Atmosphere 1.2.4 & Logic 8.0.2 Fails Validation...

[rosewoodstrat]

Herein below I have copied and pasted the results from Logic 8.0.2's Audio Units Manager, whilst attempting to manually validate Spectrasonics Atmosphere. I doubt if there's ever going to be a solution to this ongoing and somewhat major issue, as a quick visit to Spectrasonic's website reveals the Audio Unit component of Atmosphere hasn't been updated since July 2005. It's like buying a new car and then suddenly after 3 years the manufacturer ceases to provide service maintenance for the vehicle unless you "upgrade" to the latest model...the OMNICAR...

I would like to see Spectrasonics address this issue.

Or...am I expected (by Spectrasonics) to go out and buy an upgrade from Atmosphere to Omnisphere...? For the record, I don't want or need Omnisphere. I bought a Synthesizer software package. I expect it to receive the required support from the company that created it. Just like Arturia do. Or maybe Izotope. Are Spectrasonics leaving behind their Atmosphere customers here? Will Atmosphere get a simple update to enable it to validate properly with Logic 8.0.2? I hope so. I remain an optimist. An optimist lacking a tool that I purchased with perfectly crisp money once upon a time.

I'll say it again: I bought Atmosphere from your company, Eric. I think you make some very creative tools but unfortunately your company are increasingly perpetrating this somewhat unfair trend of "reinventing" your older software, then altering it's name, but then leaving behind the older software that was bought and paid for by your customers with good money, so that it eventually fails to work on new updates such as, in my case, Logic 8.0.2. And then along comes the big sales pitch: OMNISPHERE! So powerful, so omnipresent!

Eric, please could you update my Atmosphere component plugin with maybe 0.000001% of the incoming revenue from those who decide to buy Omnisphere. I would be eternally grateful if you could just take care of that.

I'm not really that partial to having my arm twisted into buying Omnisphere just because Spectrasonics choose not to support Atmosphere in a thoughtful and customer caring manner. I find Spectrasonics somewhat irritating with regard to their abject lack of support for their older but perfectly good plugins.

One last thing...I'm using a G5 2.7Ghz dual running Tiger on one drive, Leopard on another...I'm aware of the differences...the Atmosphere Intel wrapper I use on my laptop...It's been a while now, using this band-aid wrapper on my laptop...



Atmosphere 1.2.4
Created: Thursday July 28th 2005 10:26pm

validating Audio Unit Atmosphere by Spectrasonics:

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AU Validation Tool
Version: 1.2.1b3
Copyright 2003-2007, Apple, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Specify -h (-help) for command options
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VALIDATING AUDIO UNIT: 'aumu' - 'ATMO' - 'JKdH'
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Manufacturer String: Spectrasonics
AudioUnit name: Atmosphere
Component Info: Dream Synth Module
Component Version: 1.2.4 (0x10204)
Component's Bundle Version: 1.0.0

* * PASS
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TESTING OPEN TIMES:
COLD:
Time to open AudioUnit: 9.167 ms
WARM:
Time to open AudioUnit: 0.257 ms
FIRST TIME:
Time for initialization: 663.822 ms

* * PASS
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VERIFYING DEFAULT SCOPE FORMATS:
Input Scope Bus Configuration:
Default Bus Count:0

Output Scope Bus Configuration:
Default Bus Count:1
Default Format: AudioStreamBasicDescription: 2 ch, 44100 Hz, 'lpcm' (0x0000002B) 32-bit big-endian float, deinterleaved

* * PASS
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VERIFYING REQUIRED PROPERTIES:
VERIFYING PROPERTY: Sample Rate
PASS
VERIFYING PROPERTY: Stream Format
PASS
VERIFYING PROPERTY: Maximum Frames Per Slice
PASS
VERIFYING PROPERTY: Last Render Error
PASS
VERIFYING PROPERTY: Instrument Count
PASS

* * PASS
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VERIFYING RECOMMENDED PROPERTIES:
VERIFYING PROPERTY: Latency
PASS

* * PASS
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VERIFYING OPTIONAL PROPERTIES:
VERIFYING PROPERTY Supported Number of Channels
PASS
VERIFYING PROPERTY Host Callbacks
PASS

* * PASS
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VERIFYING SPECIAL PROPERTIES:

VERIFYING CUSTOM UI
Carbon View Components Available: 1
auvw AMUI JKdH - Uvi User Interface
PASS

Cocoa Views Available: 0

VERIFYING CLASS INFO
PASS

TESTING HOST CALLBACKS
PASS

* * PASS
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PUBLISHED PARAMETER INFO:

* * PASS
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FORMAT TESTS:

Reported Channel Capabilities (explicit):
[0, 2] [-16379, -24197]

No Input, Output Chans:
0-1 0-2 0-4 0-5 0-6 0-7 0-8
X
WARNING: Can Initialize Unit to un-supported num channels:InputChan:0, OutputChan:1
WARNING: Can Initialize Unit to un-supported num channels:InputChan:0, OutputChan:4
WARNING: Can Initialize Unit to un-supported num channels:InputChan:0, OutputChan:5
WARNING: Can Initialize Unit to un-supported num channels:InputChan:0, OutputChan:6
WARNING: Can Initialize Unit to un-supported num channels:InputChan:0, OutputChan:7
WARNING: Can Initialize Unit to un-supported num channels:InputChan:0, OutputChan:8
ERROR: AU incorrectly reports Dynamic Configuration capability (bus count is not writable)

* * FAIL
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AU VALIDATION FAILED: CORRECT THE ERRORS ABOVE.
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validation result: failed validation

That's all there is to it, no...? Correct the errors above, Eric...

[sleepless63]

Hi Rosewoodstrat

I was so worried by the failed AUvalidation with Atmosphere and Trilogy that I had to find a solution.

Here it is:

Use the FXpansion VSTtoAU Adaptor v2.0.

Put a copy of the VST versions of the instruments of the VSTtoAU vstplugins folder.

Put a symbolic link to the instruments respective .dat files in the same folder.

Launch VSTtoAU

Done!

You'll find fully working VIs in a VST sub-menu in the I/O>AU Instruments menu.

Only issue is you have to reassign the instruments in all previous Logic projects, and your former aupresets won't be available in the wrapped instruments.

I know this is a workaround, but it works fine, and I'm able again to work with both instruments. Who knows when an update (upgrade) of Trilogy will be released ?...