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Table of Contents

 

mLAN Control Panel’s Manual ...................2

 

What is mLAN Control Panel? ........................................... 2
Starting mLAN Control Panel............................................ 2
mLAN Control Panel menu................................................ 3
mLAN Control Panel window ............................................ 4

 

ASIO mLAN Driver’s Manual.....................12

 

What is the ASIO mLAN driver? ...................................... 12
Installing the driver ......................................................... 12
Starting the ASIO mLAN Control Panel .......................... 12
ASIO mLAN Control Panel ............................................... 13

 

mLAN OMS Driver’s Manual .....................15

 

What is the mLAN OMS Driver? ...................................... 15
Installing the driver ......................................................... 15
mLAN OMS Device Info dialog box ................................ 16

 

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This owner’s manual assumes that you are already familiar with basic Macintosh opera-
tion. If you are not, please refer to the owner’s manual which came with your Mac OS
software before using mLAN Driver.
For information about hardware requirements, the interconnection of devices and the
installation of the mLAN Driver software, refer to the separate “Installation Guide” as
well as the owner’s manual for the respective mLAN device.

 

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Summary of Contents for mLAN mLAN Driver

Page 1: ... and cannot be held responsible for the results of the use of this manual and the software Copying of the commercially available music sequence data and or digital audio files is strictly prohibited except for your personal use The company names and product names in this owner s manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies The screen displays as illustrated in t...

Page 2: ... example if you have checked selected the Send parameter in the mLAN Control Panel window when you start the computer next time the stored settings will automatically be read and data will be output to mLAN according to the settings Select Apple menu Control Panels mLAN Control Panel Alternatively open the System folder of the start up disk and double click mLAN Control Panel in the Control Panels...

Page 3: ...rt Same as the Revert button in the mLAN Control Panel window Show Clients Displays the title of the currently open application that uses mLAN Reset FireWire Bus Issues Bus Reset to the FireWire bus that is selected by FireWire Card ID in the mLAN Control Panel window Note that sound may be interrupted if you are currently using an mLAN device Quit Quits mLAN Control Panel Same as Close in the Fil...

Page 4: ...ter select the desired card here B Sample Rate This parameter enables you to specify the sampling frequency of audio data used via mLAN This rate is applied to all reception and transmission of audio data via mLAN Options currently supported are 44 1kHz and 48kHz mLAN supports a sample bit resolution of up to 24 bit for received and trans mitted audio data although this bit resolution may not be a...

Page 5: ...ne sequence corresponds to one channel The value is an even number ranging from 0 through 32 The specified number of monaural audio sequences is always output to FireWire regardless of whether the current application uses mLAN If the application program does not use mLAN mLAN audio data indicating silence flat waveform with a level of 0 will be output F MIDI Sequences This parameter enables you to...

Page 6: ...n the subsequent Device pop up menus The num ber of the Device pop up menus that have the same mLAN device selection corresponds to the number of destination mLAN input plugs 2 mLAN plug pop up menus These pop up menus enable you to select the destination mLAN plugs for the mLAN devices selected by the Device pop up menus 1 Select the destination mLAN device while holding down the Option key to as...

Page 7: ...lue the system may not work correctly depend ing on the computer s performance I Buffer Length This parameter enables you to specify the length of a transmission buffer inside the mLAN driver in units of milliseconds in the range of 1 through 100 The smaller the value the less the delay created during audio or MIDI data transmission If you specify too small a value the system may not work correctl...

Page 8: ...n be received by specifying that number here L Audio Sequences This parameter displays the number of mLAN audio sequences to be received If this num ber does not match the actual number in the received data a red warning message Not Match flashes on the right To match the number to that of the data being received click the Fit Sequences button M MIDI Sequences This parameter displays the number of...

Page 9: ... condition to disconnect all virtual transmission mLAN connections from the mLAN devices to the computer 3 Update Click this button to initiate a system check and update of the condition of the con nected mLAN devices Use this button if the settings on the mLAN devices are changed after the mLAN Control Panel is started 4 Revert Click to reset the dialog box to its original status when first opene...

Page 10: ... received These fields are blank if no mLAN data is received If an error occurs during reception a red warning message flashes to the right of the Sample Rate parameter In this case check the transmission device Some error messages such as Data Protected may not disappear even after the cause of the error is removed until reception resumes In this case remove the Receive checkbox click the Set but...

Page 11: ...The settings in the dialog box that opens when you click the Select Destina tions or Select Source button become valid when you click the OK button in the corresponding dialog box T Revert Click this button to restore the most recent settings to mLAN Control Panel Once you click the Set button you cannot restore the previous status ...

Page 12: ...ile in the into ASIO Drivers folder into the ASIO Drivers folder of the ASIO supporting application For information on selecting ASIO drivers refer to the owner s manual for the corresponding ASIO supporting application From the menu of the ASIO supporting application select ASIO Device Control Panel This option title may vary depending on the application Alternatively click the button in the appl...

Page 13: ...desired card here You cannot use multiple interface cards simultaneously via the ASIO driver B Preferred Buffer Size This parameter enables you to specify the default size of the buffer inside the ASIO mLAN driver This value is applied if the application that uses the ASIO mLAN driver does not specify a buffer size for the driver C Sample Size This parameter enables you to specify the bit resoluti...

Page 14: ...SIO mLAN Prefs file inside the ASIO Driv ers folder of the application The sampling rate specified in the mLAN Control Panel will be used E Disable All Click this button to disable all pop up menus in the Channel Assignment column Under this condition clicking OK will disable mLAN operation via the ASIO mLAN driver F Revert Click to reset the dialog box to its original status when first opened G O...

Page 15: ...ication and select MIDI Cards Interfaces from the Studio menu mLAN icons equivalent to the number of installed FireWire IEEE1394 inter face cards appear OMS regards mLAN as MIDI interface Therefore to transmit and receive MIDI data select Studio New device and create a number of devices to match the number of ports used by mLAN and connect them under the mLAN device It is a good idea to name these...

Page 16: ...he mLAN Control Panel You cannot use sequences that have already been used by another application A FireWire Card ID This parameter displays the serial number of the FireWire IEEE1394 interface card B Disable All Click this button to disable all pop up menus in the Channel Assignment column Under this condition clicking OK will disable mLAN operation via the mLAN OMS driver C Revert Click to reset...

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