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Uh... did I say my rack is full and I have no more MIDI ports? Well, turns out I lied. I recently got myself a Roland D-110 and U-110, and I pulled out a couple of rack units I don't use or need to make room for them.



I also have MOTU MIDI Express 128 8 i/o interface on the way, so my current tangled mess of MIDI routing will be a memory before long. In addition to that, I am busy setting up a RMM2 machine. I've realized that using a PIII with Windows 98SE doesn't really add much to the music making process beyond frustration. I have reached a point where performance and reliability are more important to me than nostalgia, so I'm going for a decidedly more modern PC in order to actually get some things done with this setup.

More details soon.

Right, I almost forgot: I couldn't find .reabanks files for a the X5DR, U-110 or CS1x, so I had to create them from scratch. Let me know if you'd like to have them.

That's a fantastic setup! I considered getting a U-110 at some point I think but ended up going with some early EMU stuff out of curiosity.

The MOTU MIDI Express 128 is pretty awesome. I have one I've used to 'power' my setup too and it works great; virtually plug-n-play with most modern computers.

I too do most of my stuff on modern hardware as well. The old computer idea was fun but it turns out I do not have as much space as I thought I did, and basically I'd need a second workstation or something in order to do it justice, so, it's sort of tabled for me for the time being (and I was just using an early Core 2 with XP and occasionally Win98SE!).

I have considered getting a Mini PC for it or something, but I don't know the reality of installing older versions of Windows on newer hardware, especially ones without IDE and such. I think there are a few interesting videos online about getting industrial-style mini PC's and running old software/OSes on them, but it seems somewhat complicated.

(02-16-2022, 02:48 AM)Samulis Wrote: [ -> ]I considered getting a U-110 at some point I think but ended up going with some early EMU stuff out of curiosity.

The U-110 not that great to be honest. It was revolutionary for its time, but nowadays it's just a primitive rompler among many others. You can get them for real cheap though (paid ~$40 for mine) and it has a few useful sounds. The D-110 is a much cooler unit. It's an actual synth and can do a pretty good D-50 impression as well as some warm, rich analog-type sounds.

(02-16-2022, 02:48 AM)Samulis Wrote: [ -> ]The MOTU MIDI Express 128 is pretty awesome. I have one I've used to 'power' my setup too and it works great; virtually plug-n-play with most modern computers.

That's great to hear! Mine arrived today, will report back later once I have everything hooked up.

(02-16-2022, 02:48 AM)Samulis Wrote: [ -> ]I have considered getting a Mini PC for it or something, but I don't know the reality of installing older versions of Windows on newer hardware, especially ones without IDE and such.

Depends on how much older. I'm using XP SP3 for my RMM2 and I had no issues installing it on a Phenom II X4 (which is super-duper OP for XP, you don't really need anything more modern than that) with sata drives and whatnot. Win 98 might have been a different story though.