Microsoft Windows
For the 1.0 version, Overtone Analyzer has been written to run on Microsoft Windows only. In particular, we support Windows 2000, XP, and Vista. Older versions such as Windows 95, 98, or ME are not supported and Overtone Analyzer will not run on them.
Windows Vista is supported and Overtone Analyzer runs fine on it, with a few small exceptions:
- The main volume control on the status bar does not yet work.
- The recording source has to be selected on the Device Options dialog instead of the Audio Settings dialog, because in Vista each recording source is listed as a separate device.
Apart from these two issues, Overtone Analyzer is fully supported under Vista. However, the audio drivers for Vista seem generally less stable than those for XP, and audio performance can still be problematic. This will manifest itself with stuttering and skipping during playback and recording on Vista, whereas Overtone Analyzer would run absolutely fine on the same machine running XP. If you do run Vista, it is highly recommended to upgrade all your drivers frequently, because they usually still are under heavy development.
Presently the recommended version to run OA is Windows XP with Service Pack 2.
Mac OS X
There is no native OS X version yet. We continue to monitor demand for this, but up to now it has been too low to warrant much developer time. If you would like to see a Mac OS X version of Overtone Analyzer, please let us know.
In the meantime, if you have a newer Intel Mac, you can run Overtone Analyzer with the help of the bootcamp dual boot or the Parallels software. This will require the installation of Windows 2000 or XP on your Intel Mac, but OA is usable in this configuration.
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.
