Analogaddict Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 In another thread I was reminded of the Opcode studio 5 midi module. I´ve seen this in countless rigs, and I´ve always figured I have to check it out. Does anybody know anything about them, for instance how the studio 3, 4 and 5 compare to eachother? The studio 3 and 4:s seem to be more common on the second hand market, is there a reason for this? in what ways are they inferior to the studio 5? Any help would be greatly appriceated! /J nas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius Riley Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 I've got a 4 Track or treat? http://www.garbage-house.com/pictures/freaks-images/eck-s-animated.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analogaddict Posted August 24, 2003 Author Share Posted August 24, 2003 Hey Ignatius, I forgot to mention the 4! Is it basically a scaled down version of the 5? for what applications do you use it? how does it work for you? /J nas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius Riley Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 I don't use it at the moment. But when I did it worked just as advertised. The 5 was the interface to have back then. The 4 is supposed to be similar to the 5 except that there are half as many midi ports. You made me wonder, can this thing at all be used with newer Macs? Hmmm.... Track or treat? http://www.garbage-house.com/pictures/freaks-images/eck-s-animated.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analogaddict Posted August 24, 2003 Author Share Posted August 24, 2003 I´m asking because I recently saw an ad for a Studio 5 for sale - with an adapter for use with a G3 or a G4. The ad did say that it wouldn´t work with OS X, though. I´m primarily looking for a really good midi patchbay for live use, with virtual instrument capabilities, and I found the thought of being able to use it with my G4 (still running os 9.2) interesting. /J nas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skytouch Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 Studio5 is a great interface if you have lots of MIDI devices and are running Mac OS 9.x. It requires your Mac to have a serial interface. Otherwise, GeeThree Stealth is a popular, 3rd party product you can use to convert a Mac modem port to serial. Studio5 LX is a second generation Studio5 that offers some improvements - can't remember what. One of the biggest advantages of the 5 over the 4 is that the 5 can be operated without a computer, once patches have been loaded into its internal battery-backed memory. The 5 has its own 680x0 processor built-in, which takes some pressure off older, slower Macs running dense MIDI streams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analogaddict Posted August 25, 2003 Author Share Posted August 25, 2003 Thanks Skytouch! That´s exactly the kind of thing I was thinking about. Basically, I want to sit at home and do my patches and then bring just a rack mount to the gig. It seems it´s been a while since companies made MIDI products with the gigging musician in mind, but a second hand Stuido 5 seems to be exactly what I need. /J nas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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