Micromind Director for Mac

[Scott Baret]

I've had this sitting around since 2003, when a friend dumped a bunch of stuff on me. There are tons of disks and scary looking Bible-sized manuals with this one, but I'm curious...

Is it easy to learn/use? I've got a fourth Mac Classic just waiting for a use and this could be its calling.

 

[equill]

Are you asking about the MacroMind•Paracomp Sound System Pro and SoundEdit Pro? Also sold as a Farallon product (before or after MacroMind. I think first.)

For digitizing sound with a MacRecorder, think in terms of a 68000 or better, and 512kB or more of RAM. To use HyperSound and its Toolkit stacks, you need at least HyperCard 1.2.1 and a Plus with at least 1MB and 128kB ROMs. You need two serial ports for stereo, and DB-9/miniDIN-8 adapters if you use an oldie.

SoundEdit Pro needs System 6.0.7 or higher, a 68020, at least 2MB of RAM and an Apple sound chip. System 7 needs at least 4MB of RAM. You can then use the MacRecorder or built-in Apple recording, or anything that supports Macintosh Sound Input Manager. So the Classic may be able to cope if it has the RAM expansion card and full RAM.

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[returningmacuser]

Are you asking about the MacroMind•Paracomp Sound System Pro and SoundEdit Pro? Also sold as a Farallon product (before or after MacroMind. I think first.)
For digitizing sound with a MacRecorder, think in terms of a 68000 or better, and 512kB or more of RAM. To use HyperSound and its Toolkit stacks, you need at least HyperCard 1.2.1 and a Plus with at least 1MB and 128kB ROMs. You need two serial ports for stereo, and DB-9/miniDIN-8 adapters if you use an oldie.

SoundEdit Pro needs System 6.0.7 or higher, a 68020, at least 2MB of RAM and an Apple sound chip. System 7 needs at least 4MB of RAM. You can then use the MacRecorder or built-in Apple recording, or anything that supports Macintosh Sound Input Manager. So the Classic may be able to cope if it has the RAM expansion card and full RAM.

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I think he's talking about the animation program Macromind Director. It was the precursor to Macromedia (now Adobe) Shockwave.

 

[Scott Baret]

Yes, I'm talking about the animation suite. It comes on a big load of floppies (like 8 or 9 of them).

I know they did parts of Spelunx with it, does anyone know how to integrate it with HyperCard like the Miller Bros. did?

 

[bigD]

What version do you have? Sounds like 1 or 2....

Director isn't hard to learn once you get used to its Score paradigm. If you spend the time, you'll discover that you can do some pretty amazing things with it. Much of the early CD-ROM gaming market was created with it (Myst, etc...).

I grew up with Director, even back when it was still called VideoWorks. Wrote code professionally with it in the later years, using versions 6 through 8. Can't help you with the HyperCard question, though - I never really got into Hypercard, although the syntax of both scripting languages is very similar.

 

[Scott Baret]

I think it's either version 2 or 3. I know it runs on a 68000.

Alternately I (hopefully) have an LC520 on the way so perhaps that would be an even better machine for this...

 

[bigD]

Version 2 or 3 would be best anyway, as 1 didn't have a scripting language. Have fun!