JWDRISKELL  It's working for me on a 6-year-old G5 2GHz DP running Mac OS X 10.5.8.  
(Version 2.5.1)

JWDRISKELL  Strangely enough, the link you've provided is the same link we've used in the "Download Now" link at the top of our page. The difference lies in entering the URL directly in a browser's address bar, and accessing it through our PHP pages.

Thanks for providing the link so that it'll be easily available to others.  
(Version 2.3.2.2)

JWDRISKELL  Yes, the download does state that it's v.1.0.8. We're sending an e-mail to the developer to clear this up. According to him, the app was supposed to be v. 1.1 build 414. Thanks for pointing this out to us.  
(Version 1.1 build 414)

JWDRISKELL  I don't know if this will help, or if it will even work, but here's a quote from the developer's Web site:

Reports suggest that you must issue the command sudo sysctl -w kern.tfp.policy=1 from the terminal if you're using The Cheat on an Intel Mac.

Hope this helps.  
(Version 1.2.3)

JWDRISKELL  I'm not sure about where AstoundStereo Expander installs all its components, but here are some ideas to make your digital life a little easier.

First, check in System Preferences: System: Accounts and click on the Login Items tab. Make sure there are no entries in the list for AstoundStereo Expander or for GenAudio. If there is one, there are a couple of things you should do. First, right-click (or Ctrl-click) on it and select "Reveal in Finder". Delete the file. (You may wind up with a dialog asking you to authenticate the deletion. Click the Authenticate button and enter your login password.) Next, highlight the listing in System Preferences: System: Accounts: Login Items, and click the minus button at the bottom of the list to delete it.

If you didn't find anything in the Login Items, open a Finder window and navigate to Macintosh HD/Library/StartupItems/ and see if there is anything in that directory which belongs to AstoundStereo Expander or GenAudio. If there is, delete it. You may have to authenticate the deletion again. (While you're at it, you may want to comb through the system preferences [Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences/] or your user preferences [~/Library/Preferences/] for a folder named either AstoundStereo Expander or GenAudio, or a file whose name begins with "com.genaudio....").

If there's nothing in the Macintosh HD/Library/StartupItems/ directory, you can look in the Macintosh HD/System/Library/StartupItems/ directory, but Apple doesn't usually allow developers to install there, so you probably won't find anything.

If none of the above takes care of your purchase pop-up, there's another, more direct and complicated way to find out what AstoundStereo Expander has installed on your system, but it's,... well,... more complicated.  
(Version 2.1)

JWDRISKELL  The link at the top of the page is for Intel (x86) architecture. If you're running Mac OS X 10.5.7 on a PowerPC machine, you need to download Livestation from the "Related Links" area of the page (below the "Requirements" section").  
(Version 2.7)

JWDRISKELL  You can add it yourself, and it's easy. Open a Finder window and go to the root level of your drive (e.g., Macintosh HD [or the name of your boot volume] in the Devices section of the window's sidebar). Navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Eject.menu. Double-click on Eject.menu. This will place the icon in your menu bar. If that isn't what you're after, you can get rid of it by Cmd-dragging it out.  
(Version 1.2.3)

JWDRISKELL  Here are the changes that were made in Peak Pro 6.1.1 (from the installer read-me):

Issues Resolved in Version 6.1.1

• Fixed a problem where bouncing a Playlist to AIFF or iTunes Playlist formats could cause a crash.

• Fixed a problem where text in the Vbox interface could become corrupted.

• Fixed a problem where adding/editing metadata in AIFF files bounced from a Playlist could cause a crash.

• Fixed a problem where Peak could crash when “Saving As” with DCAT dithering enabled.

• Fixed a problem where ImpulseVerb could cause a "Disk Error" dialog to be displayed.

• Fixed a problem where the CD-TEXT dialog accepted entry of invalid characters.

• Fixed a problem where some commands were missing from Shortcuts preference window when the OS language was set to Japanese.

• Fixed a problem where the startup sequence could hang in certain network configurations.

• Fixed a problem where saving a document with a long filename could create duplicate entries in the Window menuʼs list of open documents.

• Fixed a problem where multiple CD burns from a Playlist could cause Peak to crash.

• Fixed a problem where clicking Cancel in the CD-TEXT dialog does not revert your changes.

• Fixed a problem where audio input could not be monitored when a recording was paused.

• Set Peak’s meters to default to -48 dB.

• Fixed a problem where Peak’s DCAT dither preview could stop working in the Burn CD and Bounce Playlist dialogs.

• Fixed a problem where the Vbox output slider was doubling the output gain.  
(Version 6.1.1)

JWDRISKELL  I was able to connect to the Web site on the day the app was unlocked, but I _still_ haven't received my license file--two days after the unlock. :-(  
(Version 3.6.7)

JWDRISKELL  RMG is a great application, and belongs in the toolbox of any designer, but there's one problem with the program....

If RMG draws a motif without an outline, clicking on "Draw line" in the Color tab of the Editor displays a line for the motif in the Repeating Motif and Fragment Image tabs, but *does not* set a line weight. If you export your repeating motif to a bitmap format, the line appears in the color selected; but if you export to a vector format, there is no outline. If you click on the Line tab in RMG's Editor, you'll see that the line weight is still zero (0). Clicking on the "Draw line" checkbox in the Color tab of the Editor should set a *minimum* line weight of one (1).

This problem holds true for motifs generated by the developer's screensaver, Random Motif Saver. Although the outline appears on-screen, and though the outline can be seen if saved and opened in RMG, the line weight is zero (0), and won't export properly to a vector format. In fact, it won't even display properly using the developer's RMG QuickLook plugin.

Once this bug is corrected, this will be a truly incredible application.

As a wishlist, I'd like to see keyboard shortcuts for accessing the different tabs of the motif display window, e.g., Cmd-1 for Repeating Motif, Cmd-2 for Fragment Image, and Cmd-3 for Master Motif Editor. It might also be nice to have Cmd-4 toggle the editor drawer. And since I'm wishing, it would be nice if the export function appended the appropriate file extension, and provided the OS-standard checkbox for hiding the file extension if desired.  
(Version 3.0.5)

JWDRISKELL  First, pissnaround, thanks for that info from Apple. Odd thing is that I'm able to drag a plugin from the specified location to my desktop and it doesn't create a copy, it just moves. Don't tell Apple. ;-)

Second, Shock J, I considered the possibility of conflict with a third-party plugin. But below is the information from the Open Files and Ports tab of the process inspector for UserEventAgent (and I've sent this same info to JoeSoft/ProSoft three or more times); if you comb through it, the plugins that are being referenced by UserEventAgent / launchd appear to come from Apple, and most, if not all, are located in that Holy of Holies, the System folder:

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/

/usr/sbin/UserEventAgent

/System/Library/UserEventPlugins/AirPortUserAgent.plugin/Contents/MacOS/AirPortUserAgent

/System/Library/UserEventPlugins/alfUIplugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/alfUIplugin

/System/Library/UserEventPlugins/AppleHIDMouseAgent.plugin/Contents/MacOS/AppleHIDMouseAgent

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Apple80211

/System/Library/UserEventPlugins/BluetoothUserAgent-Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/BluetoothUserAgent-Plugin

/System/Library/Extensions/AudioIPCDriver.kext/Contents/Resources/AudioIPCPlugIn.bundle/Contents/MacOS/AudioIPCPlugIn

/System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleHDAHALPlugIn.bundle/Contents/MacOS/AppleHDAHALPlugIn

/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/Hear.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Hear

/System/Library/UserEventPlugins/BTMMPortInUseAgent.plugin/Contents/MacOS/BTMMPortInUseAgent

/System/Library/UserEventPlugins/iCalAlarmAgent.plugin/Contents/MacOS/iCalAlarmAgent

/System/Library/UserEventPlugins/InstrumentsHotKeyAgent.plugin/Contents/MacOS/InstrumentsHotKeyAgent

/System/Library/UserEventPlugins/ParentalControlsUEAPlugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/ParentalControlsUEAPlugin

/System/Library/UserEventPlugins/SCMonitor.plugin/Contents/MacOS/SCMonitor

/Library/Caches/com.apple.LaunchServices-023501.csstore

/usr/lib/dyld

/private/var/db/dyld/dyld_shared_cache_i386

/dev/null

/System/Library/UserEventPlugins

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(Version 1.0)

JWDRISKELL  pissnaround:

Are you logged in to an account with administrative priviliges?  
(Version 1.0)

JWDRISKELL  O5220803:

Permissions are fine, not a problem. I'm set as the owner of the plugin with read and write permissions.  
(Version 1.0)

JWDRISKELL  Hear is a great app, working within a small footprint and pulling a very low CPU-load. Unfortunately, it isn't ready for final release on a Leopard installation on either PPC or Intel platforms.

I was a beta tester for Hear, and was glad to see it listed here, thinking JoeSoft had finally gotten that last bug squashed. Of course, the first thing I did was to test it--and the problem is still there. Here's how you can check it for yourself. (If you *don't* have the same problem, notify JoeSoft of your results and hardware/software setup.)

1. Install Hear and open the app. You'll be required to restart your system.

2. Open Activity Monitor (/Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor). Be sure the Show pop-up menu is set to My Processes. Scroll down the list of processes until you see the UserEventAgent process. It will have stopped responding, and its name will be displayed in red.

If you want to verify that UserEventAgent is polling the Hear plugin, click on UserEventAgent in the process list, then click on the Inspect button in the toolbar. When the process inspector opens, click on the Open Files and Ports tab. Scroll through the list. You'll see /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/Hear.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Hear about halfway down. Then close the process inspector. (Don't click the Quit button; just close the window.)

3. Open a Finder window and navigate to /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/. Drag the Hear.plugin (or simply Hear, if you have file extensions turned off) to the Desktop.

4. Back in Activity Monitor, click on UserEventAgent in the process list, then click on the Quit Process button in the toolbar. In the quit-process confirmation sheet, click the Quit button. UserEventAgent will quit, then another instance of it will be opened by launchd. Keep an eye on it for awhile. It won't turn red again (stop responding) unless you return the Hear.plugin to its point of installation and restart your system.

I've notified JoeSoft of this continued problem, and hope they'll have a fix for it soon. BTW, this problem doesn't exist for Tiger installations.  
(Version 1.0)