The major plugins in the Daevlplugs suite are complete. I'm coming down the mountain, and it's a good feeling to effortlessly pick up speed. I've used a variation on my favored rounded grid interface aesthetic, with the controls for each major plugin a different color. They're simple, beautiful and completely lacking faux knobs: digital controls for digital processes.

I'm working on the About panes for the suite tonight, and sizing up installer technology. It's a toss-up between Apple's own PackageMaker and the upstart MacInstallerBuilder from SDE Software.

I'm not really interested in binding an install to single user machines, so I've all but decided on serial-based authorization. So far, I've found little info on including serialization as part of the PackageMaker install process, while MacInstallerBuilder has it built-in. SDE's offering is also cross-platform, which would make it easier for me to distribute the Windows version of the Daevlplugs after the initial OS X release.

It's wonderful to perceive the finish line. Soon I'll have time for music (and more weblogging) again. I'll be making my noise using these evolved and refined versions of my favorite tools. In fact, I've already accumulated almost a gigabyte of raw source audio grabbed while testing.