Intel Macbook and Plugins

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Intel Macbook and Plugins

Hi all, looks like I've found a mate who'll give me a good price for my powerbook, so I'm moving up to a macbook.
Just looking for a bit advice regarding plugins, I've got old mixes I may need to access and a currently unfinished project, both which contain PPC only plugins. I'm of the understanding that the plugins WILL work if I run logic in Rosetta mode? I should be able to finish the main project before handing over my pbook, but I'm just think of the future, should I need to access these projects will I be able to through rosetta. Performance shouldn't be an issue as it would probably only be to make tweaks.

Also I was going to bounce processed versions of the channels with the unavailable effects on them so unless I need to alter those effects themselves I shouldn't have to use rosetta.

Does anyone have any experience of using 7.2.1 under rosetta to get better compatibility with plugins?

12 Powerbook 1.33Ghz 768MB, 15 G4 iMac 700 256MB MOTU 896HD, Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Posted on Jun 7, 2006 3:28 AM

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Answer 1

EoS

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Jun 7, 2006 5:03 AM in response to David_Pye

Plug-ins don't work with Rosetta - they won't appear in Logic at all.

Yes, bounce your tracks down

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David_Pye Author

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Jun 7, 2006 5:08 AM in response to EoS

NO WAY! That totally *****. Oh well, guess I'll have to do a bit of bouncing then! I just hope the people who make all the ace freeware plugins a cool enough to make universal binaries asap! Luckily all the plugins I've bought have already been re written.

Thanks for that info, it's disappointing, but you've saved me a lot of rushed extra work in the long run!

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Answer 3

Jun 7, 2006 11:30 AM in response to David_Pye

many times have i been disappointed in the lack of support of old, PPC plugins... and I'm starting out as a previous Windows user! I was checking out kvr-vst.com and I think they have about 5 universal binary plugins available. Haven't checked them out yet. I've been looking through my old Electronic Musician magazines, back from when I couldn't imagine ever using a mac, and I'm seeing TONS of plugins that I'd love to have, but can't.

Sad, really. I as well hope they start porting them over.

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David_Pye Author

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Jun 17, 2006 3:03 PM in response to Biff Larken

Without meaning to gloat, and taking into account that I've got almost NO plugins now.

This macbook absolutely RULES!

The performance is amazing!

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Answer 5

Jun 17, 2006 4:33 PM in response to David_Pye

David, put it in your sig! Just got mine today. Still waiting for the DVDs, but can't wait to see the performance increase. I believe we had pretty similar systems before...

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David_Pye Author

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Jun 18, 2006 12:25 AM in response to Freddie Woolfe

It's amazing, the increase is staggering. I've played back sessions on this that would refuse to play multiple times on my powerbook, and the processor usage hasn't gone over 30% on the macbook.
I can't wait to do my new recording, it's gonna so easy!

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Answer 7

Jun 18, 2006 4:34 AM in response to David_Pye

David, do you notice much increase in res/screen real estate? Would really like to know how much more I can expect...

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David_Pye Author

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Jun 18, 2006 9:26 AM in response to Freddie Woolfe

Yeah, the screen itself is great anyway, I was really worried about the glossy finish but so far it's not been a problem at all. It give much deeper colour/contrast. It's bright as well, sat next to my powerbook (with brightness on full) I had to turn the brightness down to 3 on the macbook to make it comparable.

The screen I'd say is about 1/3" taller, and about 1.5"-2" wider. The only thing that bugs me is the size of the bezel, it's not big in PC laptop terms, but compared to the PB it's a bit bigger. Not a problem though when weighed up against the pros.

I'd advise anyone who is in the running for a laptop to grab one.
People have been reporting a lot of problems with the first batch, mine at the moment seems free of all of them (said while touching wood).

Maybe safest to wait for the next revision, if you can that is!

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Answer 9

Jun 18, 2006 11:56 AM in response to David_Pye

Mine too is running perfectly, no mooing or anything, and compared with my old Powerbook, it runs quite chilled! It used to get boiling when maxing it out.
Fingers crossed for Royal Mail to deliver on monday, it's really quite frustrating that I can't run Logic!
Great to hear about the screen, I'm very much loking forward to seeing Logic in widescreen, it was never really the height of the screen that mattered to me, it's more the length anyway. Still, I'm looking forward to hooking it up to some bigger monitors, and to really putting it through its paces!

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David_Pye Author

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Jun 18, 2006 12:11 PM in response to Freddie Woolfe

I find temperature wise, the processor reports higher temperatures on average compared to the powerbook, but the case stays cooler. That could also be why the processor gets hotter, as the heat isn't dissipating through the case.

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