banjo

Digital Performer And Yamaha Sw1000xg

I am currently using Cubasis and want to upgrade . . . but not to Cubase. I've heard good things about Motu DP3 and without a demo to try I have the following questions.
Using OMS and the Yamaha SW1000XG audio card's ASIO drivers, is it possible to record midi onto an audio track within Digital Performer 3 (ie loopback)?
Is it possible using FreeMidi instead of OMS?

Thanks for any info
Banjo

G3 300MHz, 512 RAM, SW1000XG, DX100, various midi doodahs, busload of guitars and plucky things, but no mixer, dammit!

Hi all,

I have a problem . . . .

firstly, my system is:

beige G3 300MHz, 384MB RAM, 6GB hard drive (with 5 partitions), 1GB external scsi drive (which I use for audio data and recording), Yamaha SW1000XG card, DX100 used as a master k/board; Cubasis 2.0 vst

I have allocated 180MB ram to cubasis, reduced the disk cache to 256k, turned off appletalk and virtual memory, installed the ASIO drivers in the appropriate folder and enabled it, turned off record sysex and turned on play in background.

Everything was fine for a while; I plugged in my guitar, recorded a track or two, added midi and played the result.

However, when I press the stop button on the transport Cubasis crashes with an error 13 which tells me to save everything and restart.

I do this as well as throwing away the Cubase preferences folder and start again. Everything is fine for a while and then the same thing happens again.

I have run Norton Utils on the hard disks. No major problems.
I have reinstalled Cubasis. Same thing.

Has anyone had the same problem? Any clues? I have invested a week of sleepless nights (when I haven't been in front of my Mac) trying to figure out what is causing it . . . but so far to no avail.

The whole kit looks to be just what I wanted. It sounds good (to me!), Cubasis is just what I need (perhaps Cubase in a year or two) and I find the SW1000XG really good value for money. I refuse to be despondent and give up because when working it will be great.

Phew! I would really appreciate any help you can give me.

Banjo

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Why pluck 6 when 5 will do?

I am fairly new to computer music and have just spent my hard earned on a Yamaha SW1000XG audio card for my G3 300 320MB ram 6GB + ext 1GB hard drive set up.
I have been experimenting with ProTools Free software (before purchasing the audio card) and found it extremely easy to use.
Can anybody tell me if there is any reasonably priced software that has the ease of use of ProTools that will work with the audio card. I have been looking at Cubasis VST 2.0 for mac but cannot find a demo, apart from the full version demo (is it similar?).
I basically want a package that will enable me to use both midi and audio (input for voice and guitar) to compose a soundtrack for a childrens musical that my wife is writing.
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks