Old Motu Performer 5.5

paideia · Post by **paideia** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:39 pm

Hello, the question is: I want to buy a LEGAL copy of an old Motu Performer 5.5 (not Digital...). I want this to run in a Mac Quadra 605. Is rare? Yes, but I like it. I suppose some people have it an I can buy it and transfer the license after contact with Motu. Thanks.

mikehalloran · Post by **mikehalloran** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:30 pm

MOTU would be the best place to get that question answered.

For my own curiosity, what OS would you have on this machine?

paideia · Post by **paideia** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:21 pm

Ok, I will ask to Motu... My Quadra 605 run Mac OS 7.5.5. Thanks.

mikehalloran · Post by **mikehalloran** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:23 pm

7.6 was the final version of that OS when they put it to bed. It was available for a long time for free as a download from Apple. Probably still sitting on some ancient FTP server. It was pretty good as I remember.

I gave away my last machine that could run 7.x recently - I just had no more use for it but it still ran like a champ.

I didn't get into DP till 2.3 or so. I remember running it over OS 8.1. Seems like forever but it was only 15 years or so go. Did some nice work on it.

twistedtom · Post by **twistedtom** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:35 pm

jbyerly1 · Post by **jbyerly1** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:35 am

I used that exact set up for years playing live with perfomer. 030 os and 7.5. Never crashed and never gave me trouble. I always regretted giving away the 605 when I upgraded down the road. played a lot of gigs and did a lot of writing on that combo of OS and 7.5. I have the original disks somewhere in storage. I was always glad I kept a system going before I was finally able to go with dp so I could get all the old files transferred over.

paideia · Post by **paideia** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:57 am

Why? Because my iMac is actually the iMac family and therefore not always available when I want to make music. The Quadra 605 with my Korg Wavestation EX helps me to just play something in MIDI and then work on the iMac with virtual instruments. I currently work with Opcode Studio Vision 3.0.5, but I get Motu Performer 5 because it is much better for my taste. But eventually, because I love that old machine. So the short answer to why is because I love it!

twistedtom · Post by **twistedtom** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:07 am

Just curious. Now that is old school.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:50 am

Now I know where to send my old SVP/WSAD files for realization!

. j/k. I also have a 7500 and WSSR for any old score needing re-doing.

paideia · Post by **paideia** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:57 pm

Perfect!

mikehalloran · Post by **mikehalloran** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:59 pm

And I just threw out my old Mac SE - and it still worked. Hmmm... "old Mac SE" is redundant.

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