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 Sun 7 May 2006, 01:17
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I have two BitHeadz soft synths (Retro AS-1 and Unity DS-1) on my old OS8 G3. BitHeadz is sadly no longer in business and so I've gotten used to the idea of never using these synths again. Recently, however, I fired up the old Mac to check some old equipment out. While I had it on, I played with the AS-1 and realized how much I enjoyed this synth. So, it got me thinking - is there a way to wire the old Mac into my MIDI set up such that it could be addressed as just another MIDI instrument. The old Mac uses OMS of course. Any thoughts? Any other ideas about how to access these instruments?
I've considered sampling my favorite AS-1 sounds but that's just too much work. I could also record tracks into DP as audio, export the audio files and load into DP on my new Mac. Also seems like too much work. Or I give up and find something equivalent that's compatible - suggestions on that? Thanks for any advice. |
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Sun 7 May 2006, 11:20
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 18-Feb 06 From: Mount Vernon - US Member No.: 77,062 |
Just plug it in to the nearest MIDI patchbay and do your system admin work and there you are with another instrument. Needn't be the latest-greatest. I've got a Korg DW-8000 that I'm about to start working with an old P100 Toshiba with (ooooo...) a DOS version of Cakewalk. Why? Because the tools for this old and magnificent synth are all from back then. I can't afford universal editor/libs, so I gathered up all the things I could find in DrJuJu's Giant Cave o'Discs and their common denominator was age. Onto the clunky old laptop they go. Midi don't care about no 100Mhz with a synth like this one.
Cheers, Drjuju This post has been edited by drjuju: Sun 7 May 2006, 11:21 |
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Seth Use Old Mac As Midi Instrument? Sun 7 May 2006, 01:17
ironhead yes there is many ways to do this
one way is to s... Mon 8 May 2006, 19:34 Seth OK, folks think this should be possible. So I... Sat 13 May 2006, 21:18 Seth Nobody has shown much interest in this, but...
An... Sat 20 May 2006, 17:34
n8tron glad it worked out for you. I've had trouble ... Wed 31 May 2006, 00:03 |
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