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Bobby Lee
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MIDI and Mac?

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The company just leased a Mac G4 laptop for me to use. Looks like a fun little machine.

I was wondering how I can get MIDI signals into and out of it. On a PC you use the game port. What port do you do use for MIDI on a Mac?

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Post by Dave Van Allen »

b0b,
a USB or Firewire MIDI/audio interface is what you'll need with the latest generation of Macs. They no longer include a "serial" connector like the old Mac modem and printer ports. All is USB or Firewire (1394 on a PC)

MIDIman (a fine company) has these USB MIDI ports listed:
http://www.midiman.net/products/midiman/macMIDI.php

the 1 in/ 1 out midisport for MFSRP 69.95 might be ideal for experimentation<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 15 March 2002 at 09:02 AM.]</p></FONT>
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