the_future

A Few Questions And Thoughts

Well I finally made the transition to Mac in my home studio, and I am currently stuck between a rock and a hard place on this. Here is my system:
I'm running a Beige G3 (maxed on ram) Pro tools (free) I was going to toss a 40 gig HD in along with the stock HD, and right now it has 9.2 on it. I have an OSX disk lying here, and I thought I might try an install I am basically going to be running a MTP II, alot of exterior midi hardware synths, etc. I was planning on using freemidi, OMS, and clockworks, but I went to MOTU's website, and freemidi or clockworks aren't on the downloads for X... and that sucks, since I've grown familiar to these, in tandem with 9. Can they even be ran on X? or should I stick to the older os? It seems to be pretty stable so far (more than I can say for my old Atari St that got me started in music) does anyone have any suggestions on this?
thanks in advance,

Temple

Serial Or Adb Mtp2

I have an older MOTU mtp2 midi interface, I got it seconhand, so it didn't come with cables or drivers. I downloaded freemidi from the Motu website ( I wanted to test out the mtp on my old performa 6400 before I get my new mac for the studio) I picked up a serial cable from a someone, hooked it all up... but when I scan the ports for an interface in freemidi, it dosen't recognize the timepiece Is there a possibility that I need a different cable (adb I think?) I'm going to be getting an upgraded g3 here soon... and I was planning on Logic or Dp for sequencing, but I need a working interface. I might have the option (depending on funds) to go with a usb interface.. but I would like to network it to the MTP2 so I can use all my midi hardware. any suggestions? ideas?

thanks in advance
Temple

cubedmusic@earthlink.net

Make The Move?

I am new to the world of Macs and music, and I'm looking for some advice. I currnetly have a decent sized home studio that I have been assembling for the last few years, and I have been using an Atari (yeah... I know) for all my midi sequencing, but I really want to make the move to Mac. I have alot of midi gear, and I need some help finding a decent system for what I will be doing. I have an older performa 6400 running os 9.1 with a Sonnet G3 processor upgrade that I use as my internet connection. I really don't want to put this in my studio, due to ram issues, so I'm looking to maybe buy a beige G3. (I'm a poor musician, so I don't want to spend a whole lot of money to get started) I have a Motu MTPII serial interface, but no software other than ProTools free
;)
do any of you out there have any tips that could help me out?
I would definately appreciate any feedback that wil point me in the right direction.
thanks in advance,
Temple

you can e-mail me at cubedmusic@earthlink.net