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Hi Bruce!


In a message dated 24/5/02 5:01:47 pm, bruce@... writes:

>1.  To my understanding, MIDIman is essentially a PC company.  That doesn't
>mean that they cannot program Mac drivers, but their real expertise seems
>to be in the PC domain.  If you are concerned about ported PC software,
>you probably should be at least as concerned about ported PC drivers, which
>are the REAL interface to the world.

Yeah- Drivers/software- it's all the same to me- yes I am very aware of this!
- I tried out Reaktor the other day, but it kept on crashing my computer.- 
When
it did work, the CPU level meter remained quite high. It is interesting that 
programs
like Absynth, Cellsynth, Ableton live etc- which were originally created for 
Mac 
(and ported over to PC) work really well, but the other way round, they fail. 
I suppose
this is a good case for writing code for that specific device only, but 
unfortunately
with market forces and having to eat etc that's very rare nowadays- which is 
a shame.

 I use (and sell) MIDI Solutions devices,
>which are all line-powered.  

Yeah sorry Jon- I got you mixed up with Bruce there! (damn dyslexia!!!!)

>
>Sometimes, this means spending more money.  I used to design PCs for a
>couple of different tier-one manufacturers, and we *always* tested new
>products with the established "benchmark" devices, and tested some amount
>of other devices as time allowed.  If your PC didn't work with an HP Laserjet
>printer, we certainly wanted to know what was wrong; if it didn't work
>with a clone printer that you got at a great price, you might not get the
>same level of help.  And even if we did help, if the problem was found
>to be faulty hardware or drivers on the clone printer, we weren't likely
>to change our PC to compensate.

Here we go- spend some MORE money hahahahaha!!!- There's a really interesting
article with Howie B in this month's "Sound On Sound" magazine- exemplifiying
this very point! (and If I had a spare 10 Grand- I too would go out and buy 2 
Notrons, 
2 Nord lead 3's and a Mackie 24 channel desk!!). It's also highly irritating 
that in 
a way we have (as musicians) become the beta-testers for the latest computer
hardware. There ARE good people around (like Digital Village here in 
Birmingham), 
who will loan you out the stuff to test before you buy- but it is rare.

Tom