Will Sfp4 be OSx compatable??????

kindread · Post by **kindread** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 11:23 am

I have seen the news about Sfp4 but I dont see anything that says about what platform it will available for. Could someone in the know pass on the info

borg · Post by **borg** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 11:52 am

CW, or rather, some kind third party developers, are working on it. if Scope v4 comes out this week, OSX most probably won't be supported yet.

word is, it shouldn't take that long anymore.
http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... 5&start=60 take a look at the bottom of page 4 of this thread.
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sinix · Post by **sinix** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 11:53 am

Initiall, no, it will not support OSX. If you follow some of the recent threads here though, there is an active movement to develop for linux and OS X.

Post by **hubird** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 11:54 am

http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... forum=5&80

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 11:55 am

I read here that OS X is in a developement stage and Scope 4.0 was given at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt, so I would exclude it, but things seem on their way...

Keep in mind that CWA is coming from a very hard reorganization and now we can guess that things are starting to move again with some stability, but I think that we cant expect too much from this release, apart some very nice software packages reorganization for the new customers.

I think that the new energy put in OS X and Linux developement is a great move towards the future and the announcement of the SDK tools for free is the real revolution for the customers.
I can't wait!

siberiansun · Post by **siberiansun** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 11:55 am

PC requirements: 400 MHz or better, 128 MB of memory, Microsoft Windows ME or better

Mac requirements: G3 B/W, 400 MHz, 128 MB of memory, MacOS 9.x

the phrase "windows ME or better" and the lack of "or better" after MacOs 9.x makes it hard to believe it's OsX compatible.

of course this is pure speculations and should be regarded as nothing more than me babbling..

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 11:57 am

4 people posting together!

siberiansun · Post by **siberiansun** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 12:00 pm

HE! yes.

-"ok guys, on three. one.. two.. "

kindread · Post by **kindread** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:11 am

Thanks guys for the responses
I am the patient type so I feel better knowing that it will appear. The when part dosent phase me so much.

I think CW should be happy that their products can inspire others to find their inner virtues:-)

Rock on CW

borg · Post by **borg** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:05 pm

pfffff... today, we got a new G5 dual 1,8 and DP4 at work... boy, does it look great, and smell nice too

unfortunately the 'house mac freak' told me running OSX on my b/w G3 would be a bad idea (no, he doesn't work for mac or a mac shop).

still, hoping for you G4 guys and creamware's market position it will smoke and be out soon.

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:29 pm

well, it should be worth the effort (and price) to plug in a G4 upgrade board

A lot of software benefits from the G4 altivec architecture, as you probably know.

The only 'issue' might be the PCI graph card, but I don't think bandwidth trouble will be as hard as on PC, though it's a rather subjective opinion - I don't have any performance figures.
The controller in your Mac doesn't support HDs beyond 130 GB, but the OS does (via FireWire).
To make it short: with a 1 GHZ CPU it's still a great machine, and a good looking one

cheers, Tom

borg · Post by **borg** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:43 pm

ha, tom!

if only we would live a bit closer to each other

i've been a regular visitor of xlr8yourmac lately. still waiting for this LG dvd:cd drive i ordered some weeks ago from a local dealer.
of course i'd like to have a machine as fast as possible, but as i only seem to use the mac for CW and internet, i'm not so sure to spend the extra € on further upgrades, only to be able to run scope under OSX.
although i must admit, core audio, jack, soundflower,... it all seems very tempting

well, don't be surprised if you find a note from me in your letterbox one of these days to look into these matters

thanks, againandagain.

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samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 4:27 pm

jack is interesting but not stable now so you don't miss anything in that matter. Numerology! That's the horse!

samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 4:36 pm

On 2004-04-15 14:29, astroman wrote:
well, it should be worth the effort (and price) to plug in a G4 upgrade board

I don't know if the zif cards (g3 to g4 upgrade cards) work good with CW cards. G4 macs can be upgraded with cards installed directly in the CPU socket while older models in zif or pci ones - I have no idea if it causes any problems

wsippel · Post by **wsippel** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:36 pm

@samplaire

I think you mean Jack for OSX?
The Linux version is very stable. And cool (the whole Linux audio framework has the same routing capabilities (Audio & MIDI) as SFP...

).

Post by **hubird** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:37 pm

a friend of mine upgraded very succesfully from G3 to G4/1,2 GHz (by processor exchange).
A year ago now already, OS-X working also, no problems at all

samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 2:42 am

Does he use any CW stuff? If so then that's great news

samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 2:43 am

On 2004-04-15 18:36, wsippel wrote:
I think you mean Jack for OSX?

yep

Post by **hubird** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 7:16 am

On 2004-04-16 03:42, samplaire wrote:
Does he use any CW stuff? If so then that's great news

no.

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 10:01 am

just plugged a Pulsar into an G4/350 accelerated PM 7600, just to prove it could be done...
mixed results:
it installs flawlessly with software 3.01 (last pre-SFP) and runs.
the SFP 3.1 installer seems to be a piece of sh*t, sorry, but it didn't even see the board.
It's a CWA DIY installer, opposed to the 3.01 version which uses InstallerVise.
Now I understand the Mac probs a little better...

The GUI is exactly the same speed with either onboard graphic or a PCI Rage 128 board.
The PCI bandwidth seems not to be affected by the graph card, one miserable Masterverb

but well, it's a 44MHZ bus with EDO Ram...
On the other hand I have a PCI ATA controller which probably blocks the bus, but that's an almost 'must have' device today.

Neverthelass, as a synth rack such a machine is quite usable - though I admit it's a somewhat absurd configuration

On 2004-04-15 15:43, borg wrote:
...well, don't be surprised if you find a note from me in your letterbox one of these days to look into these matters

you're welcome

a couple of times a year a friend provides us (in the office) with a good portion of original Belgium potatoes, accompained by the proper Belgium fat to make some world-class frites, delicious

cheers, Tom