working fine in Leopard.
So why officially untested? I've been waiting for Leopard to be a bit more stable before moving to it. It's a small operation here and I don't have the luxury of multiple Macs to test different configurations, and I need to keep my development machine stable at all costs. Based on the vibe on the web so far, I'm glad to have avoided 10.5.0 and 10.5.1.
Therefore, the current plan is to wait for 10.5.2 and then move over development (and therefore testing) to Leopard at that time.
If anyone is using Expert Sleepers stuff on Leopard, I'd love to hear of your experiences, positive or otherwise.
The current situation is this: all Expert Sleepers plug-ins are currently officially untested in Leopard. I have no reason to suppose that they won't work, but you never know. I've had a couple of reports of problems, but I get that all the time on all OSs (and the problems are almost always resolvable, and due to local installation issues). I've had more reports of the plug-ins working fine in Leopard.
So why officially untested? I've been waiting for Leopard to be a bit more stable before moving to it. It's a small operation here and I don't have the luxury of multiple Macs to test different configurations, and I need to keep my development machine stable at all costs. Based on the vibe on the web so far, I'm glad to have avoided 10.5.0 and 10.5.1.
Therefore, the current plan is to wait for 10.5.2 and then move over development (and therefore testing) to Leopard at that time.
If anyone is using Expert Sleepers stuff on Leopard, I'd love to hear of your experiences, positive or otherwise.