If I want to get the driver as high as possible, can I put it at the top of the front baffle and put the port at 1/3 of the length from the bottom? Will that be generally the same as the reverse, as far as the nulling of the main peak?
if you simulate it, you will see it's not a great solution for trying to get the driver closer to ear height.
Best would be to angle back the MLTL so it fires in line with your ears.
Best would be to angle back the MLTL so it fires in line with your ears.
Perceval, any experience /observations on compatibility of older Intel Macs running Sonoma via OCLP with Windows virtual machines? I picked up a dirt cheap 2012 MBP last year and so far it’s working like a charm after doing that - REW and miniDSP Dc are so easy to run and configure on this setup. I have a couple of applications that won’t run on the Mac OS and which barely limp along on a baby Digital Engine mini PC running Win10, but it’s not the funnest of operations.
@chrisb it should be as simple as installing VirtualBox on your Intel Mac, then creating a new VM and installing whatever version of windows you want/need. All software will run in the VM and have no idea it isn’t a “real” PC. The caveat is that sometimes it can be tricky to get pass through of external devices (USB, etc.) to work, but simple apps will just run as normal.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads?
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads?
I mostly use Wine because I don't like to spend time rebooting every time I want to access those Windows apps, and use less disk space.
I had a MBP core2duo for a very long time. It was a workhorse for over 12 years. Running Logic, VSTs, publishing apps, etc...
About virtual emulation OS, they will actually run faster on the older Intel architecture.
I know Wine is having problem porting it to Apple Silicon. Their monetarized counterparts, CrossOver, does run emulation on Apple silicon but it is actually slower than using an older Intel. I guess they have to run Rosetta as a base and Wine on top of that. Having the Intel Mac, you don't need Rosetta, so things will run a lot faster and smoothly.
REW, I use the Mac app.
HornResp runs perfectly well and smoothly.
Vituix, I think I remember I had to do one tweak to it and then it ran... can't remember right now.
I've thrown others at Wine that worked very well... QSpeakers, even some old Star Wars game.
Not necessary. The VM runs on top of your host OS. So you have access to both simultaneously.
On my Linux workstation, I have 3 versions of Windows and various other OSs installed in VMs and they are available at the click of the mouse. You can even close the VM down and save the machine state, so that it can simply be “resumed” any time in the future without the need to boot.
Yes, they all take up some disk space but disk space is cheap (even nvme is now) and you only have to devote a minimal amount for the OS and specific apps you want to run.
I’ve had mixed results with WINE in the past. VMs are virtually hassle-free.
I understand.
For example, I couldn't get LeonardAudioTL app working in Wine whatever I tried. Even VituixCad needed some work as it was not straight forward.
But, for simple apps like HornResp, QSpeaker, XSim, DATS, etc... Wine works just fine and it's quick and easy to setup.
With HornResp, DATS and XSim, I cover pretty much all the basics.
For example, I couldn't get LeonardAudioTL app working in Wine whatever I tried. Even VituixCad needed some work as it was not straight forward.
But, for simple apps like HornResp, QSpeaker, XSim, DATS, etc... Wine works just fine and it's quick and easy to setup.
With HornResp, DATS and XSim, I cover pretty much all the basics.