Receptor and Mac's Leopard (OS X 10.5)

[Muse-Med]

Hello -

I did a forum search here (Receptor Forum) and was suprised to find no results regarding the recent change to Apple's operating system.

What is the status between the current Receptor software (and, I guess, hardware) and Apple's Leopard? For those who may have done the upgrade, what is your experience? Good? Bad? Indifferent?

I'm relatively new to the Macintosh world. Currently, my set up is working fine, so I haven't upgraded to Apple's Leopard operating system yet. However, I eventually do want to upgrade to the new operating system (as most Mac users do, I guess). I will not make the upgrade until most, if not all, of the software and hardware compatability issues with Leopard are reasonably resolved. My Receptor is a valued and important device to my modest studio set up. So, I am eager to read anything regards how the Receptor may or may not work with Leopard.


Is there an offician announcement by Muse Research regarding this issue? I could not find it yet.

Thank you in advance.

Ted

[Briggity]

As a 20-year Mac musician I can tell you that it rarely pays to be on the bleeding edge with a new Mac operating system. Music software/hardware usually takes a while to catch up. I'd guess that Apple's Logic Studio works fine, but I know that there are problems with DP and some hardware drivers...wait until you can confirm that all your critical applicaitons, drivers and plugins are compatible. Let someone else be the guinea-pig.

That said, I installed Leopard on my old PowerBook just to play with it. I don't see any functionality that I would find immediately useful except for Spaces (very cool), and my HP printer drivers are broken....

Brian

[Muse-Med]

Thank you, Brian, for your reply. Your suggestions makes sense. Some people seem to be content to wait for several months if not longer to make the upgrade to Leopard.

Besides the Receptor, there are several software plug-ins that I own that also may or may not work well under Leopard. Music Lab and Native Instrument plug-ins, in particular, are ones that I hope will work well with the new operating system. At present, Native Instruments suggests to wait in making the upgrade if using their products.

So. . . wait it shall be.

Thanks.

[CS80]

Thank you, Brian, for your reply. Your suggestions makes sense. Some people seem to be content to wait for several months if not longer to make the upgrade to Leopard.

Besides the Receptor, there are several software plug-ins that I own that also may or may not work well under Leopard. Music Lab and Native Instrument plug-ins, in particular, are ones that I hope will work well with the new operating system. At present, Native Instruments suggests to wait in making the upgrade if using their products.

So. . . wait it shall be.

Thanks.

It can certainly be prudent to wait, but I went ahead on two of my machines for various reasons. Overall, most things work fine, some seem to use significantly less CPU than before, but that might be because I did a clean install and have less running.

So far, my experience has been good. The big things that don't work for me
are Dimension Pro, Rapture, and Synthogy Ivory.
Hardware-wise, the M-audio FW-410 I have doesn't work, but my Apogee Duet and Lexicon Omega work just fine. Line 6 Pod XT live works also with the lastest
download from them.

Overall NOTHING like the nightmare Vista has been on my PC.

[looneytunes]

Hi Guys,

I'm following this thread with interest.

In terms of Receptor Software, have any of you 'Leopard early adopters' tried Receptor Remote or Uniwire? It would be good to hear experiences about these specifically.

Thanks, Regards,
Kevin L

[thesoundsmith]

I'm a daily user of both Mac and PC My Mac is only really for DP, everything else is on PCs and if I ever found a DAW I liked as well as DP I'd switch in a heartbeat! I have nothing against Mac as a box or a system, but I don't like supporting two competing platforms and I prefer to see the actual error messages and results so I can resolve the issue. In the old days, I could hack the Mac as well as the PC but OSX and I are not compatible hack-wise, I am not a eunuchs person.

In any case, I am still on DP 4.51 and System 10.4.8, Dual 2.7 PPC, not the Intel chips. I have a stable system and so far, everything I've added since getting the G5 has worked fine. My old G4 was unstable as hell, this is a workhorse, and I am NOT going to mess with it until I absolutely HAVE to. In general, the same with my XP boxes, as long as I can keep using XP, I will not upgrade to Vista - several publications recommended against it, and I generally decline paying money for the honor of being a beta tester...

As far as running with Receptor, it's constantly in and out of the van, so I just use it as another computer or synth - bring in the audio through the console and MIDI through the midi box, an MTP/AV pair. It works just like any other unit. I don't use Uniwire, DP doesn't get along (or is it fixed now? Haven't needed it, so I haven't checked.)

Please don't upgrade your system software until the first set of reports come back - some large facilities like Zimmer or other MIDI farm will need to take the plunge, and if it fudges their systems, the forums will hear about it soon enough - KVR and the various 'composer' forums like Northernsounds.com and EastWest have spirited discussions on how well upgrades are working, and you can learn a lot in a few minutes, perhaps saving yourself a lot of tweaking time - or a complete re-install of everything...

[Briggity]

I don't use Uniwire, DP doesn't get along (or is it fixed now? Haven't needed it, so I haven't checked.)

DP 5.12 and Uniwire 1.1 are working great for me...

[thesoundsmith]

I don't use Uniwire, DP doesn't get along (or is it fixed now? Haven't needed it, so I haven't checked.)

DP 5.12 and Uniwire 1.1 are working great for me...

I'm still on 4.51, and have not planned on upgrading any tjme soon, I don't need it... Bur good news that Uniwire operates on DP 5 - what OS are oyou running, Briggity?

[cgeizhals]

Yesterday I upgraded to Leopard on a Macbook Pro that I run DP 5 and Uniwire off of. I upgraded DP to DP 5.13 and had no problems. However, I got momentarily frightened when Receptor Remote Control couldn't find my Receptor over my ethernet crossover cable (this had been working perfectly on OS X 10.4.11). This morning I tried connecting to the Receptor via my Mac's network (i.e. pressing Apple-K and then entering the Receptor's IP), and was able to mount the Receptor's hard drive. After that, amazingly, my Receptor Remote Control software was able to see the Receptor via Rendezvous and Uniwire started working perfectly in DP 5.13!! I have no idea why this is the case, and any insight would be appreciated.

[musiklov3r]

Is the Receptor confirmed to be working with Leopard at this date? Do uniwire and receptor remote work for everyone now?

thanks

[skater7510]

I just purchased a new iMac 2.4 GHz and am using Leopard OSX 10.5. Uniwire seems to work fine with Logic 7.2.3, but I was having issues w/ Uniwire and Logic 7.2. However, none of my waves plug-ins work and neither does Pro Tools.

In addition, you CANNOT install OS 10.4 on the new iMacs, so if you need to use 10.4, don't buy a new mac. I talked to AppleCare, and they couldn't figure out a way for me to install 10.4.

I would wait to update to either a new machine or OSX 10.5, if you have concerns that your major applications won't be compatible.

Hello -

I did a forum search here (Receptor Forum) and was suprised to find no results regarding the recent change to Apple's operating system.

What is the status between the current Receptor software (and, I guess, hardware) and Apple's Leopard? For those who may have done the upgrade, what is your experience? Good? Bad? Indifferent?

I'm relatively new to the Macintosh world. Currently, my set up is working fine, so I haven't upgraded to Apple's Leopard operating system yet. However, I eventually do want to upgrade to the new operating system (as most Mac users do, I guess). I will not make the upgrade until most, if not all, of the software and hardware compatability issues with Leopard are reasonably resolved. My Receptor is a valued and important device to my modest studio set up. So, I am eager to read anything regards how the Receptor may or may not work with Leopard.


Is there an offician announcement by Muse Research regarding this issue? I could not find it yet.

Thank you in advance.

Ted

[Muse-Med]

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Any pro/con issues between the latest version of Leopard (OSX 10.5.2) and the Receptor?

I still haven't upgraded to Leopard yet. Still using Tiger (OSX 10.4.11) and all works fine between LogicPro 8.01 and my Receptor (Version B). But I'm beginning to read more positive experiences with Leopard (or at least not as negative) and Logic and other plug-ins. So. . . How's it going between Leopard users and the Receptor?

Thank you in advance.

Ted

[Robert Karasek]

How's it going between Leopard users and the Receptor?

I have the latest iMac with LEOPARD, LOGIC 8.0.2...
mounting was done in seconds/no problems at all.
UNIWIRE seems to work perfectly over here...
will keep you posted on strange happenings

[Acoutistic]

Hello everyone - there appear to be audio issues with OSX 10.5.2. From the NI website:

Audio issues under Mac OS X 10.5.2

User feedback and internal testing indicates that recent changes introduced by Apple in Mac OS X 10.5.2 can cause audio dropouts and similar problems on Macbook/Macbook Pro computers. This issue is not limited to NI software in particular, but applies to performance-criticial music software in general.

Therefore, Native Instruments currently cannot guarantee the proper operation of its products under Mac OS X 10.5.2. If possible, users should refrain from upgrading beyond Mac OS X 10.5.1 until further information about this issue becomes available

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