vxp Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 hi everybody, i'm currently doing a big change in my production studio and wanted to ask you, if i'm going worng with what i'll try to do. i was working with Mac G4, OSX 10.4.9 Logic Pro 7.2.3 and 3rd party plugins like Vanguard, pro-53, absynth 4, korg legacy, ABL Bassline, vst fx, a.s.o. everything run perfect. now i'll change to logic studio (logic pro 8.0) and Mac G5 and of course all the same plugins. so i have to setup Mac from scratch and i wanted to ask you, which system is best for making music? OSX 10.4.9, OSX 10.4.11 or even 10.5.2? i know some plugins still won't work with osx 10.5.2 but which one's the best/stable OSX version for DAW? also i have heard that some users have had problems by using osx 10.4.11. hope anyone can help soon, before i'm going to set up my new mac. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectacle Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I have 10.4.11 and it's been rock solid for Logic Pro 8. Since I upgraded from 10.4.9, I occasionally get crashes in Safari and Mail. But never Logic. And it works great with all my plugs. I have no plans to upgrade to Leopard at any time in the near future. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidiMonk Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 10.4.11 is the way too go, 10.5 is still way too sketchy IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Would it be safe to say that if you run against the limits of your system (iMac G5) in Tiger, Leopard can only make it worse because it demands more from your system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Hello Just wanted to drop my vote on 10.4.11. It has been solid on both the PPC and Intel machines in the studio. See no reason to scratch another cat's back when tiggger works just fine. (Running with most recent Logic..) Regards K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuelito Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I have been reading and posting a lot over on Apple's Logic forum about the performace/core audio overload debacle, and from everything I have seen and read I feel very confident in saying that Logic performs much better in 10.4 than it does in 10.5. In my observations, most people who are complaining about poor performance (who don't have ancient machines) are using Leopard. I have even exchanged projects with someone with a newer and faster MBP than I have, who is using Leopard, and that project performed better on my machine. I have 10.4.11, and all the most recent updates, and my performance is really good. I have a test project with 18 automated Space Designers on individual Audio tracks and 4 Sculptures, all playing simultaneously, and it will play with a buffer of 32 and no dropouts. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el-bo Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 10.4.11 for me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liandrin Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 hi everybody, i'm currently doing a big change in my production studio and wanted to ask you, if i'm going worng with what i'll try to do. i was working with Mac G4, OSX 10.4.9 Logic Pro 7.2.3 and 3rd party plugins like Vanguard, pro-53, absynth 4, korg legacy, ABL Bassline, vst fx, a.s.o. everything run perfect. now i'll change to logic studio (logic pro 8.0) and Mac G5 and of course all the same plugins. so i have to setup Mac from scratch and i wanted to ask you, which system is best for making music? OSX 10.4.9, OSX 10.4.11 or even 10.5.2? i know some plugins still won't work with osx 10.5.2 but which one's the best/stable OSX version for DAW? also i have heard that some users have had problems by using osx 10.4.11. hope anyone can help soon, before i'm going to set up my new mac. cheers I had a terrible time with 10.5 and ended up formatting and reinstalling 10.4 with the 10.4.9 combo patch. Things mostly are running smoothly again, aside from the occasional overload while under fairly heavy load. I'm gun-shy about even going to 10.4.11. Do you folks feel that Logic is running *better* on this version, or is it just that it doesn't seem to be any worse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tele333 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 ditto on 10.4.11 I loaded 10.5 and it was a no go...two days later I was back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzfdvz Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 i'm going to go the opposite way. 10.5.1 for me. I had to revert back to 10.4.11 and have gotten errors left and right. With 10.5.1 it was rock solid, i got no error messages, no overloads, everything was just smoother. If it wasn't for pro tools i'd be back to it in a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 10,4,11 here with a dual core xeon 2.66 L8 is buggy.... multi-track audio edits in the arrange window are filled with road-blocks. visually the mixer doesn't have active meters from time to time... very random. i was hoping leopard would help. I'll try the pro-app update.. my fingers are crossed .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuelito Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Check out this thread. Very informative. http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6811381#6811381 Confirms what most here are saying about Tiger vs. Leopard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlm Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 10.4.11. It is extremely solid in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagrantmuse Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 We reverted back to 10.4.11 after a few days. Leopard has known CA bugs, as well as real issues handling Firewire devices correctly. Much of this was supposed to be addressed in 10.5.2, but things are still coming slowly for us audio guys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I generally run the latest greatest version, even though some warn against it. I can say on my MacBook Pro C2D 2.33 that 10.5.2 is as stable as any of the OS X 10.4.6 onwards. All my plugins work just fine... Clean install generally works for me. 10.5.2 as a whole is rock solid up to now! *shrugs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I generally run the latest greatest version... "Latest" is an accurate term. "Greatest" can only be proven over time. If you update just because an update is available, you're gambling with the stability of your system. I'm still on 10.4.9 for my Logic 8 system. Seems to work fine. No reason to change. But I'm seeing that many of you are using 10.4.11 so my curiosity is piqued. Is there any advantage over 10.4.9? Running a PPC Quad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagrantmuse Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I generally run the latest greatest version... "Latest" is an accurate term. "Greatest" can only be proven over time. If you update just because an update is available, you're gambling with the stability of your system. I'm still on 10.4.9 for my Logic 8 system. Seems to work fine. No reason to change. But I'm seeing that many of you are using 10.4.11 so my curiosity is piqued. Is there any advantage over 10.4.9? Running a PPC Quad. No huge changes in this update, audio-wise. Safari 3, a bunch of new RAW support, random bug fixes...the only thing that could be meaningful is a fix in the reliability of mounting USB drives. So, if you hate Firewire because you don't enjoy high bandwidth... None of the security updates seem to have messed with Logic (or any of my other audio apps) so, if you want Safari 3 or need your camera that shoots in RAW supported, it might be worthwhile. I've noticed no downside, which makes me say, "Why not?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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