Frontier Design AlphaTrack supported?

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Frontier Design AlphaTrack supported?

Hi!
In Logic Pro 8 under control surfaces there is a new device "AlphaTrack" by "Frontier Design Group LLC". But in the Logic control surfaces manual, it is not listed. Does anybody have any information about this? Is it fully supported?

Thanks,
Jens

PowerBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Sep 16, 2007 6:40 AM

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Sep 17, 2007 7:46 PM in response to jnobody

Hey jnobody,

Check this link

http://www.frontierdesign.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=713

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Sep 19, 2007 11:07 AM in response to thoushaltlive

Thanks, I knew that it partly works as a Mackie HUI emulation, but without display support. Since it seemed to be natively supported in Logic Pro 8 I wanted to know if it works like it used to, before I buy the device. Meanwhile I found out that there are some issues with Apple's native support for the AlphaTrack.

See: http://www.frontierdesign.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1035

Anyway, I ordered an AlphaTrack today and will try it out myself. BTW, where do you send bug reports to Apple? I found some...

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Oct 5, 2007 2:08 AM in response to jnobody

Apple's support of the AlphaTrack is buggy, and there seems to be nothing that can be done until Apple corrects this.

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N1CX

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Dec 31, 2007 7:57 AM in response to jnobody

Sweeeeet!, looks like Frontier Designs finally posted a new beta version of an AlphaTrack plug-in themselves. Now to take it for a test drive. Great way to start the new year.

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N1CX

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Dec 31, 2007 8:03 AM in response to N1CX

Sorry, I should have mentioned where I found this. I had been monitoring a thread on their website and it pops up automatically on my desktop as an RSS feed so I don't think about the details. Also, it looks like you need to install a driver update (v1.30) as well as the plug-in.

Its a public beta and they have a thread for reporting bugs/features on.

http://frontierdesign.com/Support/Downloads

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Dec 31, 2007 11:44 AM in response to N1CX

N1CX,

Are you having any luck with the beta fix? I can't select tracks using the track buttons, and some of the extended functions of the pan, EQ, etc.. knobs seem to be a bit flakey.

How's it working for you?

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N1CX

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Dec 31, 2007 5:26 PM in response to Jim Frazier

Did you install the driver and plug-in? They have some pretty details instructions for installing them. Working slick for me so far. Be sure to hit the "rebuild defaults" thing in the preferences.

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