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Fog~ external for Max 8.3

Max Sound Box
#1

Hi, I have an old patch from 2008 that uses the external fog~ and I now need to update the project to a new Apple M1 machine.
The fog~ I have is from March 15, 2007 and understandably refuses to load on Max 8.3: “fog~: could not load due to incorrect architecture”.
Unfortunately there is no fog~ external in the MaxSoundBox package, is there a newer fog~ version available somewhere?
Merci, Roby

#2

Hi Roby,
first of all, where did you get the 2007 version of fog~ from?
An immediate workaround for the time being might be to run Max under Rosetta.
Best, Diemo

#3

Hi Diemo,

This is long time ago, but I guess I got it from the Ircam Forum, together with all the other nice stuff.

Running Max in Rosetta does not solve the problem: fog~: could not load due to incorrect architecture
This is probably due to 32bit/64bit conflict.
Any solutions to this, other than using an older machine?

Thanks,
Roby

#4

Hi Roby,

luckily we did find the sources for fog and fofb and could port them to Max 64bit arch and audio, fixing an off-by-one bug on the way. We’ll send it to you privately for thorough testing (especially with multiple outlets) before including it into a new release of MaxSoundBox.

Best,
Diemo

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#5

Hi Diemo,
This is great news, many thanks for this!
Best regards,
Roby

#6

hi diemo,
i’m also searching for a 64bit arch fog~ port since years,
would be super-awsome if you would send it to me too,
and i could join the beta-testing!
regards, daniel

#7

hi diemo,
unfortunately i am unable to load the fog~ & fofb~ externals in max 8 (‘unable to load object bundle executable’)
regards daniel

#8

Does it work for you, Roby @steinmetzer?

#9

Hi,
Sorry but I’m on vacation right now, I’ll be able to test in detail and report back next week.
Thanks, Roby

#10

Is there a recent fog~ to test?

#11

Hi,
Both externals fog~ and fofb~ load fine here (after resolving the quarantine stuff in System Preferences) on my M1 machine under Rosetta and work as expected so far.
Natively I got the “unable to load object bundle executable” error, so I guess the objects are not compiled for the M1 architecture.
Though it’s ok for me to work under Rosetta, would it be problematic to compile a arm64/x86_64 external now that you are already at it?
Thanks again and if you want me to test more, let me know.
Roby

#12

mmmh, very weird that it does not work for me here on intel (10.14.5).