OMS 2.3 Manual_1

CH 2: CREATING A NEW STUDIO

SETUP DOCUMENT

This chapter teaches you to use the OMS Setup application to create a new Studio Setup document.

WHAT IS A STUDIO SETUP DOCUMENT?

A Studio Setup document is an exact model of your MIDI Studio. A fully configured Studio Setup document contains information about:

• MIDI interfaces connected to your Macintosh (such as an Opcode

Studio 64X or Studio 5).

• MIDI cards installed inside your computer (such as a MacProteus™ or SampleCell™).

• Software-based synthesizers and other “Virtual Synthesizers” (such as Apple’s QuickTime Musical Instruments).

• MIDI devices connected to MIDI interfaces (such as synthesizers, drum machines, effects devices, and MIDI controllers).

Additionally, a Studio Setup document contains information about how all this hardware is physically connected.

You can create and store any number of Studio Setup documents to describe any number of studios or studio configurations, but OMS can reference only one Studio Setup document at a time. This is called the current Studio Setup document.

Once you’ve defined a current Studio Setup document, OMS knows each instrument’s name, port, MIDI reception channel(s), Device ID and many other details. This information is provided to all OMScompatible applications. Within these applications, you simply select and work with devices by name—OMS handles the rest. Any time you change your current Studio Setup document, OMS automatically provides the updated information to all your OMScompatible applications.

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