sound blaster live! for macintosh???

[MacTron]

anyway this has little to do with sb live so i will stop talking;) lol

Our usual thread De-railment...lol

Yes, it took me some time to be accustomed ... 
But it is a interesting discussion... so perhaps an admin should do some post splitting.

[DieHard]

Splitting is too complex... I want to keep it simple

[MacTron]

... but IMO for most of us, the convenience and price savings of the "keep it simple" approach, far out weighs the benefits of using the real-world hardware counter parts.  Many of us have to balance out the time we have for our music projects and it is very nice to be able to pick where we left off in a matter on minutes

I'm absolutely agree.

Furthermore, We have virtual effects and synths that sound as good as hardware counterparts.
So...

I'm not saying that ALL virtual effects and synths sound as good as hardware counterparts. Just SOME. And NI FM7 is one of them, furthermore the VST is even easiest to program and have more capabilities (like filters and noise generator) than the real thing. There is more, especially effects that sound as good as real stuff, OK not all.

It is very true, the software cannot hold a candle to the real hardware; and today, many are even going back to hardware analog synths and saying the hardware digital synths lack the punch that cuts thru a mix...

The analog versus digital is a discussion full of myths. IMHO.

[MacTron]

a moog VST will never sound
like a moog 100% etc

... maybe you're right... judging by the Arturia's really bad sounding VSTs...
But despite those old analog synth and effects, most of the digital hardware are basically the same thing as the virtual one.

[supernova777]

did anyone ever confirm working midi ports with a sb live for mac?
does this work? is this a cheap way to add midi ports to mac g3 / g4?
would it be possible to mount a live drive panel to the front of a g4?

[iMic]

Likely relevant to the users of this forum, but I did some investigating and found out that you can use the Creative Sound Blaster Live! for Macintosh drivers with a PC version of the card. I've put together a guide over on ThinkClassic:

https://www.thinkclassic.org/viewtopic.php?id=297

Go ahead and archive it if you like.

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I've had the pre-modified extensions and packages archived for some time now, so in case anyone doesn't wish to perform the modifications manually, or is having difficulty finding some of the necessary installers, here's the complete set of Mac OS drivers, installation packages (SB Live v1.1, Opcode Open Music System / OMS, etc) and pre-modified extensions for every known variant of the Sound Blaster Live! PCI series of cards.

SBLive1.1_Mac_DriverKit.sit (20.5MB)

Share it around as you wish.