You can save the presets with a little trick: assign the buttons to a physical or virtual midi controller. With this workaround you can save the preset as you can hold down any buttons simultaneous.

 

We did some research ourselves and found out two things:
The MAME engine cannot be compiled for macOS versions older than Big Sur 11.0 due to the requirements of its internal graphics engine, called bgfx. In fact, they say: "The new Intel builds require macOS 14." We have updated the binary with the MAME engine compiled for macOS 11.0 and C++17.
The other thing we found out is that if you compile a universal binary from any code, the minimum OS requirement is 11.0, because that’s when the M1 was released. So no matter what, 11.0 is the minimum OS.
In theory, you can build a pre-Big Sur Intel Mac version of MAME if you remove the graphics engine called bgfx from the code.
Or, if your Mac is stuck on an older OS, my suggestion is to try OpenCore Legacy Patcher to update your Mac to a compatible OS.

 

Last edited: Mar 25, 2026 at 9:57 AM

@itsybitsy_

I can see you updated the Win version of the v0.9.7 beta2 a couple of hours ago. What is the EXACT difference between this and the originally posted v0.9.7 beta2?

(I'm asking about the regular version, not the AVX1 one.)

 

Figured out Ensoniq 32K standard cartridge emulation: .eeprom - rewriteable. .rom, .cart - read only. Renamed button. Some AU specific codes, which are useless now as it's not working good. Why?

 

OMG you compiled an AVX1 version and it is working great. About 1/3 of one core of a i7 [email protected]. Brilliant. No crashes, but now I have to find my way arround the synth....
Thanks a lot!!!!

 

This is a drug. Not an over the counter type. Anyone working on uber sound collection?