by marcaz » Wed May 09, 2018 2:19 pm
Add another to the ranks of disgruntled/cranky/sad/frustrated SP owners.
Over the past few weeks, I have tried so many things; various OS versions, AT versions, my DAW(s) and, of course, the SP MIDI Control software.
I am using an early 2009 iMac in my little studio. This is the machine I purchased new around the same time I purchased my Stealth Pedal. It all worked perfectly at the time and for quite a few years after. I started with MacOS 10.5 and stopped updating at 10.6.8 for fear of issues arising and, well, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
Due to various personal reasons, I had a break from music making and have only in the last few months started back at it. Of course, after a couple of years sitting dormant, the hard disk in the iMac had become unreliable, applications beach-balling for no reason. I decided to replace the hard disk and re-install all my software. This went smoothly (even the tear-down to replace the drive was dead easy) and I was up and running again in a couple of hours.
BUT...
The damned Stealth Pedal wouldn't work. I had installed MacOS 10.8.5, SP MIDI Control 1.1, AT3 and other bits and bobs. The problems were just as described time and time again in this thread. I raised a ticket with IK support and my experience was virtually the same as I have read here.
I DO NOT expect miracles and, having worked in IT most of the past thirty years, I appreciate that support for a specific product can't go on forever. Nonetheless, this is pretty rudimentary stuff and from what I can tell, IK are just no longer a licensed Apple developer. Fair enough, I guess.
But here I am, having tried OS versions from 10.10.5, 10.9.4, 10.8.5, 10.7.5 (I no longer have a 10.6.8 installer) and now back with 10.10.5, AT 2.0, 3.1 and 4.5, SP MIDI Control 1.1 and now 1.1.1 (yes, only after asking IK support for it) and Logic 9.1.2 as well as Garageband 6.0.5 and, frankly, I have lost track of what has worked and what hasn't. One thing is true, not all things worked at the same time! I have, all along, followed the advice of IK support, to no avail. I find myself repeating answers (I sometimes think the support person doesn't even read my messages before responding) and not getting any closer to a solution. At this point in time, I have a functioning AT4.5, I am installing Garageband 10.1 and wondering if I should purchase Logic Pro 10.4 but SP MIDI control is doing the 'CONTROL light on for one second and then off' thing.
Nigel, I would LOVE to hear more from you and how you solved your problems.