Don’t Upgrade Your Music Computer To OS X Lion Supporting tagline

• Ableton – don’t update or kitties will suffer; an update is on the way.
• Algoriddim – djay updated with some sweet features.
• Apogee – still testing its products.
• Apple Garage Band – latest version should work.
• Apple Logic Pro – use 9.1.4 or later.
• Avid Pro Tools – more kitties will suffer; “As of this writing Pro Tools 9 and all earlier versions of Pro Tools software are not compatible and will not work with OS X Lion.”
• Cockos Reaper – appear to be only minor compatibility issues, based onforum reports.
• Cakewalk Sonar – keep dreaming.
• Focusrite – still testing their product line.
• Madrona Labs – waiting on DAWs to be updated to test Aalto.
• M-Audio – many devices have been qualified, but see their site for details:
  • Axiom Pro 25/49/61 Firmware Updater
  • Conectiv*
  • Fast Track
  • Fast Track Pro
  • Fast Track Ultra
  • Fast Track Ultra 8R
  • Fast Track USB
  • KeyStudio 49i
  • M-Audio Black Box
  • Micro USB
  • MobilePre MKII
  • MobilePre USB
  • Producer USB
  • ProFire 610
  • ProFire 2626
  • ProKeys Sono 61
  • ProKeys Sono 88
  • Pro Tools SE 8.0.3 – Patch 003 required
  • Transit USB
  • Venom
  • Xponent*
• MOTU – current versions of MOTU software and hardware drivers appear to be compatible with Lion, although final compatibility testing is still on-going. Digital Performer 7.2.3 is currently not compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). Wait for an upcoming release of Digital Performer (7.2.4) before you upgrade.  Updates here.
• Native Instruments - kittens will suffer; “refrain from updating to Mac OS X 10.7 for the time being’, Battery 3.2.2 has been qualified, updates here.
• Propellerhead – Reason & Record fully compatible; Recycle not compatible and update is in the works. Info here.
• Focusrite – issues with Saffire PRO 14, Saffire PRO 24, Saffire PRO 24 DSP, Saffire PRO 40, Liquid Saffire 56, Liquid Mix HD, Forté Suite & Scarlett Plug-In Suite.
• Novation – known issues with Automap, Nio.
• Sibelius – 6.2 or higher should work
• Steinberg – they’ve published a compatibility chart; known issues with Cubase, Groove Agent, Halion, Nuendo.

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