Users of the M-Audio MobilePre USB audio interface have discovered that the unit is not recognized under Mac OS 10.3 (Panther). M-Audio have not offered updated drivers, and in fact, they have not even mentioned Panther at all on their site. Hopefully a solution will appear soon.
Ed: I haven't yet verified this information, so I'm posting it to find out what users' experience is. What has your experience been with M-Audio USB and FireWire devices? Hit the comment button and let us know. Now that I don't have any gigs to worry about for a few days, I'm going to brave the waters and try installing Panther myself and report on what hardware and software I can break! -PK
Edirol Corporation released new Panther-ready drivers for all current OS X compatible products. Edirol released Panther support for 26 products including a number of earlier devices no longer in production, such as the PC-300 USB MIDI Keyboard controller & the UM-4 (aka S/MPU-64) USB MIDI interface. Updates are available on download, and the complete list of these new drivers is posted on
The Dave Smith Evolver just reached V 2.0 of its software, adding a 4th bank (512 programs in all now), new modulations, synchronous program changing with the sequencer running, tap tempo, longer envelopes, new glide and new trigger modes, new clock mode for the sequencer, and much much more… and an easter egg (bank 4, patch 16)
The demo for the cs80v from Arturia is available at. The CS80V is an emulation of the famous Yamaha CS80: Wonderful but uses a lot of processor power. This virtual instrument is available as a VSTi plug-in for OS9 and OSX
MOTU has posted updated drivers for all MOTU FireWire audio interfaces and PCI audio interfaces to make them fully compatible with Panther.
In addition, MOTU has posted an updater for Digital Performer, Version 4.11 (available free of charge to all registered DP4 users), which is required for full Panther compatibility.
Well, the good news is, Digidesign is starting, slowly, to certify Power Mac G5 systems -- the bad news being, the process is slow and Panther compatibility seems far behind, as clouvel has observed. Clouvel is obviously upset and with reason, but I do want to add a few points:
The 001 is incompatible with the Power Mac G5 because of physical incompatibilities with the G5's 3.3 volt-signaling restriction, which does not allow the 001's 5 volt signaling. (See the website below). But the news here is actually even worse: d24 and farm cards from Pro Tools|24 systems are incompatible, as are Pro Tools|24 MIX I/O (not to be confused with MIX Core or MIX Farm). Audiomedia III and SCSI|64 Kit cards are also incompatible, although that's not likely to cause any shed tears.
Applied Acoustics Systems offers to users of EVP88 and EVP73, the opportunity to explore the Lounge Lizard EP-2 - Electric Piano. This physical modeling based plugin is ASIO, CoreAudio, CoreMIDI, RTAS, and VST compatible.
The crossgrade is at the special price of $139 and this offer is exclusively available as a download on the :
Please read this important notice regarding BIAS product compatibility with OS 10.3 (Panther):
Updates for Peak, Peak LE, and Peak DV to version 4.02 for compatibility with Apple's new Mac OS 10.3 (Panther) are forthcoming. Until these updates are available, we do not recommend Peak owners upgrade to OS 10.3. This update is a free patch for all Peak 4.0X owners and will be downloadable from our web site.
BIAS Deck is currently OS 10.3 compatible.
BIAS SoundSoap plug-in is currently OS 10.3 compatible, but the standalone version will require a software update for OS 10.3 compatibility. This update is a free patch for all SoundSoap owners and will be downloadable from our web site.
Follow UpPK: Steve, I imagine some users who are still using Peak 3 may try to upgrade t ...
The Arturia Forum has finally announced a major update of the Storm software for January 2004. According to users in their forums, the update has been anticipated for a long time. The upgrade from version 1.5 to 2.0 is free. Quite a good way to bury the rumor of the death of this software!
Ed: This news is a little old, but if you missed this news like some of us did, better late than never. The new version is a major update with interactive, online collaboration tools, a composition wizard with song templates by genre, new modules including analog-modeling synth Shadow, Vocoder, and Compressor, for a total of 23 instruments and effects, new synthesis and effects algorithms, redesigned screens, and ReWire device and mixer which can even sync two Storm studios, plus unlimited undo and many other enhancements. At EUR/USD 150, with optional academic discount, worth a look. Any devoted users, feel free to write us a review or tips. -Peter Kirn
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Users of the M-Audio MobilePre USB audio interface have discovered that the unit is not recognized under Mac OS 10.3 (Panther). M-Audio have not offered updated drivers, and in fact, they have not even mentioned Panther at all on their site. Hopefully a solution will appear soon.
Edirol Corporation released new Panther-ready drivers for all current OS X compatible products. Edirol released Panther support for 26 products including a number of earlier devices no longer in production, such as the PC-300 USB MIDI Keyboard controller & the UM-4 (aka S/MPU-64) USB MIDI interface. Updates are available on download, and the complete list of these new drivers is posted on
Yodelheehoo! Our MM friend Synthetic has conducted a nicy electronic interview with Dave Smith, programmer of the Evolver and the father of Midi.
Well, the good news is, Digidesign is starting, slowly, to certify Power Mac G5 systems -- the bad news being, the process is slow and Panther compatibility seems far behind, as clouvel has observed. Clouvel is obviously upset and with reason, but I do want to add a few points:
Please read this important notice regarding BIAS product compatibility with OS 10.3 (Panther):
The Arturia Forum has finally announced a major update of the Storm software for January 2004. According to users in their forums, the update has been anticipated for a long time. The upgrade from version 1.5 to 2.0 is free. Quite a good way to bury the rumor of the death of this software!
