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Offline weindor094

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Pro Tools 3.4free on OS9?
« on: September 05, 2026, 03:53:20 AM »
Hi,
I am looking to try out Pro Tools 3.4 Free on OS 9, or 8. I plan to buy a laptop specifically for this purpose, but at the moment I am testing it out in Sheepshaver (in case buying an MPC is a better decision.) However, I am finding oakbog's instructions somewhat confusing. It mentions copying over the Digidesign folder, which is implied to be on the CD, but there doesn't seem to be an upload of the CD anywhere. It also mentions running DAE and "changing the Buffer Size from the file menu", but my DAE just does the opening animation, and does not actually run.

Is it possible this is a Sheepshaver specific issue, or am I missing something?
Thanks to anyone who can help explain this to me. I am dumb.
I am also interested in Pro Tools 5 Free, but that just plain out crashed, and would just error out afterwards.
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Re: Pro Tools 3.4free on OS9?
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2026, 12:57:27 PM »
beccause these programs interact with the built in hardware that is  in a powermac g3/g4
u need a real powermac g3/g4 you cant use emulation as far as i know
with any digidesign programs they are all based on hardware integration even the free version was built around using hte hardware that was alraedy pre-existing in a real powermac g3/g4

im afraid u wont get very far with emulation
nothing here in my website is based on emulation because of this fact.

u would only be able to use software with no hardware requirements with emulation

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