midi for old macs

Subject: midi for old macs
From: GUEST,Todd Greenwood
Date: 25 Mar 00 - 10:30 PM

I have and iMac and I really like it but it is way to much computer to be using as a midi sequencer and I was wondering if anyone would like to discuss what the old Macintosh MIDI programs were like. I have a few of the old Macs around and would like to set one up as a midi sequencer for my studio but I've had no luck finding programs for them or finding anyone who knows anything about the old programs. I have the midi interface that hooks up to the printer port. Anyone?

Subject: RE: midi for old macs
From: Amos
Date: 25 Mar 00 - 10:48 PM

One of the pre-PowerPC MIDI interfaces for Macs was called TRAX. I think it was pretty full featured considering the lower speeds of those machines, and it might serve your purposes. It requires a couple of patch cables.

I have a copy I will send you, if you give me the address -- no guarantees it will work, but price is right. I can't use it on m y later machines.

If you prefer e-mail me at [e-mail] with the address. Worth trying anyway.

Subject: RE: midi for old macs
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 25 Mar 00 - 11:31 PM

If TRAX doesn't work for Todd's machine, perhaps he could forward it to us! My son, Rob, has an old Mac and would love to give it a try.

Sandy

Subject: RE: midi for old macs
From: Charlie Baum
Date: 26 Mar 00 - 03:28 AM

Deluxe Music Construction Set was a wonderful little program that allowed me to program in music, or transcribe in onto a staff in a window on my Mac, and then play the sound out through a MIDI device (or the Macs internal speakers.) Is that the sort of thing you're looking for? --Charlie Baum

Subject: RE: midi for old macs
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 26 Mar 00 - 12:06 PM

Might be, Charlie. See you at NEFFA, Camp Freedman, or (later) at Old Songs. Looks to be a musical Spring!

Sandy

Subject: RE: midi for old macs
From: GUEST,Todd Greenwood
Date: 26 Mar 00 - 01:15 PM

Dear Amos

I'd love to try that TRAX program and thank-you so much. I hope it doesn't cost too much to send it. I hope I can do something for you some day.

Todd Greenwood Box 356 Carnduff Sask Canada s0c-0s0

www.woodmusic.sk.ca

and when I get it I'll forward it on to Rob. Please send me the address Sandy.

Thanks for the info Charlie. I'm not sure what's what with all these different programs we are talking about but I intend to find out. I've been working on this problem for over a year now. I remeber seeing an educational program about midi that was taught by Oscar Peterson and he was using a Mac and this was back ing the eighties. I have two five twelves and an LCII. Specificly I need to get set up for sequencing drums. I have an sr16 that I us to program my td7 but it is very time consuming to program everything in one beat at a time. I will see if I can find anything out about 'Deluxe Window Construction'.

Todd

Subject: RE: midi for old macs
From: GUEST,todd
Date: 26 Mar 00 - 01:18 PM

I would er' copy it and send it on to Rob that is. Todd

Subject: RE: midi for old macs
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 26 Mar 00 - 10:17 PM

Rob Paton
Box 1148
Sharon CT 06069

He'd be pleased to have a chance to give it a try.

Sandy

Subject: RE: midi for old macs
From: Amos
Date: 27 Mar 00 - 09:25 AM

It's on its way as of tonight to Todd. It consists of one install floppy (can you believe that?) and documentation. To hook up a midi machine to the Mac (assuming the software runs) requires a couple of cables which I used to have but can't now find, so they aren't included. But see if you can get the SW to run in any case...it doesn't depend on the cables. Might want to duplicate that disk or make a "disk image" of it first, for safety -- it's the only one.

Good luck,

A

Subject: RE: midi for old macs
From: GUEST,John in Brisbane
Date: 09 Oct 00 - 09:19 PM

I stumbled across a MIDI site which seems to have loads of info aimed exclusively at Macs.

Macintosh MIDI User's Internet Guide - Information and Links for the Mac MIDI Musician

http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/mmuig.html

I'm not a Mac user but it seems to have stacks of the right sort of help. I do note however that some of the links specified are no longer active. Hope this helps.

Regards, John

Subject: RE: midi for old macs
From: Callie
Date: 10 Oct 00 - 09:32 AM

Dang. I thought this thread was about Scottish retirees drinking small beers. C

Subject: RE: midi for old macs
From: M. Ted (inactive)
Date: 10 Oct 00 - 03:14 PM

There is a great sequencing program called E-Z Vision that ran on Mac System 7 and up(but not on system 8). The best thing about it was that it was a simplified version of Opcode Vision, the same program that was and is a studio standard, so you could write them at home, and then open them and use them in a professional studio situation in all other versions and upgrades of Vision--

You could run it with 4 megs on the desktop and have space left over--those were the good old days!!(Oh, yes, you will need a MIDI translator to connect to your synthesizer--as you will for all MIDI programs)