Cantabile + Apple M1/M2 + Crossover / Rosetta 2

[drgaryb]

Hi,

Anyone know if it’s possible to run Cantabile on Apple M1/M2 with Crossover or Rosetta 2?

I’m upgrading 4 x Windows machines and would make a jump to M1/M2 if Cantabile will work with it.

Tx

Gary

[bartok2112]

As I understand it, Cantabile is a Windows only program.

• Paul

[cpaolo]

@drgaryb

run Cantabile on Apple M1/M2

You will find a related thread on te forum.

Silly Experiment - Cantabile on M1 iMac

For various reason, I changed from windows to iMac M1 and sadly, in the process, said goodbye to Cantabile. I also installed parallels which allowed me to run the early release of win 11 for arm, which I needed in order to carry out some vital activities only available on Windows. … Well, vitally important old games that I like to play. Given the complexity of some of the games in terms of hardware, the inevitable thought occurred - I wonder if Cantabile would run on the M1. So, I …

[drgaryb]

Thanks for that. I think I can borrow an M2 to see how it works. I decided to custom build a couple of PCs for Cantabile for now. Much appreciated!

Tx

G

[Torsten]

A macOS port has been on @brad’s roadmap for a long time, but has been de-prioritized.

see here: https://trello.com/c/tfPlUAHn/107-port-to-os-x

[brad]

Yep, I used to get a lot of enquiries about mac version, but they’ve pretty much dried up and I’m having a hard time justifying the time to port it now.

[looney]

Hi Brad -

Keep in mind that requests may have dried up because Mac users had been frustrated with the wait, and moved on to alternative hosts on the Mac. I voted for the Mac port years ago (as did significant numbers of others), but moved on after a port never materialized and was later de-prioritized. This does not mean I no longer wish for a Mac port (I would definitely rekindle my Cantabile usage on the Mac). I’d hedge a guess that I’m not alone. Unless your customers can re-vote periodically, I think you are missing your opportunity by saying that requests have dried-up.

[cpaolo]

Huh, porting to Mac, my secret dream.

But that’s not going to happen, since the Win version is @Brad’s full time job.

Also, Cantabile is very much based on .NET. I don’t think it would be easy to port. Not to mention the effort required to develop and maintain both Win and Mac versions.
The point is: Brad is not the Steinberg, Native Instruments, IK, etc.

[brad]

.NET isn’t the problem as these days it runs pretty much everywhere (Windows, Linux, Mac even Raspi).

The bigger problem is everything else OSX related.

[rth8319]

I was pretty heavily invested in using Cantabile until I got a mac and had to switch - would love to come back if it ever became supported