Specifications

Chapter 1: Working with MIDI Control Surfaces 5
Configuring OMS for Your MIDI Control
Surface
(Macintosh OS 9 Only)
The following are basic instructions for config-
uring your MIDI control surface in OMS. If you
are not familiar with OMS, OMS devices, or how
to configure OMS Setup, refer to the OMS docu-
mentation included on the Pro Tools CD-ROM.
To configure your MIDI control surface in OMS:
1 In your OMS Studio Setup, click on your MIDI
control surface’s icon and choose Studio > MIDI
Device Info.
– or –
If there is no icon for your MIDI control surface,
choose Studio > New Device.
2 Make sure the Is Controller option is selected.
3 Make sure the Receives and Sends boxes for
MIDI Time Code, MIDI Beat Clock, and MIDI
Machine Control are deselected.
4 Under Receive Channels, select the channel
for sending and receiving data from the MIDI
control surface. Refer to the table below for con-
trol surface channel requirements.
5 Click OK.
6 In the OMS Setup window, connect the MIDI
control surface to the correct OMS port location
or MIDI interface. Drag the MIDI control surface
icon onto the icon for the port or MIDI interface
to which you are connecting. Arrows between
the MIDI control surface and the MIDI interface
signify a connection has been made.
7 If you have a MIDI interface with multiple
ports, a number will be displayed to the left of
the arrows connecting the MIDI control surface
icon to the MIDI interface icon. This number in-
dicates the port number that the device is con-
nected to on the MIDI interface. Verify that the
correct port number is displayed; if not, click the
port number, type the correct number, and press
Return.
8 You can change the MIDI control surface icon
to match the visual look of your control surface
by clicking the icon and choosing the Device
Icon command in the Studio menu.
9 Choose Edit > OMS MIDI Setup.
10 Select the “Run MIDI in background” option
and click OK.
11 Choose Edit > Preferences.
Channel Requirements for control surfaces
Control Surface MIDI Channel
CM Labs MotorMix 1
Mackie HUI 1
JL Cooper CS–10 16
Peavey PC–1600 any
Connecting the MIDI control surface to the correct port
or MIDI interface in the OMS Setup window