User guide

The computer will take a few more seconds to
negotiate the setup.
• Open the “Graphic Patchbay”.
• Right Click on the mLAN Manager icon in the
System Tray and select “Graphic Patchbay.
Although the Graphic Patchbay is for use with a
system network (more than just computerÙMotif
ES) you might as well start to learn about how
this works. This utility will be your digital patch
bay and allow you to route audio and MIDI parts
to and from your computer. It will be best to
understand this utility separate from your
sequencing software. Think of this as a way to
manage the connections between your two major
pieces of hardware: the Motif ES and the
computer itself. What you do with the connection
within the software is a separate issue. (Routing
hardware inputs to tracks and routing tracks to
hardware outputs will be a separate operation
handled within the DAW software of your choice).
The potential of a network consisting of an
mLAN16E and a firewire equipped computer will
be 16 audio channels from the Motif ES to the
computer, you will be able to return 4 separate
stereo audio signals from the computer, you will
be able to communicate to and from software via
multiple MIDI Ports. All this is accomplished
simultaneously down the single cable.
Making and breaking patch connections
: There are
three graphic views: Audio, MIDI and Word
Clock.
• Select the AUDIO graphic view…you can click on the
Audio icon in the toolbar or you can use your
QWERTY keyboard: CTRL + 7
Breaking a connection: Place the cursor arrow
on the connecting line that runs from the
mLAN16E (Motif ES) to the computer, it will turn
into cross-hairs...
•
Right Click and select DISCONNECT ‘ALL’ or any one
of the connections as necessary. If you break a
single connection the graphic will adjust and redraw
the connections as necessary.
• Break the connection that runs from the computer
to the Motif ES.
Making a connection:
Connections are made by
routing signal OUTPUT to
INPUT (always follow the
signal flow from output
to input). Click on the
OUT bar on the
COMPUTER node (shown
with red arrow at left) –
a box showing the
potential OUTS will open.
There are a potential 32
OUTPUTS from the computer (some future
expansion is already planned). You can select a
single connector by clicking in the empty space to
the right of the number – a small jack will appear.
You can hold [SHIFT] on your computer keyboard
and click next to number 8 to prep 8 cables for
connection.
• Next, click on the IN bar on the mLAN16E node and
the input strip will appear.
• Click to the right of number 1 and the patchbay will
connect all 8 cables.
• Now connect the 16 outputs from the mLAN16E to
the computer
.
Cable connection or ‘patching’ is the first skill in
mastering mLAN operation. It is quick and easy
and eliminates the ganglion of cables that would
be absolutely impossible to plug into your
computer. Think about this for a minute: you just
connected 24 cables between your Motif ES and
your computer! If you are like most people there
is no room behind your computer for that many
physical wires, no less the input and output jacks.
Add to this, the ‘cables’ are capable of being
patched and re-patched without crawling behind
your computer or your gear. These ‘cables’ are of
Audio
Patch
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