Smpte Sync And Mmc With A Windows Sequencer; Using Motu Usb Midi Ports - MOTU USB-MIDI User Manual

SMPTE Sync and MMC with a
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CHAPTER
Windows Sequencer
There are only a few simple preparations you need
to make to take advantage of the powerful MIDI
routing, SMPTE synchronization and MIDI
Machine Control (MMC) features of a MOTU
MIDI interface and any Windows sequencing
software that supports SMPTE synchronization
and MMC.
Using MOTU USB MIDI ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Slaving a Sequencer to SMPTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Your Sequencer as a MMC controller . . . . . . . . .22
MMC control of record functions . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Routing Time Code to Other Devices. . . . . . . . .23
For further information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
MDI IN
Event filtering
Figure 4-2: The path that MIDI data takes
through a MOTU USB interface data.

USING MOTU USB MIDI PORTS

Once you have installed the MOTU USB MIDI
driver, you'll notice that all MIDI inputs and
outputs are available to your MIDI programs. The
port names are abbreviated as shown below in
Figure 4-1.
Figure 4-1: MOTU interface ports in Cakewalk Pro™. This example
shows the ports for the MIDI Express XT.
The MIDI data path
As for MIDI data arriving and leaving your
computer via the MOTU USB MIDI driver,
imagine it coming and going from the MOTU
MOTU
Channel
MIDI Interface
mapping
data bus
Windows MIDI Ports
(Computer)
Channel Event filtering
mapping
MDI OUT
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