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[hunterkarr]

Mat, yes.  I booted up from it several times with an OS 9 CD this week whilst trying to partition my hard drive.  I also loaded a few other apps using the drive previously. 

Currently I paper-clipped it open and held down 'C', but no dice

I also tried zapping p-ram several times.

It sounds like the slave/master thing is a wiring issue so shouldn't be at fault since i've already successfully used the drive (and not changed any wiring)

[GaryN]

Now i'm dealing with another problem, my CD tray won't open or read any disks, or start up holding down "c"...
I feel like it happened after i started effing around with the hard drive, but am not sure.  Ugh

Since you didn't define what "effing around" means, it seems logical to assume you got inside and played cable hockey with stuff while you were in there.
It sounds like you're getting a lesson in how easy it is to "eff up" a connection inside a computer - especially an older computer.

Go back in there, very carefully examine the cabling to your CD drive and hope for the best.

[hunterkarr]

Ha, no.  I haven't opened up the case at all.  I just meant when i was partitioning (and un-partitioning) my hard drive. 

Thanks for responding.  Not sure what would have caused the Cd to stop working.  I did notice that the tray would get caught on the door on the way back into the machine, but i could only see that burning out the tray motor.  Maybe a fuse?

I may give up on this computer for the time being.  I don't like how the fan runs constantly anyway (not good for a recording studio). 

I admire how you guys have deep knowledge about how these suckers work though.  This whole situation is really just a function of me trying not to spend a lot of money, haha.  I may try to resuscitate a Power Book G4 that's fallen out of use.   I think the battery and power cord were bad.  I've also hooked up my Gateway netbook and downloaded Audacity.  It's more of a 'four-track' recorder with no real BPM grid. 

Really, how did they make records back in the day???  I feel somewhat confined by the 'grid' but then pine for it when i don't have it, haha!  Ah well, these are really happy problems then.

[GaryN]

Ha! I don't know how "they" made records buy my 4-track was just that: 4 tracks on 1/4-inch tape. BPM was maintained in your head…

[Protools5LEGuy]

Protools 5 only has Midi click.

Am I the only one that has rendered (bounced to disk) a click track from Logic to use it as a audio click track on Protools?

Ha! I don't know how "they" made records buy my 4-track was just that: 4 tracks on 1/4-inch tape. BPM was maintained in your head…

I was raised in making four taps with my feet on the floor every 4/4 bar.  And 3 on 3/4. The 5/4 is only for listening. 
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[GaryN]

Am I the only one that has rendered (bounced to disk) a click track from Logic to use it as a audio click track on Protools?

Gotta admit, I never did that, but I did record an actual metronome to a tape track…

[hunterkarr]

Haha, Love it!  Hey, I'm 43.  I still have my Tascam 4-track!

Brubeck's 'Time Further Out' was the Valhalla of my parent's record collection when i was a kid!  Man, those colors!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKmh1S6qnc&list=PLD5A89EEDBA7E2073

[Protools5LEGuy]

Am I the only one that has rendered (bounced to disk) a click track from Logic to use it as a audio click track on Protools?

Gotta admit, I never did that, but I did record an actual metronome to a tape track…

Analog metronome or digital?

I've to learn where to put the microphone on the metronome. 

Haha, Love it!  Hey, I'm 43.  I still have my Tascam 4-track!

Brubeck's 'Time Further Out' was the Valhalla of my parent's record collection when i was a kid!  Man, those colors!

I still have my cassette MT-50 4-track from Yamaha. It was my first recording rig. I bought it with my first salary 21 years ago...

It even let me do FSK sync (before MIDI) to sync my Yamaha RX-8 drum machine (second salary)


Brubeck, Hendrix and Zappa came from other Planet surely.

[mrhappy]

DBQ was my first musical influence really... 'Count down' and 'Time Out' mainly. As a 'tot' I was a big fan of Joe Morello and remember when the Beatles invaded I thought they were so silly in comparison ... ESPECIALLY Ringo!! Haha!

[Protools5LEGuy]

  We owe Ringo a lot.

I love all Morello Family, specially Tom

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[hunterkarr]

alright Zack de la Rocha.

I had a depressing realization this morning, that before i gave my away non-working eMac (probably had a bad power supply), i could've swapped out the hard drive (with OS X and Logic installed), DVD/RW drive and extra RAM right into this G4 tower.  I'm fairly sure they were compatible, the eMac also being a G4.

D'oh!!!!!

[mrhappy]

I HATE those kinds of realizations!!!

[hunterkarr]

Yay!  The new AC adapter works with the G4 PowerBook (battery removed), so I'm back in business!

[mrhappy]

Nice!!😁