Roland Pma-5 Software, Looking for Mac Software for Roland PMA-5 Options

[daduhon]

Hi,
Just picked up a mac G3 off of craigslist, my first mac. I have a Roland PMA-5 that I want to connect to the mac. I have all the hardware, but can't find the software. Roland doesn't sell it anymore. If you have a copy and would be willing to share, or if you know where I can get it, please let me know. Thanks.

[midiwife]

Hi,
Just picked up a mac G3 off of craigslist, my first mac. I have a Roland PMA-5 that I want to connect to the mac. I have all the hardware, but can't find the software. Roland doesn't sell it anymore. If you have a copy and would be willing to share, or if you know where I can get it, please let me know. Thanks.

Hi there,

You don't really need any software to link the PMA-5 to your computer. You can do it via midi meaning, you need some sort of midi interface for your mac G3. They're pretty cheap things these days - just something to convert MIDI to USB. You will need to ensure that the one you choose will work under the operating system on your G3.
Or, I think it came with a peripheral DIN 8 cable interface which is basically the same as the Apple Desktop Bus cable, your mac probably uses this cable to talk to the (non-usb printer). It's like a tiny small round MIDI cable only about a third of the width.
That connects directly to the PMA-5 and you tell the PMA-5 via a switch that it's talking to a mac rather than MIDI or pc. - As I recall!

I used to use my PMA-5 regularly as my sound source and Cubase VST as my sequencer running on an old Mac 9500 beige tower. Very successful it was too in the days before virtual instruments.

It's a bit round the houses these days but you can probably still get it to work.

All the best.