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Yamaha mLAN Driver manual

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Table of contents for the manual

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    1 T able 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 ...........................[...]

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    2 mLAN Control Panel’ s Manual “mLAN Control Panel” software enables you to set various parameters when you are using mLAN with a Macintosh computer . For example, it lets you specify the number of sequences and the sampling frequency of audio and MIDI data received or transmitted via mLAN, and specify where to receive or transmit such data. [...]

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    3 Apple menu About mLAN Control Panel... Displays the version information of mLAN Control Panel. File menu Close Closes mLAN Control Panel. Same as “Quit” in the File menu. Set Same as the [Set] button in the mLAN Control Panel window . Revert Same as the [Revert] button in the mLAN Control Panel window . Show Clients... Displays the title of t[...]

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    4 When you start mLAN Control Panel, the system displays the following window . All changes to the parameters in this window become valid when you click the [Set] button. A FireW ire Card ID This parameter displays the serial number of the FireW ire (IEEE1394) interface card. If mul- tiple interface cards are installed on the computer , select the [...]

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    5 C Send This column enables you to set parameters for mLAN data transmission. Checking the “Send” checkbox enables data transmission to the mLAN bus, and lets you make the necessary settings for transmission. If you do not per form mLAN transmission, remove the check from the checkbox. If you check the “Send” checkbox, mLAN data is always [...]

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    6 “Select Destinations” dialog box This dialog box enables you to specify the mLAN devices and mLAN plugs that receive mLAN data from the computer . 1 Device pop-up menus These pop-up menus enable you to select mLAN devices to which data is transmit- ted. The numbers on the left show the sequence numbers for audio and MIDI data. When you select[...]

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    7 4 Update Click this button to have the system check and update the condition of the con- nected mLAN devices. Use this button if the settings on the mLAN devices are changed after mLAN Control Panel is started. 5 Revert Click to reset the dialog box to its original status when first opened. 6 OK Click to enable the dialog box settings and close [...]

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    8 K Isochronous Ch. This parameter determines and displays the Isochronous Channel number of the FireW ire channel being used for mLAN data reception. The bar graph on the right displays the progress of reception. The bar graph scrolls when data is being received, and it stops when no data is received. The channel number ranges from 0 through 63. U[...]

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    9 “Select Source” dialog box This dialog box enables you to specify the mLAN device that transmits mLAN data to the com- puter . 1 Device List/Output Plugs The Device List displays the list of connected mLAN devices. Select a device, and the Output Plugs column will show a list of mLAN plugs included in the selected device. When you select a tr[...]

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    10 O Fit Sequences If the number of sequences does not match the actual number in the received data, a red warning message “Not Match” flashes to the right of the number parameter . T o match the number to that of the data being received, click this button. While the “Not Match” message is flashing, audio/MIDI data cannot be cor- rectly r[...]

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    11 S Set Click this button to enable the mLAN Control Panel settings. The settings do not take effect until you click the [Set] button. 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 [...]

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    12 ASIO mLAN Driver’ s Manual The “ASIO mLAN driver” software enables transmission and reception of audio data via mLAN, using an ASIO-supporting application program. Before you install the ASIO mLAN driver , first install the mLAN driver and ASIO- supporting application program. Drag and drop the “ASIO mLAN” file in the “into ASIO Dr[...]

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    13 When you start the ASIO mLAN Control Panel, the system displays the following dialog box (ASIO mLAN Control Panel). A FireW ire Card ID This parameter displays the serial number of the FireW ire (IEEE1394) interface card. If mul- tiple interface cards are installed in the computer , select the desired card here. Y ou cannot use multiple interfac[...]

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    14 D Channel Assignment The pop-up menus in the “Send” and “Receive” columns enable you to specify which mLAN audio sequences are transmitted and received by the computer via which audio channels. The maximum number of audio channels is 32, but the maximum number of channels that can actually be used is equivalent to the number of audio seq[...]

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    15 mLAN OMS Driver’ s Manual The “mLAN OMS Driver” software is used for MIDI data transfer with the mLAN bus via OMS. Using the mLAN OMS Driver enables MIDI data transmission and reception via mLAN, using sequencer software that supports OMS. First, install mLAN driver and OMS. Drag and drop the “OMS mLAN” file into the “OMS” folder [...]

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    16 Double-click the mLAN device icon, or select the mLAN device and select “MIDI Device Info...” from the “Studio” menu. The following Device Info dialog box appears. In this dialog box, you can use the pop-up menus in the “Send” and “Receive” columns to specify which mLAN MIDI sequences (that are transmitted and received by the com[...]