Upgrade to iOS 7 not recommended for TRAKTOR DJ users
Email just received from NI:
Dear DJ,
iOS 7 is here, but it seems there are serious issues concerning audio. TRAKTOR DJ, along with many other audio apps, is experiencing performance and stability issues on iOS 7. Initial testing has also revealed general audio performance issues that can affect some Native Instruments hardware. If you use TRAKTOR DJ or audio apps, we recommend you don’t update just yet.
Please see this Knowledge Base article for more details.
Please also note that an iOS device cannot be downgraded to iOS 6 after being upgraded to iOS 7.
We’ll let you know as soon as these issues have been resolved.
Also, in those 3 months the OS betas will have changed and the app betas changed at a fast rate. This issue with iOS might only have become apparent in the last round of betas. It may have been a matter of weeks in which they have tried to iron out the issues but if the issue is with iOS7 then theres little the app developer can do about it. Also worth noting that app developers in the MFi program will be bound by Apple NDA so there’s not much they can say about iOS other than to advice that users don’t update.
NI can’t mitigate against Apple botching an update and nor can Audio Bus, evidently.
I doubt they just noticed this now. They probably knew for months, especially since they’re not the only developer making this claim, but might’ve been hoping to have a resolution for their users before the launch. Since multiple developers have advised users not to update, there doesn’t seem to be any reason to point the finger at NI.
Right, but through the beta process, they must have noticed that something’s not quite right, whether it’s their fault or Apple’s. Notifying people the day the final version is released seems a touch late.
Do you not think that if all companies are issuing this warning on the same day then it must be due to Apple NDA..? I do.
Telling people that iOS7 is botched weeks before launch would probably get NI it hot water with Apple. And I guess the same applies to Audio Bus and all the others.
I’ve already got iOS7 on my iPhone but I only use it for making calls a little Facebook and alarm clock. Music has damaged my ears and iPhone is the only phone I’ve had that can wake me up. Music related I never used it. I have a mini Jack to RCA connected to my DDJ SX so I can hook iPhone in case I need backup
Not to belittle iOS 7 but most changes are in design rather than functionality. Why can’t NI figure this out over months of beta versions? Why do they work with Apple now rather than before the release date??
If this were true why have multiple app developers recommended that users do not update. The issues ‘must’ be pretty bad and more that just cosmetic.
Again, you seem to assume that NI (and others) have not been testing on iOS7 but, NI will have concentrated most of the testing on a stable and supported OS (iOS6). They don’t use all their resources testing on future OS no matter how near release they are, that simply isn’t how testing works.
I completely reject any blame on NI or Audiobus or anyone else for that matter. Apples iOS7 betas are for Apple to get right. If they bork a late beta there is little NI or anyone else can do to mitigate this. They have to keep their own app usable and in this case it means staying on iOS6.
NI are part of the MFi program. Companies in this program work with Apple to get the best out of their apps. They haven’t just started “working with Apple now”.
The statement is bs. dJay and DJPlayer are iOS 7 ready in time (it’s even in the news at DJTT). Why shouldn’t NI, a bigger company, with more resources, not be able to get the product ready in time?