10.2.3, 10.2.3 is out with audio improvements Options

[ryosode]

Here's an excerpt from 10.2.3 release document. This may be a good news some peple here...

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107263

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Audio Enhancements

* Addresses a potential issue in which sound from some USB audio devices may "stutter" after waking from sleep.
* Addresses an issue in which iSub, when used with some third-party USB speakers, could produce static.
* Improves default reverb setting for applications which use QuickTime Musical Instruments.
* Addresses an issue in which audio recorded from a USB device with a sample rate of 48k or 96k may include distortion.
* Improves results when recording from a USB microphone with a sample rate of 11.025k or 22.050k.
* Addresses an issue in which a MIDI device may unexpectedly fail to be recognized, when several devices are connected.
* Refines MIDI device support by removing compatibility for MIDI devices that are connected via a serial port (which Apple has not shipped with machines for several years).

[Levon River]

Ass for the serial/midi driver, I think they removed it because it was unmaintainable. it doesn't stop someone from making his/hers for his/her serial device, in whatever form it comes in.

Buserror, I don't understand what you said.

If you're going to say, "It's "black," you can't turn around in the next sentence and say "It's white." What does "unmaintainable" mean? If it's "unmaintainable" for Apple, how is is "maintainable" for some 3rd party? How does it *not* "stop someone from making his/hers for his/her serial device"? How are *they* going to "maintain" it if Apple is providing no system-level support for it, no "hooks" for it in Core MIDI services?

I know for a fact that 10.2 included "AppleMIDISerialDriver.kext" which is now absent from 10.2.3. If it was "not maintainable," why was it there in the first place? And why is it now gone--other than the whims of the Apple god-geeks? (While waiting for clarification, I'll just look the other way and whistle, and pretend that Apple *isn't* in the royalties line for firewire. and pretend that there isn't now going to be a ramp-up in firewire MIDI devices hitting the market. )