User manual MACKIE ULTRAMIX FOR MACINTOSH

[. . . ] So we're going to show an OMS example ­ FMS will be about the same. (Hold down the Shift key while restarting. ) Insert the UltraMix Install diskette and double-click on its icon. 2. It may include information that has been changed or updated since the publication of this manual. 39 3. Double-click the Installer icon. Then you'll see the following: 4. [. . . ] Go fer it. OMS opens a studio setup window that lists your MIDI interface(s). Choose Preferences from the Edit menu. You'll then see this dialog box: 45 If you use AppleTalk, make sure both of the AppleTalk-related checkboxes are checked. Leave the "SerialDMA" box alone--if OMS decides your system needs this, the box will be checked. If OMS found devices in its MIDI device search, indicated by the icon showing a keyboard with a question mark, doubleclick on that icon. If it didn't, choose New Device from the studio menu. 46 You will then see this dialog box: 12. Select Is Controller and then click underneath the number 16 in the Receive Channels field. When you're done customizing your studio setup, choose Save from the File menu. You can use OMS to create as many different studio setups as you want, but OMS recognizes only one setup as current at any given time. If you do not make your new studio setup current, OMS (and UltraMix) may not recognize the devices that you defined in it. If a studio setup is current, OMS will display a diamond to the left of the studio setup name in its window title. NOTE: If you have a multi-port MIDI interface, click on the number to the left of the device you just added, as shown in the picture below, and type the number of the port that your Ultra-34 is connected to. Our setup shows the Ultra-34 on port 1 and the SY-88 on port 2 of the Studio 4 interface. Both show two-way MIDI communication with the interface. 48 If you have other devices connected to your MIDI interface, you should add each device to your OMS studio setup by repeating steps 5-10, substituting the appropriate manufacturer, model, and settings. NOTE FOR FREE MIDI SYSTEM (FMS) USERS: Please refer to the FMS owner's manual for FMS installation and setup instructions. DEFINING A SYNCHRONIZATION SOURCE Unless you are using UltraMix alone (with the intent of automating only MIDI sound sources using MIDI files), you will need an external synchronization source to lock the timing of UltraMix to your music playback. NOTE: Windows® 95 users don't need to worry about defining a sync source, since that platform takes care of it automatically. We're saying this only so you snoopy Windows users who haven't yet skipped over to page 52 won't feel left out. UltraMix is a MIDI-based system and therefore uses MIDI time code (MTC) for syncing. SMPTE must be converted to MTC using an appropriate interface or translator. SMPTE time code may be output from one of the following: · A spare track or dedicated address track on your analog or digital recorder · The address track on the video machine when doing audio sweetening · The SMPTE time code output from your DAW or some other external sequencer system Whatever the case, you must tell UltraMix which external synchronization source to use. Important: For UltraMix to recognize a synchronization source, the source device must be defined in your OMS or FMS studio setup, and its OMS/FMS device definition must have the MIDI time code Receives and Sends boxes checked. 49 m To define a synchronization source: 1. Choose the synchronization source that you want to use from the Timing Source dropdown menu. The menu shows each device in your OMS/FMS studio setup that can act as a synchronization source. [. . . ] Click it to turn Bypass off. ) Press the Play/Stop button on the UltraPilot, or the spacebar on the computer keyboard. Your tape should roll and the time code numbers in the Transport window should increase. Read through the setup and installation instructions again and see if you can get things straightened out. If you're still stumped, check Appendix G: Troubleshooting, on page 211. Go Ahead ­ Make Your First (Fader) Move 1. [. . . ]