Mac OSX support for V-Studio 700?...Wow!

This is awesome news! I've been secretly hoping for this for quite a while. I even bought a V-Studio 100 a while back mainly for its Mac OSX support. Now I won't have to hook/unhook up the VS-100 every time I boot into Mac OS.  
 
I may open a can of worms here, but I have a sneaking suspicion that Cakewalk may be working on some type of DAW product for MacOS. That is the only logical explanation for their increasing hardware support on the Mac platform. Right now just about ALL of their products are cross-platform compatible except SONAR, so it only makes sense that something DAW-related will come eventually.

I'm sure they know that audio recording on PCs is still pretty much seen as something for hobbyist in the recording industry. This is despite the fact that its being done successfully by many pros/semi-pros. The reality is that no MAJOR artist/producer has ever endorsed SONAR and I think the only reason for it is that its not available on the Mac platform

As it stands SONAR is the only major DAW package that is PC-only. I honestly have a feeling that this will be changing shortly...Remember, you heard it here first. ;-)

-e.B

... and who says that you have to have something with a Apple logo on it to run Mac software?... ;-)


-e.B

eBlue


... and who says that you have to have something with a Apple logo on it to run Mac software?... ;-)


-e.B

You can run OSX without seeing that damn fruity logo? Impressive.....

R

You can build an awesome Hackentosh for a fraction of the cost.  But why?  Windows 7 is pretty solid.

WOW ive installed VS700 system on  my brand new IMAC I7 27"
 
 AND THE v-studio plays in Logic on my mac Logic Pro and spotiy etc ETC.
 
Next STEP : Configure the controller through mackie universal controll WOW
 
Tomorrow

No no no Norrie i wont leave sonar.
 
Sonar has a lot of good features and is very intuitive and have been and are a very good daw.
 
Somtehing tells me that Sonar will be on the Mac in near feature :-)
 
I have not used a mac before, today was my first day :-) ever on a mac. This driver release was a big surprise that and a coincidence  hohohohohoho.
 
Now im waitin and hopin for as mentioned earlier: the big I/O update :-)

FreezeStudio


WOW ive installed VS700 system on  my brand new IMAC I7 27"
 
 AND THE v-studio plays in Logic on my mac Logic Pro and spotiy etc ETC.
 
Next STEP : Configure the controller through mackie universal controll WOW
 
Tomorrow

I spent the better part of last night doing the same thing, also with Logic Pro. I was able to get the VS-700 controller working in Mackie Universal mode as well. There is still some weirdness with being able to select the inputs on the VS-700R and I don't think the Fantom VS synth is accessible. However, I was able to get a mic working enough to record a couple tracks. 

I must say that Logic Pro is very impressive. Some of the included genre-specific templates are amazing. They basically appear to be fully-configured projects with the audio&midi data removed. They are an amazingly inspiring way to start new projects.

I plan on spending most of the weekend becoming more familiar with Logic Pro. However, from what I have seen so far I will admit to it making SONAR look a bit long-in-the-tooth as far as layout and ease of use go.


I have a lot of money, time and energy invested in Cakewalk and SONAR but I have to say I was a bit shocked myself at how quickly I started feeling comfortable using Logic Pro. I sincerely hope that Cakewalk has big plans for the next version of SONAR.

-e.B

+1 to your original post. I've been asking them for this for a few months. Nice to know they listen to their customers!

Hey guys, I just got my dual boot hackintosh dialed in (works likea  dream) hooked up a Euphonix MC control and Mc mix (craigslist = 1200 for both). I still have my v studio set BUT I want to use just the I/O.  Is that possible with mac drivers?  The only ones im finding are set drivers for mac. 

Could somebody please elaborate the settings which you used in Logic 9 to get audio input? It seems that Core Audio is seeing input, and if I turn on Direct Mix to the Main through the VS Editor I can hear input then, but input monitoring through Logic yields no input.

Appreciate anybody's help on this!