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jetplane666666 · 18th September 2008

Glad to see I'm not the only person who has a machine dedicated to OS9 music apps.

I have a G3 on the LAN which I access with VNC. There is no keyboard, mouse or monitor connected. The G3's screen comes up in a window on my Leopard Mac and I use this Mac's keyboard and mouse to drive it.

Like Tessib above, I am a big SonicWorx user. This program has some nifty spectral manipulation tools, and the Telephone Line Simulator is really cool (check out the "Overseas Line" patch)

Sonicworx is only one of the programs I use on this machine, I still run Logic 3.1 on it to make use of all the incredible OS9 VST's that were the hallmark of that era and didn't make it over to OSX. Also Alchemy, Metasynth, Sound Designer (believe it or not, it still has a few uses), and there are others that I am forgetting.

If I were in your shoes however, Alfador, I don't think I would bother with an OS9 machine at this point in time. OSX is seeing it's own rennaissance of free plugins, like the SmartElectronix stuff and Michael Norris' Spectral suite of applications that are more advanced than what was available in OS9. Plus, if you're not already familiar with OS9 you'll have to go through all the hassle of learning now to network it to Leopard (not hard, but it will take some time to get the hang of) and if you want to use VNC you will spend a considerable amount of hours getting that to work reliably, and you still have to hunt down all the OS9 software (it took me eons to find an OS9 release of VNC), so you have to weigh wether time spent here is worth it, or would your time be better spent learning how to use an OSX app that has portability with your setup/Ableton Live rig.

In summary: I wouldn't bother with an OS9 machine at this point if I was not already a diehard OS9 user. But as a diehard OS9 user, I wouldn't part with my OS9 machine.

18th September 2008	#4
jetplane666666 Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 179	Glad to see I'm not the only person who has a machine dedicated to OS9 music apps. I have a G3 on the LAN which I access with VNC. There is no keyboard, mouse or monitor connected. The G3's screen comes up in a window on my Leopard Mac and I use this Mac's keyboard and mouse to drive it. Like Tessib above, I am a big SonicWorx user. This program has some nifty spectral manipulation tools, and the Telephone Line Simulator is really cool (check out the "Overseas Line" patch) Sonicworx is only one of the programs I use on this machine, I still run Logic 3.1 on it to make use of all the incredible OS9 VST's that were the hallmark of that era and didn't make it over to OSX. Also Alchemy, Metasynth, Sound Designer (believe it or not, it still has a few uses), and there are others that I am forgetting. If I were in your shoes however, Alfador, I don't think I would bother with an OS9 machine at this point in time. OSX is seeing it's own rennaissance of free plugins, like the SmartElectronix stuff and Michael Norris' Spectral suite of applications that are more advanced than what was available in OS9. Plus, if you're not already familiar with OS9 you'll have to go through all the hassle of learning now to network it to Leopard (not hard, but it will take some time to get the hang of) and if you want to use VNC you will spend a considerable amount of hours getting that to work reliably, and you still have to hunt down all the OS9 software (it took me eons to find an OS9 release of VNC), so you have to weigh wether time spent here is worth it, or would your time be better spent learning how to use an OSX app that has portability with your setup/Ableton Live rig. In summary: I wouldn't bother with an OS9 machine at this point if I was not already a diehard OS9 user. But as a diehard OS9 user, I wouldn't part with my OS9 machine.