Impulse upgraded to Sonoma last night. Oddly feels wrong. Mostly because I NEVER upgrade OS without waiting for my fav plugins and DAWs to release compatibility.
What are your thoughts on Sonoma, especially as it relates to your musical workflow? Notice any changes, advantages, breaks or hidden features that impact how you or others may do things?
I for sure like the widgets but how all of your iPhone ones are accessible (but don’t really work besides display on screen) is kind of weird. You click them and it says open your phone. Dude?lmao.
Any ways, def interested to hear experiences tips or tricks from the community. I searched for a thread like this already but lmk if I missed it and I’ll request deletion.
Quick tip: Apple’s Audio Isolation AU is available on all inputs now which is cool. It’s very good, light, efficient and great for those who don’t have 3rd party ones.
Ok so that’s a Mac only version. I have Other Desert Cities on iPad but I don’t see it available to download in Mac App Store. I’ll have to grab it for continuity with projects with it active on Logic for iPad.
That makes me wonder if iOS/ipad apps already updated for iOS17 automagically work on Sonoma as part as Apples whole unifying concept. I haven’t looked behind the scenes from a dev perspective in awhile to see what’s happening under the hood .
Off to go test the big guns: Moogs, Mela, Drambo, Kaola, etc to find out which of my iOS/ipad apps may not work in Sonoma.
Yep. Looks like everything is good. Certainly with the big guns and everything I use. Obviously can’t see small bugs or crashes from quick sound tests but so far so good
I updated the other day. Nuendo is the only thing that looks a bit fudged up - it needs to redraw the graphics constantly so everything is blank until you mouse over it, but minimizing the windows and then bringing them back kind of fixes it. Steinberg always seems to be the last to catch up anyway so I wasn’t expecting a miracle here. Audio-wise everything seems to be OK though with Ableton Live and a few other things. Plugins don’t seem affected at all.
For the record I’m using an M1 Ultra Mac Studio, so ymmv
I read that the major breaking updates are usually every other update. So the next OS after Sonoma is one you should hold off on, just like I waited around a year to upgrade to Ventura (which I am still on for now).
Oh, I have not tried overbridge yet. I have an Analog Heat MKII. If I have the time I’ll check it out later today - but seeing as everything else audio seems OK I’m not expecting any trouble.
Interesting. I’m definitely going to research that and keep an eye out going forward thanks. So far it definitely seems about right with Sonoma vs Ventura. Smooth sailing.
In fact, my M1 MacBook Pro seems a lot snappier, Universal control and Continuity between iOS devices is very much improved.
i was there, but after DAWless period i went hybrid – using either Drambo (iOS) or Numerology (macOS) as a sequencer.
and if i ever want to release some of my hardware takes (i certainly will) – i still need a DAW for mixing/mastering jobs.
that’s why i hate to be an early adopter.
about half a year is typically enough time for a major OS release to become really mature – either in Apple or in Linux world.
I’m definitely also a hybrid however I like to consider my iPad HW and the DAW I use most is always optimized for the latest OS—Logic.
I do have a lot of plugins. Some I use a lot but if they don’t work, I’ll stop using them and focus on the ones that are on the ball. So many options these days I don’t feel the need to wait on any one brand that can’t keep up. Fact is, Logic stock plugins and effects are about on the level as any other anyways. Can’t really lose out even if I’m stuck just using Logic.
We’ll see how that goes. I forgot to test Serato Studio or Sample. If either of those are broken I’ll be PISSED and possibly inconsolable.
Logic rocks! i switched from Bitwig recently (still running 90-days trial), and it was love from the 1st project.
i know only two DAWs where you can be happy just with their own plugins – Logic & Harrison Mixbus. but … i never tried to make music in Mixbus, only mixing/mastering.
Sorry for kicking an old topic, but this one seemed most logical. Is it safe to update to the latest Sonoma version? I’m on Monterey (M1, RME interface, Ableton Live) now, but a few photograpic apps I want to use require an update I’m really hesitant for… Thanks a lot!
I just got a new MacBook with Sonoma and everything seems fine so far although I haven’t used it much yet. The one thing that annoyed me was that Ozone 9 isn’t compatible so I have to upgrade if I want to carry on using it
Yes, its safe. I am also on M1, was on Monterey and 5 months ago upgraded to Sonoma, it is smooth, everything works. Only System Preferences/Settings are annoying and confusing.
and my MBP from 2010; the damn thing doesnt want to die