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And then there was the nightmare of Logic Pro stopping accepting 32-bit plugins in the upgrade from 9 to X. For those of us who upgraded while sleep-deprived and deleted the old one to save room on our battle-weary 2009 macbooks it meant a sudden loss of facility that took breath away. I certainly didn't have the wherewithal to buy new shiny 64-bit plugins, and most of the old ones had developers who had disappeared. And I didn't want to lose the intuition I had developed with the old plugins. It wasn't until that company SoundRadix brought out 32-lives that I could exhale. I know the logic of shifting to 64-bit and addressability and legacy code, but it really felt abusive. Facing it all over again now that my laptop won't run the new MacOs. From: amyx@isproductions.com Subject: Would love your input, stories, suggestions Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 21:29:32 -0700 To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com Folks -- This thread on Mobius problems with the new system is interesting. I use Mobius in my performances; my musical career is absolutely dependent on it. It works consistently well on the old system I am running, which I cannot upgrade until I get a new mixer/interface, because the one I have used to create my current repertoire requires MLAN software that Yamaha stopped making several years ago. Porting my songs over to a different technology (say a MIDI fader box and all effects in software), could easily take months, so I plan to take time off from performing next year in order to do nothing but that. That kind of sucks. Later this month I am giving a talk at Project BBQ (a yearly think tank of audio professionals -- http://www.projectbarbq.com) on the topic of how the pressure to constantly upgrade software, forcing one to often upgrade hardware, causing one to have to re-program, re-think and sometimes abandon one's compositions. affects the life of a working artist, or really anyone dependent on uninterrupted use of these products. At the same time, clearly advances in technology have been stunning, and it's great to be able to take advantage of them. I'm looking for: a) any interesting stories you might have about how upgrades have caused disruption to your art, and b) any constructive suggestions for this group of professionals. How might they support artists who are dependent on their products? How might they continue to develop new products but keep us happy as well, and make this profitable? What about trying harder to keep upgrades compatible with older software/hardware? Are there options to having to purchase new laptops every few years? Thanks all! I welcome your input on this ever-prevalent topic. I want to be helpful to artists in this talk -- it's an opportunity to speak directly to the folks who actually make the stuff.. what would you like to tell them or ask them? xx On Sep 26, 2016, at 10:33 AM, Richard Sales <richard@glasswing.com> wrote:
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