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Posted by: Gil on 2007-12-16 09:17:12
Where can I find a MIDI interface that connects to the old Mini-DIN 8 Mac Serial port? I searched ebay and cant find anything!
Also, Where can I get Reason 2.0 for Mac?
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Posted by: Bunsen on 2007-12-16 09:50:08
They do turn up from time to time. Stick it in your saved searches and wait. There are schematics around the web for building them yourself if you search a bit.
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Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2007-12-16 10:13:10
This one is the serial-to-MIDI interface you're looking for.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/FastLane/
Incidentally, I have an old MidiMan (now M-AUDIO) MiniMacman Mac serial-to-MIDI interface I bought years ago for use on my parents' Power Macintosh Performa 6220CD. I still use it with my old Quadra 650 from time to time along with Master Tracks Pro.
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Posted by: Gil on 2007-12-16 10:25:17
They do turn up from time to time. Stick it in your saved searches and wait. There are schematics around the web for building them yourself if you search a bit. Would you happen to have any links to the schematics?
Thanks
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Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2007-12-16 10:31:55
They do turn up from time to time. Stick it in your saved searches and wait. There are schematics around the web for building them yourself if you search a bit. Would you happen to have any links to the schematics?
Thanks
Did you happen to see my post above with a link to one that's on sale? Are you outside of the US? (I couldn't tell since there's no mention of your geographical location in your profile.)
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Posted by: Bunsen on 2007-12-16 10:45:35
Would you happen to have any links to the schematics? Yes.
http://www.google.com
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Posted by: MacMan on 2007-12-16 17:22:34
Something to search for on eBay is "MIDI Edge for Mac". I have one of those interfaces and it is brilliant, such a compact wee box too. The seem to appear occasionally on eBay UK but are not very common.
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Posted by: Bunsen on 2007-12-18 00:30:07
The Fastlane above, while an excellent interface offering 3 MIDI outs, one in and a printer/modem port passthrough, is pretty overpriced. There are simple one in one out interfaces available which are pretty cheap. A Google or ebay search for macintosh midi -usb that's minus usb should find you what you want. The 1x1 interfaces are pretty easy to find, and to build.
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Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2007-12-18 09:02:05
The Fastlane above, while an excellent interface offering 3 MIDI outs, one in and a printer/modem port passthrough, is pretty overpriced. There are simple one in one out interfaces available which are pretty cheap. A Google or ebay search for macintosh midi -usb that's minus usb should find you what you want. The 1x1 interfaces are pretty easy to find, and to build. Hell, I remember when I bought my miniMacMan new from Guitar Center years ago....that was about 80 bucks or so and it was only one port in and out. This is a bargain IMO for a brand new device for older serial-based Macs (at least what I could find so far with serial ports for the Mac). Remember that USB's commoditization brought down the price of USB devices down a lot.
BTW, great tip on the search procedures....I wasn't aware of that. 🙂
One thing to consider with the single in/out MIDI interfaces is that if you daisy-chain too many of them you'll eventually experience a MIDI delay. This is why you want to use interfaces with more than one set of ports.
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Posted by: Bolle on 2007-12-18 09:34:31
I did build one myself, but it didnt work... checked everything 1000 times... dunno what went wrong. :/
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Posted by: Gil on 2007-12-18 13:32:10
I'm very worried about building something like that myself, because i'm not very tech-smart in that particular area. I'll keep looking...
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Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2007-12-18 14:36:05
Here's an eBay auction for a MidiMan MacMan interface. |
Posted by: Bunsen on 2007-12-18 17:14:58
Here's another with 4 ins and 6 outs, and internal patching, going cheap for what it is. Shipping to where you are could be a bit.
Fancy 15 ins and outs? Spend 5 Ben Franklins on this
The MacMan looks like a bargain.
Also, what machine and OS will you be using this with?
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Posted by: Gil on 2007-12-19 04:36:55
I don't need anything near fancy, so i think I will go with a MacMan.
My OS will be 8. 8.5, and 9
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Posted by: Bunsen on 2007-12-19 10:14:19
Oh I was just wondering if you were using a machine with PCI slots. In OSes 8.6 and above, there is USB support, so you have the option of using a PCI card and a USB MIDI interface. If the interface has drivers for that OS. Overall, a serial interface is probably easier.
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Posted by: paws on 2007-12-19 11:07:11
I don't think you want to try to run Reason 2 on any Mac without built-in USB...
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Posted by: Bolle on 2007-12-19 13:36:45
reason 2 should work on a PCI powermac but dont expect too much... 😉
I once had it on my 9500 but under OSX. it was ok... not fast but ok 😀
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Posted by: Gil on 2007-12-19 14:05:32
Will it work under Mac OS 9 on a Performa 6400? Thanks.
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Posted by: Bolle on 2007-12-20 07:41:15
performa 6400 is definetly too slow for reason 2 or even reason 1...
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