User manual M-AUDIO BIPORT 2X4

[. . . ] 1 Version BiP 071000 BiPort 2x4 TM MANUAL Table of Contents FCC Class B and CE Compliance . 9 SMPTE Writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SMPTE Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SMPTE "Write" Button . 48 FCC Class B and CE Compliance WARNING: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a CLASS B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. [. . . ] The "OMS Driver Search" box asks you to choose the port on which you've attached the BiPort (either Modem or Printer). IMPORTANT: At this stage of the BiPort OMS setup you MUST have the Mac Thru switch on the BiPort in the Out (MIDI) position. If this switch is In, the BiPort is bypassed, won't be seen by OMS, and setup will fail. Also, if the serial cable is not correctly hooked up to the BiPort, setup will fail. "OMS Driver Setup" now shows the BiPort (and the port to which it is attached) in a list when OMS successfully finds the driver. OMS will now define (shows "Identifying") all of the BiPort output ports. Please note that OMS sees the BiPort ports A through D as ports 1 through 4 (this is an OMS idiosyncrasy). The "OMS MIDI Device Setup" dialog box will appear showing the BiPort's four available output ports with open check boxes to the left of each port. You will now have to check all of these open boxes to enable each of the output ports. Next, the "My Studio Setup" appears with a file save dialog box over it. You will now need to name and save your new Studio Setup before you can assign various instruments to the BiPort's outputs and inputs. You may now exit OMS Setup by quitting the application. 26 Installing with an Existing Studio Setup If a Studio Setup already exists using another device, or if you want to create a different setup for different studio configurations using the BiPort: 1. Follow steps 1 and 2 of the "First Time OMS Configuration Instructions" installation procedure given above. Drop down the File menu and go to "New Studio Setup. " The "Create a New Studio Setup" dialog box appears. If you want to save this setup as an alternative to previous studio setups, you will need to name it something other than the name of your existing setup, such as "My Studio Setup 2. " After doing this, you can then assign your specific instruments to the BiPort Ports inputs and outputs. Remote Control Software Included with your BiPort 2x4s are both Windows and Macintosh Remote Control software that enable you to configure and control the BiPort 2x4s SMPTE functions from your computer. The software enables you to set user bits, frame format, flywheel and write start time (offset), as well as start and stop SMPTE writing. Different Remote Control software settings may be saved to disk as "configurations" and reloaded at a later time. Remote Control Windows Installation To install the BiPort 2x4s Remote Control application into Windows, insert the Midiman BiPort 2x4s diskette into your disk drive. When prompted to enter a command line, type either A:SETUP. EXE if your diskette is in drive A, or B:SETUP. EXE if your diskette is in drive B. The SETUP program will automatically guide you through the installation and create a MIDIMAN group with a BiPort 2x4s Remote Control icon. By default, the Remote Control setup program installs the BiPort Remote Control to C:\Program Files\Midiman\BiPort Remote. You might want 27 to create a shortcut to it that you can place on your desktop. To do this, open the Windows Explorer by Start | Programs | Windows Explorer. [. . . ] If you are recording any kind of a sync stripe and going through a mixing board to set levels, make sure any EQ is off or flat. Are you trying to use SMPTE mode with a sequencer that does not support MTC or is not set to chase to MIDI Time Code?Make sure you set this SMPTE start time to a value at least a couple seconds later than what your SMPTE stripe starts at. For example, if you recorded a SMPTE stripe starting at 1 hour (01:00:00:00), you should set your sequencer start time to something like 1 hour and 5 seconds (01:00:05:00). 46 Make sure your sequencer is set to receive MTC on the Windows driver that has MIDI Time Code coming over it. [. . . ]