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M8U

ESI

INDEX

1. Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 2

Key Features................................................................................................................................. 2

2. Description of M8U...................................................................................................................... 3

Front Panel ................................................................................................................................... 3

3. System Requirements .................................................................................................................. 5

PC ................................................................................................................................................. 5

Mac............................................................................................................................................... 5

4. Installation .................................................................................................................................... 6

Hardware Installation ................................................................................................................... 6

Driver Installation under Windows XP ........................................................................................ 6

Driver Installation under Mac OS X ............................................................................................ 8

Exclusive driver Installation under Windows ME, 2000 or XP................................................... 8

5. Application Setup....................................................................................................................... 12

PC ............................................................................................................................................... 12

Cubase SX................................................................................................................................ 12

Giga Studio .............................................................................................................................. 13

Reason...................................................................................................................................... 13

Sonar ........................................................................................................................................ 14

Mac............................................................................................................................................. 14

Cubase SX................................................................................................................................ 14

Nuendo ..................................................................................................................................... 16

Logic ........................................................................................................................................ 17

Reason...................................................................................................................................... 17

END USER WARRANTY ............................................................................................................ 18

v2 November 2005

* All specifications are subject to change without prior notice.

Summary of Contents for M8U

Page 1: ... Driver Installation under Windows XP 6 Driver Installation under Mac OS X 8 Exclusive driver Installation under Windows ME 2000 or XP 8 5 Application Setup 12 PC 12 Cubase SX 12 Giga Studio 13 Reason 13 Sonar 14 Mac 14 Cubase SX 14 Nuendo 16 Logic 17 Reason 17 END USER WARRANTY 18 v2 November 2005 All specifications are subject to change without prior notice ...

Page 2: ...way you played it M8U supports Plug n Play for easy installation Key Features 8 in 8 out MIDI 128 MIDI channels perfect MIDI timing MIDI activity indicators for each port USB powered requires no external power supply if you use a Notebook or USB hub you may need an external power power supply depending on the situation high speed connection to USB equipped PC or Apple computers several thru functi...

Page 3: ...MIDI data from Input 2 directly goes to Output 2 All LED display will be turned on After 2 3 seconds LED will be turned off again Power LED will become green color Thru mode 2 The MIDI data from Input 8 goes to Output 1 8 LED Display Input 8 and Output 1 8 would be turned on After 2 3 seconds Output 1 8 will turned off Input 8 remains to be turned on Output LED will be lit by signal Power LED will...

Page 4: ...be turned on After 2 3 seconds Out 1 8 LED will be turn off again In 1 will be remains to be turned on Flickering according to the signal Caution The Thru Mode works whether your computer is turned on or off 3 MIDI IN LED display indicator 4 MIDI OUT LED display indicator 5 MIDI IN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ports 6 MIDI OUT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ports Output 8 is located both on front and rear side 7 USB connecto...

Page 5: ...e Mac Mac OS X v10 2 or later only Macintosh with G3 or better processor except the original PowerBook G3 one available USB port more than 256MB of RAM note that the system requirem ents depend more on your choice of audio software Caution 1 We don t recommend using many USB devices with the M8U via USB hub at the same time It may cause Input data lose sometimes 2 Some old mainboard that using OHC...

Page 6: ...t on computer 2 Plug in the appropriate plug of the USB cable so called Series A plug to the USB port of computer You will notice that USB ports on computer and M8U are different Series A plug 3 Connect the other end of the USB cable the Series B plug to the USB port of M8U Series B plug Turn on the computer You will see that the LED displays of M8U are lit M8U gets power from the computer via USB...

Page 7: ...check if the driver has been installed properly go to Device Manager and check USB Audio Device under Sound video and game controllers Double click this device and check ESI M8U under USB audio device properties 7 ...

Page 8: ...stallation under Windows ME 2000 or XP If you use Windows 2000 or Windows ME or if you use Windows XP and need best possible performance you can install the exclusive ESI driver for M8U on your system 1 Windows XP or newer Under Windows XP or newer just plug the USB device and insert the ESI installation CD into your CD ROM drive Then go to ESI folder M8U folder and run M8U exe 2 Windows 2000 ME D...

Page 9: ...M8U ESI Driver Installation Please follow the instructions on screen 9 ...

Page 10: ...t passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Though the message appeared the driver is completely tested and verified by ESI and is safe to use You can ignore the message and just click Yes After finishing the driver installation plug the USB device to your computer 10 ...

Page 11: ...M8U ESI In the case of Windows 2000 you may see the following message again Simply ignore the message and just click Yes 11 ...

Page 12: ...nual of the software PC Depending on the installed driver either the exclusice ESI driver for Windows ME 2000 XP or the default driver under Windows XP the device names are either called M8U or USB Audio Device Cubase SX In Cubase set input and output as USB Audio Device or M8U depending on the driver you are using Check the picture below 12 ...

Page 13: ...M8U ESI Giga Studio After launching GigaStudio set input and output as USB Audio Device or M8U Check the following picture Reason Go to Edit Preference MIDI and select USB Audio Device or M8U 13 ...

Page 14: ...gnized by Mac OS X with no problem all the applications that support CoreMIDI should work fine with the M8U Here are some examples of how to change application settings for using the M8U Cubase SX In Cubase expand the MIDI section in the Inspector by clicking its tab In this section you can choose a port or all ports for MIDI input 14 ...

Page 15: ...M8U ESI In addition you can choose a port for MIDI output 15 ...

Page 16: ...M8U ESI Nuendo In Nuendo you can choose a port for a MIDI track in the Track List area 16 ...

Page 17: ...Logic In Logic you can choose a port for a MIDI track in the instrument parameter box in Arrange Window Reason In Reason open the Preferences window and you can choose a port for MIDI input in the MIDI Page 17 ...

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