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Hi all. I need some serious help in making some music on my Powerbook. Can I use the input in the back (I have a G3 400, 192Mb ram)? I have a USB Midi converter (Steinberg), but don't have a USB audio unit (ie roland UA-3). I was thinking of downloading Pro-Tools Free, is this a good place to start? I just need to make demos, I'm not recording pro CDs (yet). I am totally confused by all the software choices there is out there. Is there anyone out there who works on a G3 Powerbook who can guide me? I'm near Toronto, Canada, and I'm used to recording with MIDI equipment. Audio on the computer is another question. HEEEEELP! Thanks to all........mark
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Thu 6 Sep 2001, 22:35
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Finally found it! I see now that almost all the info for a powerbook owner is online at the Apple website and is not in the manuals that come with the thing.
http://gemma.apple.com/techpubs/mac/Sound/...d/Sound-18.html You are correct Abbie and thank YOU,I get frustrated with all this I just wanna play music! LOL. But you win they ARE jacks. Inputs or jacks if you want to call it that, and it is indeed on there because there is a sound manager and sound card inside all G3'S no matter which one you have. It is a much better one in G4's with FIREWRE and USB ports and the imic and all but even without those things I can run an external mic right into the powerbook and it will record those vocals. YEA! And it will convert analog to digital. Now how my singer will hear the midi tracks I don't know I haven't read yet or figured that out yet, (perhaps a mixer is needed) but I need to run my tracks out of the computer into the boom box TO PUMP BASS, EQ BALANCE AND RECORD ONTO HIGH BIAS CASSETTES. But I will need a Radioshack extension cord with stereo line inputs BUT (big 'but' here) BUT it has to have a 1/4'' jack on the other end to run out of the powerbook 1/8' output. Like i said earlier i have the 1/8 to 1/4 adaptors so no problem there if i can find a cord like that; stereo outs and 1/4' input plug on the other end. My built-in sound manager even lets me boost and eq the mic signal before converting it into digital. Mac's are actually always superior to pc's for multimedia and music applications. I should have realized I mght be o.k. without anything costly needed. Since I am atleast talking G3 here folks. LOL. Just get me a midiman serial (printer port) interface and I'm jammin'! :-) I still like Musoman's idea of getting a small mixer to monitor and eq and route things the way I want.... to record the mic in and sound out WITH A LITTLE MIXER AS A GO BETWEEN, just helps each path both ways, to record the vocals in, and to record it all out onto the boom box. |
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musoman88 Beginner on Powerbook Wed 29 Aug 2001, 04:09
jq Yo Musoman 88,
I have a PB G3 (400 Pismo).
Like y... Wed 29 Aug 2001, 16:21 James I am on a powerbook g3 with 233mhz 160 ram running... Fri 31 Aug 2001, 04:30 jq I don't know anything about cakewalk but if it dea... Fri 31 Aug 2001, 14:45 abbie Hi, Guess I'm not a spec-head because I find the a... Fri 31 Aug 2001, 16:17 jq It is not a pre requisite for virtual memory to be... Sat 1 Sep 2001, 10:37 abbie Maybe we are straying a bit off the topic, but tha... Sat 1 Sep 2001, 12:19 jq just to clear it up...
my point is more to do with... Sat 1 Sep 2001, 16:16 James Thanks to abbie and jq you guys are on the money! ... Sat 1 Sep 2001, 23:56 musoman88 Thanks, abbie & jq, for clearing up a few things f... Sun 2 Sep 2001, 05:14 James Sampling then ripping from cd's?? jq please, what ... Sun 2 Sep 2001, 12:46 musoman88 Hi James. I can put a CD in the CD tray in my Pow... Mon 3 Sep 2001, 05:31 James Thanks Musoman it is 1/8 you are correct and I alr... Mon 3 Sep 2001, 06:52 James Wait a minute, now i'm thinking how can sound come... Tue 4 Sep 2001, 04:38 abbie I don't know how this would work with an iMic. Som... Tue 4 Sep 2001, 16:38 musoman88 It's best to use headphones when recording with a ... Tue 4 Sep 2001, 17:33 James That's very interesting. I feel I need to investig... Tue 4 Sep 2001, 17:36 James That's very interesting. I feel I need to investig... Tue 4 Sep 2001, 17:37 James Thanks again buddy..er, Musoman. ;-) I may be on m... Tue 4 Sep 2001, 17:44 abbie uh, looks like I missed an important point here - ... Tue 4 Sep 2001, 20:31 James YES ONLY MIDI SEQUENCING. ON A POWERBOOK WITH NO U... Wed 5 Sep 2001, 07:08 abbie Someone out there give me a cyber-slap if I am wro... Wed 5 Sep 2001, 15:09 James No. They are not jacks, it's a 1/8' external micro... Wed 5 Sep 2001, 23:11 abbie They are too jacks! 'Synthetic' if you are out th... Thu 6 Sep 2001, 17:36
abbie James, Things are looking up here, sounds like yo... Fri 7 Sep 2001, 14:23 |
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