Opcode Studio 5 MIDI Interface for Mac OS 7,8,9

Includes power cords but no I/0 cables

The Studio 5 has capacity to store 128 patches, with additional storage provided by the Macintosh itself. Through the 1990s the Studio 5 and the Studio 5 LX were the most powerful devices of their kind. I don't know if this Studio 5 was updated to the LX specs (an option back then). The original owner doesn't remember and I have no way to test it, etc, tho it does turn on and "act like it works". The original owner says it worked fine the last he used it. It has no manual, cables (uses Standard Mac Serial cables) and requires OMS to work, both are downloadable from the internet. Does include the power cable. It is being sold as is.

The Opcode Studio 5 can be configured as an extremely powerful Stand-Alone Patchbay/Filter with any Mac that can run OS 9, 8, or 7. It can filter, merge, re-channel, split by note and velocity, re-assign and modify control values, etc. It can route MIDI data from any combination of inputs and internal programs to any output. These patches can then be recalled via program change.

It also includes patch chaining for stepping through non-consecutive patches, and graphic mapping for software patches including transpose maps. As a synchronizer, it reads and writes SMPTE in all formats, including 29.97 non-drop.

The Studio 5 is compatible with all Macintosh MIDI software using OS 7,8,9, including Opcode's Vision, Galaxy Plus Editors and Studio Vision. It can be used in a limited fashion on early OSX Macs such as G3, G4s with Sleath port and Gport adaptors. Which is why the original owner stopped using it as he kept upgrading his system where it would no longer work.

The Studio 5 features:

• Fifteen independently addressable MIDI inputs and outputs--this allows access to 240 separate MIDI channels with programs that support either OMS or Mark of the Unicorn's MIDITime Piece
• OMS Studio Patches support--the Studio 5 has a built-in 16MHz 68000?microprocessor for processing Studio Patches. Studio Patches allow MIDI data to be split, transposed, modified and mapped in many useful ways
•  Storage for up to 128 OMS Studio Patches--the Studio 5 has RAM for storing Studio Patches
• Networking--connect up to 2 Studio 5's
• Standard (1MHz) and Fast communication speeds
• Emulates either a standard MIDI interface or a MIDI Time Piece
• A pair of MIDI activity indicators for each MIDI port;
• Patch number display and program change buttons on the front panel
• Front panel MIDI/Thru switches--these let you use external peripherals (such as printers or modems) without changing cables
• Two assignable footswitch inputs and a logarithmic CV foot controller input (no controllers or footswitches included)