Welcome to oldschooldaw.com!

[chrisNova777]

hey whats up guys!

the primary focus of this site will be using DAW Software + Hardware
and the compilation of reference material vital to the maintenance + setup of
these systems that are most likely deemed "legacy" + "unsupported" by
the digital audio marketplace + manufacturers.

this includes legacy operating systems / hardware platforms such as:

Mac os 7 (May 1991) (7.5.5, 7.6.1) >> motorola 68000& PowerPC macs from the 90s
Mac os 8 (July 1997) (8.6) >> b+W g3/sawtooth
Mac os 9 (October 1999) (9.2.2) >> quicksilver/mdd

Windows 3.1 (April 1992) * >> 486
Windows 95 (August 1995) * >> pentium
Windows 98 (June 1998) * >> pentium II
Windows 98SE (April 1999) * >> pentium III
Windows ME (September 2000) >> pentium III
Windows XP (October 2001) >> pentium 4 / Core Quad
Windows Vista (January 2007) >> Intel Core Quad
Windows 7 (Aug 2009) >> Intel Core Quad / i5/i7

Mac os X Jaguar (Aug 2002) >> quicksilver / MDD
Mac os X Panther (October 2003) >> quicksilver / MDD / powermac g5
Mac os X Tiger ppc (April 2005) >> MDD / powermac g5
Mac os X Tiger intel (2006)  >> intel mac
Mac os X Leopard ppc (October 2007) >> MDD / powermac g5
Mac os X Leopard intel (October 2007) >> intel mac
Mac os X Snow Leopard (Aug 2009) >> intel mac
Mac os X Lion (Jul 2011) >> intel mac

Thanks for visiting.

[GMP]

Hi, just wanted to say thanks very much for setting this place up. I only wish I'd found it a few weeks back as some of the info would've saved me a fair bit of tinkering time. I had a huge collection of very old PC bits & bobs gathering dust and it was time I either chucked them out or utilised them somehow, so I ended up building some nostalgia machines: a P200 running DOS, a P233 running Win95, an AMD500 running Win98 and a later Celeron running WinXP. I won't bother with music on the DOS one, but the others are going to be retro-DAWs so your software list is an absolute godsend.
I'll contribute anything I can but it looks like you've done a pretty extensive job already 

[chrisNova777]

Hi, just wanted to say thanks very much for setting this place up
your software list is an absolute godsend.
I'll contribute anything I can but it looks like you've done a pretty extensive job already 

hey GMP! no problem! yes it took considerable mental effort to track down all the info + there literally was nowhere else on the net that u could see this information all in one place.. or displayed in any coherent way that was usefull.. so i took it upon myself to fill the void!

[Irisman]

Here I am, always tweaking old computers for music recoding!!

Nice to visit the site from time to time

Greetz,
Irisman

[iRelevant]

Very nice site. I like it a lot.

[Gabu]

Great website! Thanks for setting it up and maintaining it! 

[aussie]

Great site. I've been pulling my hair out trying to get Opcode's Studio Vision Pro running on an old Mac Powerbook again, and I think I've discovered the right place. Thanks mates.

[wavesequence]

With this first post I would thank the Mighty Adm who allowed me entering in this forum and extend my salutation to all participants and members.
My name is Michele (Michael), nickname chosen "wavesequence" (comes from the well known Korg Wavestation, a vector synthesizer of the 90s) and I'm a 51 years old italian freelance architect with an endless passion for music, computer, synthesizers and music technology.
I began using Apple Macintoshes in 1987, starting with a tiny Macintosh Plus with 800k external drive and an Opcode Studio Plus MIDI interface. My fellowship with Apple computers lasted until 2010 when a wonderful G5 2.0GHZ DP irreparably broke down. From that moment I decided not to buy Apple anymore and changed my direction towards hackintoshes.
On the other hand, I still have two Apple G4 (1,4Ghz Sonnet enhanced and 1,25Ghz DP) that run flawlessly and are used only to program my old synthesizers.
That's all for now.

[chrisNova777]

welcome WaveSequence! 
thanks for your polite message, im glad youve found the information ive collected to be usefull!

[Peter0408]

Hi.
cool forum, there is only bad thing i can say, is there is really many sub groups, it confused me where to post, so if i should post in the wrong, when please move it or let me know

My name is Peter i am from Denmark, i just turn 50 this summer, and i have been around computer most of my life.
first computer i got was in 83.

when on the MSX i started on doing my first music program / player it never got finish.
it was first when i got an Atari ST, that thing started to happen, i did 2 ym programs, and also did one but never got around to do the graphic interface for it.

Old Atari ST Editor and Player.

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in 92 i moved to the PC and started on couple of opl3 music programs, but none got pretty finish, when i had a hard drive crash, and could only recover an old version and some of the source codes, i did do some music in, but the program contain some errors.

Old OPL3 dos player / Editor

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i also did a opl3 driver for a SMF player 2 of my friends was making for Roland Denmark.

Roland SMF player Dos

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i have since done an YM2149 emulations and tracker for windows, and a couple of years i did a FM soft-synth + tracker for windows
so i could hear my old opl3 tunes on a modem platform.

windows ym2149 emulator / editor /player

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FM softsynth / editor / player

i think i will stop here for some reason the forum keep skipping this side, and takes me to the front page...

add some link.