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END USER WARRANTY______________________________________________________________1
1. Introduction to Miditerminal M4U ____________________________________________________4
2. Description of Miditerminal M4U _____________________________________________________5
3. System Requirement ________________________________________________________________7
1) PC ____________________________________________________________________________7
2) Mac ___________________________________________________________________________7
4. Installation _______________________________________________________________________8
1) Hardware Installation____________________________________________________________8
2) Exclusive driver Installation ______________________________________________________9
5. Setting in Applications _____________________________________________________________14
1) PC ___________________________________________________________________________14
Cubase SX ____________________________________________________________________14
Logic _________________________________________________________________________15
Sonar_________________________________________________________________________16
2) Mac __________________________________________________________________________17
Cubase SX ____________________________________________________________________17
Nuendo _______________________________________________________________________19
Logic _________________________________________________________________________20
Reason _______________________________________________________________________21
All features and specifications subject to change without notice.
Third Edition Aug. 2004
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Miditerminal M4U INDEX END USER WARRANTY______________________________________________________________1 1. Introduction to Miditerminal M4U ____________________________________________________4 2. Description of Miditerminal M4U _____________________________________________________5 3. System Requirement ________________________________________________________________7 1) PC ____________________________________________________________________________7 2) Mac ___________________________________________________________________________7 4. Installation _______________________________________________________________________8 1) Hardware Installation____________________________________________________________8 2) Exclusive driver Installation ______________________________________________________9 5. Setting in Applications _____________________________________________________________14 1) PC ___________________________________________________________________________14 Cubase SX ____________________________________________________________________14 Logic _________________________________________________________________________15...

  • Page 2: Introduction To Miditerminal M4U

    Miditerminal M4U 1. Introduction to Miditerminal M4U Thank you for choosing ESI Miditerminal M4U. The M4U is a convenient 4 in 4 out, 64 channels, USB MIDI Interface for PC and Mac computers. With the M4U you can obtain perfect MIDI timing and performance at an extremely affordable price.

  • Page 3: Description Of Miditerminal M4U

    Miditerminal M4U 2. Description of Miditerminal M4U Front Panel Rear Panel 1: USB/MIDI THRU switch You select the operation mode here (USB or three kinds of MIDI Thru modes). 1) USB mode: When you select this mode, M4U will be working as a basic MIDI interface.
  • Page 4 Miditerminal M4U 2) THRU Mode 1: Input and Output ports will be matched by 1:1. For example, the MIDI data from Input 2 directly goes to Output 2. All LEDs will be turned on. After 2~3 seconds, LED will be turned off again. The PWR/THRU LED will become green color.

  • Page 5: System Requirement

    It may cause Input data lose. 2. Some old mainboards that are using a OHCI (open host controller interface) may cause problems. 3. Check our web site http://www.esi-pro.com occasionally for the most recent update information or technical issues.

  • Page 6: Installation

    Miditerminal M4U 4. Installation 1) Hardware Installation Before you begin, make sure you have read your computer’s manual on installing USB devices. Your computer’s manual should describe the precautions you should take. Shutting down computer wouldn’t need for installing an USB device to the computer. However, we will take it from the start to make sure you can follow every detail of installation.

  • Page 7: Exclusive Driver Installation

    Printers, Scanners, Modems, Stand alone Hubs. 2) Exclusive driver Installation 1. Windows XP/2003 Just plug the USB device, and Insert ESI installation CD into your CD-Rom drive. Go to ESI folder -> M4U folder And run M4U.exe. 2. Windows 2000/ME Don't plug the USB device before install the driver.
  • Page 8 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 9 Miditerminal M4U 3) After finishing the driver installation, plug the USB device to your computer. In the case of Windows 2000, you may see this message again. Simply ignore the message and just click ‘Yes’.
  • Page 10 Miditerminal M4U 4) Go to ‘My computer-> Control Panel -> Sounds and multimedia Properties -> Audio -> MIDI tab. Select M4U as your playback device.
  • Page 11 In Mac OS 10.1 or later, you can check if your M4U is recognized properly by using the Audio MIDI Setup application in Applications/Utilities folder. Launch the Audio MIDI Setup application and click the MIDI Devices tab on the Audio MIDI Setup window. If the M4U is recognized properly, the ESI-M4U icon will appear on the window.

  • Page 12: Setting In Applications

    Miditerminal M4U 5. Setting in Applications * This chapter only contains the basic setup for some of the software. For more detailed info, please refer to the manual of the software. 1) PC Cubase SX In Cubase, set input and output as M4U MIDI. See red circle of below picture.

  • Page 13: Logic

    Miditerminal M4U Logic In Logic, you can choose a port for a MIDI track in the instrument parameter box in Arrange Window. In addition, go to ‘Synchronisation’ -> ‘MIDI’ and uncheck ‘Transmit MIDI clock’ for better performance.

  • Page 14: Sonar

    Miditerminal M4U Sonar After launching Sonar, Go to Option -> MIDI devices setting and Select USB Audio Device.

  • Page 15: Mac

    Miditerminal M4U 2) Mac As long as the M4U is recognized by Mac OS X with no problem, all the applications that support CoreMIDI should work fine with the M4U. Here are some examples of how to change application settings for using the M4U. Cubase SX In Cubase, expand the MIDI section in the Inspector by clicking its tab.
  • Page 16 Miditerminal M4U In this section, you can choose a port (or all ports) for MIDI input. In addition, you can choose a port for MIDI output.

  • Page 17: Nuendo

    Miditerminal M4U Nuendo In Nuendo, you can choose a port for a MIDI track in the Track List area.

  • Page 18: Logic

    Miditerminal M4U Logic In Logic, you can choose a port for a MIDI track in the instrument parameter box in Arrange Window.

  • Page 19: Reason

    In Reason, open the Preferences window and you can choose a port for MIDI input in the MIDI Page. * Parts of this manual are continually being updated. Please check our web site www.esi-pro.com occasionally for the most recent update information.

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