Intel MAC = DP5.1 for WIN

sonicproducer · Post by **sonicproducer** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:51 am

i like to use DP with a win computer

chrispick · Post by **chrispick** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:14 am

Um... Er... Okay.

stephentayler · Post by **stephentayler** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:24 am

Why would you want DP for WIN if you have an Intel MAC?

Stephen

grimepoch · Post by **grimepoch** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:34 pm

Duh, because on a Win computer, you get viruses pre-installed! I mean, can you really run 49583 viruses on OSX at the same time? I don't even think the TDM cards could go that high!

Do you really think Motu wants to port over their code to winapi? Just because they use the same processor doesn't mean the API's are the same. As a programmer, I wouldn't. Not saying they wont, but there is a lot of overhead involved.

sonicproducer · Post by **sonicproducer** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:46 pm

thanks rick

thats what i like to know cause in germany mac hardware is not as supportet as in the us - i think it would be great to have DP for win working with my HD896...

grimepoch · Post by **grimepoch** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:51 pm

I'm just giving you a realistic viewpoint, if you are really curious, I'd talk to Motu personally, I am not affiliated with them in any other way than being a customer (although I am about to emark on writing my first MAS plugin very shortly).

sonicproducer · Post by **sonicproducer** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:21 pm

i talked to "klemm" - who are the german resellers and they like to have DP for win either - it would be great and result in more users ...

Shooshie · Post by **Shooshie** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:39 pm

grimepoch wrote:I'm just giving you a realistic viewpoint, if you are really curious, I'd talk to Motu personally, I am not affiliated with them in any other way than being a customer (although I am about to emark on writing my first MAS plugin very shortly).

Rick, I'm not going to ask you what you're going to write, as that would be stupid. Don't give away what you've got before you even have it done. But I will ask if you're going to be doing this on a commercial level, and if so, will you be looking for any ideas?

Shooshie

emulatorloo · Post by **emulatorloo** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:05 pm

No, I think you mean this formula:

Intel "MAC" = DP 5.1 on OS X

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http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/02/09/motu/index.php

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MOTU also confirmed for Macworld that it would be making Intel versions of its applications available for customers. The company said that Intel versions of its instrument products would be available in the first quarter of 2006. An Intel version of Digital Performer 5 will be available in the second quarter of 2006.

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sonicproducer · Post by **sonicproducer** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:18 am

OK the next machine will be an APPLE MobileComputer - it seems to be the only way to get seriously pro software. Even if MotU is doing the XP support as bad as digidesign

stephentayler · Post by **stephentayler** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:43 am

It is my understanding that MOTU is planning DP Universal Binary version for Intel Macs running OSX, and this has nothing to do with Windows...

Stephen

grimepoch · Post by **grimepoch** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:29 am

My first project is an enhanced ARP for DP. I think it's a good starting point. I can't say how long it will take as I need to come up to speed on OSX programming. Most of my work has been with the Win31 API and the MFC wrapper, but, I've done quite a bit of linux programming with GTK++ and other assorted libraries.

Basically, I'd like to see some more MIDI plugin options available for people like me who do a LOT of MIDI work.