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         |  xf
             from Australia on 2003-07-16 05:55 [#00781305] Points: 2952 Status: Lurker
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 | Howdy, 
 Got myself a Evolution MK-225C today; awesome little
 machine, happy as hell with it.  Turned out after asking for
 all my advice on here one of my workmates is a huge
 midi-head and said the keyboard ruled way more over the
 Oxygen - so cheers to all :-)
 
 (Curiously, on my Windows XP machine, programs map the piano
 keys completely wrong [white keys are sometimes where black
 keys are, vice versa] but I'll figure it out...)
 
 I've been playing with Reason under OS X on my 500 - eats up
 plenty of CPU.  Is it reccomended/not recommended these days
 to use OS 9 for audio stuff?  i.e. any faster, better/worse
 MIDI/ASIO drivers, better/worse application features, etc?
 
 Saving up to buy Logic 6 today, got offered a nice pack for
 $600AU which looks rad.
 
 
 
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         |  ecnadniarb
             on 2003-07-16 05:58 [#00781308] Points: 24805 Status: Lurker | Show recordbag
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 | Have you installed the Windows XP drivers?  and if so make sure you haven't accidently changed the octave on the
 keyboard because that can happen :P
 
 I told you the evo was a decent keyboard :D
 
 
 
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         |  xf
             from Australia on 2003-07-16 06:01 [#00781312] Points: 2952 Status: Lurker
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 | Yeah, I've installed the Windows XP drivers - nothing wanted to talk to the keyboard until I did it.  The mac picked it
 up straight away, where with XP I had to go into Device
 Manager and 'update driver' on the audio/usb devices.
 
 Yeah, that's what I thought, but it's still doing wierd
 things.
 
 No big deal anyway, I'll mainly be using it on my mac; just
 want to make things run nicely, so wondering whether I stick
 with OSX or start using OS9 again for this stuff...
 
 
 
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         |  korben dallas
             from nz on 2003-07-16 06:06 [#00781322] Points: 4605 Status: Regular
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 | G3 or G4? how much ram u got on it?? can't have enough of that stuff it seems.
 
 been playing around with reason meself, grande fun that
 stuff is.
 
 i'd say macosX be the better, OMS can be a bit of a bitch,
 plus isn't logic 6 osX native?
 
 
 
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         |  avart
             from nomo' on 2003-07-16 06:20 [#00781336] Points: 1764 Status: Lurker
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 | Mac OS 9 is the best if 500 hhz is what you have to play with, X isn?t as snappay as 9 on 2x 1,42 Ghz even!
 
 With the right apps Mac OS 9 is just as crash proof as X
 (eh, almost anyway - without the crazy X CPU load)
 
 
 
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         |  korben dallas
             from nz on 2003-07-16 06:24 [#00781339] Points: 4605 Status: Regular
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 | really? a 2x1.42 ??? i thought osX would have taken advantage of the dual processor? mm..
 
 anyway .. i run os9 for music, and its pretty hassle free.
 
 
 
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         |  xf
             from Australia on 2003-07-16 06:43 [#00781351] Points: 2952 Status: Lurker
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 | g4 500mhz, 784mb ram.  osx isn't slow or anything (apart from the lack of quartz extreme; my video card blows), just
 i know from experience os9 is a million times faster, and
 most audio stuff i've seen on a mac has been in os9.
 
 (although this was a while ago; curiously i'm wondering
 whether its because most applications were only osx'ed
 recently)....
 
 would love to hear from anybody here that does their music
 making on a mac... what their specs are... and what they
 use...
 
 
 
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         |  roygbivcore
             from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2003-07-16 07:12 [#00781387] Points: 22557 Status: Lurker
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 | well i guess i can't really tell you, since i use a simple wave editing program (as of late.) it's way easy!
 TCKCKCKCKCKCKC
 
 anyways. i can't even figure out cubase.
 
 
 
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         |  xf
             from Australia on 2003-07-16 07:12 [#00781388] Points: 2952 Status: Lurker
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 | haha 
 sndrec32.exe
 
 
 
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         |  xf
             from Australia on 2003-07-16 07:13 [#00781390] Points: 2952 Status: Lurker
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 | I AM KOMPRESSOR!11111111!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111 
 
 
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         |  Zeus
             from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-07-16 07:14 [#00781394] Points: 14042 Status: Lurker
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 | youre buying logic? 
 you must really have it in your mind to spend some money!
 
 like I said... you dont need it as a beginner... youre not
 even sure if you are 100% about this.
 
 But whatever, I was trying to save you money.
 
 
 
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         |  xf
             from Australia on 2003-07-16 08:13 [#00781469] Points: 2952 Status: Lurker
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 | well, not buying it yet, but saving.  doesn't mean i'm actually /going/ to... but yeah, still taking your advice
 into count.
 
 got reason 2.0 as well today; seems pretty rad, more toys in
 it than 1 had.  only problem is i can't remember how to
 bloddy use it :(
 
 
 
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         |  Zeus
             from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-07-16 08:14 [#00781471] Points: 14042 Status: Lurker
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 | "i can't remember how to bloddy use it "
 
 well my friend, thats why there is a manual!
 
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         |  roygbivcore
             from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2003-07-16 08:18 [#00781477] Points: 22557 Status: Lurker
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 | KOMPRESSOR DOES NOT DANCE 
 
 
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         |  xf
             from Australia on 2003-07-16 08:21 [#00781484] Points: 2952 Status: Lurker
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 | haha, yes, i'm reading through the manual now 
 KOMPRESSOR WANT TO GET WITH YOU
 
 
 
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         |  korben dallas
             from nz on 2003-07-16 19:45 [#00782534] Points: 4605 Status: Regular
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 | xf: 
 here in nz they have student discounts (i think just
 tertiary) for some audio applications eg. cubase and i'm
 pretty sure logic [and other stuff like photoshop etc]. ..
 might be worth investigating? i got my copy of cubase vst a
 while back for 360 nz$ !! (down from the 1000 something it
 was)
 
 
 
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         |  xf
             from Australia on 2003-07-17 00:24 [#00782692] Points: 2952 Status: Lurker
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 | wow, not bad, i'll keep that in mind - cheers. 
 
 
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