At 10:12 PM -0400 6/2/09, donearlsto wrote:
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>Both devices support SysEx and can Dump, and also Load....mostly
>what I am wondering about is what hardware (some sort of midi
>interface) and Mac Software I could use.
You're 90% there!
For hardware, any decent USB MIDI interface should work just fine.
I've used an M-Audio Uno in the past, and it didn't set me back any
more than $50 new. Also, if you're looking at doing any other music
on the computer, most controller keyboards have built-in MIDI
interfaces that you could use too.
As far as software, most of the decent commercial products (Cubase,
Logic) handle SysEx without issue. That's probably a bit of
overkill, though. I'd see if any of those aforementioned interfaces
come bundled with a "light" copy of a sequencer. (Aside: I've not
used Ableton for SysEx dumps, so I don't know if their Live Lite
version -- which comes bundled everywhere -- would work properly.)
Or, you might pick up a copy of Computer Music magazine. There
should be a Mac compatible sequencer on the program DVD that comes
with it, and I'd be surprised if it didn't support System Exclusive.
Personally, I've got a demo copy of Rondo, from fracturedSoftware.
It's a bit of a pain, because you need to pick the functions you want
to demo upon program boot each time. But I only go through SysEx
dumps, like, once a year; maybe not even that much. So I've never
bothered to move beyond the demo. Works okay for me.
Hope that helps!
--m.
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