User Manual

Session Music Producer • Quick Start Guide
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Installing the M-Audio Session Software
Windows XP and Windows Vista (32-Bit editions)
PLEASE NOTE: If you have already connected your M-Audio Producer USB Microphone
to your computer, please disconnect it before beginning the Session software installation.
Leave the microphone disconnected until instructed to connect it.
< Insert the M-Audio Session DVD-ROM into your computer’s DVD-ROM drive.
< The computer will automatically display the install screen. If your computer fails to launch
the installer, manually start it by clicking on Start > My Computer > Session.
< Follow the software installer’s on-screen direction prompts.
< Note that the M-Audio Producer USB microphone acts as an authorization key for
the Session software. Session will not run unless the M-Audio USB microphone is
connected and its drivers installed.
< Session comes with a large library of loops and instrument samples for music creation,
known as Session Content. During the installation process, you will be asked if
you would like to install this content, as well as the driver for the Producer USB
microphone’s audio interface. Make sure both of these check boxes remain selected.
The M-Audio Producer USB Microphone driver and the Session Content are required in
order to gain access to all of Session’s features.
NOTE: Session’s Factory Content Library requires approximately 4 GB of disk space
and may take as long as 30 minutes to install. This behavior is normal. If you do not
have 4 GB of disk space available, you can choose not to install the Session Content,
but you will then have to place the Session DVD in your DVD-ROM drive whenever
you run Session. Accessing Session’s content via the DVD-ROM drive results in
slightly slower computer performance, and if the required hard drive space is available,
installing the Session Content on your computer’s hard drive is recommended.
< At various points in this installation process, you may be notified that the driver being
installed has not passed Windows Logo Testing, or asked whether the program you
wish to run is a trusted application. Click Continue Anyway or Install to proceed with
installation.
< Click “Finish” once the installer has completed the installation.
NOTE: To get the most out of your Session music creation software, please refer
to the program’s built-in manual under Help > Manual, where you will find detailed
instructions and 12 in-depth tutorials on using the Session software.