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OK to update to iOS8 yet?
Sorry for the lame topic, but more apps have stopped supporting iOS7.
I've been holding off because of all the problems, but is it OK to update now?
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I would like to know also.Still on 7.12 IPad Air 1.Main apps that I need to work together are Animoog,ISEM,Sunrizer,into Cubasis and of course Audiobus.Thanks to anyone who can confirm that these work on IOS 8.2!
I think the standard line is "if what you have is working then you should consider not upgrading". I'd just check the list of apps that are supporting iOS 8 now and make a decision based on which apps you deem mission critical.
And in case you're not sure which list I'm talking about...
http://audiob.us/ios8/
My 1st Gen iPad Mini (iOS8.1.2) doesn't have enough RAM to run all those apps at once.
But running AudioBus with Cubasis and One at the time works just fine...
Same here Samu
all is updated for me, except imini (ab integration only)
You'll likely have some problems either way. My impression is that iOS 8 is okay for newer devices. The apps that ONLY support iOS 8 are very few. If an app update requires iOS 8, you can often download an older version.
@telecharge, you're totally right. What I should have said was that there have been a couple really neat apps (SoundPrism Electro and others) who started off only supporting iOS8.
So, scanned the list and it looks like Samplr and Rebirth don't support iOS8 yet. And Samplr is getting an update soon? I'll hold off a bit, but will probably upgrade soon.
I'm waiting. At least until the new year and more apps have updated (e.g. Samplr and iMini).
Only thing I feel i'm missing out on is the new SoundPrism electro at the moment.
The list that is referred is not updated just the other day an update for Rebirth was released and it's working just fine on iOS8.1.2...
I'm thinking some developers 'forget' to update the list here on AudioBus-site when they release updates.
Good call, @Samu, thanks.
I asked if it was safe to update because it seems that with every Audiobus and Cubasis update for better IOS 8 compatibility I'm having more problems on 7.12 .Like now every single time I change something in an Audiobus workflow I lose all sound and I get an error message on every app icon in the Audiobus chain.Then I have to delete each app and do a hard reset and start all over again.And I'm not doing anything intense; usually Animoog ,ISEM , Sunrizer StepPolyArp into ampkit In the FX lane and into Cubasis as the DAW.THIS NEVER USED TO HAPPEN! I don't normally complain and I try to work things out but it's really frustrating because I don't know what the cause is.Air1 7.12 Hopefully I can safely update eventually and all will be good again.Sorry for the rant.
it seems to me, now, that the hardware is the biggest issue, rather than the iOS. I upgraded to iOS8, which seems to work well, most functions operate as well as before , or slightly better, but my problems all lie in limitations of a 16Gb ipad2 (memory, Bluetooth, processing power).
99% of apps have been upgraded to support the new OS, sometimes at the expense of support for older IOS versions, but that seems to be Apple's policy, forcing people to upgrade hardware
Its a tradeoff, devil if you do and devil if you don't. If you stay on an old version you'll need to not update your apps to keep them stable, but then you loose the new features and such. If your updating your apps you might as well upgrade the OS. The devs would need to almost double their prices to keep all versions working, it very time consuming and will add a lot of complexity to the app that tends to generate more bugs and problems. Every line of code you add or change is a potential bug and the number of bugs is directly related to number of lines of new/modded code for a given developer/dev team. Hard to track, but some big shops do.
If you update the OS things will break, but the dev are particularly receptive to quick fixes after new releases and are at their most attentive at this time to fix things so updating and reporting you problems as accurately as possible you help get your fav apps fixed ASAP. If no one reports it, it ain't going to get fixed. Of course the downside is the they are broken until they are fixed.
If I was a pro, I'd have at least two iPads, one for stable stuff and one that's always the latest version. Being more a hobbiest I update everything the day it comes out. I have at least 5 of everything (except synths, I have like 50 of those ):) so something always still works and I can play it, but there is only one AB so it is critical to be updated to try and get it fixed ASAP.
I am a life long developer/consultant/etc so my view point may be biased here.
Small rant: I find the comments about not enough testing by the devs a little misguided. Real testing need a lot of dedicated testers, for small teams/individuals like most iOS app developers this means dedicated outside beta testers. Dedicated is the key here, don't be a beta tester just to try out new apps, be a beat tester to find all the bugs you can and report them accurately to the dev. Expect to spend some time on this. Write out some test scripts you can. Ideally the devs should have a test wiki where they and beta testers can contribute test scripts and for new releases the beta testers can claim tests scripts and report their findings for this release so all the test cases are covered. Testopia the test manager for bugzilla is a good example of free software for this. This is how iOS app needs to be tested IMHO. Closed source dev, open source testing and bug tracking. In the big projects I managed, testing was always over 50% of the project cost, usually between 70-80%.
I'm still waiting for Apple to release a fix to the IAA problem that allows apps that used to work well together at reasonable buffer sizes in Audiobus pre AB SDK 2.1 to continue to do so. Until that happens, I can't and won't upgrade to iOS 8 - nor upgrade apps that I rely on from their pre AB SDK 2.1 versions.
I'm in no hurry at all to upgrade. Things are darn near perfect. I'll probably hold off another six months. (Im still running ios 6 on my iphone4 - no plans to upgrade that at all). Happy that FluxFX, ElasticDrums, and FM7 (soon at least) all run on 7.