Using the US-224 with Digital Performer
Before setting up the US-224 to work with Digital Performer, please install the US-224 MacOS
drivers, and set up the FreeMIDI. (Refer to the enclosed documents on setting up both the drivers
and FreeMIDI.) You must be using D
IGITAL
P
ERFORMER
2.7 or later.
Setting Up
Begin the setup procedure below with the US-224 plugged in and powered on.
Locate the Digital Performer Control Surface Plugin on the US-224 CD-ROM. (If you’ve
downloaded the driver from our website, locate the folder on your hard drive.) Drag it into
the
P
LUG
-
INS
folder within the
D
IGITAL
P
ERFORMER
folder.
Important
: The Control Surface Plug-in must be in the
P
LUG
-
INS
folder within the
D
IGITAL
P
ERFORMER
folder, along with the Digital Performer application itself.
Next, verify that the ASIO drivers are installed correctly. Open the
ASIO D
RIVERS
folder
within the
D
IGITAL
P
ERFORMER
folder. Verify that this folder contains both the US-224’s 16
bit and 24 bit ASIO drivers.
Open the US-224 Control Panel (Apple menu). Select
US-224 N
ATIVE
from the pulldown
menu. If you will be using a Master fader within Digital Performer, then also select
“Master fader sends MIDI only.” Otherwise, select “Master fader affects application output
and sends MIDI.”
Open Digital Performer. Select an existing project, or open a new one.
From the
B
ASICS
/ MOTU A
UDIO
S
YSTEM OPTIONS
menu, select
C
ONFIGURE
H
ARDWARE
D
RIVER
…
. From the pulldown menu that appears, select the
ASIO
device option, and
then select one of the US-224’s ASIO drivers.
Select the
B
ASICS
/ C
ONTROL
S
URFACE
S
ETUP
menu. From the
H
ARDWARE
pulldown
menu, select the US-224 as the Control Surface. Select “
US-224, C
ONTROL
-16”
from the
MIDI C
OMMUNICATION
drop down menu.
