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by mhschmieder
Sun Jun 08, 2025 10:54 am
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: OT Query: Who knows of a good macOS calculator?—SOLVED
Replies: 10
Views: 454

Re: OT Query: Who knows of a good macOS calculator?

I was wrong; the ability to clear the screen has simply been relabeled as "AC".
by mhschmieder
Fri Jun 06, 2025 2:03 pm
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: OT Query: Who knows of a good macOS calculator?—SOLVED
Replies: 10
Views: 454

Re: OT Query: Who knows of a good macOS calculator?

I'll be looking for one too. My biggest shock when I upgraded a few weeks ago was the awful new calculator that has removed most of the basic calculator features that us old farts have been using for almost 50 years.
by mhschmieder
Wed Jun 04, 2025 7:14 pm
Forum: Composing, Orchestrating, Songwriting, etc.
Topic: Noteperformer: Regretfully, we no longer support VST3 hosting.
Replies: 4
Views: 547

Re: Noteperformer: Regretfully, we no longer support VST3 hosting.

Wow! That answers my confusion as I was setting up my new Mac Studio and wondered why I had to go back to VST2 for that product. I thought it might have just been a bad copy/paste message that wasn't accurate. Didn't Steinberg drop VST2 support with their latest updates? I haven't checked yet, but d...
by mhschmieder
Wed May 21, 2025 9:07 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Usage, Techniques, Tips & Optimization
Topic: Plug-in Updates Sticky Topic
Replies: 936
Views: 2730899

Continued pain with all things NI

Updating to macOS 15.5 and the latest Native Access tonight (with appropriate System Settings overrides and reboots) didn't help at all, so after a fruitless AI-driven chat session on NI's site, I was finally allowed to file a support ticket. Debugging this issue has cost me whatever time I might ha...
by mhschmieder
Mon May 19, 2025 10:14 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Usage, Techniques, Tips & Optimization
Topic: Plug-in Updates Sticky Topic
Replies: 936
Views: 2730899

Re: System Settings trick for Native Instruments issues and related problems from recent updates

Thanks Mike, that gave me the "Anywhere" option. As I am way past bedtime, I'll try Kontakt 8 again tomorrow after work (in Standalone Mode, as I did today), to see if it corrects the "Demo Mode" issue, which just now got applied even to Spitfire libraries and not just to Native ...
by mhschmieder
Mon May 19, 2025 6:26 pm
Forum: Music Business
Topic: New SoundCloud TOS makes you grant rights to use uploads to train AI!
Replies: 18
Views: 1731

Re: New SoundCloud TOS makes you grant rights to use uploads to train AI!

I plan to take advantage of their free trial, but calendar-based vs. usage-based is always risky for me as so many things come out of nowhere all the time (I am a developer, supervisor and cross-company coordinator), so I will wait until I am confident that I am about to start and finish an updated ...
by mhschmieder
Mon May 19, 2025 6:17 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Usage, Techniques, Tips & Optimization
Topic: Plug-in Updates Sticky Topic
Replies: 936
Views: 2730899

Re: Issues with latest Kontakt 8 update on Sequoia and/or Apple Silicon

OK, the other K8 posts aren't really similar enough to what I encountered today, and as this is a brand-new release, it may affect other people, but of course I had more than one variable at once due to the new computer. If I open a DP project that has K7 or older as instances, and switch to K8, it ...
by mhschmieder
Mon May 19, 2025 5:59 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Usage, Techniques, Tips & Optimization
Topic: Plug-in Updates Sticky Topic
Replies: 936
Views: 2730899

Re: Issues with latest Kontakt 8 update on Sequoia and/or Apple Silicon

Same problem here; only the first two choices appear, and I have an admin account and am on Sequoia, but haven't yet run this week's updater, so maybe I should try that later tonight. I spent hours on the Native Access issue today, as it bit me in a different way today, but a quick search shows that...
by mhschmieder
Mon May 19, 2025 9:36 am
Forum: Music Business
Topic: New SoundCloud TOS makes you grant rights to use uploads to train AI!
Replies: 18
Views: 1731

Re: New SoundCloud TOS makes you grant rights to use uploads to train AI!

Thanks Leigh, I too had never heard of Wavekit. I had previously targeted Bandcamp as my next platform, but am nervous about its future (as well as Spotify's). These things change faster than I can keep up, as I have a demanding day job and am gigging almost constantly, so I rarely have time to self...
by mhschmieder
Sun May 18, 2025 9:27 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Usage, Techniques, Tips & Optimization
Topic: Plug-in Updates Sticky Topic
Replies: 936
Views: 2730899

Issues with latest Native Access updates

Even after deleting my current copies, I cannot get the five library updates to install for Massive X Factory Library and four of the Abbey Road libraries. I spent ninety minutes altogether, using the AI assistant at NI's help desk, deleting all prefs, numerous system settings, etc., but even after ...
by mhschmieder
Sun May 18, 2025 6:33 pm
Forum: Music Business
Topic: New SoundCloud TOS makes you grant rights to use uploads to train AI!
Replies: 18
Views: 1731

Re: New SoundCloud TOS makes you grant rights to use uploads to train AI!

I used to have a paid account, but the sound quality is so bad after they mangle your music, that I had planned to find another platform as my primary posting target. I was able to verify that doing test runs on various services that SoundCloud is one of the worst. They may not compress, but they do...
by mhschmieder
Sat May 17, 2025 1:41 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Usage, Techniques, Tips & Optimization
Topic: Plug-in Updates Sticky Topic
Replies: 936
Views: 2730899

Re: Softube updates

I ran the huge list of Softube updates the other night, and had to keep deleting-as-it-went as it claimed "out of disc space" even with 100 GB free , but it didn't give the option to redirect the installer files or to opt out of VST2 and Digidesign formats, so those required immediate del...
by mhschmieder
Fri May 16, 2025 8:59 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Usage, Techniques, Tips & Optimization
Topic: Plug-in Updates Sticky Topic
Replies: 936
Views: 2730899

Re: Vienna Ensemble Pro updated to v7.3.4328 (DP-specific fix included)

Thanks for the VE Pro update news. I pulled up Vienna Assistant earlier this week and didn't see it, but am glad they have fixed several of the issues that had discouraged me from launching it as regularly anymore or from daring to give it its first run on my new Mac Studio. I'll have to check, but ...
by mhschmieder
Fri May 16, 2025 8:57 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Usage, Techniques, Tips & Optimization
Topic: Plug-in Updates Sticky Topic
Replies: 936
Views: 2730899

Re: Softube updates

I ran the huge list of Softube updates the other night, and had to keep deleting-as-it-went as it claimed "out of disc space" even with 100 GB free, but it didn't give the option to redirect the installer files or to opt out of VST2 and Digidesign formats, so those required immediate delet...
by mhschmieder
Tue May 13, 2025 6:22 pm
Forum: General Macintosh
Topic: Sequoia and USB Issues
Replies: 29
Views: 57726

Re: Sequoia and USB Issues

I don't know if this helps, as I'm new to Sequoia and Silicon, but I switched my power sequence today and it seems to have eliminated some glitches I was seeing in attached USB devices being recognized at startup. Previously, I thought it safer to power up my new ASUS monitor first, then the new Mac...