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FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 2 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM Mark of the Unicorn License Agreement and Limited Warranty on Software TO PERSONS WHO PURCHASE OR USE THIS PRODUCT: carefully read all the terms and conditions of this agreement before using this software package. Using this software package indicates your acceptance of the terms and conditions of this license agreement. Mark of the Unicorn, Inc. (“MOTU”) owns both this program and its documentation.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 3 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM Packing List and System Requirements THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING MOTU Thank you for purchasing FastLane. Please read the important information in this booklet before using it. PLEASE REGISTER TODAY Please send in the registration card included with your FastLane interface. As a registered user, you will be eligible to receive on-line technical support email and announcements about product enhancements as soon as they become available.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 4 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM GETTING STARTED Follow the directions in this booklet to successfully install and begin using FastLane-USB. ® VISIT OUR WEB SITE FOR SOFTWARE UPDATES Driver updates are posted on our web site as soon as they become available, so check our web site for the latest drivers: www.motu.com. FAMILIARITY WITH MACINTOSH This manual assumes that your are familiar with using a Macintosh computer.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 5 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM Installing FastLane-USB CONNECTING A USB MACINTOSH Using the USB cable included with FastLane-USB (or any standard USB cable), put the Type A plug into a Type A USB jack on the computer, the USB computer keyboard, or any other USB device connected to the computer that has an available Type A USB jack. The USB cable allows the Mac to communicate with all MIDI devices connected to FastLane.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 6 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM CONNECTING MIDI GEAR Connect each MIDI device’s MIDI IN jack to one of FastLane’s two MIDI OUT jacks as shown by Connection 1 below. Conversely, connect the MIDI OUT jack on the MIDI device to one of FastLane’s two MIDI IN jacks as shown by Connection 2.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 7 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM CONNECTING ADDITIONAL GEAR WITH MIDI THRUS If you use up both MIDI OUTs on the FastLane, and you still have more gear to connect, run a MIDI cable from the MIDI THRU of a device already connected to the interface to the MIDI IN on the additional device as shown below in Figure-4. The two devices then share the same MIDI OUT port on FastLane.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 8 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM CONNECTING MULTIPLE USB INTERFACES The USB (Universal Serial Bus) specification allows you to connect multiple MOTU interfaces to a single Macintosh. You can mix and match any combination of MOTU USB interfaces to suit your needs. The USB (Universal Serial Bus) specification allows many USB devices — theoretically up to 127 — to be connected to a single computer.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 9 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM Installing the MOTU USB Software OVERVIEW Mac OS X software installation & setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Mac OS 9 software installation & setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 MAC OS X SOFTWARE INSTALLATION & SETUP Install the FastLane USB driver as follows: 1 Insert the MOTU USB MIDI installer disc.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 10 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM Launching Audio MIDI Setup 1 Make sure your FastLane MIDI interface is connected and turned on. Creating a MIDI configuration Once your FastLane MIDI interface appears in Audio MIDI Setup, you are ready to add devices, indicate how they are connected, and identify properties they may have for particular purposes. This information is shared with all CoreMIDI compatible applications. 2 Launch the Audio MIDI Setup utility.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 11 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM Figure-8: Connecting the device to the FastLane interface. 3 Double-click the device to make settings, such as input and output channels, that further describe the device. Figure-9: Device settings. 4 Repeat the above steps for each MIDI device connected to the interface. 5 When you are finished, quit Audio MIDI Setup.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 12 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM MAC OS 9 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION & SETUP FastLane requires several software drivers. Install them as follows: 1 Before you begin, use the Extensions Manager WHAT DOES THE MAC OS 9 INSTALLER DO? The installer checks the computer to make sure it satisfies the minimum system requirements for FastLane.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 13 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM Which one should you use? If you are not sure, the table below can help you decide: If you use this Choose this MOTU software only FreeMIDI only OMS-compatible software only OMS only Both MOTU and OMS-compatible software, running separately FreeMIDI and OMS separately Both MOTU and OMS-compatible software, running together OMS, with FreeMIDI using OMS Regardless of what you decide, you’ll need to configure FreeMIDI and/or OMS for you
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 14 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM After the initial splash screen, the Welcome to FreeMIDI dialog box appears as shown below. Figure-10: You should see FastLane by name in the list on the right. 8 If you are in a hurry, you can just click Done 6 Click Continue. The About Quick Setup dialog appears. 7 Click Continue again and you’ll see the Quick Setup window below. You should see your FastLane interface in the list on the right-hand side.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 15 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM 9 If, however, you would like your MOTU MIDI software programs to display the names of the MIDI devices connected to your MIDI interface, you can use the Quick Setup dialog in Figure-10 to identify them by their manufacturer and model names. If you can’t find one of your devices by name in the pop-up menu lists, just use the “other” designation for now. You can rename the device later.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 16 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM OMS The software installation for FastLane (as described earlier) detects OMS if it is present in your system and places the MOTU USB OMS driver in the appropriate place. To activate FastLane in OMS, follow this simple procedure: 1 Launch OMS Setup. 2 If this is the first time you’ve run OMS Setup, follow the directions it gives you to successfully create a studio setup. 3 From the Studio menu, choose MIDI cards & interfaces.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 17 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM FREEMIDI AND OMS SEPARATELY If you plan to use both FreeMIDI and OMS separately, set up OMS as you normally would (see OMS’s included on-line documentation for assistance) and then follow this procedure for FreeMIDI: 1 Make sure that FastLane is properly connected to the computer. 2 Locate the FreeMIDI Setup program on you Figure-13: FastLane in the OMS studio setup window. 6 Save your OMS Setup.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 18 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM 5 Since this is the procedure for using FreeMIDI 2 Locate the FreeMIDI Setup program on you separately from OMS, click FreeMIDI. hard drive. During installation, it is placed in the FreeMIDI Applications folder on the top level of your hard drive. 6 Proceed to Step 5 on page 13 and continue from there to complete the FreeMIDI setup.
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 19 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM 3 Check or uncheck the OMS option as shown FreeMIDI compatible MIDI software below. OMS-compatible MIDI software FreeMIDI and OMS talk to your MIDI programs. The drivers talk to OMS and FreeMIDI. Figure-14: FreeMIDI preferences (in the File menu of FreeMIDI Setup).
FastLane-USB manual/Mac Page 20 Friday, April 15, 2005 12:28 PM THE MIDI THRU BUTTON The MIDI THRU button on the front of the FastLane-USB, when pushed in, creates a direct connection from each MIDI IN connector to its corresponding MIDI OUT connector. For example, data received on MIDI IN A is routed directly to MIDI OUT A. Similarly, data received on MIDI IN B is routed directly to MIDI OUT B.
