MOTU Micro Lite [21/166] Daisy chaining midi devices

MOTU Micro Lite [21/166] Daisy chaining midi devices
INSTALLING THE MOTU USB MIDI SOFTWARE
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primary components of the install. The information in this
table is subject to change. Check the installer itself under
the
Custom
install option for further information.
Creating a FreeMIDI or OMS Setup
FreeMIDI and OMS are industry standard MIDI System
Extensions for Mac OS 9. They allow MIDI software to
talk to your MOTU interface and the devices connected to
it. They also provide unified MIDI system configuration.
For example, they supply your MIDI software with a list of
MIDI devices connected to your MOTU USB MIDI
interface. As a final step in the software installation
process, you need to run the FreeMIDI (or OMS) setup
utility to specify what devices are connected to your
MOTU USB interface. For complete details, see Appendix
D, “FreeMIDI and OMS” page (151).
DAISY-CHAINING MIDI DEVICES
In general, daisy-chain MIDI devices (as shown in
Figure 3-5 on page 22) should be avoided because it is
more complicated to set up than connecting each device
directly to your MOTU interface.
If you have no choice but to daisy-chain, you need to
configure each device such that it doesnt share any MIDI
channels with other devices in the chain. Otherwise, you’ll
MOTU USB
software item What it is/does
ClockWorks™ An application that lets you to configure and pro-
gram your MOTU interface.
MOTU
USB Driver
A system extension that allows the Macintosh to
talk to your MOTU interface.
MOTU FreeMIDI
USB Driver
Goes in the FreeMIDI Folder inside your System
Folder.
MOTU OMS
USB Driver
Goes in the OMS Folder inside your System Folder.
FreeMIDI
System
Extension
This system extension is placed in your System
Folder and serves as an integrated MIDI operating
system for all FreeMIDI-compatible software. It is
required by ClockWorks, even if you plan to use
OMS instead of FreeMIDI.
FreeMIDI Folder This folder is placed in your System Folder and
contains files that are required by FreeMIDI.
FreeMIDI
Applications Folder
This folder is placed on the top level of your hard
disk. It contains several programs that help you
configure FreeMIDI.

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