I'm not so sure your information is correct...
Please see Yamaha's post on the 01xray forums. There is an interesting thread going on over there about this. Seems to indicate some vendor cross-finger pointing, that we as customers don't need to see, but considering the mLAN drivers have not been udpated since 10.3.7, it's about time!
I hope they get this fixed ASAP!
Here is the link and text:
http://www.01xray.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=7&Board=01X_Macintosh&Number=24791 4&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1
Future mLAN Driver releases
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We realize that many people have been posting questions regarding mLAN and driver development and waiting for Yamaha to respond. We wanted to take this chance to give you all a detailed update on many things that Yamaha has been working on and give you as much information as we can. There are many changes that are happening on both the PC and MAC side of the OS and we have been doing a considerable amount of development on many fronts.
First, next week we will release a new version of the mLAN driver that is compatible with Windows XP Professional X64 edition. Although it appears that the Vista release has been delayed, we wanted to make sure that mLAN was compatible with future OS releases so this 64-bit driver release is an important one from that point of view.
Second, in May we plan to release a version of the mLAN driver for the PC that addresses the Latency Offset issue. The engineers spent a significant amount of time to make sure that they completely understood the issue and have decided on the best technical path to solve this. We are announcing this planned release significantly in advance of the actual release date because we have confidence will solve the issues that people have raised.
All of the investigative work that went into the latency offset issue on the PC is well understood on the MAC side as well. As those of you who are familiar with Apple policies know, we cannot comment on any future Apple releases as this is against Apple’s corporate policy. Yamaha and Apple engineers are continuing to cooperate on core mLAN capabilities. Work is currently in progress on future mLAN development and the same issues discussed above are being addressed. The fact that Apple is committing resources to supporting the mLAN platform can only be viewed positive. We wish we could be more specific on releases as we have been on the PC side, but as you understand we cannot.
Finally we are going to let you know about a product that will be released at Frankfurt Messe. The GO46 is a peer -to -peer (non mLAN) Firewire I/O. .
Whenever Yamaha releases a non-mLAN product, people always question why it does not support mLAN. Typically it is a decision based on price and target market. None of our lower cost keyboards include mLAN functionality. Yamaha supports a wide range of digital interface technologies including SPDIF, ADAT, USB, Ethernet and mLAN. We select the appropriate digital interface technology for the market needs of the target customer. If you look at the marketplace, the vast majority of Firewire audio devices currently sold are simple peer-to-peer I/O devices. For many customers, a simple peer-to-peer I/O fits their needs perfectly and they have no need or interest in advanced networking capabilities.
We are working on several new products that will be released in the not so distant future that are mLAN compatible and we will continue to develop a variety of products for different customers with different needs. Here is a quote from an article from the 1394 Trade Association that discusses 1394 in general and Yamaha’s position on the future of 1394 products specifically.
"Yamaha helped to develop and has supported 1394 audio and MIDI standards for more than 10 years. We believe FireWire is one of the best methods for transporting audio," said Athan Billias, marketing director for technology products at Yamaha Corporation of America. "We have seen the first wave of simple FireWire audio I/O products, but there is the potential for different devices targeted to specific market needs. For example, we see the need for simple peer-to-peer devices, network-capable devices such as Yamaha's mLAN products, and for devices that take advantage of aggregation in the OS." He added that at the Frankfurt Music Messe, Yamaha would introduce the GO46, the company’s first peer-to-peer mobile FireWire audio/MIDI interface, which can be powered via the 6-pin FireWire cable.
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