Steinberg Midex 8 Manual

							 
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Making the MIDI Connections
 
Use standard MIDI cables to connect the MIDEX-8 to other external 
devices, instruments and sound modules.
A typical MIDI system would e.g. include your MIDEX-8 interface, a 
computer, MIDI sequencer software, a MIDI master keyboard and a few 
MIDI compatible sound modules. Such a system could be connected as 
follows: 
• MIDEX-8 interface and computer are connected using the USB standard cable 
that came with the MIDEX-8.
• The MIDI output on your Master keyboard is e.g. connected to the first input on 
the MIDEX-8 (In 1).
• The first MIDI output (Out 1) on your MIDEX-8 interface is connected to the 
MIDI input of a sound module (this can also be your Master keyboard, if it can 
generate sound).
• The second MIDI output (Out-2) on the MIDEX-8 is connected to another sound 
module.
• You can connect additional sound modules to the other MIDI outputs.
• The second MIDI input (In 2) can e.g. be connected to a second MIDI controller – 
say, drum pads or a MIDI saxophone – or can be used as a synchronisation in-
put, e.g. to receive the MIDI clock signals of a drum machine or the MIDI time 
code generated by another synchronisation source. The same goes for the 
other MIDI inputs.
 
In the MIDI system setup illustration shown on the next page, the 
MIDEX-8 interface is used to transfer MIDI data between master key-
board, computer with application software and sound modules. MIDI 
input In 2 receives its data from an electronic drum kit. 
						

							 
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USB
USB
Out In
In
In
Out 2 Out 3
Out 1
In 1In 2
Out 
						

							 
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Software Installation – PC
 
Once you have connected the MIDEX-8 to your computer, Windows 
recognizes that a new USB device has been connected and automati-
cally starts the “Add New Hardware Wizard”. 
The “Add New Hardware Wizard” 
1. Click on the “Next” button.
 
Determine the method that the Wizard should use to find the drivers.
 
2. Activate “Find the best driver for the device” and click the “Next” button.
 
Determine where the Wizard should search for the drivers. 
						

							 
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3. Click on “CD-ROM drive” so that it is ticked. If your computer has more 
than one CD-ROM drive, please specify the path of the drive that you use. 
Now insert the MIDEX-8 CD-ROM into the corresponding drive and click 
the “Next” button.
 
Windows indicates when it has found the drivers.
 
4. Click the “Next” button to install the drivers. When that has successfully 
happened, Windows displays a corresponding message. 
 
The firmware driver is now automatically transferred into the MIDEX-8 and Win-
dows might ask you to insert the Windows CD, if it needs any additional Win-
dows drivers previously not installed. 
 
5. If necessary, insert the Windows CD and click “Browse”.
 
Windows will find and install the needed drivers.
 
6. Restart your computer when the installation is completed.
 
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Under certain conditions, some versions of the Windows operating system 
do not properly recognize USB devices. You should therefore avoid to 
plug in or remove your MIDEX-8 during operation. Please find more infor-
mation about this issue in the section “Windows Problems with the USB 
 
Reset” on page 32. 
						

							 
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Software Installation – Macintosh
 
Installing on the Mac – Important Information
 
Please definitely do read the following information before you start to 
install the MIDEX-8 drivers on your Macintosh: 
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Your Macintosh computer must be equipped with the necessary USB 
port(s). It must run Mac OS version 8.6 or higher and provide sufficient 
free space on its hard disk (min. 10 MegaBytes).
 
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Your Cubase or Nuendo version must be compatible with the LTB technol-
ogy. At the time of writing of this manual this was true for Cubase VST Mac 
version 5.0.2. and Nuendo Mac version 1.5.2. If necessary, contact the sup-
port department of the Steinberg distribution in your country.
 
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Do not connect the MIDEX-8 itself before OMS and the MIDEX-8 drivers 
have completely been installed! The system will otherwise not recognize it 
correctly.
 
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OMS 2.3.8 or a newer version must correctly be installed on your computer 
before you activate the MIDEX-8 Installer program, otherwise certain driv-
ers will not automatically be copied to the correct destinations in the Sys-
tem or OMS folders. An OMS installation program can be found on the 
MIDEX-8 driver CD.
 
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If you are not familiar with OMS, please do definitely read the following 
sections.
 
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If OMS 2.3.8 or higher is installed on your computer and if you are familiar 
with OMS, you can immediately start to install the MIDEX-8 drivers, as de-
 
scribed under “Installing the MIDEX-8 Driver Software” on page 18. 
						

							 
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What is OMS?
 
The Open MIDI System (OMS) was co-developed by Opcode Systems 
Inc. and Steinberg. This system extension closes the gap between MIDI 
applications and MIDI hardware on the Mac. In addition, OMS lets sev-
eral MIDI applications communicate with each other and share re-
sources (like patch names and timing information). 
OMS Version
 
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To be able to use MIDEX-8, you must have installed and activated OMS 
version 2.3.8 or higher on your computer. Older OMS versions do not suf-
 
ficiently support USB interfaces. 
 
Please proceed as follows to find out whether OMS is installed on your 
computer: 
1. Open the System Extensions folder in your System folder. If OMS is already 
installed on your computer, the “OMS” System Extension must be present 
in this folder.
 
The OMS System Extension icon 
2. To find out which version it is, click once on the “OMS” system extension 
so that the icon is inverted. Now select “Information” on the Apple desk-
top File menu. A dialog appears containing the desired information.
 
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If the most recent OMS version is installed on your computer, you can skip 
the section “Installing or Updating OMS” on page 17 and proceed with in-
stalling the driver software as described in the section “Installing the 
 
MIDEX-8 Driver Software” on page 18. 
						

							 
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Installing or Updating OMS
 
1. Open the folder “OMS 2.3.8” on the MIDEX-8 CD-ROM and start the pro-
gram “Install OMS 2.3.8”. 
 
This loads the OMS Installer program. In the first dialog that appears, click “Con-
tinue”. This will open the Installer dialog.
 
2. Use the “Install Location” pop-up menu to define where on your hard disk 
the Installer should install the “Opcode” folder. 
 
Among other things, this will later contain the OMS Setup program.
 
3. Click on the “Install” switch. 
 
OMS 2.3.8 will now be installed on your computer.
 
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If an older OMS version was installed on your computer, it will automati-
 
cally be updated.
4. Please do now restart your computer! 
 
Same as all other system extensions, OMS will only be launched at system 
startup, i.e. when you restart your computer. If you do not restart, OMS will not 
be available and therefore errors might occur during driver installation.
•The OMS Installer program has created an “Opcode” folder on your hard disk. 
This contains the “OMS Setup” program which you can later use to make the 
necessary settings. 
•The OMS Installer program has also created an “OMS Folder” folder in your Sys-
tem folder. Please do not move or delete this folder. 
						

							 
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Installing the MIDEX-8 Driver Software
 
1. Insert the MIDEX-8 Driver CD into the corresponding drive on your computer.
 
Information on new versions of the driver software is available on the Internet. 
For more information see the description in the section “Downloading a new 
MIDEX-8 Driver from the Internet” on page 19.
 
2. Start the driver software installation by double clicking the Installer icon 
“MIDEX-8 Install V 1.xx”.
 
If you double click this icon…
…this dialog will appear: 
3. Use the “Install Location” pop-up menu to tell the Installer on which hard 
disk your System folder resides. Click the “Install” switch to start the in-
stallation process.
 
The Installer program installs a number of files in your System folder and in the 
“OMS Folder”.
 
4. When the installation has been completed, close the dialog by clicking 
“Quit”.
 
You do not have to restart the computer at this point. 
						

							 
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5. Using the USB cable that came with the unit, you can now finally connect 
your MIDEX-8 to the USB socket on your computer, as described on page 
10 .
6. If your MIDEX-8 is already connected, remove the USB cable for a brief mo-
ment and connect it again or press the Panic/Cablecheck button to force a 
device reset.
 
The MIDEX-8 should now automatically be recognized and receive its drivers in 
the background. The blue operation LED should light up.
 
Downloading a new MIDEX-8 Driver from the Internet
 
If you have access to the Internet, you can surf to the Steinberg web 
site to find out whether a newer version of the MIDEX-8 driver software 
is available. This must have a higher version number than the driver on 
the MIDEX-8 CD-ROM. If newer driver software is available, you should  
download it and install it as described above. 
 
Please point your Internet Browser to: 
• http://www.steinberg.net/support/hardwaredriver 
						

							 
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Setting up OMS
 
You must now make the necessary settings in the “OMS Setup” program 
to make sure that OMS properly recognizes MIDEX-8 and that its MIDI 
ports are made available to the system.
The “OMS Setup” program is located in the “OMS Applications” folder 
which can be found in the “Opcode” folder on your hard disk. 
1. Start the “OMS Setup” program by double clicking its icon.
 
If AppleTalk is active, you will be asked whether you wish to turn it off. If your 
computer is not connected to a local area network anyway, you should defi-
nitely click the “Turn it off” switch. But even if you are connected to a network, 
you should still disconnect it, as a running network connection will always con-
sume computer power which you could better use for your sequencer, espe-
cially if you work with many audio tracks.
 
The OMS AppleTalk dialog