OSX Mountain Lion is now out! Post your results with various digital DJ programs About to upgrade to OSX Mountain Lion but wanted to check to see if anyone was a bit more daring than me and has already completed their upgrade?
If I do not hear back I will post results of Mountain Lion + Traktor 2.5.1. |
Joselyn Supina
08.08.2012 |
Originally Posted by GeekGod
There is some kind of beta driver out now from NI:
Dear Native Instruments user,
This newsletter provides important information about the compatibility of Native Instruments hardware products with MacOS 10.8, as well as with the current-generation MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models equipped with USB 3.0 ports.
Due to USB audio driver issues present in recent versions of OSX, some NI products will experience a degraded audio signal when used with OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" on any Apple hardware. The same issue occurs with the current-generation MacBooks under 10.7 using USB 3.0. Specifically, the following NI products are affected:
AUDIO 2 DJ / AUDIO 4 DJ / AUDIO 8 DJ
AUDIO KONTROL 1
GUITAR RIG MOBILE
GUITAR RIG SESSION
KORE 1
RIG KONTROL 2 / RIG KONTROL 3
TRAKTOR AUDIO 2
TRAKTOR KONTROL S4
Native Instruments has provided beta drivers* for these hardware devices to make them fully compatible with the newest Apple technologies. If you own one of the affected devices and run the latest MacOS version 10.8, or have a MacBook with USB 3.0, you can download and install the beta drivers from our unprotected drivers and updates page....
Best regards,
The Native Instruments team
Thanks for the heads up on this...I never received the email and when I finally got around to updating my OS and then Traktor all I got was garbled noise. This fixed everything. |
Fannie Ohayre
27.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by GeekGod
There is some kind of beta driver out now from NI:
Dear Native Instruments user,
This newsletter provides important information about the compatibility of Native Instruments hardware products with MacOS 10.8, as well as with the current-generation MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models equipped with USB 3.0 ports.
Due to USB audio driver issues present in recent versions of OSX, some NI products will experience a degraded audio signal when used with OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" on any Apple hardware. The same issue occurs with the current-generation MacBooks under 10.7 using USB 3.0. Specifically, the following NI products are affected:
AUDIO 2 DJ / AUDIO 4 DJ / AUDIO 8 DJ
AUDIO KONTROL 1
GUITAR RIG MOBILE
GUITAR RIG SESSION
KORE 1
RIG KONTROL 2 / RIG KONTROL 3
TRAKTOR AUDIO 2
TRAKTOR KONTROL S4
Native Instruments has provided beta drivers* for these hardware devices to make them fully compatible with the newest Apple technologies. If you own one of the affected devices and run the latest MacOS version 10.8, or have a MacBook with USB 3.0, you can download and install the beta drivers from our unprotected drivers and updates page....
Best regards,
The Native Instruments team
I guess I should be okay with a VCI-400 EGE and TP 2.1.3? |
Debby Ramshur
26.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by happydan
Is everyone using the beta drivers or is the Audio8 working fine on a fresh install?
I have a mid 2009 Macbook Unibody running Traktor 2.5.1 with an Audio 8 and I had to use the beta driver. Using old drivers resulted in unusable output, sounding a bit like a very distorted flanger. I had no issues with the beta driver (played around 3 hours with it) and couldn't notice any differences regarding sound quality and latency. Hope this helps! |
Nedra Fresneda
26.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by jayo
has anyone noticed that mountain lion is using noticeably more battery life?
Spotlight is indexing. The same thing happened when Lion came out and people complained about it running slow and hot. |
Rena Estabrook
26.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by DJ JesC
i went over to the serato boards and found nothing about 10.8, i guess they know better than to update right away with the ur gig laptop
Originally Posted by padi_04
This, never EVER update your gigging system unless you are certain everything is in working order. This applies to software, drivers and OS.
This is true. I work in IT and never do any unnecessary updates. I don't do gigs; just a hobbyist. I'll keep you posted. |
Nedra Fresneda
26.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by DJ JesC
i guess they know better than to update right away with the ur gig laptop
This, never EVER update your gigging system unless you are certain everything is in working order. This applies to software, drivers and OS. |
Cristian Carmona
26.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by HighTopFade
I'm stuck at work for now and will mess around with it later.
i went over to the serato boards and found nothing about 10.8, i guess they know better than to update right away with the ur gig laptop |
Rena Estabrook
27.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by DJ JesC
whats the word with the the 57?
I'm stuck at work for now and will mess around with it later. |
Joselyn Supina
08.08.2012 |
Originally Posted by GeekGod
There is some kind of beta driver out now from NI:
Dear Native Instruments user,
This newsletter provides important information about the compatibility of Native Instruments hardware products with MacOS 10.8, as well as with the current-generation MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models equipped with USB 3.0 ports.
Due to USB audio driver issues present in recent versions of OSX, some NI products will experience a degraded audio signal when used with OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" on any Apple hardware. The same issue occurs with the current-generation MacBooks under 10.7 using USB 3.0. Specifically, the following NI products are affected:
AUDIO 2 DJ / AUDIO 4 DJ / AUDIO 8 DJ
AUDIO KONTROL 1
GUITAR RIG MOBILE
GUITAR RIG SESSION
KORE 1
RIG KONTROL 2 / RIG KONTROL 3
TRAKTOR AUDIO 2
TRAKTOR KONTROL S4
Native Instruments has provided beta drivers* for these hardware devices to make them fully compatible with the newest Apple technologies. If you own one of the affected devices and run the latest MacOS version 10.8, or have a MacBook with USB 3.0, you can download and install the beta drivers from our unprotected drivers and updates page....
Best regards,
The Native Instruments team
Thanks for the heads up on this...I never received the email and when I finally got around to updating my OS and then Traktor all I got was garbled noise. This fixed everything. |
Fannie Ohayre
27.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by GeekGod
There is some kind of beta driver out now from NI:
Dear Native Instruments user,
This newsletter provides important information about the compatibility of Native Instruments hardware products with MacOS 10.8, as well as with the current-generation MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models equipped with USB 3.0 ports.
Due to USB audio driver issues present in recent versions of OSX, some NI products will experience a degraded audio signal when used with OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" on any Apple hardware. The same issue occurs with the current-generation MacBooks under 10.7 using USB 3.0. Specifically, the following NI products are affected:
AUDIO 2 DJ / AUDIO 4 DJ / AUDIO 8 DJ
AUDIO KONTROL 1
GUITAR RIG MOBILE
GUITAR RIG SESSION
KORE 1
RIG KONTROL 2 / RIG KONTROL 3
TRAKTOR AUDIO 2
TRAKTOR KONTROL S4
Native Instruments has provided beta drivers* for these hardware devices to make them fully compatible with the newest Apple technologies. If you own one of the affected devices and run the latest MacOS version 10.8, or have a MacBook with USB 3.0, you can download and install the beta drivers from our unprotected drivers and updates page....
Best regards,
The Native Instruments team
I guess I should be okay with a VCI-400 EGE and TP 2.1.3? |
Rolanda Clodfelder
26.07.2012 | Ableton seems to be working like a champ so I'm happy.
The only real issue i've had so far is not being able to pause App Store Software updates which kinda sucks seeing as I had 2.6 gigs of updates to download (Aperture, iWork, iPhoto, iMovie). Force quit of course quits the app completely but you any of the file that was already downloaded. No really big deal on a decent connection but not everyone has a 10mb DSL line. I hope its sorted by 10.8.1
Bug Mebelieves |
Evangeline Balsis
26.07.2012 | Hey guys!
After much fighting with the issue I finally found a solution that works for me. (Maybe it will work for you too! )
For reference, I'm on a late 2011 MBP 15"
First, I went to the NI website and downloaded the Mac OSX Uninstaller Utility that's located under the "Utilities" section here: http://co.native-instruments.com/?id=freeupdates
I went ahead and installed that and then uninstalled any useless NI drivers I might have had, but I also uninstalled my Audio 2 which is what I use. Not sure if this works for the other boxes.
Once I uninstalled my old drivers, I installed the beta driver provided by NI on that same page for my hardware. Install, restart, and hopefully it works!
Hope this was at least a little help! |
Rena Estabrook
26.07.2012 | 2012 13" Macbook Pro with USB 3.0, Serato 2.4, and Rane 57 seems to be working fine. Seems to be very little lag when connecting when disconnecting and reconnecting the USB cable. |
Debby Ramshur
26.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by happydan
Is everyone using the beta drivers or is the Audio8 working fine on a fresh install?
I have a mid 2009 Macbook Unibody running Traktor 2.5.1 with an Audio 8 and I had to use the beta driver. Using old drivers resulted in unusable output, sounding a bit like a very distorted flanger. I had no issues with the beta driver (played around 3 hours with it) and couldn't notice any differences regarding sound quality and latency. Hope this helps! |
Nedra Fresneda
26.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by jayo
has anyone noticed that mountain lion is using noticeably more battery life?
Spotlight is indexing. The same thing happened when Lion came out and people complained about it running slow and hot. |
Evalyn Voges
26.07.2012 | Is everyone using the beta drivers or is the Audio8 working fine on a fresh install? |
Rena Estabrook
26.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by DJ JesC
i went over to the serato boards and found nothing about 10.8, i guess they know better than to update right away with the ur gig laptop
Originally Posted by padi_04
This, never EVER update your gigging system unless you are certain everything is in working order. This applies to software, drivers and OS.
This is true. I work in IT and never do any unnecessary updates. I don't do gigs; just a hobbyist. I'll keep you posted. |
Evie Baghdasarian
26.07.2012 | has anyone noticed that mountain lion is using noticeably more battery life? |
Nedra Fresneda
26.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by DJ JesC
i guess they know better than to update right away with the ur gig laptop
This, never EVER update your gigging system unless you are certain everything is in working order. This applies to software, drivers and OS. |
Cristian Carmona
26.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by HighTopFade
I'm stuck at work for now and will mess around with it later.
i went over to the serato boards and found nothing about 10.8, i guess they know better than to update right away with the ur gig laptop |
Lynetta Stanislav
26.07.2012 | Anyone got any issues using the Db4 mines was working after I updated now nothing is working |
Rena Estabrook
27.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by DJ JesC
whats the word with the the 57?
I'm stuck at work for now and will mess around with it later. |
Casandra Misenar
26.07.2012 | Service Center kept crashing while updating to Traktor 2.5 |
Rosina Steinkuehler
26.07.2012 | I gave Traktor 2.5.1 + OSX 10.8 a good beating last evening
and so far it seems to work just fine! Going to do some more testing this evening. |
Johnsie Kingrea
26.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by guiltyblade
So far pretty good. Tried it with my s2, x1 and it worked fine for traktor 2.5.1. Going to try my DJM 900 and turntables to see if that works.
Hope you have good results with the 900. Hope Pioneer learned their lesson from OS X Lion. Keep us posted I'd love to upgrade to 10.8 |
Lauretta Ehrhorn
26.07.2012 | So tempted...August is heaving though and daren't take the chance. |
Alla Bluemke
25.07.2012 | So far pretty good. Tried it with my s2, x1 and it worked fine for traktor 2.5.1. Going to try my DJM 900 and turntables to see if that works. |
Cristian Carmona
25.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by HighTopFade
Still downloading as we speak. I might have problems having the new OSX, USB 3.0, and a TTM-57SL that runs on USB 1.1. Sure hope not.
whats the word with the the 57? |
Nedra Fresneda
25.07.2012 | Installed in a diff partition I used to test prev betas and was using to bootcamp. Won't replace my main install until I'm certain everything critical is 101% functional.
Liking general usage so far, boot time improved a lot for me (comparing with a Lion clean install).Only thing left to test is my soundcard that I won't have with me till friday, It worked fine in previous builds except for the software routing panel.
Why did they remove the option to show the battery timer on the menubar is beyond me (i know you can use istat or whatever to recover it). |
Rosina Steinkuehler
25.07.2012 | Here's something fun for you all!! Turn on airplay mirroring to a big screen TV with a Apple TV and DJ from your couch
Screen shot of it in action here: http://twitpic.com/abrfab |
Ervin Calvery
25.07.2012 | Mountain Lion makes a huge difference on the rMBP. I haven't seen any scroll lag like I did on Lion, and more things seem to be in full resolution. |
Ervin Calvery
25.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by rdej47
I have to say I'm always a little surprised that companies like NI and Serato are behind on support for new OS's. They release the developer preview with enough notice that you figure most bugs would be ironed out. I'm obviously speaking with limited knowledge of programming so maybe it's a longer development cycle.
It's an issue of backwards compatibility. While Microsoft, etc are very concerned with backwards compatibility, Apple is just not.
Also, the betas/previews, except for perhaps the very last one are not identical, bit-for-bit, to the release.
In addition, the hardware devices like the cards that NI and Serato make are generally harder to patch (they might require a firmware or actual hardware fix) as opposed to software, which can be very quick to update. |
Rena Estabrook
25.07.2012 | Still downloading as we speak. I might have problems having the new OSX, USB 3.0, and a TTM-57SL that runs on USB 1.1. Sure hope not. |
Johnsie Kingrea
25.07.2012 | I have to say I'm always a little surprised that companies like NI and Serato are behind on support for new OS's. They release the developer preview with enough notice that you figure most bugs would be ironed out. I'm obviously speaking with limited knowledge of programming so maybe it's a longer development cycle. |
Leeanna Ayla
25.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by GeekGod
There is some kind of beta driver out now from NI:
AUDIO 2 DJ / AUDIO 4 DJ / AUDIO 8 DJ
AUDIO KONTROL 1
GUITAR RIG MOBILE
GUITAR RIG SESSION
KORE 1
RIG KONTROL 2 / RIG KONTROL 3
TRAKTOR AUDIO 2
TRAKTOR KONTROL S4
Native Instruments has provided beta drivers* for these hardware devices to make them fully compatible with the newest Apple technologies. If you own one of the affected devices and run the latest MacOS version 10.8,or have a MacBook with USB 3.0, you can download and install the beta drivers from our unprotected drivers and updates page....
Originally Posted by Emery
That only applies to usb 3.0?
It's for those with 3.0 OR with one of the devices listed. |
Anisa Fourte
25.07.2012 | Can those of you that have already done the switch say what Mac computers and what interfaces for Traktor you've tried. Since they're having issues with certain ones it would be nice to know what exact setup those of you that are having good results are using.
Personally, I'm on a late-2008 non-unibody MacBook Pro, using an Audio 8 (which NI says is still having some issues), but installing an SSD today to snap it up. Thinking about Mountain Lion, which Apple says works fine with my comp, but I had some issues with Traktor and Lion so I've stuck with Snow Leopard through that entire OSX upgrade. |
Geri Jarra
25.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by GeekGod
Has anyone tested the S4 or S2 as of yet?
I will toevening
when I'm home from work.. |
Rosina Steinkuehler
25.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by Emery
Yes I agree, I love it! And is it just me or do the colors seem a lot more vibrant?
(I am also typing using dictation )
Funny you say that - it does look improved but I am not sure if that is a placebo! The dock sure does look a lot more polished.
And yeah that dictation feature is really great!
Has anyone tested the S4 or S2 as of yet? |
Geri Jarra
25.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by GeekGod
Its pretty early to say this but I am noticing much more 'peppiness' or 'snappiness' if you will in everything I have thrown at it. Traktor, iTunes, Chrome, etc, etc. Still testing - should have some more info later today but so far its been great!
Yes I agree, I love it! And is it just me or do the colors seem a lot more vibrant?
(I am also typing using dictation ) |
Johnsie Kingrea
25.07.2012 | Anyone here have a DJM 900 or DJM T1 care to test it with Traktor? Pioneer took forever to sort out a driver issue for Lion (2-3 months). That's a 1/4 of a life cycle for OS X. The 900 had crackling audio and timecode was very dodgy. |
