Hoping this is the right place.
Having assembled and maintained some large and complex midi files from the 1990s, I would really, really, like to go whole-hog, 100% into Reaper.
But my midi interfaces are old skool Mac serial port. Opcode, Studio 5lx. I have several of them. They're 15x15 midi.
Along with the setup, i've nursed these old Macs along to keep their precious serial bus going - after all, it's not available past OS9. I'm using Keyspan cards on G4(!) towers.
I do and have done some modern DAW work, but I'd kinda like to just get cut free from the OS9 Macs. To do that, I need to find some capable midi beyond the ordinary 2x2 like on a Scarlett interface.
Does such a thing exist? Can I chain together such things? Yes, there are great instruments and plug-ins that will supplant some of my current crop of synths, so sure, I can sell some stuff and get out of my midi addiction that way. But there are several others that I don't really wanna part with.
Don't really want to start a debate about the instruments except to say, yes, my Kurzweil piano is lame compared to the nice stuff out there today, but no, my hard-to-duplicate layers of different brands won't be easily replaced.
So who makes a nice big midi interface suitable for Reaper connection? First Choice would be a Mac serial card that would recognize and work with the Studio 5 and OMS (fat chance!), but realizing I've held on as long as I can, it may be time to throw in the towel and just cut-and-run.
Having assembled and maintained some large and complex midi files from the 1990s, I would really, really, like to go whole-hog, 100% into Reaper.
But my midi interfaces are old skool Mac serial port. Opcode, Studio 5lx. I have several of them. They're 15x15 midi.
Along with the setup, i've nursed these old Macs along to keep their precious serial bus going - after all, it's not available past OS9. I'm using Keyspan cards on G4(!) towers.
I do and have done some modern DAW work, but I'd kinda like to just get cut free from the OS9 Macs. To do that, I need to find some capable midi beyond the ordinary 2x2 like on a Scarlett interface.
Does such a thing exist? Can I chain together such things? Yes, there are great instruments and plug-ins that will supplant some of my current crop of synths, so sure, I can sell some stuff and get out of my midi addiction that way. But there are several others that I don't really wanna part with.
Don't really want to start a debate about the instruments except to say, yes, my Kurzweil piano is lame compared to the nice stuff out there today, but no, my hard-to-duplicate layers of different brands won't be easily replaced.
So who makes a nice big midi interface suitable for Reaper connection? First Choice would be a Mac serial card that would recognize and work with the Studio 5 and OMS (fat chance!), but realizing I've held on as long as I can, it may be time to throw in the towel and just cut-and-run.