The A to Z of computer music: M (part one)
So massive we've had to split it into two....
Mac OS X
The operating system
powering Apple's Macintosh computers, based on Unix and first released
for server usage in 1999, followed by the desktop client in 2001.
Up
until the latest, each version of OS X has been named after a big cat -
Cheetah, Panther, Lion, etc. OS X 10.9, however, unleashed in October
2013, sees a shift in nomenclature to California landmarks, the first
being Mavericks, a famous surfing hang-out.
After
Microsoft Windows, OS X is the second most popular desktop operating
system in the world, renowned for its ease of use and stability.
Macro
An
increasing number of DAWs and plugins - including Ableton Live, Apple
Logic Pro X and Native Instruments' Massive - feature macro controls.
These are customisable banks of knobs and buttons, each of which can be
assigned to one or more controls from anywhere within the plugin or, in
the case of DAWs, instruments and effects in the channel strip/rack.
Macros
enable 'performance' setups to be quickly put together, giving ready
access to a custom set of parameters of the user's choice in one handy
interface
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