Emagic Releases Logic Platinum for Mac OS X 21
ericdano writes "Emagic announced the release of the first version of Logic Platinum 5 for Mac OS X. This is accompanied by the simultaneous release of Mac OS X hardware drivers for Emagic's range of USB MIDI and audio interfaces. It is a free download to registered Logic Platinum 5 users." Apple bought Emagic a couple of months ago.
Good news (Score:3)
Re:Good news (Score:2)
I'd be happy to see some more drivers out for OS X.....drivers for MOTU [motu.com] products for example...
Jaguar and MIDI (Score:3, Informative)
So I went to the Edirol site, downloaded the experimental X.2 driver, popped it into the right place (/Library/Audio/MIDI Drivers) - and, hey, it works! The app went on to discover most of my MIDI setup including an antiquated Oberheim OB-8. Apple's new 'Audio Midi Setup' app works almost exactly like OMS, except with a much nicer UI & audio config thrown in.
The downside - absolutely no documentation from Apple, either from built-in help or on-line. There is their audio [apple.com] page but there's precious little about MIDI.
Apple, BTW, already have Logic Platinum 5.3.0 update on their site. You can check it out here [apple.com] (anyone dare ./ Apple??? :-) ) It's very slick running in Aqua ...
Re:Jaguar and MIDI (Score:2)
So, c'mon Charlie - let's have a copy of Cubase SX soon. Please??
Re:Jaguar and MIDI (Score:2)
Of course, if Coda Music [codamusic.com] could get their ass in gear and get Finale out for OS X I could be happy. Running it in Classic mode is frustrating.
Re:Jaguar and MIDI (Score:2)
Hey, I have an antiquated Oberheim Matrix-6! Want to trade? ;)
I have an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 audio/midi card, and I was pleasently surprised to see Audio Midi Setup app find all my gear.
Now I'm just waiting on Cubase SX...
:)
the death of VST plugins? (Score:3, Interesting)
Is this good or bad?
Re:the death of VST plugins? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:the death of VST plugins? (Score:1)
Re:the death of VST plugins? (Score:1)
Re:the death of VST plugins? (Score:1)
I see no reason why Emagic/Apple's toolkit could't do some thing like that.
Re:the death of VST plugins? (Score:3, Informative)
Anyway, if you are happy with no custom GUI, then you will almost certainly be able to load VST plugins as audio units. VSTGUI is the biggest obstacle to switching over in my opinion.
Re:the death of VST plugins? (Score:1)
Yeah right... And we are still waiting for a native Quark :p
Apple's version of "Embrace and Extend" (Score:2)
Apple has been working hard recently to control the creative business. It's almost as if they've cribbed a page from Microsoft's playbook, only they swapped the phrase "lower price than the competitor" with "better quality than the competitor".
It would be interesing to see how Audio Units differs from VST at the code level. Is it an extension, loosely based or totally different (requiring a translator)? If it's just VST on steroids, then *maybe* we can relax.
Re:the death of VST plugins? (Score:2)
I'm a Cubase VST user, so I agree. But most of the VST plugs out there are still classic only.
I did download the great free mda plugs for OS X.
It would be nice to see Cubase, and Logic support both formats.
Re:the death of VST plugins? (Score:2)
Windows has a similar problem, as audio apps on that side might use VST or DirectX plug-ins.
Wouldn't it be cool if all your audio apps used DSP plug ins installed at the OS level, If the OS handled the routing between those plug-ins and then talked directly to your audio hardware.
Emagic even hints that the new Audio Units have better performance than VST.
Besides, if you're really concerned, you know it will only be a short matter of time before somebody will create a small "wrapper" app which looks to Mac OS X like an Audio Unit which can run VST plugins, so I wouldn't worry too much.
This is forward progress. This is Apple doing what they should have done with pro audio years ago, and I think it should be met with enthusiasm, not skepticism.
No OS X drivers for Emagic PCI Cards? (Score:2)
This is a bit surprising to me. The cards are admittedly yesterday's news, but they can be had cheaply and surpass the quality of the Mac on-board audio.
Have any slashdotters heard anything about this? I'll probably check out the Logic Users mailing list too, but the signal-to-noise ratio on there is pretty awful.