Mac OS X El Capitan and DAW

El Capitan is published today.

So Let's share the information about the new OS with software and audio interface.
I have tried using the β version of El Capitan. But Coreaudio is detected as incompatible software. I hope that it can be improved :)

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MacBook Pro(MID 2010), 6GB RAM, MBOX minI, Logic Pro X (10.2)

I received warnings from Native Instruments to not update. I'm holding off on it for awhile.

Indeed.
Thanks for the information, Danny:)

Steinberg users also be warned:

Important information regarding OS X 10.11

September 28, 2015
On September 30 Apple will release the new OS X version El Capitan. Our first tests show that different issues occur when running Steinberg products under OS X 10.11. We therefore cannot recommend our customers to update to El Capitan.

Detailed information regarding product compatibility will be published from October 23, 2015, after completing all compatibility tests. However, we can inform you today that Cubase 8.0.30, Nuendo 7.0.30 and the MR Tools and UR drivers are not compatible with El Capitan and advise you not to update your operating system until we provide compatible versions.

If you rely on a trouble-free operation of our products, we recommend waiting with the update of El Capitan until the entire compatibility chart for all Steinberg products has been published.

Thank you jm :)

Right now I have updated to El Capitan. But AVID USB audio interface is not recognized. Didn't change the situationeven when re-install the driver. By the way, it was recognized with no driver Once I have connected a cheap audio interface. I will wait for the corresponds of AVID :)

http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?p=2298907#post2298907

ProTools is extremely finicky. If I were still using it I'd never update once I got it running smoothly, LOL.

Ok, on El Capitan now, no real issues. Garageband works perfectly with all plugins. On Logic X and Mainstage, Native Instruments (Kontakt) and iZope plugins are not validated and thus do not work, but they are fine in Garageband. Cubase AI 6 works fine with the latest eLicenser. Steinberg CI2+ and JAM interfaces work perfectly. All in all pretty painless. There are published workarounds for iZope and Native Instruments if you really need them.

EDIT Steinberg CI2+ is not working properly and suffers from occasional dropouts. It is worst in Cubase, but also happens in Garageband. This is whilst recording, which makes it unusable in Cubase, and barely usable in Garageband, where you have to be lucky to get through a song without problems.

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Edited by jmrukkers on November 06 2015 19:53

AVID is always slow work hahaha :)

I was downgrade the OS to the Mavericks. Why not a Yosemite? In my MacBook Pro heavy operation even in Yosemite. But Mac fan I wanted to run the El Capitan.

Thank you tell the verification result jm. I like iZope. That is the good plug-in. waves are difficult for me. T-rackS is flashy :)

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-8801

Had no problems with core audio and Reaper here. My interface is quite old, using a FireWire to Thunderbolt adapter but no sync problems or compatability issues. Reaper updated to v5 not long before El Capitan released, though.

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Edited by mpointon on October 16 2015 23:18

There's an update out today for El Capitan, upgrading the OS to 10.11.1. This update has solved the issues I had with the Native Instruments AU components (manual rescan was needed to bring them back alive)). Kontakt Player is fine now again in Mainstage, probably also in Logic, but since I don't have that installed at the moment cannot test that myself.

Perhaps it's time for me to upgrade ...

There's a new driver out now for Yamaha and Steinberg interfaces (I am using it with my Steinberg CI2+ and it resolves all problems, for me at least, and (joy) also enables the use of aggregate devices, so I can now also use devices other than the Steinberg interface with my Cubase AI 6 version, and monitor through my main headphone amp.

The download is available at
http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/global/en/downloads/firmware_software/yamaha_steinberg_usb_driver/yamaha_steinberg_usb_driver_mac_latest.jsp

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Edited by jmrukkers on November 08 2015 09:55

I have just updated to Yosemite. I will surely wait a few months before i unstall something else.

For what it is worth, I'm running a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 onto a Macbook / GB running El Capitan.

no problems works fine.

Audio driver for my audio interface from AVID has been updated a few days ago.
However, Pro Tools 12 In my MacBook Pro(2010) seems tough :(

I updated to El Capitan and Apple modified the logic pro program. They made disappear the "record button" in the program so I could no more record music. (I had payed the program $600.00 CAN)
When I opened the program there was a message that I had to upgrade Logic Pro (Cost almost $300.00 CAN)

I spent de $$$$

Mean company with immoral practices.

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I desactivated internet on the computer I use for music. Everything works fine and I won't update anything anymore.

No Apple or Mucrosoft will come in my computer anymore.

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