Re: [Csnd-dev] [EXTERNAL] [Csnd-dev] Csound 7 beta11 MacOS, jack

Can=E2=80=99t wait.  Can=E2=80=99t wait to share with my students this semes=
ter. This group of 12  are all working hard.  And in 2 weeks, I introduce to=
 my 10 DSP students.

Dr. Richard Boulanger
Professor
Electronic Production and Design
Berklee College of Music

> On Feb 6, 2026, at 8:20=E2=80=AFAM, Victor Lazzarini <000010b17ddd988e-dma=
[email protected]> wrote:
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> =EF=BB=BFYes, I think we are close. However we have had quite a few bugs i=
n edge cases,
> mostly relating to the big changes introduced in Nov/December. I think mos=
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> 7.0 is very stable (and more so than 6.18 in fact) but I=E2=80=99d like to=
 give it a few
> more weeks so we can be more confident.
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> Prof. Victor Lazzarini
> Maynooth University
> Ireland
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>> On 6 Feb 2026, at 09:39, joachim heintz <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> thanks for explaining, and thanks to tarmo trying to include this in the n=
ext csoundqt 7 beta release.
>> would it not be time now to release csound 7.0.0?  it was planned for dec=
ember, and although fixes continue, i think those are not substantial?
>> if so, we will have jack included. and users can download and install in t=
he normal way.
>> as far as i can tell from using csound 7 beta all the time, we are really=
 good to go now.
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>> joachim
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>>> On 04/02/2026 16:49, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>>> The difficulty may be in building it in CI. When I use to package 6.x lo=
cally, I would rely on local install of jack, which I am not sure it can be d=
one on CI as it needs admin permissions.
>>> I would have to try and build Jack on CI in a local dir, build the modul=
e linked to it and then re-edit the links for the usual install location of l=
ibjack on a Mac. Needs some thought.
>>> If the auhal backend is not stable, I need to know it. It's the default a=
nd should be rock solid. If it isn't we need to fix it.
>>> best
>>> Prof. Victor Lazzarini
>>> Maynooth University
>>> Ireland
>>>> On 4 Feb 2026, at 15:36, Tarmo Johannes <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>> Thanks!
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>>>> No pressure but just asking - is it possible? It was actually Joachim w=
ho told that jack seems to be the most stable audio driver on MacOS (at leas=
t through CsoundQt), he had some problems otherwise and was hoping to use it=
 in a concert next week, I guess.
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>>>> Tarmo
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>>>> R, 30. jaanuar 2026 12:53 Victor Lazzarini <000010b17ddd988e-dmarc- req=
[email protected] <mailto:000010b17ddd988e-dmarc- [email protected]=
net.ie>> kirjutas:
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>>>>   It may be possible, I=E2=80=99ll investigate. We need to be able to b=
uild
>>>>   it in the CI.
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>>>>   best
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>>>>   Prof. Victor Lazzarini
>>>>   Maynooth University
>>>>   Ireland
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>>>>> On 30 Jan 2026, at 10:23, Tarmo Johannes <[email protected]
>>>>   <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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>>>>> Hi!
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>>>>> I am trying out Csound 7 beta.11 on MacOS, installed from github
>>>>   release page.
>>>>> Seems that there is no jack plugin (librtjack.dylib). I
>>>>   understand it is not built and bundled at this point but are there
>>>>   plans to include it?
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>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> tarmo
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