Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

On 12/13/02 4:37 AM, "Ef Y" <kingrhythm@...> wrote:

> Hey all,
> 
> I havent been keeping up for a while...
> I noticed a new OS is out.  Any word on USB support
> for mac?
> 
> Is USB on mac that hard to implement?  Not only have I
> been waiting forever for EMU, but my Houston from
> Steinberg is the same..... promised USB support.
> 
> Im not bitching, just curious, I'm soooo patient, will
> my MOTU 1224 ever work on OSX?
> 
> OK I'll stop:)
> sorry

No USB yet for the Mac.  The problem is not that the Mac is more difficult
just that there are fewer experts at Mac programming around.  Any
driver-level programming is pretty specialized.  also some companies do not
place a priority on Mac support because it is extra work and sometimes
management perceives the market as smaller.  Not say that is the case here,
just how it happens sometimes.

I'm with you on the MOTU OS-X support issue.  MOTU will probably drop the
whole kit on us at once - DP3X, OS-X driver for the PCI-324.  Hopefully
soon.  That said, I personally am not at all anxious to move my music to
OS-X (even though I have been using OS-X for almost two years now for
everything else).  Too much remains to be updated for OS-X.  I can't imagine
even being able to get a basic system up at this point.


drk

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