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Now that 10.6 has been out for a while and received an update, what are your thoughts on the OS? Have most of the incompatibilities and bugs been fixed, and is it worth the price, albeit small, to upgrade? For me, the main software in question is the Logic studio suite and M-audio usb and firewire drivers. Can anyone comment on whether these programs and devices are functioning properly in Snow Leopard? Are there any must-have features that justify making the upgrade? Your replies are much appreciated. |
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yeh dunno about Logic and your M-Audio stuff but most things should work fine… i switched very early on, before retail in fact… only a couple minor things broke, Safari AdBlock and some Quicksilver modules, things like that… but nothing major. feature-wise there is not much you would notice. only minor UI improvements, like connecting to wifi is a bit more clear… oh you can make your own services if that's your thing, it's a nice feature. i'd say make a backup and try before you buy. install will take 30 minutes... |
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Thanks for the reply. I'm probably going to hold off for now since it doesn't really seem like there are any major additions or improvements, but I might upgrade at some point in the future. |
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I got it just to get the latest bootcamp drivers to make win7 go nice (finally tap to click and 2finger tap right-click for trackpads) then ended up installing it anyway. Things seemed to crash more often, logic included + VLC and MS word amongst others. Only after a clean install of Leopard and then upgrading to SL did this stop. Btw logic 9 is the daddy! |
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I want to get logic 9 but I'm so pissed at Apple for making it a fully paid upgrade. They used to allow you to upgrade for a discount (or for free) and now I have to pay $500 again to get logic 9 after I just bought 8. Fuck that. What does 9 do that 8 couldn't, out of curiousity? |
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If you work with recorded/sampled audio lots you may find the Flex tool useful for getting notes to fit on a grid (without timestretching or chopping). It uses a melodynish way of analysing drum/note hits which you can slide into position. I like it coz its a quick'n'dirty way of timestretching without destruction to the original audio, so you can mess with the song bpm without ur sampled beats'n'pieces going out of time (kinda like how Acid does it). Of course, once you finally settle on a bpm you can do a proper high-quality stretch like usual, but this cheap way avoids 'locking in' to a fixed bpm early on. Also, all the trackpad gestures that i'd "hacked" to get going in 8 are now integrated into 9 and run much smoother than the hack (eg. pinch in/out = track zoom, rotate left/right = track volume up/down) |
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That's cool about the timestretching/bpm thing. As for the trackpad stuff, I own an imac desktop and use a mouse so it wouldn't effect me much. Are there any new synths or effects in 9? I'd really like to upgrade I just don't have the money for it right now. |
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But if you got a magic mouse... ;) Actually i'm not sure if that would support the same gestures, possibly not zoom. But it's hackable (the mouse) so perhap? Nope havent noticed anything in the way of new synths/effects but then again, I didn't install all that extra content just the core stuff. Seriously if you own 8 already, can't you justify saving your hard earnt money and ripping off apple just this once? I upgraded to 9.0.1 without any hitches (cracked copy here) |
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I suppose I could upgrade with a cracked version, I was just really happy to have bought 8 because I pirate so much software already... I kind of wanted to get away from pirating stuff. But I do think it's pretty underhanded of Apple to deny people of upgrading for a reduced price. How does one go about finding a stable cracked copy of 9? torrents? |
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Yep, i just isohunt'd that shit up but didn't grab the whopping 45gig version (just the main disk). My mac partition is only 60gig big afterall. Doubt i'd use all those extras anyway; do you find them useful at all? I know what you mean about pirating stuff, plus it's nice knowing you can safely upgrade online without fuss etc. This is my way of getting back at apple for not replacing my battery under apple care (they claimed i'd gone too far over the number of expected battery 'runs'...which is true but only because it was a faulty batt with short life to begin with!!) |
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