MOTU Micro Lite [53/166] Clockworks for mac os 9

CHAPTER

6 ClockWorks for Mac OS 9

OVERVIEW

This chapter provides instructions for running the Mac

OS 9 version of ClockWorks. If you are running Mac OS X,

see chapter 5, “ClockWorks For Mac OS X” (page 29).

Opening ClockWorks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

If your MOTU interface doesn’t appear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

The Device List window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

ClockWorks basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Obtaining the ROM version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Memory meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Working With Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Device Settings & Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Channel Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Sync and MIDI Machine Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

SMPTE Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Utilities Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

The Presets window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Switching presets using a patch change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Modifying a preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Working with a Foot Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

OPENING CLOCKWORKS

ClockWorks lets you conﬁgure and program your MOTU

Express interface, taking full advantage of its many

advanced features.

After setting up FreeMIDI or OMS as described in

Appendix D, “FreeMIDI and OMS” page (151), follow the

procedure below to ensure that it has successfully

established communication with your MOTU interface.

☛ You might want to double-check to make sure that

your MOTU interface is switched on before you launch

ClockWorks. This ensures smooth hand-shaking between

ClockWorks and the interface.

1 Double-click the ClockWorks icon.

After you launch ClockWorks, the software and hardware

perform a handshaking operation to establish communi-

cation. This may take a brief moment, and the lights on the

front panel of your MOTU interface will ﬂicker during this

period. If the handshake is successful, ClockWorks will

open, and its menu bar appears with the File, Edit,