Xhun Audio LittleOne : version 4.x Released
- KVRAF
- 3188 posts since 31 Dec, 2004 from People's Republic of Minnesota
Where are we on native Silicon support? Or are we waiting to see if ARM is just a passing fad?
- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1154 posts since 17 Feb, 2010
From a general viewpoint :
ARM is obviously here to stay, RISC-V will be introduced soon and - as I mentioned many times also in other threads - other things will happen in the Heterogeneous Computing direction in the next years / decades.
But just giving blind, native support for each new released semiconductor / silicon is an insane idea / practice, impossible for small Developers and - for a high degree - also for major ones.
This would mean TODAY, for each single product, a Developer has to deploy (providing a separate binary) for each of the following :
- x86 32bit VST2 Windows
- x86 32bit VST3 Windows
- x86 64bit VST2 Windows
- x86 64bit VST3 Windows
- x86 64bit AAX Windows
- x86 64bit VST2 macOS
- x86 64bit VST3 macOS
- x86 64bit AU macOS
- x86 64bit AAX macOS
- ARM 64bit VST2 macOS
- ARM 64bit VST3 macOS
- ARM 64bit AU macOS
- ARM 64bit AAX Windows
- ......and RISC-V ...and Linux ...and...many other will follow soon...
No Developer is here to blindly obey any hardware vendors strategies/desires - until they provide a high performance interpreter for each new ISA / silicon they are introducing.
About Apple Silicon, fortunately there's the good Rosetta2 and many similar things will happen (to say the truth, it already started to happen) on other major OSes.
So I wouldn't focus too much attention on this or that silicon.
ARM is obviously here to stay, RISC-V will be introduced soon and - as I mentioned many times also in other threads - other things will happen in the Heterogeneous Computing direction in the next years / decades.
But just giving blind, native support for each new released semiconductor / silicon is an insane idea / practice, impossible for small Developers and - for a high degree - also for major ones.
This would mean TODAY, for each single product, a Developer has to deploy (providing a separate binary) for each of the following :
- x86 32bit VST2 Windows
- x86 32bit VST3 Windows
- x86 64bit VST2 Windows
- x86 64bit VST3 Windows
- x86 64bit AAX Windows
- x86 64bit VST2 macOS
- x86 64bit VST3 macOS
- x86 64bit AU macOS
- x86 64bit AAX macOS
- ARM 64bit VST2 macOS
- ARM 64bit VST3 macOS
- ARM 64bit AU macOS
- ARM 64bit AAX Windows
- ......and RISC-V ...and Linux ...and...many other will follow soon...
No Developer is here to blindly obey any hardware vendors strategies/desires - until they provide a high performance interpreter for each new ISA / silicon they are introducing.
About Apple Silicon, fortunately there's the good Rosetta2 and many similar things will happen (to say the truth, it already started to happen) on other major OSes.
So I wouldn't focus too much attention on this or that silicon.
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- KVRAF
- 4772 posts since 2 Oct, 2008
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- KVRAF
- 4772 posts since 2 Oct, 2008
Blank space drives me crazy, please delete this
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- KVRist
- 59 posts since 25 Jun, 2021
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- KVRist
- 59 posts since 25 Jun, 2021
- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1154 posts since 17 Feb, 2010
"Horror vacui" is not a problem in LittleOne version 4.x
- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1154 posts since 17 Feb, 2010
Already done, thanks !
Since the adoption of a proprietary format for presets (LittleOne version 3.x), the factory sound bank can be upgraded in a matter of seconds.
Also, for the End User, upgrading a private preset from version 3.x to version 4.x is very simple :
1 - load the preset (version 3.x format) you want to upgrade
2 - save it (it will be automatically converted to version 4.x format)
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- KVRAF
- 4772 posts since 2 Oct, 2008
I'm interested in version four.
Can I be a beta dude, and work on presets.
Can I be a beta dude, and work on presets.
High Quality Soundsets for Lush-101 | Hive | Electra 2 | Diversion | Halion | Largo | Rapid | Dune II | Thorn | and more.
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- KVRian
- 641 posts since 10 Jan, 2008
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- KVRAF
- 1703 posts since 2 Jul, 2007
+1 for Touch the Universe to work on Presets, I've bought a couple of packs for my Virus TI2 (Ultimate X Sounds ) as well as Viper from him,and he excels at this!
INTERFACE: RME ADI-2/4 Pro/Antelope Orion Studio Synergy Core/BAE 1073 MPF Dual/Heritage Audio Successor+SYMPH EQ
SYNTHS: Korg Kronos X 88/Yamaha Montage M8x/Sequential Trigon 6/
Behringer DM12D/Pro-800
SYNTHS: Korg Kronos X 88/Yamaha Montage M8x/Sequential Trigon 6/
Behringer DM12D/Pro-800
- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1154 posts since 17 Feb, 2010
Hi,
yes indeed - it's going to be a major release and the upgrade will be very cheap and affordable.
More than "months", it's a matter of "several weeks"
- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1154 posts since 17 Feb, 2010
Thank you so much, but unfortunately (or better, fortunately) the "beta" stage is over now.Touch The Universe wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 7:37 pm I'm interested in version four.
Can I be a beta dude, and work on presets.
About presets design, you're always welcome