Which is why I firmly believe a class compatible USB over MIDI driver is essential for this. I advocated for it in the past and I will advocate for it in the future.
Class compatible MIDI and Audio. Like the Elektron boxes working with Overbridge.
Which is why I firmly believe a class compatible USB over MIDI driver is essential for this. I advocated for it in the past and I will advocate for it in the future.
Class compatible MIDI and Audio. Like the Elektron boxes working with Overbridge.
Class compatible MIDI and Audio. Like the Elektron boxes working with Overbridge.
I highly doubt Access will go that route.......
Heard some interesting news from the DSP Emulator group. Ploytec has made a U-turn and is developing a USB audio driver for the latest version of MacOS which I'm going to assume will cover Apple Silicon(M1/M2) compatibility.
Maybe this means an update TI plugin will finally be done.
care to share the source link?
Which would be very welcome as one part of a future solution.
However, the Motorola/Freescale DSPs used in the TIs are out of production for several years now, and available stock is running out. Perhaps slower than expected by Access Music — and therefore support for currently still available products must be sustained beyond planned EOL.
An updated, more powerful, fully backward compatible TI3 based on current technology and FPGA processors would be a proper platform to carry us over the next 20-30 years or beyond.
I would look forward to an updated driver so we can resume using the TI functionality on newer Macs. Getting our hopes up for a TI3 is a recipe for disappointment.
I would look forward to an updated driver so we can resume using the TI functionality on newer Macs. Getting our hopes up for a TI3 is a recipe for disappointment.
Getting your hopes up for product updates which don’t generate any income for the company is a recipe for disappointment as well.
Why do you think we’re already waiting for five years? Because it’s so difficult?
It’s clear that the Profiler has been the focus, not our beloved Virus. Also, it seems likely Access lost the programming talent that knows how to build Mac drivers for MIDI and audio, functionality the Profiler lacks.
Hello! What about https://auraplugins.com/ editor? Is someone using it?
Yes everydays, on Mac M1 Ventura in AU or in my DAW: it's essential
Do we need Ploytec to get involved though? We can already stream USB audio from the Virus as-is, *if* you use something like the Aura plug-in to enable USB output on the unit. I might be wrong, but it looks like USB audio streaming is already there, built into MacOS...!?
i d'ont use USB for audio. Only OUTPUT AUDIO-1 (RIGTH+LEFT) whith my Sound-card and USB for MIDI (in/out) with convector
i d'ont use USB for audio. Only OUTPUT AUDIO-1 (RIGTH+LEFT) whith my Sound-card and USB for MIDI (in/out) with convector
In which case, I don't think a new Ploytec driver will help you. The USB driver (if I remember correctly) is/was for audio streaming only.
Do we need Ploytec to get involved though? We can already stream USB audio from the Virus as-is, *if* you use something like the Aura plug-in to enable USB output on the unit. I might be wrong, but it looks like USB audio streaming is already there, built into MacOS...!?
Not with the Virus, it was a specialised driver and API that handled MIDI and audio streaming to the unit. The virus was never class compliant
Not with the Virus, it was a specialised driver and API that handled MIDI and audio streaming to the unit. The virus was never class compliant
For MIDI, yes a driver is needed. Hence the simple MIDI driver. However, if you use the Aura plugin, that doesn't use a special driver to get audio streaming. All it does, is change the setting in the Virus to allow USB audio.
Without a driver, on the new MacOSes, if you go into audio settings, you'll see the Virus recognised as an audio device with 6 inputs.