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i-Book G3 (30 GB) 800 MHz vs. Powerbook G4 (40GB) 867MHz

In last month's issue of Sound on Sound (MAC OS X issue),
i found an audio test for performance.

Summary: The powerbook's 40GB Toshiba drive has exactly the same specifications as the 30 GB IBM drive in the iBook (12ms average seek time ...

Notes from Ableton FAQ's Page:

Frequently Asked Questions
VST/LIVE-FX

Q:
I try to use my VST instruments in Live, but they don't show up in the VST Plug-in-Window.
A:
Unfortunately, you can't use VST instruments within Live. Any VST instruments in your Plug-in directory will be ignored when you ...

Question about mixing down in OS X 10.2?

In the tutorial, after setting the "mixdown" track & changing the input option to "master out". I've bounced the whole set down to one (stereo track). Should i use the compressor in the master track? And if i've left enough headroom in the mix, should i ...

MAC OS X supports AU's (Audio Units). I cutn'pasted the info. from OSXAudio for others to read.

AU VST X MAS RTAS TDM Effect Instrument Utility Host


Finally all the rumours regarding a solution to getting OS X compatible VST Plugins to run within an AudioUnits Host are true. UK developers ...

I once read that Company Flow mainly used the Ensoniq EPS sampler-keyboard for "Funcrusher Plus" (1997 Rawkus/Pias). Funcrusher Plus was raw as heck. Classic for sure.

Strange little bug. I can't select Bias Peak 3 in Mac OS X.2, Live 2.0.
But i can use Spark ME for editing. For now, i'm using Spark in my Preferences until things are updated.




Hao.

I'm using a Quattro w/ Ibook, OS X.2, Live 2.0, Reason 2.0.

I installed the beta-driver, and everything works well on my set up.
Once Beta-Driver is installed, there's no returning. You would have to start from square-one if you want to go that route. I think the install instructions came w/ the ...

:? update.

Thanks for the report. I had a suspicion it may have been the Quattro. When i purchased the USB Quattro (M Audio), it had a OS X sticker on it, but the drivers (audio/midi) had to be downloaded. I've got playback, no usable recordings. If i record w/ Reason (re-wired), its fine ...