 Firebox/cubase Le On Mac Book Pro?, wondering about Cubase support for Intel |
 Tue 11 Apr 2006, 05:07
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 21-Mar 06 From: Cincinnati - US Member No.: 78,446  |
Dear friends,
According to Steinberg's website, "support for Intel based Macs is in preparation": http://www.steinberg.net/547+M52087573ab0.html Does anyone have futher info on this? For those of us who just bought the Firebox, will we need a new version of Cubase? I'm enjoying using my Firebox and Cubase LE on my G3 iBook for simple audio work, but obviously I'll need something more powerful soon and am thinking about the Mac Book Pro. I just don't want to get caught in this cycle of hardware/software/interface never aligning - it seems one piece of the puzzle is always too powerful, not powerful enough, or incompatible. Right now my computer seems to be the weak link, because both the Firebox and Cubase are very powerful. My fear is that Mac Book Pro will leapfrog both these. Thoughts? |
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Thu 18 May 2006, 00:33
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 Maniac Member  Group: Members Posts: 899 Joined: 12-Oct 01 From: Kirkland Member No.: 2,002 |
After checking the Cubase forum, it appears that the PC version and the Mac version share the SAME codebase.
So Steinbergs products work via Rosetta BECAUSE of the the poor OSX optimization. Rosetta doesn't contain the equivilents of the OSX Altivec instruction set, at that point Rosetta will either ignore the instruction or use multiple Intel instruction in an attempt to get the job done. Apps that are heavily OSX optimized, simply will not work. that includes all of the Apple Pro audio/video apps. 
-------------------- G-Dub
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Vireo Firebox/cubase Le On Mac Book Pro? Tue 11 Apr 2006, 05:07
rickenbacker If you buy an Intel Mac, yes you'll need Intel... Wed 12 Apr 2006, 10:45 gdoubleyou Also be aware that cubase is the offical cpu-hog o... Thu 13 Apr 2006, 22:33 booyakabass Hi, i seem to be running Cubase SE 1.07a with no p... Tue 16 May 2006, 18:08 gdoubleyou It may work, but because of the Rosetta emulation ... Tue 16 May 2006, 18:22
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