Michael,
Or, anyone else that can help..
Here's the DAW related question I'm struggling with...

I got a good deal on a Fostex vf-80 w/o the internal CD burner. I was only going to use it for a sketch pad, but now I have about a dozen really strong demos on it. I wanted to move these recordings to my Mac G4 (933/40g HD/512 Ram) because it has it's own CD burner. I was told I need to get a soundcard with SPDIF. I got an audiowerks 2 card with Micrologic AW2 3.7.4. The manual for the soundcard doesn't give a clue as to how to hook the recorder up. I assumed thru the digital in.

Should the Fostex show up on my screen like anyother external device? Since that didn't work. I went to the AW2 program and tried to record to the mac. The dialog bar came up but I didn't get a wave file. I thought I'd get clever and just record track by track into the audio ins. Well, I did get a wav file but it was so small I knew I did something wrong there also.

Anybody out there using similar gear or experienced with the set up?

I also have a Roland xp-80 and I understand I need a midi connector to run it to the sound card. Or can I get a midi to USB connector? I also have the LE Protools but am just as lost using that.

I'm running OS 9.2 because all my other graphics programs wont run on OSX and I have no plans to upgrade soon.

Lets see what else......?

Oh yeah, heeeelllllllllp!!

Hope that covers it.

Wendell

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