Utterly Clueless (that's Me), CuBase OS9 FreeMIDI OMS OSX LogicX Options

[lastmachine]

I'm so screwed. Please help me, if you can.
New to this whole thing, but remember LOVING eMagic Logic Fun on a PeeCee. Now don't beat me, I just know that Logic is great. SO I want it for my G4 iMac.
Installed Jaguar. Can't get LogicX yet (I'm in Japan, and the language barrier means I have to wait). Bought an "X Compatible OS9 App" of Cubase (VST? SX? the big sequencer, anyway) ver 2.0. Installed it and it ran fine. Made music. Hooked up my UM-1 to the big Roland, installed, nothing. Read FreeMIDI documentation, installed FreeMIDI (in Classic, you see). Read OMS Documentation, installed OMS. Cubase kept crashing, taking OS9 down with it (no effect on X ). OS9 wouldn't even start up, until I disabled extensions.
Found obscure little note about not using OMS and FreeMIDI together. Darn. Un-installed EVERYTHING, used Extensions Manager to zap OMS and Free MIDI extensions. Re-installed Cubase. Won't even start now (Cubase, that is).
Sick of Non-X SW woes, but Logic Platinum is $1300! Holy Cow! And then I STILL have to download an X upgrade? Is that right?
But the more pressing concern is this: How can I zap whatever OMS and FreeMIDI disease has infected my OS9? I'll just work without them, and not connect the Roland until I have Logic (or something, er, cheaper as soon as somebody, er, develops it...). If I could just get Cubase to fire up again under OS9, that would be enough.

How I came to be Utterly Clueless: I have lived aboard ship for four years now, and until I got my G4 iMac, I hadn't touched a Mac since my Wall Street PB. Sad, huh? I'm obsolete!

Thank you for any help you can provide. I'm not used to being the ignorant new guy, but here I am.

Haakon B. Dahl, AKA lastmachine
Suffering in Sirence (no MUSIC!)

[Johnny Valium]

Hi Lastmachine,

i didn't completly understand your post, but anyway:

So you are using cubase in os9 classic mode?

If yes, that's a bad idea. Reformat your drive, make 3 partitions, one for os x, one for os9 and on for your music. Or better, get yourself a second hd for your music.

If no: FreeMidi and OMS do the same thing, you don't really need them running parallel on your system and if you have to it's a possible cause of trouble (I know what I'm talking about here cause I run Digital Performer which needs FreeMidi and my MidiMan Interface needs OMS. But that's an exception).

Have you trashed the cubase preferences?

With OMS, all I can say is that the order in which you install your application your midi driver and OMS is important. I don't know any links anymore but try a search on that.

Sorry these are just some random thoughts. Maybe there are others here who can help you better.

Good Luck!!
JV

[lepetitmartien]

You… tried… to… install OMS and Freemidi on OS X ?

(sorry it's nervous)

Forget it, midi under X is managed by a part of the system named CoreMidi… no need of these old (un)faithfull

That is if you want to use your sequencers under X

Or do you want to do it under 9 ? and then you'll need OMS which is due to his great age a picky, capricious old piece of (censored). I may add to what Johnny wrote, that if you decide to use 9 for music install one 9 for classic under X, and one 9 for music (I know but if you want quietness that's better)

tell us exactly what system you want it'll help…

(sorry but I move the thread to getting started, no arm done but it's better and it'll be more beneficional for everyone starting up)

[lastmachine]

Hmmm... Thanks for the suggestions. Tonight I'll trash the appropriate prefs. Been so mad about the whole thing I haven't touched it in 2 wks.
Also, going to try the Intuem demo. Looks GREAT! If it will do the little things I need from Logic, then I can keep my 1300 bucks and eMagic can shove their own dongle where the screen don't shine.

lastmachine. Will keep you posted...