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MIDI Installation

Interface Connection

Please consult your sound card or MIDI interface manual

for the correct connection of a MIDI interface. The most

common ways to add MIDI functionality to computers

are:

– Multiport MIDI interfaces, including separate devices

like Emagic’s Unitor8 MkII.

– Sound card with MIDI interface

– via a General MIDI module or keyboards’ integrated

interface, usually labeled “To Host” interface.

Connecting Emagic Unitor8 MkII

These short instructions may suffice for the Unitor8 MkII

multiport interface: connect the Unitor8 MkII supplied

cable from your PC’s COM2 port to the RS-232 connector

on the Unitor8 MkII. Then install the driver under Win-

dows.

If you wish to use a modem or other device on the COM2

port however, you will need to use an RS-232 switch box,

which can be purchased from most computer shops.

Any MIDI interface that supports the Windows MME

standard will work with MAGIX midi studio generation 6.

See the manufacturer’s instructions for information on

the proper installation of any needed drivers.

MIDI Cable Connections

MIDI Local Off

If your keyboard has an internal sound source, it is impor-

tant that you stop the keyboard from generating sounds di-

rectly from its own keyboard. If you buy a new keyboard

that is to be used without a sequencer, and connect it

straight to an amplifier, you would expect the device to

make a sound when you press its keys—in other words the

keyboard is connected to the sound generator. However,

this is exactly what you do not want when using the key-

board with a sequencer. In this scenario, the keyboard is

used as the computer’s input device, while the computer

will play the various connected tone generators, be they

the keyboard’s own sound generator, or any other con-

nected sound modules. If you wanted to control and

record another sound module with your keyboard, its own

sounds would get in the way—that is why the keyboard

must be separated from its own internal sound generator.

This function is known as “Local Off”, and can be set di-

rectly at your keyboard. The sequencer will speak to your