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Содержание MIDIEngine8Port/SE

Страница 1: ...MIDIEngine 8Port SE User s Manual In a Hurry Check the Quick Start Guide On Page 3 usicQuest...

Страница 2: ...be liable for any direct indirect consequential or inciden tal damages arising out of use of this product Since some states do not allow limitation or exclusion ofliability for implied warran ties and...

Страница 3: ...r computer and all other sys tem components 5 Make sure the 8Port SE s power switch is in the off position then plug in its power adapter 6 Connect the 8Port SE to your printer port with the included...

Страница 4: ...allation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off the user is encouraged to try to correct the interferenc...

Страница 5: ...SE 11 Additional Requirements 11 In This Manual 12 Before You Begin 13 Make a Backup Copy of the BPort SE Diskette 13 Read README TXT 13 Take Your Time 13 8Port SE Feature Summary 14 Orientation 15 Co...

Страница 6: ...nfiguration 19 Printer Port Number 19 Printer Port IRQ 20 Other Printer Port Drivers 20 Power Management 20 Sound Card Conflicts 21 Changing System Settings 21 Connecting the 8Port SE 22 Connecting to...

Страница 7: ...reewheel 29 MTC Output 29 SMPTE Output Level 29 Footswttch I Trigger Message Output 29 Factory Programs 29 ALL 29 UART 29 TUNE 29 w w 30DF 30 w 25 30 M w Selecting a Program 30 Selecting Programs in P...

Страница 8: ...TE Origin 38 Offset Time 38 Sync Point 38 MIDI Time Code 38 8PorVSE SMPTE Modes 38 How the 8PorVSE Stripes SMPTE 39 Time Code Reporting 39 Sequencing While Striping 39 How the 8PorVSE Reads SMPTE 39 I...

Страница 9: ...orts 49 Multi Client Windows Driver 49 Microsoft MIDI Mapper 49 Creating a MIDI Map 49 Using Patchbay 50 Installing Patchbay 50 Running Patchbay 51 Setup Files 51 Selecting a Program 52 Modifying Prog...

Страница 10: ...enu 56 Edit Menu 57 Settings Menu 57 Help Menu 58 In Case of Difficulty 59 Where to Start 59 Problem Solving Procedures 59 General Operational Problems 60 MIDI Input I Output Problems 61 SMPTE Problem...

Страница 11: ...rack mount unit Printer port connecting cable Power adapter Diskette with Windows driver and Patchbay software This manual User registration card Additional Requirements To use the MIDI features of t...

Страница 12: ...8Port SE tells you how to connect the unit to your computer and other system components Initial Checkout tells you how to quickly check proper operation of the 8Port SE BPortiSE Programs describes the...

Страница 13: ...SE in your system Be sure to read the README TXT file on the 8Port SE diskette This file contains information that didn t make its way to the manual and may include material which is important for you...

Страница 14: ...ports MIDI patchbay operation independent of computer Flawless SMPTE sync and generation all formats Adjustable SMPTE freewheel for bulletproof sync Automatic SMPTE regeneration Selectable SMPTE outpu...

Страница 15: ...for convenient access MIDI Outputs The MIDI output connectors labeled OUT 1 OUT B will be connected to MIDI inputs of your instruments There are two connectors for OUT B one on the back panel and one...

Страница 16: ...16 MIDIEngine 8Port SE User s Manual 0 0 i L e 11 1 OJ OJ 1J 1J I g I g 1J s Q CQ g l i 0 I a 0 I M I 0 l a I bO 0 0...

Страница 17: ...Switches Program Button The PROGRAM button is used to select an 8Port SE pro gram Pressing the button causes an LED to flash indi cating the currently selected program You can press the program button...

Страница 18: ...I Output LEOs The LEDs marked as MIDI OUTPUTS are lit to reflect output of data through MIDI OUT ports These LEDs are also used to indicate an BPort SE factory program see Program Button above SYNC GE...

Страница 19: ...have printer ports which can be set for special modes of operation variously described as en hanced bidirectional external floppy expansion port and others For the 8Port SE your printer port must be...

Страница 20: ...o the printer port Most printer drivers will not present a problem You are more likely to have difficulty with a non printing driver If you have trouble using the 8Port SE and have other printer port...

Страница 21: ...the Drivers applet in Con trol Panel If your sound card has a Dos driver you can check its IRQ assignments by examining the driver set tings in the CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files Consult your sound...

Страница 22: ...ve all 25 pins connected straight through pin for pin with a 25 pin male D connector on one end and a 25 pin female D connector on the other Connect the male connector of the included cable to a print...

Страница 23: ...MIDIEngine BPort SE User s Manual 23 0 0 i 0 i T I 0 F 1 1 F f 0 1 J I c c b trl i trl i 1 tT 3 II 8 E 0 s II II t t IIi i i i i 0 0...

Страница 24: ...nnector on the 8Port SE s front panel for convenient access Connect 8Port SE MIDI OUTs to the MIDI INs of your MIDI equipment Note that the 8Port SE has two OUT 8 connectors one on the front panel and...

Страница 25: ...pment sync input or tape input to the last track to SMPTE OUT using a shielded audio cable with 1 4 phone plug termination Footswitch I Trigger Connections Footswitch Trigger You can connect either a...

Страница 26: ...imum The DC power adapter jack is wired for a standard 5 5 x 2 1mm barrel plug with center conductor positive If you lose the power adapter contact Music Quest or your Music Quest distributor if outsi...

Страница 27: ...I IN LED should flash as the notes are played All MIDI OUT LEDs should flash as well since the ALL pro gram sends MIDI data from any input to all outputs 4 Select the TUNE program by pressing the PROG...

Страница 28: ...ich control the following features MIDI Data Routing and Merging The BPort SE routes and merges MIDI data among se lected MIDI ports and the computer Message Filtering The types of MIDI messages which...

Страница 29: ...l is received Factory Programs ALL UART TUNE The following 8Port SE factory programs are fixed in func tion and used on as needed basis This program causes all MIDI data received from any port to be r...

Страница 30: ...ondrop SMPTE to be immediately striped starting at 00 00 00 00 Other settings for the current user program remain in effect The 25 program causes 25 frame SMPTE to be immedi ately striped starting at...

Страница 31: ...g the PROGRAM button When changing programs avoid sending MIDI to the 8Port SE either from the computer or from a MIDI controller Nonvolatile Program Storage The 8Port SE stores user programs in nonvo...

Страница 32: ...n recording into a sequencer program The MIDI INPUT LEDs are lit to reflect reception of data from MIDI IN ports To provide a more useful indication of MIDI data flow these LEDs will not light when MI...

Страница 33: ...puter can be filtered according to message type For example you can require that pitch bend messages be excluded in the flow of data between IN 2 and the computer Channel Filtering MIDI voice messages...

Страница 34: ...from the computer if the 8Port SE is connected to it and you are running music software Routing or merging of MIDI data from inputs to outputs is independent of computer activity I The Panic Button Yo...

Страница 35: ...an acronym for the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers In common parlance SMPTE refers to an encoding of time onto some medium for the purpose of synchronization SMPTE has histori call...

Страница 36: ...hronization SMPTE Time Code Time code is the essence of SMPTE It is a coding of time on some medium in terms of hours minutes seconds and frames subdivisions of a second This time coding allows a read...

Страница 37: ...ith multitrack tape and some audio I video applications 30 frame drop is used typically for audio I video applica tions The frame rate used for 30 frame drop is actually 29 97 frames per second to cor...

Страница 38: ...point is that point on tape at which sync should be established This can be anywhere in the sync track according to the needs of the moment MIDI Time Code MIDI Time Code MTC is a type of MIDI message...

Страница 39: ...ia the Sync Port and or to selected MIDI OUTs according to current user program settings Sequencing While Striping Since the 8Port SE can send MTC to your sequencer soft ware you can actually sequence...

Страница 40: ...for a brief time after you have stopped tape or removed the incoming signal The 8Port SE s tolerance for bad time code can be ad justed with the with the freewheel setting in the Patchbay program By...

Страница 41: ...sequencing has thus begun a se quencer should maintain timing in lock step with receipt of subsequent time code messages The 8Port SE does not directly control se quence timing As a result any timing...

Страница 42: ...reparing to record SMPTE on the desired track Use the first or last track on tape to minimize sync signal bleedthrough to adjacent tracks 7 Allow several seconds of leader before the sync track 8 Star...

Страница 43: ...be generated until you click Stop or OK Striping by Pressing the SMPTE Button Push the SMPTE button on the 8PorVSE s front panel to stripe SMPTE according to the SMPTE settings for the current user p...

Страница 44: ...your song will be begin to be recorded on tape Due to the manner in which SMPTE information is encoded on tape the SMPTE offset should be at least three seconds after the first SMPTE frame on the sync...

Страница 45: ...and when it is released II f 1 1 i I I You can use a trigger signal to cause the 8Port SE to send I a specified message to the computer and or to selected MIDI OUTs A holdoff parameter is provided to...

Страница 46: ...group of Pro gram Manager 3 Double click the Drivers icon The Drivers dialog box will appear showing a list of drivers already installed 4 Click on the Add button to tell Drivers that you want to add...

Страница 47: ...connected the 8Port SE I 11 Then click OK Installation and setup of the driver is complete but you will be notified that you must exit and restart Windows for the driver to take effect You may restart...

Страница 48: ...MIDI setup dialog box Simply choose those 8Port SE ports you wish to use with the program MIDI Input Ports MIDI IN 1 MIDI IN 8 Select those 8Port SE MIDI IN ports from which you want to send MIDI data...

Страница 49: ...er lets multiple Windows MIDI programs simultaneously access the BPort SE Microsoft MIDI Mapper Some programs like Windows Media Player require that all MIDI output be sent via the MIDI Mapper instead...

Страница 50: ...e details Installing Patchbay To install the Patchbay program in your computer pro ceed as follows 1 First start Windows normally per the instructions in your Windows manual 2 Put the 8Port SE diskett...

Страница 51: ...Port SE user programs Your use of Patch bay will involve manipulation of setup files to select or modify 8Port SE user programs On start up Patchbay reads the last saved setup file if any which normal...

Страница 52: ...Until and unless you store revised programs any changes made in Patchbay are not reflected in the 8Port SE other than for its presently ac tive settings Once programs are stored their settings are re...

Страница 53: ...wing between the indicated ports An icon is selected by left clicking on it it is then highlighted Multiple icons are selected by pressing the CTRL key and left clicking When no icons are highlighted...

Страница 54: ...e but with the channel number checkboxes instead Channel Bump For the current program the channel number of voice messages routed according to selected icons is increased by the Ch Bump setting For ex...

Страница 55: ...s to be sent to the indicated port s Footswitch I Trigger event destinations SMPTE Button Click Patchbay s SMPTE button to stripe SMPTE tapes and to change or view SMPTE settings Settings are pro vide...

Страница 56: ...e eight BPort SE factory programs can also be accessed from Patchbay Just click the Factory Programs button Menu Selections File Menu New Clears the current Patchbay setup and sets defaults for a new...

Страница 57: ...Pastes the program which was copied with the Copy Pro gram function into the current program Settings Menu Footswitch I Trigger Allows you to define the function of the 8Port SE Foot switch I Trigger...

Страница 58: ...Stores the currently selected user program to 8Port SE nonvolatile memory Retrieve Current Program Retrieves from 8Port SE nonvolatile memory the program corresponding to the currently selected user...

Страница 59: ...ms Problem Solving Procedures When experiencing difficulty first isolate the problem to a specific operational scenario For example does the problem seem related to MIDI input MIDI output Or is it a m...

Страница 60: ...inter Port Usage Check that the Windows driver settings for port and IRQ are correct for the printer port used by the 8PorVSE Make sure your Windows programs are properly set to access the 8Port SE s...

Страница 61: ...are set to use MIDI Some MIDI IN and MIDI OUT LEOs glow steadily and won t quit You may have a MIDI loop Disconnect and then recon nect MIDI cables for the affected port s to break the loop Then make...

Страница 62: ...receive MIDI data sent at full MIDI speed Some programs can slow the rate at which sysex messages are output so as to alleviate this problem check your software manuals for details SMPTE Problems SMPT...

Страница 63: ...ng SMPTE consult the software developer If the SMPTE LED turns off at the point of stall check answers to the preceding questions Try disabling the Windows swap file using tbe 386 En hanced applet in...

Страница 64: ...change timing resolution in your MIDI programs Try disabling any screen saver programs you are using Check with the software developer for any known prob lems when the program syncs to SMPTE Patchbay...

Страница 65: ...rt SE to work properly you can contact our tech support personnel via CompuServe account 75300 2770 Music Quest section of MIDI Vendor A forum Technical Support voice 214 881 7408 Hours Monday Friday...

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