 Setup Advice Needed, midi/audio setup on emac |
 Tue 1 Nov 2005, 03:21
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I have a 700 mhz PowerPC G4 Emac with 384 mb of memory running OS X 10.2.8. A year ago I went through all sorts of hell trying to set up a simple midi and audio recording system utilizing an M Audio Audiophile USB as the interface for my midi keyboards, drum machines, etc. and for audio. It was an unending nightmare of one software wanting OSX updated, another only running in 9, no communication or one way communication at best between the Mac and the devices connected to the Audiophile.
I switched over to a Mac because I was led to believe it was easy to implement and not buggy. I have successfully set up midi sequencing on PC based system in the past. I have failed utterly with the Mac. After a year, I am again thinking of trying to make this system work. My question: Will someone please suggest to me a very simple midi sequencer that will work in OS X 10.2.8 and give me your ideas on what is possibly wrong with the communication between the computer and the peripherals connected to the Audiophile. At this point I would be satisfied to be able to do midi sequencing on the Mac, leaving the audio recording to my stand-alone digital recorder. Thank you so much for your kind thoughts. Flapper |
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Fri 4 Nov 2005, 04:38
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 14-Oct 05 From: Mankato - US Member No.: 71,243 |
Based on all your suggestions, for starters I'm going to max out the memory, which for this machine is 1024.
One suggestion was that I upgrade to Panther, and that there were copies available on eBay for cheap. Will I run into hassles doing it this way? I know more about PCs than Macs, but I can do simple things Apple-wise. How do the rest of you feel about the upgrade? I got the impression that 10.2.8 is not looked on too kindly for purposes of music. Re. Opcode, would I really have to have an older machine to use 9; could I boot up on this machine in 9 and use it just as effectively (I did discover how to boot up in 9 while avoiding what was called the "Classic". I really appreciate all your suggestions. I will continue to add specific questions as they arise. It'll take me about a week to get my memory. Thanks. |
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flapper Setup Advice Needed Tue 1 Nov 2005, 03:21
Metro SE QUOTE (flapper @ Oct 31 2005, 21:21)..please ... Tue 1 Nov 2005, 15:21 Bubowski Also check out Intuem (http://www.intuem.com/main/... Tue 1 Nov 2005, 19:19 gdoubleyou 1)You barely have enough RAM to run the OS. Max ou... Tue 1 Nov 2005, 19:23 lepetitmartien Yep, 10.2.8 while it works ok for some Protools co... Wed 2 Nov 2005, 02:33 flapper Thank you all. Besides Apple, where is a good pla... Wed 2 Nov 2005, 02:39 ed van otterdijk maybe it's time to spend some money. if you wa... Wed 2 Nov 2005, 11:43 flapper "maybe it's time to spend some money. if ... Thu 3 Nov 2005, 03:29 Bubowski If you really want some sequencing power you could... Thu 3 Nov 2005, 05:39 ed van otterdijk First started with MC500, Atari, last 12 years on ... Thu 3 Nov 2005, 10:45 mortalengines I have heard that the emac wasn't really a goo... Fri 4 Nov 2005, 03:01 Bubowski Hey Flapper,
If you can already dual-boot, check ... Fri 4 Nov 2005, 08:41 Bubowski Forgot to mention that Vivion WILL NOT work under ... Fri 4 Nov 2005, 08:42
flapper Thank you Bubowski. I'll look into opcodeuser... Sat 5 Nov 2005, 04:03 |
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