Good morning, everyone!
First, I want to say thank you for giving me a space in this community.
I just signed up yesterday after checking out the site for a couple of weeks.
Like most young Americans my age, I grew up learning how to use computers by being exposed to the Mac.
I have fond memories of playing the Oregon Trail at my school's computer lab stocked with Apple IIe monochrome systems.
Then I began using the Mac SE II in sixth grade all the way through high school where I was first introduced to MIDI, Master Tracks Pro, and the joys of the Roland Juno-01 and Ensoniq EPS-16 synths.
Then I went to the dark side of Windows, taking in the black rituals of blue screen crashes, FAT32 drive partitions, registry hacks, and the devilish doctrine of a guy named Bill.
My once carefree computing spirit was now in turmoil. "Everyone's using PC's. You can't go anywhere in business without them. You're just outdating yourself by having a Mac and you won't be able to find any software for them anyway."
These were some of the brainwashing phrases that I used to hear trying to steer me further away from a blissful Apple paradise.
Well, I finally found my way back home where I belong.
After years of being frustrated that Macs were too expensive, the MacMini finally arrives, and I also find a plethora of used Mac dealers with sacreligious prices. lol
So, I just purchased a classic iMac DV G3 400 MHz system.
It's one of the base models with just 64 MB of RAM, and a 6GB drive. No DVD, just the original CD-ROM.
It was a sweet price at just $269 US (plus tax) from DV Warehouse out of Los Angeles, CA. Power Max is also a great place to look at as well. I paid extra for overnight shipping, although it still hasn't arrived yet
Anyways, I know that there are separate froums for each of these questions that I'm about to ask, but right now, I don't have time to sift through all of them. I apologize that this may seem a bit redundant.
I did read the article on buying a system.
All I want to know is, where can I find older programs for digital audio and MIDI that will work well with the iMac.
I know most of the different brands already, but I'm having a hard time actually finding where I can purchase used music software at a good price.
I really want to find a program that is similar to Fruity Loops for the PC. What would be the closest equivalent on the Mac ????
I do plan on buying a G4 laptop soon, but this is just getting me by for now. I know that the programs that are optimized for OS X are probably far better for what I'm looking at.
Also, would most of the new FireWire audio interfaces work well with my system too ? I've seen a lot of the old USB devices, but I read everywhere that they don't work good.
One last thing; since this system that I bought is used, none of the original software except for OS 9.22 is installed.
Where can I find a used copy of Apple Works and all of the other goodies that I should have ?
Thank you for taking the time to read all of this.
By the way, the French kick ass; I don't care what all of these other overly political idiots that live in my country say about you all and you're lucky as hell that you'll be seeing Kraftwerk again for the third time in a row coming later this year !!!!!
