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--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "topfloormix" <topfloormix@a...> wrote:
> 
> Hello Jon,
> 
> Would you know if Gary Gregson could compile an AN1x editor for OSX? 
> Maybe we could pay him for his valuable time.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Gino

IMO, it's entirely unlikely Gary would port AN1xEdit to OS X - for two primary 
reasons:

1) The original port of AN1xEdit from Win->Mac by Gary was a 'freebie', .i.e., Gary 
produced the Mac version of his own vocation - Yamaha did not commision a Mac 
port only the Win version. This was a generous act on Gary's part considering how 
many of us have benefited from AN1xEdit.

2) If memory serves, Gary indicated in a thread *many* months ago the compiler he 
used for Win->Mac is since discontinued/unsupported so there's no direct route to 
convert to OS X. If you search the list archives you'll likely find this thread. And Peter's 
point regarding the ownership of the source code is valid too.

Gino, you may want to contact Yamaha Customer Assistance via the Yamaha.com web 
site and make your inquirey regarding OS X from there. I don't think it likely a OS X 
Editor will issued be for the AN* series as the product line is near the end of it's life 
cycle if it's not already considered 'done' at this late date.

It's possible some enterprising developer would make an OS X Ed/Lib for AN1x but 
the trend is away from Editor/Librarians :-/ Emagic SoundDiver hasn't yet been 
ported to OS X and who knows if it will (SD supports the AN1x.) It's been implied the 
major problem is testing (q/a) the individual modules that have been developed for 
the many obsolete or discontinued products supported in the legacy version.

The good news is that AN1xEdit will run under Classic in OS X so you can at elast 
access your sound library and convert patches to .mid or .syx format as necessary 
(obviously there is no hardware support for MIDI I/O under Classic.) There is a generis 
SysEx librarian for OS X but I don't recall the name righ off hand. Check the Utilities or 
Apps section of OSXAudio.com and it should turn up.

HTH,

Jon