Re: Midi interfaces. Was: Question about USB ports?

2009-10-30 Thread Dana Collins
On 10/28/09 1:07 PM, John Niven of sense...@yahoo.com sent --- On Tue, 10/27/09, Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.net wrote: Atari 1040ST - yumm! I remember seeing one of them handling Master-Tracks Pro (I think that was it) which was available only for Atari and Mac. Yes my first

Re: Midi interfaces. Was: Question about USB ports?

2009-10-30 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 30, 2009, at 8:11 AM, Dana Collins wrote: Hi John, Thanks for the responses. My G4 (DA) also had some sleep issues re: the M-Audio 2496, but I attributed that to the upgraded processor (1.5GHz) that was also part of the mix. My fix was to move up to a 1.6GHz G5. I just changed

Re: Midi interfaces. Was: Question about USB ports?

2009-10-28 Thread John Niven
--- On Tue, 10/27/09, Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.net wrote: Atari 1040ST - yumm! I remember seeing one of them handling Master-Tracks Pro (I think that was it) which was available only for Atari and Mac. Yes my first real computer was a 1040STe. It had built in midi ports. At the time I

Re: Midi interfaces. Was: Question about USB ports?

2009-10-28 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 28, 2009, at 1:07 PM, John Niven wrote: --- On Tue, 10/27/09, Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.net wrote: Like Bill, my home unit has an M-Audio 2496 (so I can run an M-Powered version of ProTools). My Xserve G4 won't sleep with it in. Do you have the same problem? Same issue here

Re: Midi interfaces. Was: Question about USB ports?

2009-10-27 Thread John Niven
--- On Sat, 10/24/09, Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.net wrote: On 10/24/09 11:57 AM, Geoff Black of bla...@telkomsa.net For what its worth, PreSonus and M-Audio are your best bets for a small FW interface, Thanks Geoff and Dana. There was some confusion. My basic problem is that my

Re: Midi interfaces. Was: Question about USB ports?

2009-10-27 Thread Mike
Hi John, Could you let us know how you get on with that interface? I've been looking at them on and off for a while but haven't made a decision on anything yet Cheers Mike On 27 Oct 2009, at 14:06, John Niven sense...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Sat, 10/24/09, Dana Collins

Re: Midi interfaces. Was: Question about USB ports?

2009-10-27 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 27, 2009, at 10:06 AM, John Niven wrote: PS I'm surprised that there are not more music makers on this list. Well, I use an M-Audio 2496 Delta Audiophile PCI card, but its in a Quicksilver 2002 Dual 1GHz under 10.5.8 ... and really just started to work after replacing my mobo

Re: Midi interfaces. Was: Question about USB ports?

2009-10-27 Thread John Niven
--- On Tue, 10/27/09, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: Well, I use an M-Audio 2496 Delta Audiophile PCI card, but its in a  Quicksilver 2002 Dual 1GHz under 10.5.8 ... Actually This is the kind of feedback I was looking for. I do have the same PCI card (got cheaply from local

Re: Midi interfaces. Was: Question about USB ports?

2009-10-27 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 27, 2009, at 11:13 AM, John Niven wrote: --- On Tue, 10/27/09, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote:. In either case I guess I made the right decision to go with a firewire interface. It will either work ok with my PB now or a new one latter. I will report back latter.

Re: Midi interfaces. Was: Question about USB ports?

2009-10-27 Thread Dana Collins
On 10/27/09 11:13 AM, John Niven of sense...@yahoo.com sent --- On Tue, 10/27/09, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: Well, I use an M-Audio 2496 Delta Audiophile PCI card, but its in a  Quicksilver 2002 Dual 1GHz under 10.5.8 ... Actually This is the kind of feedback I was

Midi interfaces. Was: Question about USB ports?

2009-10-24 Thread John Niven
--- On Sat, 10/24/09, Paul Kemner zkem...@gmail.com 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

Re: Midi interfaces. Was: Question about USB ports?

2009-10-24 Thread Geoff Black
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,

Re: Midi interfaces. Was: Question about USB ports?

2009-10-24 Thread Dana Collins
On 10/24/09 11:57 AM, Geoff Black of bla...@telkomsa.net sent 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