According to MOTU, they have “worked closely with Apple to ensure a smooth transition for your MOTU products when you make the move to Snow Leopard.” In most cases, current versions of MOTU software have already been made forward-compatible with Snow Leopard – and, of course, that includes the forthcoming Digital Performer 7. MOTU promises that the now-available and soon-to-be-available software and driver updates include support for Mac OS X’s latest advances in multi-threading and multi-processor operation.
The software specifics:
All currently shipping versions of MOTU software products are compatible with Mac …

Steinberg has announced their Snow Leopard/Windows 7 compatibility plan, but it would seem to leave Cubase and Nuendo users dangling for some time after other DAW apps have moved on. Here’s their September 1 statement: “Steinberg has outlined its plans to ensure compatibility for its current product and technology palette to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Windows 7. A three-phase development and testing plan has been implemented to ensure compatibility with the new operating system versions.
“In Phase One, the current development phase, Steinberg is testing all current products …

Many DAW software and hardware makers seem to have taken on a Stepford-like tone in their Snow Leopard announcements. They’re “pleased” that OS X 10.6. has been released, and they’re “working closely with Apple” to get up to speed. Read on:
“Avid/Digidesign is pleased to hear that Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. At this time, we’re working closely with Apple to bring Snow Leopard support to the entire Pro Tools line and extended product families, and ask that all Mac users please …

Beatscape, a plug-in introduced with Cakewalk SONAR 8 Producer Edition, gives you a way to manipulate loops and samples using a non-threatening interface. The process is simple: you map samples to its 16 onscreen pads and trigger them with MIDI notes. To get the most out of Beatscape, check out the cool tutorial from Electronic Musician, available on emusician.com. Brian Smithers has been around the block with SONAR and other DAWs, and his friendly, easygoing approach makes for a happy learning experience.

If you haven’t already noticed, most of the recording/electronic music/keyboard/etc. magazines have withered away during the economic, uh, drought. Advertisers are abandoning, or cutting back on, print media, which leaves publishers with a starvation budget that’s reflected in a noticeable dropoff in editorial content. So we see recycled articles, content that’s traded back and forth between sister publications, and attempts to steer readers to websites.
But Sound on Sound has stuck to its guns, offering loads of practical information, how-to guides, dissections of classic tracks, and more, all wrapped up in …