DammKid Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Greetings, I recently purchased Helix Native, but I've since learned that it has no 'standalone' capability (i.e., it requires a DAW of some sort), and that none of the mainstream DAWs will work with my Apple MacPro. It seems 'nutz' to me, because my circa 2008 MacPro is a quad-core Intel Xeon desktop, with 24 GB of RAM, running at 2 x 3 GHz (well above many of the current-day machines out there), yet thanks to our friends at Apple, I can't update to OS Sierra (10.12) from my present OS El Capitan (10.11.6), and virtually ALL mainstream DAWs appear to require Sierra (10.12) or greater. Blam! I'm dead-in-the-water! To no avail, I've contacted tech support at Apple, Line-6 (now Yamaha?), Sweetwater and others in hopes of getting some sort of recommendation or work-around, and I've seen mention of 'Element', 'Reaper', 'MainStage' and 'MenuBUS Pro' here on-line, with no idea yet as to whether any of those will work with 10.11.6 (El Capitan), but is anyone here aware of any reputable, well-recognized DAW's that would positively be compatible with my system? Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_gamache Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 how about LiveProfessor http://audiostrom.com/ ? there's also AU Lab (requires free Apple Dev account) try Googling "Audio Plugin Host OSX" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DammKid Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 18 minutes ago, mark_gamache said: how about LiveProfessor http://audiostrom.com/ ? there's also AU Lab (requires free Apple Dev account) try Googling "Audio Plugin Host OSX" Quote Yeah, I suspect that there's any number of different ones out there that 'might' be compatible with my OS limitations, because let's face it, El Capitan (10.11.6) simply isn't THAT old (what? 2-3 years maybe?), but I've posted this thread in hopes that I can avoid the headaches of having to research and bench-test each and every one of these silly things for compatibility. That could take days, and I'm admittedly an inherently impatient guy. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DammKid Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 After spending more time here this morning researching this subject, its looking like PreSonus (specifically their Studio One 4 'Artist' or 'Professional' versions) are about the only mainstream DAW that is compatible with Mac OS 10.11.6 (El Capitan). All the rest require 10.12 (Sierra) or higher, and that includes Cubase/Element, Sonar, Ableton, Wave Lab, Motu Digital Performer, and numerous others. So, I guess I've answered my own question at this point. I'll just purchase the discounted (academic download) version of Studio One 4 Professional. Case closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsvette12 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Studio One would be an excellent choice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papanate Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 On 1/10/2019 at 12:18 PM, DammKid said: It seems 'nutz' to me, because my circa 2008 MacPro is a quad-core Intel Xeon desktop, with 24 GB of RAM, running at 2 x 3 GHz (well above many of the current-day machines out there), yet thanks to our friends at Apple, I can't update to OS Sierra (10.12) from my present OS El Capitan (10.11.6), and virtually ALL mainstream DAWs appear to require Sierra (10.12) or greater. Blam! I'm dead-in-the-water! Look at this page on Running Sierra on an older Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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