nothing like old gear, yeah, 3 year old stuff, pure vintage :)

[binauralsystem]

Hi there, first time poster.

Long time guitar player, recently looked at the computer, and said, hey, you are going to help me record stuff. Now make it so.

recently got my hands on a Yamaha DSP Factory 2416 card. I put in my my PowerMac G4 2x450 Mhz, 640 Mram. have standard disk drive as came with stock unit.

Apparently only runs in Classic 9.0 for Mac. I usually run Jaguar. What is ASIO? What is its function?

Question, does running in 9.0 Classic not fully utilize the dual processors?

I seem to be missing something to get this thing running. I've tried downloading drivers from Yamaha. Do i need another software like Logic, CuBase, etc.

What about shareware? I've looked at some of these big names, and they want some pretty serious $$$

I want to be able to record cds and be able to record tracks and remix them.

What about Pro Tools Free? Can that be used on a Mac alone, or is some sound card (hopefully the yamaha) is helpful to using more than the built-in mic on the mac.

I did a search on Yamaha DSP. Good lord, man. that thing was expensive when it came out in 2000. i got it for nothing. probably nothing that I can buy will run it anymore, either. its worth a shot.

I'm quite sure this card is probably pretty shabby by the latest standards, but apparently it was supposed to have the internals of a top-flight system. If this is anyway near true, that it is more than sufficient for me.

Once I get this thing going, then I'll peruse the advice on mics, pres, compressors, mixers, peripherals, interface control surfaces, the whole ball of wax. I'm dragging my knuckles as I hitchhike the internet superhighway, trying to avoid the killers on the road.

Ok, its late. :0

[binauralsystem]

hi mods, please move this thread to the newbie forum. thank you