Plantronics EOLs VolumeLogic but offers fix for Leopard

try this site:
http://labs.xoofoo.org/modules/planet/view.article.php/2872

This dude's recommendation works!

Does anybody know how I can get a working serial number?

My husband was a volume logic fan is is crushed that his new iMac does not support it. He is also very upset that he gets an error message each time he opens iTunes regarding VL.

I followed the directions at www.volumelogic.com for uninstalling the plugin but still get the error window. Anyone have advice for removing this from my husband's new computer?

Thanks!

There's a way to fix VolumeLogic without modifying /usr/lib. I've confirmed these steps work on my local system (barring copy-paste errors). I strongly recommend undoing any modifications to /usr/lib as they can have unexpected systemwide impact.

These steps may need to be preceded by "sudo -s", to get a root shell. I didn't need to on my single-user system.

0. Shutdown iTunes. Undo any /usr/lib modifications.
1. mkdir /Library/Frameworks/EWSMac.framework/Versions/Current/Frameworks
2. ln -s Versions/Current/Frameworks /Library/Frameworks/EWSMac.framework/
3. cp -p /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.7.dylib /Library/Frameworks/EWSMac.framework/Frameworks/libcrypto.0.9.dylib
3. cp -p /usr/lib/libssl.0.9.7.dylib /Library/Frameworks/EWSMac.framework/Frameworks/libssl.0.9.dylib
4. install_name_tool -id @loader_path/Frameworks/libcrypto.0.9.dylib /Library/Frameworks/EWSMac.framework/Frameworks/libcrypto.0.9.dylib
5. install_name_tool -id @loader_path/Frameworks/libssl.0.9.dylib /Library/Frameworks/EWSMac.framework/Frameworks/libssl.0.9.dylib
6. install_name_tool -change /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.dylib @loader_path/Frameworks/libcrypto.0.9.dylib /Library/Frameworks/EWSMac.framework/EWSMac16777504
7. Start iTunes.

To Dan above;
Volume Logic is (was) the opposite of adding dynamic range.
It is a multiband compressor/limiter. One with almost the
same level of quality your local FM broadcast radio station uses.
It brings up the low levels and brings down the high levels.
Ever notice how when you are in your car and you are listening to
your radio, you don't have to keep changing the volume up and
down as the song plays or people are talking? This is because they use compressors and limiters at the station. That's what Volume Logic does, with the very same technology the stations are using but at a very small fraction of the cost because it's all in software.

These other enhancers you read about are a totally different
concept. They do indeed change the frequencies and phasing
of the music. Volume Logic does not.

Plantronics had a very good product which they purchased from
the original company, then proceeded to kill it in every conceivable
way. I saw it coming a mile off, because Plantronics makes and sells
very low quality stuff and here they got their hands on a great
product. I knew they would screw it up. No matter how many times
I wrote them and pointed out those of us in the PRO market would
pay dearly for a PRO version of their product, they did nothing.
I hope the people who sold the technology to Plantronics
can buy it back from them and then learn a thing or two about
marketing. The product is not the problem here folks.
It's how it's been marketed. Sound familiar ?

Dan

If I were Steve Jobs, I would be throwing a boatload of money at Plantronics, so I could integrate Volume Logic not only into iTunes, but into iPods as well. The "real-time remastering" was amazing!

i loved vl so much that i paid for it. i'm rather disappointed that its not updated for leopard, although i haven't installed leopard on my powerbook. i think i'm going to email them to let them know how crappy of a decision it is.

Yupeeee!!! Thanks for the heads up
:)

I tried this Terminal fix when it was first posted on Veerle's blog about a week ago http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/comments/no_more_volume_logic/
And it has worked ever since on two Macs without causing any chaos.
I've used Volume Logic for a couple of years now - not as a way of boosting laptop speakers but as a way of making iTunes practical to live with when coming out of real speakers. OK, I'm a hi-fi fan too and I know that what VL produces isn't hi-fi. So when I want hi-fi I listen to real Cds. But mostly we listen to music socially, so it's semi in the background. And with a vast library now on hard drive from CD and vinyl over many years - iTunes 'Sound check' is just not up to coping with all the volume changes between songs in the source material. Making it extremely irritating to listen to. But Volume Logic sorts all that and has made iTunes our major listening tool - constantly on shuffle and never irritating us when a deafening Howlin' Wolf is followed by a strangely quiet Steely Dan.
If Plantronics don't want it any more I'd suggest Apple buy Volume Logic and use it to replace 'Sound check' within iTunes - then we could maybe have Volume Logic working on iPods too.

Just tried the work through. Doesn't work. VL still gives an error when I put my serial no in :(

Wonderful product and great to be able to use it again!