Power PC G5 as a recording tool -- OS problems

This is my first post here, so I appologize if this is in the wrong area.
I run the sound/multimedia operations for my church. We have a Mackie Onyx 1640 sound board with a firewire option. The board comes with a software program called Tracktion. It allows us to essentially "copy" the sound board digitally on the Mac independent of the settings on the sound board. We'd like to be able to use this software for recording sermons and special services to be available on the Church's website. The problem we're having is the software requires at least OS 10.4.x and we're currently running 10.3.9. I have a copy of Snow Leopard I purchased for my Macbook but I understand 10.6 doesn't offer support for PPC's anymore. Is there a good resource for updating the operating system since older versions of the OS don't seem to be available via retail.
Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated. I will be checking here periodically and can also be reached by phone (send a message for the number, I don't want to post it publicly).
TIA.
Jesse Pahman
Sunshine Community Church
El Paso, TX.

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