Instruction manual

Cakewalk for Windows (Version 1.0 and Later)

As an example of how to select the PORTMAN for operation within a

MIDI application, consider Cakewalk for Windows. Under the

“Settings” Menu in Cakewalk (or “Tools” in later versions), select

MIDI Devices. A “Midiman PORTMAN PC/P” entry should be avail-

able under both Input Devices and Output Devices (unless you’ve cho-

sen a custom name in the PORTMAN Driver Advanced setup dialog).

Select (highlight) PORTMAN PC/P under each Input and Output.

(For Output, you may also want to press the <move selected devices to

top> button.) Then press the <OK> button.

Once the MIDI Device is set to the PORTMAN PC/P, the PORTMAN

interface becomes available as a selectable port in the Track/Measure

window of each and every track.

Advanced Driver Settings

Pressing the “Advanced” button in the MIDI Interface Setup dialog

box will open the Advanced Setup that allows access to advanced dri-

ver features. Most users don’t need to be concerned with this dialog,

but others may want or need to customize their driver setup— this is

the place to do it. Go to Control Panel, then Multimedia/Devices (in

Win98) or Advanced (Win95). Open the MIDI Devices and

Instruments list, highlight the driver, then click Properties. From the

Driver Properties box, click Settings, then click Advanced. In

Windows 3.1, go to Control Panel/Drivers/highlight driver and click

Setup.

Custom “User-Defined Driver Names” may be declared in this dialog.

The driver name you choose is the name of the driver as it appears in

all Windows MIDI applications (it is the name that you select when

you setup your MIDI application’s MIDI In and MIDI Out ports).

“Extra Pulse Width” may be added if your computer is acting erratical-

ly with the PORTMAN. Due to the variance in computer designs,

some computers may access their Parallel Ports in a manner that is too

fast for the PORTMAN. In these cases, the “Extra Pulse Width” should

be manually set between 0 and 250. This will not adversely affect your

MIDI performance. Your Parallel Port, even with Extra Pulse Width