M-Audio MIDISPORT 4x4 Manual - page 5
computer’s USB port is enabled (check your computer’s user guide). If not, your
computer will not recognize the MIDISPORT when it is plugged in.
Find a good spot around your computer station to place the MIDISPORT. The
USB port on your computer is a small (1/8” x 3/8”), rectangular female
connector and is usually found in a group of two. Take the male end of the USB
cable that matches the size of your host computer’s USB port and plug it into the
USB port on the back of your computer. Take the other end of the USB cable and
plug it in to the USB port on the back panel of the MIDISPORT. This male end of
your USB cable is more square (1/4” x 1/4”) and should fit easily into the female
USB connector on your MIDISPORT. Next, power up your computer and
proceed to the next section, “Software Installation.”
Software Installation
MIDI application software communicates with devices such as the MIDISPORT
via software known as “drivers.” A software driver is a special, dedicated
program that makes a MIDI interface accessible to an application in a standard
manner. On the included CD or diskette, Midiman supplies the software drivers
that enable you to use MIDISPORT with either Windows 98, or Opcode’s OMS
for Mac OS 8.6 or higher. Both MIDISPORT drivers are supplied on the included
media (we assume all Mac owners can read a PC formatted disk).
NOTE: You may need to download the proper driver software from
our website if you received a floppy disk and have no floppy drive.
To do this, go to www.midiman.net and click on the “Drivers”
button. Locate the MIDISPORT in the list and then click on either
the PC or the Mac driver. These are self-extracting files and must
be expanded to a folder or floppy for installation.
On your driver CD or diskette there is a “readme” file that will give you step-by-
step instructions on how to install the driver software, and for the Mac, also how
to configure OMS. Locate the file entitled “#installMac” for Mac users or
“#install.txt” for PC users. Double click on the filename to open it. Carefully
follow the instructions given to properly install your driver software.
For the PC: In Windows, plugging in the MIDISPORT will bring up the “New
Hardware Found” box and then the “Add New Hardware Wizard.” When
asked, you must direct the installation to the floppy drive (if your MIDISPORT
came with a floppy) or the CD Drive \4x4MIDISPORT folder (if your unit came
with a CD). The “Add New Hardware Wizard” will go through its procedure
twice.
For the Mac: You must first install Opcodes’s OMS. This is available on the
MIDISPORT drivers page of our website, or can be installed from the driver CD
by opening the OMS folder and then double clicking the OMS install icon.
You will need to either view the readme file for instructions on where to place
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