[MPA] iMac MIDI set-up

[Tom Dempsey]

Gabriel, Bobbo and Jay -
Thank you all very much for taking the time to advise me. I am 
carefully considering all of your suggestions.
It looks like DECK isn't the way the I want to go after all and it is 
clear that I still have some more research to do!
Thanks one and all,

Tom in Skopelos Greece
On Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at 06:10  PM, Jay Shaffer wrote:

> Tom
> If you boot into OS 9x you should still be able to run Cubasis VST., I 
> have run Cubase VST on an ice book with 8 tracks of audio plus MIDI 
> with no real problems. and If you are transitioning to OSX I still 
> like Cubase SX. If you are MIDI oriented and don't need much in the 
> way of audio recording why not go with Reason 2.5? For theater, I just 
> load sound cues into the samplers and trigger them real time. Plus the 
> MIDI instruments and effects sound great.
> My $.02
> --
> Jay Shaffer
> Composer/ Sound Designer
> Multimedia Specialist
> jshaf at jayshaffer.com
> http://jayshaffer.com/
> http://macaudioguy.com/
>
>
> On Monday, September 1, 2003, at 09:02 AM, Tom Dempsey wrote:
>
>> I am returning to music and sound production after a long time. I was 
>> involved in music production in the pre-digital era.
>> My current set-up is:
>>
>> Yamaha PSR 225 keyboard
>> G3 iBook running MacOS 9.2
>> midisport 1x1 USB interface
>> Cubasis VST
>>
>> I have a new 17" iMac running OS 10.2.6 and I would like to do MIDI 
>> work with it. A big problem is that Cubasis VST is MacOS 9 only and 
>> won't run in Classic. I recently used Cubasis with my iBook to 
>> provide music in a small theater production and I found Cubasis to be 
>> a little jittery in that during rehearsals it would never play the 
>> same song the same way twice in a row. It always sounded different.
>>
>>  A friend suggested trying out Deck 3.5 on the 14 day free trial 
>> basis which I would like to do. Before I download the trial version I 
>> would like to ask if anyone on the list can tell me what else I'm 
>> going to need to try out Deck 3.5. Will I still need the USB 
>> interface or are there alternatives? Are there special cables I will 
>> need? Will the MIDI keyboard plug directly into the iMac? What 
>> internal software will I need in addition to Deck what Apple 
>> provides. Is OMS which I use in MacOS 9.2 needed in MacOS 10.2.6? 
>> What is the MIDI set-up supposed to look like?
>>
>> Is Deck 3.5 something I should be trying out? Are there alternatives 
>> better suited to MIDI work?
>>
>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>>
>> Tom in Skopelos Greece
>>
>>
>>
>
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