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What is the latest version of OMS?
Why can't I see more of my synth patches in my sequencer?
How do I use OMS Names?
Are OMS and FreeMidi compatible?
How do "virtual nodes" work and what are they?
What extensions do I need for my Midi interface?
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I am seeing timecode coming in through the timecode reader in OMS but I am not seeing it in Pro Tools.
Why?
This can be due to several things. Check to see that in Setup>Peripherals that the type of device is selected and on
the correct port. Check Current time in Session Setup to verify incoming timecode to. If these settings are correct
but you still do not see incoming timecode, try trashing OMS prefs, DAE prefs and Digisetup along with preferences
from the Preferences folder (inside the system folder), restart the computer and relaunch . If this does not work, a
complete reinstallation of both OMS and may be necessary. In a few instances it has been required to reinstall the
Mac OS as well in order to resolve the problem.
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How can I get another sequencer like Digital Performer to sync up with Pro Tools so I can do Midi in
another application besides ?
At least one IAC bus needs to be created for Midi Time Code to travel between the applications. This is done by
double-clicking on the IAC device icon in OMS Studio Setup, and naming one of the busses to MTC. In , under
Setup>Peripherals, select Generic MTC Reader and for port choose the newly-created MTC. Put Pro Tools online by
clicking the clock icon in the transport window or use command-J (Mac) or control-J (Windows). In the secondary
Midi sequencer application, tell the sequencer to output MTC to the IAC bus named MTC. Hitting play (or record-
play) in the secondary application will at this point trigger Pro Tools into play mode which will then allow the two
applications to sync together.
To enable playback control of a background application from within Pro Tools, Midi Machine Control (MMC) via the
IAC bus must be used. Creating a separate IAC bus in OMS Studio Setup called MMC makes it possible to select that
bus as a port when enabling MMC in Setup>Peripherals. Going online in Pro Tools with transport=Pro Tools makes it
possible to control playback and stop of a background sequencing application. If the above MTC settings have been
made, this can now be used to start the background app which in turn sends MTC back to Pro Tools to begin slaving
in sync with the background application.
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What is the latest version of OMS?
2.3.8 was the last version of OMS released by Opcode.
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Why can't I see more of my synth patches in my sequencer?
OMS has preset program data files that it refers to when publishing patch name information to sequencing
applications. OMS does not look to the synth to see what program names are in memory, but instead uses the
preset files it has when you choose the particular synth name when setting up device info in OMS Studio Setup. To
add more names to the lists OMS uses, a third-party librarian application is required or one must use the OMS
Names application (included on the Pro Tools installer CD-ROM) to manually add program names.