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CLOCKWORKS FOR MAC OS 9

Understanding the interaction between the software

and hardware

ClockWorks always reﬂects the current state of your

MOTU Express interface. At least, it should. If, at any time,

you suspect that the windows in the software don’t

accurately reﬂect what’s going on in the hardware for some

reason, choose Verify Network from the Utilities menu.

Doing so reestablishes communication between the

software and hardware, and the software gets updated to

the current state of the hardware.

When communication is successfully established, changes

you make in ClockWorks are immediately reﬂected in the

hardware.

Likewise, when you select a preset from the front panel,

your MOTU interface updates the software on the

computer, as long as the software is the currently active

application. This is actually a handy way to run through all

of your user presets to inspect each one’s settings in the

software. If ClockWorks is not the active application on

the computer, a system exclusive message is sent to

whatever application is currently active. If this application

is recording incoming MIDI, these sysex messages get

recorded as well.

OBTAINING THE ROM VERSION

To obtain the ROM version of any MOTU Express

interface connected to your computer, look in the Device

List window. The ROM version is displayed to the right of

each interface in the list.

MEMORY METER

The Memory meter window can be opened by choosing its

name from the Windows menu or by pressing command-

Figure 6-7: The Memory meter.

This window displays the amount of the computer’s

random access memory (RAM) available to ClockWorks.

Ideally, this window should display at least 100,000 bytes.

Normally, it won’t get much lower than this. If it does get