Mac Thru Midi To Organ, Connection & HW recomendations please Options

[Chukle]

I am seeking guidance on hardware and software to do the following:

1. connect a G4 Mac (graphite @ 400Mhz) to a high-end
Organ approximately 9 Meters / 18 ft away.
2. Software to make music notation and print sheets of music.
3. Hardware and software must be Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X compatible.

So, I need to know what hardware is needed to make the physical connection and software to do music notation with the ability to print.

I have been searching the web for 2 hours and have not found enough information to do this confidently by myself.
Many Thanks!

[Synthetic]

does organ have midi output?

[formatj]

Does the organ have MIDI in/out?
If it does you will need a USB MIDI interface with 1 in and 1 out and obviously drivers for OS 9 (probably OMS) and OS X, also either 2 long MIDI cables or 1 long USB cable.

Have a look at

http://www.m-audio.com/
http://www.edirol.com/products/midi.html


The best software would probably be Sibelius. It works in OS 9 and OS X.
It is a dedicated notation program.
http://www.sibelius.com/

You could use Logic Platinum however it has many features you wouldn't need if you only want to print scores

[Chukle]

Thank you for your replies!
The Organ has a Midi Interface.
The reason I gave the distance information is that the G4 has a USB 1.0 interface and I know that such an interface has troubles with long distances. maybe MIDI can support longer distances than USB? I do not know.
I plan to research the software and hardware you have suggested. With any luck I will report back to this forum with an entertaining short story that documents my success or failure in this endeavor.

[formatj]

I have had MIDI working fine with 10 metre MIDI cables.

[Presto]

Some people use Finale for scores. I did years ago and it was tedious for 20 instruments/voices (can't play keyboards well enough so did it by hand). Its probably been improved.