OMS 2.3 Manual_1

TESTING YOUR STUDIO SETUP DOCUMENT

OMS Setup provides a test mode to check the accuracy of your

Studio Setup document. To enter test mode: a

Choose

File>Open Current Studio Setup

if your current Studio Setup document is not active.

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Select

Studio>Test Studio

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The Test Studio command toggles test mode on and off. When test mode is active, the Test Studio option will have a check next to it. Also, the cursor in the Studio

Setup document will change to an eighth note when it’s over a MIDI device or interface icon.

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To test the flow of MIDI data from your Macintosh into each of your

MIDI devices: a

Click a MIDI device icon with the note cursor.

This sends random notes to the device on the MIDI channels on which the device receives. To make sure the notes are audible, a MIDI volume message sets every channel’s volume to 127. Listen for a cacophony of notes (or watch your device’s

MIDI indicator LED).

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To test MIDI data flow from MIDI devices into the Mac, each device must be able to generate MIDI data. On controller instruments just strike a key, pluck a string or hit a pad. When the Mac receives the

MIDI data, the line connecting the two devices blinks and a voice that says “MIDI received” emanates from your Macintosh.

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NOTE: If your Studio Setup contains MIDI merging (multiple sources into one port), the wrong arrow may flash when testing MIDI connections from devices connected to the merger. When MIDI arrives from a merged source, only one of them is going to flash, and it won’t necessarily be the one that really sent the data.

For devices that have no keyboard, the best way to test MIDI data flow to the Mac is to initiate a bulk dump from that MIDI device.

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Choose

Studio>Test Studio

to turn-off OMS Setup’s test mode.

Ch 5: Special Studio Setup Techniques - 43 OMS 2.3 for Macintosh