MacOS 11 Big Sur Compatibility

[Metatool]

Hi everyone,

Has anyone beta tested Big Sur? Is SD3 going to be compatible?

Thanks,

Joe

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.3
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

Joseph.
Imac
Macbook Pro Catalina 10.15
Roland V-drums w td-9 module
Logic Pro X 10.4
Superior Drummer 3

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[John]

Hi,

 

my advice is to refrain from upgrading your OS to Big Sur until all your hardware and software manufacturers have officially stated compatibility.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Full adoption by the music industry is often 4 to 6 months. Considering that this release can be considered a very major release, you are best to be patient.

Unless you enjoy suffering a thousand cuts from riding the bleeding edge…

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[ChadwickDunderc0ck]

I just got a warning email from another big music plug-in company warning and stressing to NOT update until notified for full compatibility.

I’m personally waiting till everything is fully compatible.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.3
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Compatibility with Big Sur may also serve a strong signal that it will be ARM ready.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

[drdrum]

I was going to ask if its ok to upgrade to Catalina.LOl Im still on Mojave

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6 EZ Bass 1.1.8 EZ Keys 2 2.0.4
Operating system: MacOSX 15.7 Catalina and Win10 64

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Latest version of Catalina works great. It actually resolved a lot more problems that I had with Mojave. My only regret was not doing it sooner.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Douglas]

I have a new MBP that came pre-loaded with Catalina, and I wish I was still on Mojave. It’s not a disaster, but I’ve had more weird glitches and crashes than ever before.

[BlueMistral]

I went back to Mojave after a couple of nightmarish Crappalina years… so I will never update to Big Slur.

[Michael Baker]

John wrote:

Hi,

 

my advice is to refrain from upgrading your OS to Big Sur until all your hardware and software manufacturers have officially stated compatibility.

BR,
John

Thanks John! Does that mean y’all will be telling us the coast is clear?

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.3
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

[Rodney Ferguson]

Hi,

Any predictions as to how long it will take Toontrack to make SD3 compatible with Apple Silicon, Big Sur and Logic Pro 10.6?

Kind Regards

Rodney

[sveje77]

I have updated to Big Sur and so far I haven‘t experienced any issues with Superior Drummer 3 and EZbass. Both are working perfectly fine in Logic Pro 10.6.

What I really would like to know is when (or if) Toontrack will release (or start working on) universal binary versions of their software with native support for Apple Silicon.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.3

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

I would not take that as an all clear by any means. Most audio interface drivers that load by kext are likely to crash upon load, thus requiring some considerable re-engineering. I have also received a number of “do not upgrade” emails from various plug-in developers. There is definitely no rush to upgrade the operating system at this time. There’s no FOMO..

Jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Rodney Ferguson]

Hi Sveje77,

Thanks for the heads up. Is it running because of Rosetta 2 where Apple are assisting to bridge the transition?

Regards

Rodney

[erichfriedrich@me.com Friedrich]

I am a curious guy and have updated (haha)…… (not working on any important project at the moment) EZ-Bass, EZ-Drummer 2 and SD3 works fine in Garageband and Logic (all latest versions)

But, what I never understood was that the plugin manufacturers take so long for updates, they know that long before. (???)

Greetings from Germany
Eric

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.3

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Because Apple is always changing everything during beta testing. There is no point on updating based on a moving target. Otherwise, it is time wasted and money lost. Music industry professionals have known this for years, and is not in a rush to move to move to the latest and greatest. Only consumers are.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

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