M-Audio MIDISPORT 8x8/s [16/52] Serial driver installation on the mac

The “COM Port” listbox allows you to select the COM port that is connected to

the MIDISPORT 8x8/s unit. For proper operation, this setting must match the

actual COM port that is connected to the MIDISPORT 8x8/s.

The “Configure Input Connection” section allows you to operate the

MIDISPORT MIDI inputs in the typical fashion, or merged together into one

stream. Most commercially available MIDI programs will accept the default

setup, which makes the MIDISPORT 8x8/s look like 9 MIDI input devices: MIDI

In-1 through MIDI In-8, and SMPTE In (Sync/Status information). On the other

hand, some older commercial and some shareware MIDI applications can only

handle one MIDI stream. In this case, select “Merge All.”

IMPORTANT: Only select the “Merge All” feature if your MIDI

application allows only one input to be selected at a time in its MIDI

setup. The “Merge All” can affect SMPTE sync performance

adversely because the MIDI Time Code (MTC) from the SMPTE port

must be merged with any other MIDI data that is coming in on In-1

through In-8. This incoming MIDI data can “jitter” the MTC and

make the timing look irregular to the receiving MIDI application.

Serial Driver Installation on the Mac

You must first install Opcodes’s OMS. This is available on the MIDISPORT

drivers page of our website, or can be installed from the driver CD by opening

the OMS folder and then double clicking the OMS install icon.

OMS is a MIDI manager program that is made by Opcode. OMS is required to

run the MIDISPORT, and it is essential that you install OMS before installing the

MIDISPORT OMS Driver. Locate the OMS installer program on this CD in the

OMS 2.3.7 folder, and simply double click its icon to install OMS. Make sure that

“Mac” mode is selected on the MIDISPORT by pressing the front panel Mode

button until the “Mac” LED blinks. Once this has been successfully completed,

you can move on to the the next step.

1. Insert the supplied Driver Sofware CD or diskette. Have your System Folder

open, with the OMS Folder accessible. Double click on the disk icon when it

appears and open the MIDISPORT8x8 folder for Macintosh (if your unit came

with a floppy disk, this folder will be MS8x8Mac). Open the Serial8x8 folder,

then drag the MIDISPORT OMS Driver icon into the OMS Folder.

2. Within your Hard Drive files, find the Opcode folder. In the Opcode folder,

find the OMS Applications folder, then OMS Setup. Double click on OMS

Setup.

3. OMS will inform you that it has not yet been configured. Click OK.

4. The Create A New Studio Setup dialog box now appears. Click OK.

5. The “OMS Driver Search” box asks you to choose the port on which you’ve

attached the MIDISPORT (either Modem or Printer). Choose a port, click