OK… There are a few things here.
#1. Don't be afraid to connect your G4 to the net. There are no bogeymen waiting for you out there…
#1a. What model G4 do you have? This is important.
#2. Whichever model it is, it should be running OS 9.2.2
#3. Your version of
OMS should be
2.3.8 If not, dump it and I have attached 2.3.8 below.
#4. Download StudioVisionPro 4.5.1 from the Forum here:
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,2527.0.html - either to the stick with the G5 as before or directly to the G4.
If 4.5.1 is what you already have, great - keep it.#5. Read carefully: There is no StudioVisionPro (SVP) 4.5.1 Installer. You have to make the necessary folders and put the components where they belong. This is not complicated, I have attached the "Vision DSP Quickstart" guide. It is identical the the SVP one. Anywhere it says "DSP" think SVP. The important part is to get the OMS stuff in the right places first but the OMS installer should take care of that.
#6. Now, Look at the SVP files and place them where the chart indicates. Create submaster / "header" folders as needed. Ignore those items on the chart you do not have.
* When you're done, you should be able to double-click the SVP app and have it launch. It will ask for a file to open or create a new one. You should be able to open one of your old files then. Clearly, you want to use the ones
before they were converted to SMFs.
** None of the above mentions a MIDI interface or synths etc. since you haven't indicated anything about them. There will be some points where either OMS or SVP asks for Synth names, channels, etc. OMS will try to make a "Studio Setup". When you open an old file with SVP, you'll get a big notice that your current setup doesn't match the one you had back then. (Obviously, since there IS NO setup currently) You'll have to cancel your way through those and/or select "use old setup" or such to try to get SVP to list the old names as much as it can with what info it has.
One way or another, you should be able to get to where you want to go and see the piano roll and such. When you get to this point, we'll talk about exporting SMF's.