Microsoft Windows
For the current version 1.5, Overtone Analyzer supports Microsoft Windows only. In particular, we support Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Older versions such as Windows 98, ME, NT, or 2000 are not supported and Overtone Analyzer will not run on them.
Windows XP
Windows XP with Service Pack 3 is currently the recommended operating system for running Overtone Analyzer, as it offers the best performance and the most stable drivers for most computers.
Windows Vista
Overtone Analyzer is fully supported on Windows Vista. However, the system requirements for Vista are higher than for XP, so you will generally get better performance running XP. In addition, it is especially important on Vista to upgrade all drivers to the latest version, because early versions of the device drivers for Vista had many issues with audio performance, which could result in stuttering during recording and playback.
Windows 7
Windows 7 is fully supported (both 32 bit and 64 bit). The performance of Overtone Analyzer on Windows 7 is similar to that on Vista: acceptable, but marginally slower than on Windows XP (on the same system).
Mac OS X
There is no native OS X version yet, but there will be one in the future. Development of an OS X version has started, but it is too early to tell when a first public release will be available.
In the meantime, if you have a newer Intel Mac, you can run Overtone Analyzer with the help of the Boot Camp dual boot or the Parallels Desktop software. This will require the installation of Windows on your Intel Mac, but Overtone Analyzer is usable in this configuration (tested with Mac OS X 10.5.5 and Parallels Desktop 3.0 running Windows XP SP3).
Please note that VirtualBox running on Mac OS X with a Windows XP guest OS does not currently support recording (tested with VirtualBox 2.1.4 running on Mac OS X 10.5.6). This is not specific to Overtone Analyzer. Audio input for VirtualBox on OS X simply hasn't been implemented yet. So if you want to run Overtone Analyzer on Mac OS X using Windows in a virtual machine, it would be better to use Parallels, or perhaps VMWare (which we have not tested yet).
Linux
We currently do not plan a Linux version of Overtone Analyzer. Some users have reported that Overtone Analyzer runs fine on Wine, the Windows emulator, although we cannot provide any support for this configuration.
