EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

> > . We are really hoping that Emagic does support OSX VST because no one 
> >> supports Apple Audio Units yet. Emagic has said publicly on the Logic
Users 
> >> forum that they are seriously thinking about dropping VST support in
OSX, 
> >> which we feel is a huge mistake.
> > 
> > and with any luck the volume of beligerent responses to their
> > possible plans to that effect will cause them to ditch said plans.
> > 
> > andy
> 
> What a joke that would be. They are out of their minds for even alluding
to
> it. -Jer


If I recall correctly Markus said it was incredibly easy to use a wrapper
around a VST plug to make it into an AudioUnit... So I wouldn't be too
worried about this. Yep, here's the original post: 

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From:  Markus Fritze <mfritze@mail.emagic.de> 
Date:  Thu May 9, 2002  8:58 am
Subject:  Re: [LUG] [LAM] Mac OS X and VST

> I don´t agree on that part. VST is propieretary, sure but there will
> be VST for Win and MacOS 9 and AudioUnit for MacOS X, meaning that the
> Manufacturer will have to keep up two codebases, or ditch one.

They don't have to! It is easy (I dare to use the word "trivial", but it
comes in my mind) to wrap VST into an AudioUnit, because the AudioUnit is
sort of superset to VST (you can do more with less work). So: have a wrapper
source, add it to you project, recompile and you are a clean Mac OS X
citizen!


MMM
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Markus Fritze
Emagic Soft- und Hardware GmbH <http://www.emagic.de>
Chief Developer New Technology Integration, Mac OS 
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also of interest from the same thread:

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> Markus, what about tdm/AS support, will it still be the same? Digidesign
> haven't given any info about this for ages!

That is correct :-(

TDM, DAE, DirectIO, ProTools (hardware and software) etc. won't run under
Mac OS X at all until DigiDesign releases new drivers and software updates.
There is nothing _we_ can do to make this happen.

MMM
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Markus Fritze
Emagic Soft- und Hardware GmbH <http://www.emagic.de>
Chief Developer New Technology Integration, Mac OS 
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