Panstation Updated, Others To Follow...

If you follow me at all on Twitter (or even happen to occasionally glance at the sidebar of this site), you’ll note that I occasionally mutter semi-disparaging comments about Logic. Turns out that at least some of the problems we were seeing were actually our fault.

(At this point I’m hanging my head, shuffling my feet, and sniffling a little bit.)

The code that comprises the majority of what we laughingly refer to as “copy protection” has a bit in it that was poorly written, and when compiled for 64-bit, it would produce different results on some machines. There was no rhyme nor reason to this whatsoever, and we’d see two identical computers with one having the issue and the other not.

As luck would have it, Adam bought a Mac Mini last week, and it, unlike every other Mac we have on site, had the issue. So he was able to diagnose, and ultimately fix, the problem.

So, long story short, we need to rebuild and update every one of our 64-bit releases to squish this bug once and for all. If you previously were able to instance the 32-bit but not the 64-bit version of one of our plugs in a 64-bit DAW, this was most likely the cause, and these updates will fix the problem. We’ll be rolling them out one or two a day until all the 64-bit stuff is rebuilt.

In that light, Panstation is now at 1.0.1. There are also a couple minor bug fixes for shit you probably didn’t notice, but may down the road, so re-installing with 1.0.1 is recommended for all users, whether or not you got bit by that 64-bit bullshit. Hit the AD store to get a shiny new bitstream.

As an aside, I’ve been working on this sound-alike music bed for an industrial for several days now, in the process re-learning to play guitar and learning to really and truly loath Coldplay and U2. But that’s why I’ve been somewhat silent, if you were curious.