OMS 2.3 Manual_1

CH 3: DEFINING MIDI DEVICES

In this chapter, you’ll learn how to define the MIDI devices in your

Studio Setup document so that they accurately represent the hardware in your MIDI studio.

DEFINING AN UNDEFINED MIDI DEVICE

If the current Studio Setup document isn’t already open, choose

File>Open Current Studio Setup

, then follow through these steps to learn how to define a MIDI device in your Studio Setup document.

a

Click an undefined MIDI device to select it (highlighting it).

b

Choose

Studio>MIDI Device Info

.

Alternately, you could simply double-click a MIDI device icon.

OMS Setup opens a MIDI Device Info dialog box for the selected MIDI device.

Ch 3: Defining MIDI Devices

Figure 11: MIDI Device Info Dialog Box

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D

EFINING

M

ANUFACTURER

AND

M

ODEL

You’ll first want to define the MIDI device’s manufacturer and model number. To do so: a

Select a manufacturer from the

Manuf

pop-up menu.

Manufacturer Selected

Figure 12: Select a Manufacturer b

Select a model from the

Model

pop-up menu.

Model Selected

D

EFINING THE

MIDI

C

HARACTERISTICS

Figure 13: Select a Model

OMS Setup automatically fills in the

Name

field with the model’s name. You can type in a different name if you desire.

You’ll next want to define the MIDI characteristics of the selected device.

D

A

B

C

E

Figure 14: MIDI Characteristics

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Figure 14 shows the various MIDI characteristics contained in the

MIDI Device Info dialog box. These are:

A

Is controller

check box

Check this check box if your MIDI device is a MIDI controller (such as a keyboard, MIDI guitar, MIDI drum pads, and so on).

This check box is automatically set when you define a manufacturer and model, but you can override the default setting.

B

Is multitimbral

check box

Check this check box if your MIDI device is multitimbral.

Multitimbral means that the device is capable of receiving MIDI data on more than one channel. Most modern synthesizers are multitimbral—many early MIDI synthesizers are not.

This check box is automatically set when you define a Manufacturer and Model, but you can override the default setting.

C

MIDI Receive Channels

Check all the MIDI channels on which your MIDI device receives

MIDI data.

For example, if your synthesizer is set up to receive only on MIDI channels 1 through 6, check only the boxes numbered 1 through 6.

If the Is multitimbral check box is not checked, your device can receive on only one MIDI channel, so you can check only one box at a time.

D

Device ID

Set the Device ID numerical to match the Device ID setting on your

MIDI device.

If the Is multitimbral check box is not checked, the Device ID is automatically set to match the MIDI Receive Channel. You can enter a different Device ID number if you wish.

See your MIDI device manual to learn how to view (or change) its

Device ID.

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E

MIDI Synchronization check boxes

Check the MIDI Time Code check boxes only if: 1) your MIDI device sends or receives MIDI Time Code, and 2) you intend to use it to synchronize that MIDI device to your OMS-compatible MIDI sequencer.

Check the MIDI Beat Clock check boxes only if: 1) your MIDI device sends or receives MIDI Beat Clock, and 2) you intend to use it to synchronize that MIDI device to your OMS-compatible MIDI sequencer.

Many drum machines and synthesizers with built-in sequencers are able to send and receive MIDI Beat Clock.

Check the MIDI Machine Control check boxes only if: 1) your MIDI device sends or receives MIDI Machine Control, and 2) you intend to use it to synchronize that MIDI device to your OMS-compatible

MIDI sequencer.

See your MIDI device manuals to learn whether or not they support any of these synchronization methods.

A

SSIGNING A

D

EVICE

I

CON

When you select a Manufacturer and Model, OMS Setup automatically assigns an icon to that MIDI device. To select a different icon: a

Click the icon in the upper left corner of the MIDI Device Info dialog box.

Click here to open the Device Icon dialog box

The Device Icon dialog box appears.

b

Click the desired icon in the scrolling list, then click

OK

.

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