Yamaha mLAN Driver User Manual

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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.

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    Mlan system: music local area network this is an example setup for education purposes and by no means is the only configuration. For this article our example mlan system: • motif es with mlan16e installed • i88x – high-quality mlan i/o expander • 01x – moving-fader mlan digital mixer • motif rack (a...

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    • to start the mlan driver: press start> mlan tools> mlan start it will take a few 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. We will open it here just because we can lea...

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    4 place the cursor arrow on the icon itself - click 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 main graphic views you should become familiar with: audio, midi, and wordclock. There are icons for each one on ...

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    An audio “snake”). You can make and break individual connections or entire selections as necessary. Spend some time making group connections and single connections. The skill of using the patchbay is an important one in any studio environment and is extremely powerful in the world of mlan. You can c...

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    There are 18 outputs from the computer back to the 01x. These are subdivided into 16 bus channels plus monitor channels 17&18 - which will be used for stereo monitoring. How you take advantage of the 16 bus returns to the 01x will depend on exactly what you are attempting to do. In many cases a ster...

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    Mlan16e midi in: port 1 port 2 port 3 computer midi in: port 1 port 2 port 3 port 4 port 5 port 6 (not available) port 7 (not available) port 8 (not available) port 9 port 10 port 11 port 12 what we are doing here is setting up so that we can (via midi) … 1) …remote control the 01x via studio manage...

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    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 you will find setup in the midi setup for the multi-part editor for motif es 6/7/8, remote control parameters of the motif es will be shown in the screen of the 01x (when you p...

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    8) – this allows the motif 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 controlling the motif rack editor – the motif es has 4 possible ports 1, 2, 3 and 4. Port 1 is for the i...

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    Node. In the screen shot above the mlan16e node is lime green and so is its output snake. 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. The idea is it can carry more than just 1 per...

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    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 scenario you would naturally return more channels to the 01x. But here we are only monito...

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    • 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. Booting up the software daw digital audio workstation or daw for short, are software sequencers that will allow the use...

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    To be set to expect to receive via asio. What is meant here is the following…if you setup the mlan driver as instructed here, then open an audio project that was created using “wdm/ks” as the audio device – it is possible that the computer will crash. Or at least you will need to make new settings t...