Midi Patch Name Support - DigiDesign Mbox 2 Micro Getting Started Manual

Instrument Name
The Instrument Name field shows the user-definable in-
strument name for the currently selected instrument.
Manufacturer
The Manufacturer pop-up menu provides a list of MIDI
equipment manufacturers. This list is derived from the
XML-based MIDI device files provided with your
Pro Tools installation.
For more information, see "MIDI Patch Name
Support" on page 47.
Model
The Model pop-up menu provides a list of MIDI devices,
filtered by the manufacturer name. This list is derived
from the XML-based MIDI device files provided with
your Pro Tools installation.
For more information, see "MIDI Patch Name
Support" on page 47.
Input Port
The Input Port pop-up menu displays a list of available
MIDI interface input ports. Inputs will include any
MIDI interfaces enabled on your system. The MIDI in-
terface port that is set and displayed here is the port
through which MIDI data is sent from the external
MIDI device specified in the Instrument Name field into
your MIDI interface.
If you set the input port to None, the defined in-
strument will not appear as a choice in a MIDI
Input selector.
Output Port
The Output Port pop-up menu displays a list of avail-
able MIDI interface output ports. The port set and dis-
played here is the port through which MIDI data is sent
from your MIDI interface to the MIDI device specified
in the Instrument Name field.
If you set the output port to None, the defined
instrument will not appear as a choice in a
MIDI Output selector.
Send Channels
The Send Channels grid sets the send channels for the
MIDI device specified in the Instrument Name field.
Receive Channels
The Receive Channels grid sets the receive channels for
the MIDI device specified in the Instrument Name field.

MIDI Patch Name Support

Pro Tools supports XML (Extensible Markup Language)
for storing and importing patch names for your exter-
nal MIDI devices. Pro Tools installs MIDI patch name
files (.midnam) for the factory default patch names of
many common MIDI devices. These files reside in direc-
tories, sorted by manufacturer, in Program Files\
Common Files\Digidesign\MIDI Patch Names\ Digi-
design.
To import MIDI patch names into Pro Tools:
Verify the MIDI Device name in the MIDI Studio
1
Setup window (see "MIDI Studio Setup" on page 45).
Verify the MIDI track's output is correctly assigned to
2
the MIDI device.
Appendix A: Configuring MIDI Studio Setup (Windows Only) 47