The AudioSport Quattro can be used with the Sound Manager on the Macintosh,
and therefore can operate as your system sound card. ASIO drivers are also
provided, which allow you to use the AudioSport with ASIO compliant audio
software (such as Cubase by Steinberg). If your software is ASIO compliant, we
suggest using those drivers. ASIO will allow you to monitor audio through the
program with greatly reduced latency. However, if you are not using ASIO or
otherwise wish to monitor the signal at the Quattro inputs, a “Direct Monitor”
switch is provided on the AudioSport for bypassing the computer and directly
monitoring the input signal present at the AudioSport Quattro (see section,
“Using Direct Monitoring).
Additionally, the AudioSport Quattro can be used in conjunction with the Omni
I/O Desktop Recording System by M-Audio. The Omni will add two
microphone/instrument preamps to the Quattro inputs, plus add a mixer to the
Quattro outputs. This Omni mixer will allow you to blend MIDI keyboards with
audio tracks, add effects to the Quattro outputs, control monitor and headphone
levels while separately mixing down. Check the M-Audio website,
www.m-audio.com, for more info on the Omni for the Quattro.
Hardware & Software Installation on the Mac
Here is a simple, step-by-step procedure for attaching and powering up the
Quattro on the Macintosh Computer. Just in case there are any installation
updates since this writing, please check the driver disk that came with your
Quattro for a readme file regarding installation.
The Quattro’s MIDI operation on the Macintosh requires the OMS (Open Music
System) program from Opcode. If your Quattro came with a CD, OMS is
included on this disk. If your Quattro came with a floppy disk, you will need to
go to either our website (http://www.midiman.com/drivers.htm, find the MacOS
9.x section, then OMS) or Opcode’s website (www.opcode.com) to download
OMS. The OMS program is a MIDI manager, which MUST be installed prior to
running the AudioSport Quattro Installer in order for the Quattro MIDI driver to
be properly placed in the OMS folder. See the next section, “Configuring OMS”
for more information.
The AudioSport Quattro comes with an installer program that will place all
driver components except the Quattro ASIO driver in their proper folders. The
Quattro ASIO driver will be placed in a folder on your desktop, and must be
inserted into your music program’s ASIO folder, provided that your music
program uses ASIO.
1. On the Driver Disk that came with your AudioSport Quattro, locate the folder
that contains the AudioSport Installer for the Macintosh. Double click on the
installer program. The Installer program installs all Quattro extensions, plus
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