Topic: V6 doesn't work in OSX 10.6 ??
Really ?
But it works on a raspberry pi !
Logic 9 here and staying with 10.6 because it's rock solid.
Really really disappointed.
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- EvilDragon
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Re: V6 doesn't work in OSX 10.6 ??
10.6 is ancient (by Apple standards), I don't think you'll get much support there any longer...
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Re: V6 doesn't work in OSX 10.6 ??
Snow Leopard (10.6) is indeed a great Mac version. Apple make things more and more difficult to support older OSX versions with each new version of the main developing environment Xcode (if that's what Modartt use). It gets harder and harder for Mac developers to support the latest versions and keep software running on older OS versions at the same time. So I would assume its something they probably had to drop support for 10.6, or that it was too much effort to justify the work. But it would be nice to hear the official stance all the same.
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Re: V6 doesn't work in OSX 10.6 ??
I understand it's old but I only recently bought v5 (about 2 months ago) precisely because it went with 10.6
I do know that sometimes, some programs that are not officially supposed to work with earlier OSs, in fact do.
That's my last hope.
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Re: V6 doesn't work in OSX 10.6 ??
Extract from https://www.pianoteq.com/faq :
«Getting started: installing software and drivers»
What software do I need to get started?
Pianoteq 6 works in Windows 7 or higher, MacOS X 10.7 or higher...
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Re: V6 doesn't work in OSX 10.6 ??
hi there! I today purchased the upgrade to version 6 and installed it on my ancient mac pro 2,1 intel xeon quad core 2,66 GHz running legacy mac os x 10.6.8 snow leopard. I hereby confirm that although officially unsupported version 6 is running as an AU plugin AND standalone without any issues. just as stable as version5. it sounds different though and I have to say I am again overwhelmed. it is fantastic! for me it is still a miracle how this is done! I LOVE IT! ...just one thing... AAX at this time is only 64bit.... so to all of you legacy users out there still running Pro Tools 10 as I do at this time you need the old version of blue cat's patchwork plugin version 1.73 or the old version of the vienna ensemble pro software 5.4 to use it inside Pro Tools 10... maybe they will be nice and add an AAX32bit version as well if it is easy to do.
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FYI ... just got a message from modartt support: at this time they have no plans of supporting AAX32bit. ...so use BlueCats PatchWork wrapper and you are fine running pianoteq6 inside pro tools 10.
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matt_the_manic wrote:
hi there! I today purchased the upgrade to version 6 and installed it on my ancient mac pro 2,1 intel xeon quad core 2,66 GHz running legacy mac os x 10.6.8 snow leopard. I hereby confirm that although officially unsupported version 6 is running as an AU plugin AND standalone without any issues. just as stable as version5. it sounds different though and I have to say I am again overwhelmed. it is fantastic! for me it is still a miracle how this is done! I LOVE IT! ...just one thing... AAX at this time is only 64bit.... so to all of you legacy users out there still running Pro Tools 10 as I do at this time you need the old version of blue cat's patchwork plugin version 1.73 or the old version of the vienna ensemble pro software 5.4 to use it inside Pro Tools 10... maybe they will be nice and add an AAX32bit version as well if it is easy to do.
I was hoping someone was going to do that !
Thanks Matt. I'll give it a go myself.
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manchego wrote:
matt_the_manic wrote:hi there! I today purchased the upgrade to version 6 and installed it on my ancient mac pro 2,1 intel xeon quad core 2,66 GHz running legacy mac os x 10.6.8 snow leopard. I hereby confirm that although officially unsupported version 6 is running as an AU plugin AND standalone without any issues. just as stable as version5. it sounds different though and I have to say I am again overwhelmed. it is fantastic! for me it is still a miracle how this is done! I LOVE IT! ...just one thing... AAX at this time is only 64bit.... so to all of you legacy users out there still running Pro Tools 10 as I do at this time you need the old version of blue cat's patchwork plugin version 1.73 or the old version of the vienna ensemble pro software 5.4 to use it inside Pro Tools 10... maybe they will be nice and add an AAX32bit version as well if it is easy to do.
I was hoping someone was going to do that !
Thanks Matt. I'll give it a go myself.
I have Pianoteq verision 5 running on a MacBook 4,1. OS is 10.6.8. This seems to be the end of the line for operating systems on this old laptop and I can not install a newer version of the OS. I use this laptop only to run Pianoteq 5 connected to a Kawai MP11 keyboard. I downloaded Pianoteq 6 trial version expecting it to not even open but, as far as I can tell, it functions properly just playing around with different piano models. At this time, I do not plan buying a newer computer to run Pianoteq for this set up so here is my question:
Is there anything I should check out more carefully before paying for the upgrade? As I wrote above, it seems to work OK in trial version. Is there anything obvious that I should do to really test whether it will work properly? I only use Pianoteq as an alternative to the built in Kawai sampled piano in the MP11 predominantly at night for quiet practice (I do have an acoustic for daytime use). I especially enjoy playing with the KIViR fortepianos to play early classical pieces. I have considered purchasing one or both of the Kremsegg packages.
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Re: V6 doesn't work in OSX 10.6 ??
Pianoteq runs perfectly on Linux (I use Linux Mint 18). And Linux runs on almost anything.
I have not tried this myself (Apple will never get me to buy their kit again !) but I'm told it's possible to run Ubuntu as a dual boot on a 10.6 Apple. Here's a guide I found looking very quickly : https://www.lifewire.com/dual-boot-linu...os-4125733
Apart from that I (and any other) run Pianoteq on cheap Window's laptops. As a rough guide my Celeron N2840 CPU gave me an acceptable Pianoteq 5 (using Linux !), but I wouldn't have gotten much more than that from it - e.g. running a DAW as well would have been rough going, I think. Any CPU that is at least dual core with a single thread passmark above about 500 should be able to manage Pianoteq on Linux (in my experience Windows is more resource hungry and needs more uumph). The higher the single thread score the better, and AFAIK Pianoteq only uses two cores so e.g. quad cores with a 400 single thread score will be less capable (for Pianoteq) than dual cores with a single thread score of 500.
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Re: V6 doesn't work in OSX 10.6 ??
How did you / anyone install Pianoteq 6 (preferably the trial version) on an OS 10.6 mac? I tried it myself just an hour ago, but the installer would not launch, quitting with a message which would translate to there being "a problem".
I have some sound card issues with my main Pianoteq PC, and it would be helpful with another system for comparison.
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Re: V6 doesn't work in OSX 10.6 ??
Version 6.0.3 was the last one to (unofficially) work on 10.6 . The newer versions of Pianoteq are no more compatible with snow leopard.
You can get the trial version here: https://www.pianoteq.com/try?file=piano...l_v603.dmg
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Re: V6 doesn't work in OSX 10.6 ??
It's time to let the snow leopard go to its wintery sleep. And never wake up from it, probably.
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julien wrote:
Version 6.0.3 was the last one to (unofficially) work on 10.6 . The newer versions of Pianoteq are no more compatible with snow leopard.
You can get the trial version here: https://www.pianoteq.com/try?file=piano...l_v603.dmg
Great, thank you!
EvilDragon wrote:
It's time to let the snow leopard go to its wintery sleep. And never wake up from it, probably.
For most uses - sure. This old macbook is normally used for writing only. For that purpose 10.6 is more than adequate.