What is the wait. IS it really that hard to program ? Some small companies like fabfilter seem to have their shit sorted but programs like BF2, huge drum library is still 32 bit. THe worst is when new products are released and they still aren't 64 bit yet. Spectrasonics managed. Kontakt and Battery finally but man, everyone should stop developing new products until they update everything to 64 bit. ANother small company Wallander Instruments which is a rather complex plugin managed to have their 64 bit versions rather quick. VSL has been 64 bit for ages. Sample vsts have no excuse these days.
My boss paid for the waves bundle and you can imagine he is a little pissed that a company that supposedly has the best customer service is taking so long.
This whole 64 bit conversion has honestly been like 5 years in the making. I remember getting a computer back then that was supposedly 64 bit compatible. I wish they would just nail the coffin and stop supporting 32 bit products.
iLok is 32-bit, so that's why they are still 32-bit. Most plugins are now coming with a 64-bit version, so it won't take long.
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Nov-11-2010 06:12
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Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Zone 4
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Nov-11-2010 07:24
DigiNut
You kids get off my lawn!
Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Toronto, Self-proclaimed Centre of the Universe
I still see people with 16-bit programs kicking around. Hell, I still see people with 8-bit DOS programs kicking around - granted they're usually at airport terminals or 50-year-old convenience stores.
As Timothy says, it's not always the manufacturer's fault; sometimes they depend on 3rd-party libraries or even outdated compilers, and until they release 64-bit versions, the manufacturer can't go 64-bit (unless they write their own libraries, and those would probably be buggy and crappy since it's outside their competency).
Other times, good customer service sadly isn't backed by a great development team.
Still, even with good developers, I don't see them stopping support for Win32; all that's guaranteed to do is lose them business from customers who haven't upgraded their sequencers or operating systems yet. I predict it'll be at least another 5 years before any companies even consider stopping 32-bit support.
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Nov-11-2010 17:31
kitphillips
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Registered: May 2006
Location: Sydney, Australia
quote:
Originally posted by Timothy
iLok is 32-bit, so that's why they are still 32-bit. Most plugins are now coming with a 64-bit version, so it won't take long.
Yet another way in which copy protection is stopping legitimate users from enjoying their product
