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M8U
1. Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 2
Key Features................................................................................................................................. 2
2. Description of M8U...................................................................................................................... 3
Front Panel ................................................................................................................................... 3
3. System Requirements .................................................................................................................. 5
PC ................................................................................................................................................. 5
Mac............................................................................................................................................... 5
4. Installation .................................................................................................................................... 6
Hardware Installation ................................................................................................................... 6
Driver Installation under Windows XP ........................................................................................ 6
Driver Installation under Mac OS X ............................................................................................ 8
Exclusive driver Installation under Windows ME, 2000 or XP................................................... 8
5. Application Setup....................................................................................................................... 12
PC ............................................................................................................................................... 12
Cubase SX................................................................................................................................ 12
Giga Studio .............................................................................................................................. 13
Reason...................................................................................................................................... 13
Sonar ........................................................................................................................................ 14
Mac............................................................................................................................................. 14
Cubase SX................................................................................................................................ 14
Nuendo..................................................................................................................................... 16
Logic ........................................................................................................................................ 17
Reason...................................................................................................................................... 17
END USER WARRANTY ............................................................................................................ 18
* All specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    INDEX 1. Introduction..........................2 Key Features..........................2 2. Description of M8U........................3 Front Panel ........................... 3 3. System Requirements ........................5 PC ..............................5 Mac............................... 5 4. Installation ............................ 6 Hardware Installation ........................6 Driver Installation under Windows XP ..................6 Driver Installation under Mac OS X ....................

  • Page 2: Introduction

    M8U can even act as a stand-alone MIDI patch bay when it is not connected to a computer and offers various MIDI Thru functions. With ESI’s hardware based MIDI timing technology, M8U guarantees that your music will play back exactly the way you played it.

  • Page 3: Description Of M8U

    2. Description of M8U Front Panel Rear Panel 1. Power LED 2. USB/THRU switch This is where you select USB mode or three kind of MIDI Thru mode(*). USB mode: When you select this mode, M8U will be working as a basic MIDI interface. It’s the normal mode.
  • Page 4 Function LED signal display Normal Basic MIDI interface Thru 1 I/O port matching (1:1) All LED display will be turned on After 2~3 seconds, LED will be turn off again Flickering according to the signal Thru 2 In 8 -> All MIDI Outputs In 8, Out 1~8 display will be turned on After 2~3 seconds, Out 1~8 LED will be turn off again (In 8 will be remains to be turned on)

  • Page 5: System Requirements

    1. We don’t recommend using many USB devices with the M8U via USB hub at the same time. It may cause Input data lose sometimes. 2. Some old mainboard that using OHCI (open host controller interface) may cause problem. 3. Check our web site http://www.esi-pro.com occasionally for the most recent update information or technical issues.

  • Page 6: Installation

    4. Installation If you use a Macintosh with Mac OS X or a PC with Windows XP, you can install the hardware before you install or setup any drivers or applications. If you use a PC with Windows 2000 or ME, you need to install the driver first (see below) and the the hardware.
  • Page 7 To check if the driver has been installed properly, go to Device Manager and check ‘USB Audio Device’ under Sound, video and game controllers. Double click this device and check ‘ESI-M8U’ under USB audio device properties.

  • Page 8: Driver Installation Under Mac Os X

    ESI driver for M8U on your system. 1. Windows XP (or newer) Under Windows XP or newer, just plug the USB device and insert the ESI installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. Then go to ESI folder -> M8U folder and run M8U.exe.
  • Page 9 Driver Installation Please follow the instructions on screen:...
  • Page 10 With Windows 2000 and XP installations, a message might appear stating “The software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP.” Though the message appeared, the driver is completely tested and verified by ESI and is safe to use. You can ignore the message and just click ‘Yes’.
  • Page 11 In the case of Windows 2000, you may see the following message again. Simply ignore the message and just click ‘Yes’.

  • Page 12: Application Setup

    This chapter contains the basic setup for some software applications. For more detailed info, please refer to the manual of the software. Depending on the installed driver (either the exclusice ESI driver for Windows ME, 2000, XP or the default driver under Windows XP), the device names are either called ‘M8U’ or ‘USB Audio Device’.

  • Page 13: Giga Studio

    Giga Studio After launching GigaStudio, set input and output as USB Audio Device or M8U. Check the following picture. Reason Go to Edit -> Preference -> MIDI and select USB Audio Device or M8U.

  • Page 14: Sonar

    Sonar After launching Sonar, Go to Option -> MIDI devices setting and select USB Audio Device or M8U. As long as the M8U is recognized by Mac OS X with no problem, all the applications that support CoreMIDI should work fine with the M8U. Here are some examples of how to change application settings for using the M8U.
  • Page 15 In addition, you can choose a port for MIDI output.

  • Page 16: Nuendo

    Nuendo In Nuendo, you can choose a port for a MIDI track in the Track List area.

  • Page 17: Logic

    Logic In Logic, you can choose a port for a MIDI track in the instrument parameter box in Arrange Window. Reason In Reason, open the Preferences window and you can choose a port for MIDI input in the MIDI Page.

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