question about the future of om#

[Fabrizio-F]

Dear Jean, I will have to teach courses on assisted composition; I personally use om# which I find infinitely more linear and practical than om7.2 and I would like to teach these courses on om#. However, it is completely true that with OS 13 and the M1 processor the program has infinite problems (I think due to Rosetta), many more than with intel. Just to be able to choose which of the two programs to choose, I ask you if a new release of om# is expected soon or if this beautiful program, on which I congratulate you, is destined to be abandoned. Thank you and I wish you good work, Fabrizio

[j-bresson]

Hi Fabrizio, indeed I am not able to provide a working version of om# adapted to the latest macOS at the moment, and am also quite behind on several important updates. This doesn't mean that the project is doomed to be abandoned, but for academic purposes, at this time I'd recommend using good old OpenMusic, which is supported by Ircam.

[Fabrizio-F]

hi Jaean, thank you for your answer which removes my doubt of using my favorite om# academically. My request was only to make this decision and not to solicit you; I can only imagine your enormous and delicate work for which I thank you again. For my composition I will continue to use om# which, albeit with slowness and bugs, works on my M1 max and Ventura 13.4.1