Re: [SoundDiver] Re: SoundDiver dies with Lion - what to do?

I agree with everything you say about Apple. Saying "Please" to Steve  
Jobs will not do any good unless he sees $$$$$ in front of it  :-)

There are people out there with excellent programming skills and an  
"Open Source" Midi Manager would be great if it could be done.

Graham

On 7 Jul 2011, at 10:19, dietmarbelloff wrote:

>
> > What does everyone think....?
>
> Having joined the party starting with Polyframe in 1991, I also like  
> to see a new version of SoundDiver, but I'm afraid this will never  
> happen, even if you write to Apple as a request etc.
>
> The problem with SoundDiver was the crossplatform library they wrote  
> (Atari, Mac, PC), and it did not work well under OSX as you see. So  
> they will have to do a complete rewrite of the code, and since Steve  
> Jobs thinks that MIDI hardware is obsolete, this will never happen.  
> Same thing with bluRay in Macs, btw.
>
> If this was not Apple, we could collect some money and make them an  
> offer to by the code from them - no chance. We could of course try  
> to contact main developer Michael and hear what he says, but I say:  
> no chance. if Apple ceases a product it is gone forever and no one  
> ever will get his hands on it - see Newton platform.
>
> Now, we have to think about alternatives. Some Ideas:
>
> 1. Use Studio Connections and GTRS (http://www.studioconnections.org/concept/index.html 
> ), works as a librarian and does Sysex very well, but nearly no one  
> knows about that. There is an SDK for more and specialized  
> integration, but for most things the templates will do, written in  
> XML language.
>
> 2. start a community project:
> look for programmers having skills and the interest to help with a  
> crossplatform standalone software having the functionality of  
> souddiver and reads the data (libraries). I think most uf us here  
> are even willing to donate money in such a project, right?
>
> Anyone with more ideas on this? like to see them.
>
> just my 2 cents:)
>
> Greets, Dietmar
>
>
> 



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