OPCODE Studio 64X, User Manual

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CHAPTER 4: Quick Start Guide for Mac
8 Opcode Systems, Inc.
Install and Configure OMS
a
Insert the OMS disk 1 and double-
click
Install OMS .
At the initial prompt, specify you are
using a Studio 64X.
b
When reaching the main install
screen, choose the
Easy Install
option and then click the
Install
button.
c
Insert each disk as prompted.
d
When completed, exit installer and
Restart your Macintosh.
e
After restarting, launch the OMS
Setup application and configure a
“New Studio Setup.”
Consult your OMS manual for help with
Studio Setup configuration.
Once OMS is correctly configured, a
Studio 64X menu
appears in the OMS Setup
application. Use this menu you to store and
retrieve user programs, open the Program
Edit and SMPTE windows, and check the
unit’s ROM version.
Install Studio 64X Help File
For detailed operational info on the
Studio 64X, install its online help file. Insert
the appropriate disk and run the install
program.
OMS STUDIO PATCHES
“OMS Studio Patches” provides advanced
MIDI processing capabilities for the
Studio
64X (only implemented on the Macin-
tosh). Studio patch documents, which are
created in the Studio Patches Editor pro-
gram, may contain complex merges, splits,
layers, filters, transpositions, and more.
Unlike Studio 64X user programs, Studio
Patches are only active when your computer
is running an OMS-compatible application
(or if OMS is set to “Run MIDI in the
Background”).
To learn more about OMS Studio Patches
consult the printed manual.
USING OMS-COMPATIBLE
APPLICATIONS
Once you have configured an OMS Studio
Setup (a document referencing your MIDI
studio), using OMS-compatible applications
is quite easy. Any devices contained in your
current Studio Setup are automatically avail-
able in your OMS applications, and you can
even select them by name. If at some point
you make changes in your Studio Setup,
OMS applications are updated automatically.
If you wish to receive SMPTE timecode in an
OMS application, the Studio
64X appears as a
sync source.
If you have created a Studio Patches docu-
ment, any of its “virtual instruments” and
“virtual controllers” are also accessible from
OMS applications.
Using Non-OMS Applications
The Studio 64X is compatible with non-OMS
applications. When using such an
application, the Studio 64X acts like a stan-
dard MIDI interface—thereby providing
only 16 MIDI channels. In “standard inter-
face” mode, the Studio 64X merges all MIDI
inputs into the computer; additionally, trans-
mitted MIDI is simultaneously sent to all
four output ports.
IMPORTANT: To use non-OMS applications,
the current Studio 64X user program must route
MIDI to and from the computer.