Pre Sonus make a good firewire interface for midi. Firewire 400 and SPDIF plus live instrument inputs - mixer - with 48v mic input booster. I use it on CME keyboard - works on G4 MDD and Tiger - also runs on G5 quad.
Rgds Geoff b On 24 Oct 2009, at 5:15 PM, John Niven wrote: > > --- On Sat, 10/24/09, Paul Kemner <[email protected]> wrote: >> Midi would be faster. > > This is a timely reply, Paul. I was just going to ask a question. > > I'm an Ableton Live user. My "studio" setup is XP PC based because > it was available, and I needed something that would take the 5V PCI > interface card for an M-Audio Delta 1010 audio/midi interface. This > all works fine and because I ONLY use XP with the one program, it > doesn't get in the way. The midi timing is always perfect. > > But I need an additinal mobile setup. I had hoped to use my trusty > 12" G4 867MHz Aluminum PowerBook, at least for just driving my midi > sound modules (I'm old-school), which shouldn't take much CPU power. > > I bought a Turtle beach USB midi interface (One in, one out) which > works but the timing goes off sporadically. I was wondering if this > is because it's only a usb 1.1 interface on the PowerBook or if it > was a CPU power issue, or just a bad interface. The interface just > uses the built-in Apple drivers (Tiger). > > The shame is that the PB has a FW400 interface which would be MUCH > faster so if it's just the usb speed then a FireWire midi interface > would be great. But I can't find one that isn't an Audio/midi > interface which is more than I need. > > Is anybody else doing this sort of thing? Anybody got any > recommendations for a FireWire Audio/midi interface (but mainly for > the midi)? I'd love to press the old PB G4 but into regular use. > > Cheers > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
