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I'd love to see Cherry Picker updated as well. Even if Editor-Librarians are or become available for our old hardware synths, it's great to be able to call up patches from within DP. (Don't worry, I won't use the late lamented U-word here!) Even though I am currently using OS 10.6, I will eventually get a newer computer and will need an Mavericks (or maybe Yosemite after next week!) capable version. Thank you James, for your hard work on this.

I still have three hardware synths in use.

Still have about 15 hardware synths. Hope to get a few more


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Amazing! - I must be psychic!

from above post...
"I will eventually get a newer computer and will need an Mavericks (or maybe Yosemite after next week!) capable version."

You know what they say; even a stopped clock is right twice a day!

+1. I would definitely be very happy if cherry picker was updated.

I own numerous hardware synths, most of which I rarely use in the studio actually, but I might use them more if I had cherry picker, so if this app gets resurrected I will definitely consider buying it.

Just looking at the screen shots, looks like it might be useful for setting up drum maps too?

I use cherrypicker with no Problems in Os 10.9.2 and i am very happy about this fantastic program.
It would be Great to get a new Updates Version.

Harry wrote:I use cherrypicker with no Problems in Os 10.9.2

How? It was my understanding it needs Rosetta.

Odd question, but is it possible to use Cherry Picker to name patches that have no names on the synth? I'm thinking about an old Moog I have that only uses the numbers 0-99 for it's patches. If I could label the patches inside DP then the chances of overwriting a patch etc go down.

I'm pretty sure you can do that. I have a patch list I created for my old Ensoniq EPS-16+ and combined with macros, I can load any sound from any bank on the attached SCSI (LOL) HD without touching the front panel.

Cool, saving patches, and keeping track of which song a patch is used in is down to a spreadsheet at this point, which is less than desirable.
Mostly I just SysEx the patch into the song, but that gets annoying if you want to tweak the patch after other parts are added etc.

Keep your eyes on this topic. Some news coming very soon!

• What happened to CherryPicker?

Basically, I gave away all my MIDI boxes soon after I wrote CherryPicker, and switched to audio. I wrote it for myself, and no longer needed it, so it was left to rust away. Since I started it back on OSX 10.1, it was PPC only, and its code belongs in a museum given the way the frameworks and Obj-C have evolved.

About 5 years ago I got a Yamaha Motif XS8 and couldn't find any patch lists for it, so I hacked an Intel version for myself that covered the basics. I never thoroughly tested it, but it worked for what I needed: all my XS8 banks and patches, along with my custom patch lists, showed up in DP. This version miraculously runs on 10.9.

• About this version

I am not supporting it - it's 'as is'! I remember that most of it worked: auditioning, creating custom patch lists, note lists etc. But I never tested it all... You're on your own!

The functionality is 'with luck' identical to the 2.62 released version - so the original documentation is still valid. Some bugs have been reported, but I can no longer compile/debug the old project in Apple's current development environment to make any quick fixes. Too much has changed.

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I will not be putting this up on the CherryPicker site as I cannot support it without a complete re-write for the modern 10.9/10.10 world. With 83 source files, that's not a trivial weekend project!

James has kindly offered to put this Intel version of CherryPicker up on his site - many thanks James .

I hope you find it useful. Here's the link:

https://www.motunation.com/files/CherryPicker3.zip

Rob

It works!

Sweet! Very kind indeed. I don't need it today, but will be downloading and storing for that rainy day when I do.