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midi - Parallel (PC) / Re: adding a parallel port via PCI-E
« Last post by joethelion on March 23, 2023, 07:47:35 PM »
I gues this is 3.3v PCI ?
StarTech also offer a very expensive PCIe to 4x PCI expansion chassis.
Some report PCIe to PCI is fraught for older hardware because of both bridging code and slot voltage.
Too risky for me.
Anyone here used one ?
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midi - Parallel (PC) / Re: Midiman Portman 2x4 pc parallel Midi interface
« Last post by joethelion on March 23, 2023, 07:37:59 PM »
It's one of my fave sites ... Thanx again Chris :)

I had some bad experience too ... worst, being suckered into a VS1680ex at launch for a ridiculous 2k+ sum, with CDRW extra 400+, 2nd FX board likewise, plus a 4Gb HD for another 400 ... only to later find I needed to upgrade the Fw ... and having been led to believe from the outset I could connect it via SCSI to any PC ... I even bought the Datasonics software for another chunk ... and used it only a handful ... :)

Within a short while I was so disappointed by its inaccesibility and relatively poor quality I put it all out of mind in the loft (still there). Worse, I still grieve I traded my fave Beyer M500 ribbon to raise the cash.

On-going since, I've been quite fortunate, unlike a pal that bought one of the first DB8's for 15k and suffered endlessly for years.

My mainstays are classic RME and Mixtreme. Remarkably, both were supported to Win 7. RME only 32bit, but Mixtreme 192 64bit by SSL.

I'm very happy at that level. I'm never going to support "Windows as a service". I'm ruling out W10/11+ forever. I'm done with MS intrusive evolution.

I'm planning a project studio around XP/Win7 ...
Finding the right system boards with several PCI slots is hard.
Where's best to post info/suggestion requests in here ?
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midi - Parallel (PC) / Re: Midiman Portman 2x4 pc parallel Midi interface
« Last post by chrisNova777 on March 23, 2023, 04:40:01 PM »
thats kind of similar to why i started THIS site.. because i got ripped off buying a mackie onyx-i mixer thinking it would be able to run pro tools m-powered 8 so i bought the software seperately and was left with a combination of gear/software that was incompatible after being assured that it was.... that combined with the general overall lack of consistant proper support by any of the audio companies except for maybe motu
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General / Miscellaneous / Re: running VM for hardware compatibility work arounds
« Last post by smilesdavis on March 23, 2023, 09:12:38 AM »
Timing will be horrible
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Windows 7 (Aug 2009) / get rid of warning for windows 7 on chrome with this regedit hack
« Last post by chrisNova777 on March 23, 2023, 01:40:43 AM »
https://www.askvg.com/disable-or-remove-unsupported-os-warning-in-chrome-and-edge-on-windows-7-and-8-1/

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1. Press “WIN+R” key combination to launch RUN dialog box then type regedit and press Enter. It’ll open Registry Editor.

2. Now go to any of following keys:

If you want to remove the warning banner for all Windows users:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies

If you want to remove the warning banner for only current user:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies

3. Under Policies key, create a new key and set its name to Google

4. Under Google key, create a new key and set its name to Chrome

So the final key path will be:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome

5. Now select Chrome key and in right-side pane, right-click and select “New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value” option. Set the new DWORD name as SuppressUnsupportedOSWarning

Double-click on the DWORD and change its value to 1

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midi - Parallel (PC) / Re: Midiman Portman 2x4 pc parallel Midi interface
« Last post by joethelion on March 22, 2023, 05:43:35 PM »
Yes, I think that's the truth.

There are usually some good techs on the inside that keep such a product going; at least, for their own benefit. Usually, their mods filter out through the forums. I guess I found something that worked and lost it. I've searched through all my Midiman archive and some of the 2x4 inf's seem to have been modified. Without closely examining every file I can't add more.

Incidentally, the best inside tech I've encountered (TekkHedd) saved my much-loved SeaSound for useful work to this day, by writing XP drivers after Oberheim ended production. He did so as a genuine project hoping for proper support ... which never came.

I owe him a beer ... :)

Is he here ?
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Cubase (Steinberg/Yamaha) / Re: Cubase AI4 (2008) on 10.4.11 MacOSX Tiger /w PowerMac G4 first 64bit version
« Last post by chrisNova777 on March 22, 2023, 03:50:26 PM »
heres the iso for cubase ai 4

https://www.mediafire.com/file/lu11d3045tw5ng0/Cubase_AI_4.1.2.851.iso/file
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midi - Parallel (PC) / Re: Midiman Portman 2x4 pc parallel Midi interface
« Last post by chrisNova777 on March 22, 2023, 03:46:38 PM »
its possbile someone figured out how to get it to work with the old driver...
but the portman series never got a real xp driver or 64bit windows driver as far as i know?
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midi - Parallel (PC) / Re: Midiman Portman 2x4 pc parallel Midi interface
« Last post by joethelion on March 22, 2023, 09:55:49 AM »
Thanks Chris :)

Sincere apologies ...
I can't imagine how I came to wrongly label the original folder as "XP" ... though I surely recall there were beta XP drivers for the Portmans ... somewhere ... :)
 
Thereafter, I changed to Opcode 64x & Miditerminal 4140/MTS64 on-going.
I abandoned Opcode for sysx problems with the beta XP driver; though, I still have my pair of 64x.

I've long used ESI/Miditerminal which I've found very reliable and good vfm. XP drivers are still available at ESI archive. My fave is the AT010 pci which affords TDIF/R-Bus, ADAT/SPDif & MIDI ... 7ms latency ... near RME spec.

I also have a DR G 6400 which runs driverless via gameport. It has onboard Roland GS compatible. Most MPU401 gameport cards work. I use it in Win 7. Such as C-media still support cheap pci gameport soundcards with Win 7 drivers.

FYI: I've just 'found' my ESI WaMi Box PCMCIA which I used in XP with both a laptop and via desktop PCI-PCMCIA card. I'll never use this again so you can have it for your collection, if you pay shipping. I can no longer test it. It worked properly last time I used it, c 2010. XP drivers/utility are available at ESI.

ATB, jtl.



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Cubase (Steinberg/Yamaha) / Re: steinberg download ISOs
« Last post by chrisNova777 on March 22, 2023, 04:46:51 AM »
heres the cubase Ai4 iso
https://www.mediafire.com/file/lu11d3045tw5ng0/Cubase_AI_4.1.2.851.iso/file
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