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mLAN System Setup A Getting Started Power User Guide (Windows) Phil Clendeninn Senior Product Specialist Technology Products ©Yamaha Corporation of America 1.
mLAN System: Music Local Area Network This is an exampl e setup for education purposes and by n o means is the only con figuratio n. For this article our example mLA N system: • Motif ES with mLAN16.
• To start the mLAN Driver: Press START> mLAN TOOLS> mLAN Start It will take a fe w seconds to launch. AUTO CONNECTOR AUTO CONNECTOR is used when you are using a single connected device - in a scenario where you are using just an 01X <-> computer, for example.
4 Place th e curso r arrow on the ico n itse lf - clic k on it and see the NODE INFORMATION dialog box for that item. Each device in the Network is technically called a 'Node'. There are three mai n graphic views you should b ecome familia r with: AUDIO, MIDI, and WORDCLOCK.
an audio “snake”). You can make and break individual connecti ons or entire selections as necessary. Spend some time making group conne ctions and sing le con nectio ns. Th e skill of using the patchb ay is an imp ortant one in an y studio environment and is extremel y powerful in the world of mLAN.
There are 18 outputs from the Computer back to the 01X. These are subdivided in to 16 bus channe ls plus monitor channels 1 7&18 - which will be used for stereo monitoring. How you take advanta ge of the 1 6 bus r eturns t o the 01 X will depend on exactly what you are attempti ng to do.
mLAN16E MIDI IN: Port 1 < Computer 9 Internal Motif ES Port 2 < Computer 10 PLG150 Boards or external device Port 3 < Computer 11 Remote for Motif Rack Computer MIDI IN: Port 1 < 01X: DAW .
Multi Part Editor for Motif ES: MIDI Setup • Open the “Multi-Part Editor for Motif ES 6/7/8” • On the toolbar of the Editor yo u will find SETUP In the MIDI Setup for the Multi-Part Edi tor fo.
8) – this allows the Moti f ES’s front panel to control the Motif Rack. Port Explanation: • You may be puzzled here as to why Port 11 and Port 8 – If it were a simpler setup with just the Motif ES contro lling the Motif Rack Editor – the Motif ES has 4 possible Ports 1, 2, 3 and 4.
node. In the screen shot above the mLAN16E node is lime gre en and so is its outp ut snak e. It is a bus carrying 16 cables. What is a bus? If you need to get across town – you might get on the bus – a bus moves one or more things from one place to another.
I send tracks out to mLAN 1&2 of the software, I can monitor them on the 01X. (Substitute the “software” for “computer”. You could in other setups route the return to any mLAN channels. Eventually, in a mixdown scenari o you would naturally return more channels to the 01X.
• Press UTILITY • Press Knob 1 REMOTE and select the software • Press REMOTE on the 01X to activate control. Use the Bank [<]/[>] buttons to and the DISPLAY buttons to navigate screens.
to be set to expect to receive via ASIO. What is meant here is the following…i f you setup the mLAN Driver as i nstructed here, then open an audio project that was created usi n g “WD M/KS” as the audio device – it i s possible that the computer will crash.
An important point after buying a device Yamaha mLAN System (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Yamaha mLAN System yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Yamaha mLAN System - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Yamaha mLAN System you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Yamaha mLAN System will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Yamaha mLAN System, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Yamaha mLAN System.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Yamaha mLAN System. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Yamaha mLAN System along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
