which mac and OS are you using for "remote" software and Alchemy ?

[antenne]

Hello list -
i'm trying to decide between various old mac and OS's for a setup
with the EIII remote and Alchemy -

Will it work on a 1st generation desktop G3 266 with os 8.6 with an opcode studio 64x ?

Or is a Powermac 7500/100 with an opcode 4 better ?
The 7500 system includes an Audiomedia III card, - is there any advantage in this with regard to
controlling the EIII ?
I've read that the Sounddesigner software can run when you have this card, -
anybody use this program ? - and for what ?

which mac and OS are you using for "remote" software and Alchemy ?

any info is appreciated - i've been searching the archives of the list, and we need to gather this info into
some sort of faq i think, - maybe this could be a start.

best wishes, - Kim

[wirefall]

For EIII Remote I use a Mac IIci with an old Opcode Midi device attached. It works also for Alchemy, as well as a Powermac (tried 7200 and 8100). To get more speed I have it now on a 9600 which is upgraded with a 1000MHz G4 CPU. So I guess Alchemy is not very bitchy regarding the Mac. It works also with a SCSI to USB adapter. So I would bet it will run on your G3.
Sound designer is a straight plain 2-track editor and therefor very easy to use. I still use it because there is the SD Convert proggie for my Kurzweil K250. To run Sounddesigner in their last versions (2.8x) WITH Plug-Ins (Waves etc.) you would need an Audiomedia II (Nubus!) instead of the newer PCI based Audiomedia III! To run just plain Soundesigner II WITHOUT Plug-Ins an Audiomedia III is ok. This is because of a certain DSP chip on version II which version III (PCI based) lacks.

[wirefall]

PS: Forgot to mention the OS. The range I have tried successfully is from 7.6 to 9.2!

[antenne]

Thanks Wirefall -

both alchemy and EIII remote works fine on Powermac G3/266 with OS 8.5

Next i'll upgrade to 9.2 so i can fit a sonnet SATA pci card in the G3
This will hopefully enable me to have an ssd as bootdisc
No more noisy harddiscs in the studio ! 

Kim

[wirefall]

+ 1

I exchange harddisk with SSD or CF card   

The sonnet PCI SATA card (which I also use, good choice  ) should provide for sure a stable boot disc.

[dr.c]

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