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Check or uncheck the OMS option as shown
below.
Figure-14: FreeMIDI preferences (in the File menu of FreeMIDI
Setup).
HOW THE MOTU USB MIDI DRIVERS WORK
You don’t need to know this, but just in case you’re
wondering how your FreeMIDI and OMS
compatible software actually “talks” to FastLane,
the diagram below illustrates how. The FreeMIDI
and OMS drivers shown below belong in the
FreeMIDI and OMS folders in the System Folder.
(The installer puts them there.)
Figure-15: The USB drivers for FastLane establish
communication between the interface hardware and
your FreeMIDI and OMS compatible MIDI software.
FastLane talks to the
system extension.
OMS-compatible
MIDI software
FreeMIDI compatible
MIDI software
The system extension
talks to the OMS and
FreeMIDI drivers.
FreeMIDI and
OMS talk to
your MIDI
programs.
The drivers
talk to OMS
and FreeMIDI.
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