OWNER’S MANUAL Version 1.
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Warranty iConnectivity warrants to the original purchaser that this unit is free of defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and maintenance for a period of one (1) year from the date of original purchase. The warranty applies only to registered iConnectivity users that purchased this product from an authorized iConnectivity reseller and registered their product(s) within sixty (60) days of time of original purchase.
PRECAUTION/IMPORTANT NOTES Interference with other electrical devices Radios and televisions placed nearby may experience reception interference. Operate this unit at a suitable distance from radios and televisions. Indoor use only To avoid the risk of electrocution and/or damage to other connected equipment, this equipment must not be used under wet or high moisture conditions. All interconnecting cabling must also be indoors.
Introduction Thank you for purchasing the mio4™ Advanced MIDI Interface, a member of iConnectivity's line of innovative interfaces. Your interface has full support for two Macs or PCs - at the same time! - plus you can connect it to your router and access four more computer devices over Wi-Fi or wired Ethernet.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Initial Setup ................................................................................... 3 mio4 Hardware Layout .................................................................. 4 mio4 Features ............................................................................... 5 Network MIDI ................................................................................ 6 iConfig Software ............................................................................
Initial Setup The following steps will help you set up and integrate your mio4 as easily as possible. 1. Connect a Mac or PC to rear-panel USB Device jack 2, using the supplied USB-A to USB-B cable. This provides the mio4 with power over the USB bus. (It can also be powered by the optional iConnectivity power adapter.) 2. Download and install the included iConfig software to a Mac or PC from www.iconnectivity.com/support/downloads. Launch the program.
mio4 Hardware Layout 1. Power button - Sleep Mode: Hold for 2 seconds until the green LED goes out, then release. - Wake: Touch button briefly. - Hard-reset: Hold button for 7 seconds; all LEDs light up; release button. - Bootloader mode to receive firmware updates: Hold button 4 seconds until power LED turns red; release button. MIDI 1 and MIDI2 lights alternate on and off. Press and hold to abort bootloader mode. 2. Power LED Green indicates mio is powered up normally. 3.
mio4 Features The mio4 comes equipped with a powerful suite of features for managing your MIDI interconnections. These are described briefly below, while detailed operating instructions appear in the following pages. Network MIDI Additional MIDI interconnection is available via Ethernet, allowing you to add up to four additional computers or Network MIDI-equipped iConnectivity interfaces to your MIDI setup. For details on how to use Network MIDI, refer to the Network MIDI section.
Network MIDI The mio4's Network MIDI feature is a bidirectional MIDI connection over Ethernet. The mio4 supports up to four Ethernet sessions, each one acting as a 16-channel MIDI port. Connect an Ethernet cable from one computer to the mio4's single Network port, or use an Ethernet switch or Wi-Fi router to connect up to four computers. Follow the instructions below to set up the Ethernet session on the computer.
iConfig Software The included iConfig program looks and works the same on Mac and Windows. Use it to configure all the setup, MIDI routing, and MIDI processing features in your mio4. iConfig also works with additional iConnectivity interfaces connected to the same computer; you only need one installation. IMPORTANT NOTE: To save the mio4’s configuration to memory, select “Device” on the top menu bar, and then select “Save Current Settings”.
Abbreviations and Port Naming The iConfig software uses standard abbreviations for MIDI port names, and the factory-default names reflect the factory-default MIDI routing. These are explained below. USB device jack ports are named based on their default routing connections in the mio4. This way you can view the MIDI end destinations or sources from your DAW software: Abbreviations: DIN 1 - 4: the MIDI 5-pin DIN input/output pairs. USB 1 -2: USB computer device jacks.
MIDI Info Page MIDI Information: Number of MIDI Ports: Shows the total number of MIDI ports available on the 5-pin DIN Jacks, USB Device Jacks, USB Host Jack and Ethernet Sessions. Note: Each MIDI port is a 16-channel data stream. Number of DIN pairs: Shows the number of standard 5-pin MIDI DIN connector pairs (In/Out). Number of Device jacks: Shows the number of USB-B connections available for Mac or PC computer devices.
MIDI Routing and Processing Pages MIDI data is routed from the mio4 inputs to the outputs according to the settings on the MIDI Port Routing Page. The MIDI data can also be manipulated in the mio4 by filtering or remapping functions. These settings are configured in the MIDI Port Filters, MIDI Channel Remap, MIDI Controller Filters, and MIDI Controller Remap pages Note: MIDI filtering and remapping functions are performed in a specific order on the MIDI inputs and outputs.
MIDI Port Routing Page Every 16-channel MIDI port input from each physical connection can be routed to one or more destinations. For example, a DAW track routed to 5-pin DIN 1 could be routed to an additional DIN jack to layer a synth sound. In the Port Routing example below, MIDI sent to port “DIN 1” from the first computer (on USB Jack 1) is being routed both to the DIN 1 jack and to the other computer's Port 5 (on USB Jack 2).
MIDI Port Filters Page This setting allows specific kinds of MIDI data to be removed (filtered) from each port on either the input or output path. In the Filter Type selection box, choose between Input and Output to select where the filtering is to be applied. Active Sensing and Program Changes are being filtered from the USB 1, Port “DIN 1” input in the following example. MIDI Channel Remap Page This setting allows MIDI data to be re-assigned from one channel to another on either the input or output path.
MIDI Controller Filters Page This setting allows specific MIDI Controller messages to be removed (filtered) on either the input or output path. The list of all 128 controller ID’s in the MIDI spec is available, and up to eight different controller filters can be specified. The example below shows Modulation Wheel messages (ID 01), being removed at the input from USB 1, port “DIN 1”, on MIDI channel 1.
Using mio MIDI Management to Optimize Your Rig The factory setup for your mio4 connects “everything to everything,” so you can quickly get gear connected, use your controllers, and listen to your sounds. Once you have your gear connected and working, and you’ve become familiar with the mio4’s MIDI management features, we recommend you spend some time tweaking your settings to improve efficiency, minimize latency, and avoid potential data loss.
4. Remove MIDI routes that are not necessary. As we said earlier, the default factory routing connects “everything to everything” to help you get started. You can improve efficiency by trimming this down so that connections are only made from sources to destinations that require it. You may have a sound module that you only want to connect to your Mac for DAW playback and to one of your MIDI controllers for entering note data.
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