Why do you even post here? Everything you type seems like a whiny child. Grow up.
You and Myramyd have an extremely distorted perception of how programming works and the effort required. If it was so easy to grab some Red Bull and make a rig manager why didn't you do so? It would have been extremely lucrative. But of course, you haven't the slightest clue about developing applications, you just like to criticize as if you did.
To all of the longtime members here who have supported the KPA from the beginning, sorry for the rant. But this thread should be exciting and fun instead of all the bashing from the children. Thanks KPA team for releasing this. I have plenty of ways to run this on my mac. Can't wait to see what you guys release next!
First off, one of the things I have enjoyed about this forum is that people don't typically resort to being jerks and name-calling like on other forums. I don't feel that anything I said deserves that kind of negativity.
Second, I was exaggerating/being sarcastic. I am actually a front-end programmer and software project manager in my day job. So, yes, I DO actually know what it takes. I agree with previous posters that with a small team it should realistically take around 1-3 months to create from scratch. But, I have seen programmers get 90% there in a weekend. Given this is proprietary hardware and software interfacing I will accept that it takes some time to work out all the bugs. However, any project I have been involved in is mandatory cross-platform from day one and we do not release until both are ready. Usually they are within a few weeks of each other. If that is the case here then there is no warrant for complaint. But, if it is months out, then I think we have a point in raising the question.
There is a very large demographic of musicians and producers who use the Mac platform exclusively. In my night job, I am one of those people. Playing in bands where we have 50-60 songs to cover each weekend with new set lists, do you have any idea how much time it has taken me in the last year and a half to program in performances using the front panel? How about in a studio situation where you know you want a certain sound but spend around an hour trying to find it, given you have to flip through 900 profiles one at a time with a knob? Knowing that my Line 6 POD 2.0 twelve years ago had software for this purpose has made it a tough pill to swallow. If I was some dude hanging around jamming in my basement then I would have no right to raise the issue but, as a semi-professional (one quarter of my income came from music last year), this has been a huge time drag for me. If I didn't love the hardware so much I would have bailed a long time ago on it.
Yes, the Kemper is fantastic and I would not use anything else. If it continues to exist I can't see myself going back to real amps or any other modeler in the foreseeable future. But, I do think they need to take into account that a lot of us are power users that need this tool to make our workflow more efficient. I'm not sure I can stomach spending $ on Windows OS just to run this but, if I know for sure that it is months out then I may have to find a workaround, which is not ideal for many of us.
Don't assume you know my situation or casually impart that I have no idea what I'm talking about. Let's keep this discussion civil and hope for an optimistic timeline on the Mac version.
J