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4 – 34 Setting up your system
Setting up MIDI ports in V-STACK
The Device Setup dialog lets you set up your MIDI system in the fol-
lowing ways:
• Note: After changing a setting in the Device Setup dialog, you should
click Apply and then click OK to close the dialog.
Showing or hiding MIDI Ports
Under Windows, the MIDI ports are listed in the Device Setup dialog
on the DirectMusic page and/or the Windows MIDI page (depending
on your system). By clicking in the “Show” column for a MIDI input or
output, you can specify whether or not it should be listed on the MIDI
pop-up menus in the program.
Under Mac OS X, you can hide or show MIDI ports on the MIDI Sys-
tem page in the Device Setup dialog.
• Hiding a MIDI port from view does not turn it off if it’s already selected as
input for a VST Instrument.
Setting up the “All MIDI Inputs” option
When you play VST Instruments in V-STACK, you can specify which
MIDI input each instrument should use. However, you can also select
the “All MIDI Inputs” option, which causes any MIDI data from any
MIDI input to be sent to the instrument.
The All MIDI Inputs page in the Device Setup dialog allows you to
specify which inputs should be included when you select All MIDI In-
puts for a VST Instrument. This can be especially useful if your system
provides several instances of the same physical MIDI input – by deac-
tivating the duplicates you make sure only the desired MIDI data is
sent to the instrument.
All done!
Now you are ready to play VST Instruments in V-STACK from your
MIDI controller keyboard. If you want to set up the program for VST
System Link, read on. If you want to get to know the program, go to
page 49.