Is anyone using Jamstix on Mac?

R Green · Post by **R Green** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 9:15 am

If there are no plans to get JS working on Catalina, it would be helpful to know what the plans are. People might not upgrade their operating system if they knew.

stpete111 · Post by **stpete111** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 9:46 am

R Green wrote:If there are no plans to get JS working on Catalina, it would be helpful to know what the plans are. People might not upgrade their operating system if they knew.

I believe the reason it hasn't been explicitly stated is because it's totally hit or miss as to whether it will work for you on Catalina. I believe what support was telling me was that I'm in the group where it's not working, for others it is, and b/c Rayzoon is already facing difficulties getting through some blockers that macOS/Apple presents, they are focusing as much of their time as they can on making the Windows version as good as it can be. I don't know specifically what these macOS blockers are b/c they never really mention specifics, but it is alluded to in general a lot - you can find references here on the forum in several posts.

All that said, I don't disagree with you at all that it would be VERY helpful if there was something posted somewhere that at least says something along the lines of "Mac users - we suggest not upgrading past Mojave for the least amount of headaches with JS4 - we don't support Catalina or higher at this time." Something like that.

And finally, I want to be fair and clarify one comment - in the support response I received, the exact wording was NOT that they have no plans to support Catalina - it was more along the lines that coming back to macOS and addressing the issues and blockers is definitely on Rayzoon's roadmap, but there is currently no timeline for it. That said, they seem to re-iterate over and over again that they have NOT abandoned JS4 for macOS. Actions speak louder than words though. But Rayzoon is a small shop, and JS is not Ralph's only gig from what I understand. So there's only so much we can hope for.

tommy_q · Post by **tommy_q** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:44 am

I have just started using JS as it gives more flexibility in comparison to Logic's Drummer.

Do you know how to get Jamstix to play through EZ Drummer/Addictive Drums on Logic, I dont know how to set it up on the mixer?

plectrum_boy · Post by **plectrum_boy** » Fri Feb 26, 2021 4:59 am

King_louie wrote:I run jamstix 3 on mac
reaper 6.18
and logic pro x

no issues

Louis

Hi Louis,

Have you tried to get Jamstix 4 working?

Steve.

Dewdman42 · Post by **Dewdman42** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:48 pm

JS4 works fine for me on Catalina. I suspect people having problems are having problems with permissions only...as each version of OSX has become increasingly stricter about enforcing permissions related to signed apps etc...

I can't remember if I did anything special to make it work but I don't recall. I do have SIP disabled for other reasons, maybe that's why it works?

Anyway, what I can say is that it works fine.

The only thing I have noticed also is that in the past Jamstix would automatically create an IAC port to use with LogicPro, but that seems to have been removed now, maybe it was removed since JS3, not sure. Anyway, that means if you want to use JS4 with LogicPro and with other drum samplers, then you need to use something like KushView element, BlueCatAudio patchworks or PlogueBidule to host Jamstix inside it along with your drum sample player...then link them up inside those...

it does work fine for me here, so not sure why others in Catalina are having issues, but like I said I suspect its related to some kind of permissions. Did you try checking console for errors and such? Perhaps JS4 provides some log output also that can help you figure it out...but the software itself...once allowed to run,...runs fine...

Hexabuzz_ · Post by **Hexabuzz_** » Sun Jun 27, 2021 7:58 am

Anyone ever get Jamstix to work on Mac after getting the ERROR:Cannot sync with core (LE:0) message?

Dewdman42 · Post by **Dewdman42** » Sun Jun 27, 2021 5:06 pm

I don't recall ever seeing that messages before. Can you tell us more about your system, what version of MacOS...which DAW, what hardware, etc..

Azimuth (Archive) · Post by **Azimuth (Archive)** » Sun Jun 27, 2021 7:32 pm

@Hexabuzz_ If you don't get your issue resolved here in the forum I'd suggest using the Manager app to send your log files to support. Sorry I can't offer anything else.

Hexabuzz_ · Post by **Hexabuzz_** » Sun Jun 27, 2021 9:22 pm

Dewdman42 wrote:I don't recall ever seeing that messages before. Can you tell us more about your system, what version of MacOS...which DAW, what hardware, etc..

2012 Mac Mini, 16gb ram, 2.6 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, Catalina 10.15.7

Logic Pro 10.6.2, and other AU hosts, Harrison Mixbus 32c V6, and Hosting A/U standalone.

Installed/uninstalled/repaired from the Manager multiple times, multiple restarts. Same error, can't launch Jamstix.

Thanks

plectrum_boy · Post by **plectrum_boy** » Thu Aug 12, 2021 5:48 pm

Hexabuzz_ wrote:Anyone ever get Jamstix to work on Mac after getting the ERROR:Cannot sync with core (LE:0) message?

No. I've lost count of how many times I've reinstalled everything but nothing has worked. Jamstix 4 is a bittersweet memory to me now, I look in here from time to time but there hasn't been anything new/hopeful for over a year...

Steve.