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Emagic Unitor8 Mk II /AMT8nforderungen entspricht, die in der EG - Richtlinie 89/336/EWG zur Angleichung der hriften der Mitgliedstaaten ber die Elektromagnetische Vertrglichkeit festgelegt onformity with the E.C. directive 89/336/E.E.C. relating to the Electromagnetic Com-

ung gilt fr alle Exemplare, die nach den anliegenden technischen Unterlagen - die dieser Erklrung sind - hergestellt werden. / This declaration is valid for all products oduced in accordance with the technical documentation which is a part of this decla-

ung des Erzeugnisses hinsichtlich der Elektromagnetischen Vertrglichkeit wurden n harmonisierten Vorschriften angewendet: / For verification of conformity with regard gnetic Compatibility the following harmonized standards are applied:

1 - 1 / 03.93 Fachgrundnorm Straussendung (Wohnbereich)Generic emission standard, residential environment

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ung wird verantwortlich fr den Hersteller:tion is given under the sole responsibility of:

EES Technik fr MusikDipl. Ing. Thomas WieschiolekKolberger Strae 2D - 23879 Mlln

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FCC Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, persuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

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pment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency d if not installed and used in accordance with the instruc- cause harmful interference to radio communications. there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in r installation. If this equipment does cause harmful ce to radio or television reception, which can be determi-ning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to ect the interference by one or more of the following

t or relocate the receiving antenna.

the separation between the equipment and receiver.

t the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from hich the receiver is connected.

the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for

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pment was tested for FFC compliance under conditions e the use of shielded cables and connectors between it ripherals. It is important that you use shielded cables ctors to reduce the possibility of causing Radio and interference.

ized changes or modications of the unit or its connec- in any way can void the users authority to operate this t.

Table of Contents

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22222Congratulations! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Feature Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Additional Unitor8-only Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12The Unitor8 Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Setup

.1 SetupAll Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

.2 SetupMacOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Tips for Selecting the Right Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16SetupUSB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Stacking via USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20SetupSerial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Stacking via Serial Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21OMS Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

.3 SetupWindows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23No Available COM Port? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23SetupUSB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24SetupCOM Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Driver SetupWindows 95/98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Driver SetupWindows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Unitor8 Control Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Windows Driver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Driver Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

.4 Connecting the Unitor8 to Two Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

.5 Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 with a Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 with Unitor8 Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

.6 Initialize Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

OperationUnitor8

.1 Front Panel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

.2 Front Panel Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

.3 Patch Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

.4 Computer Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

.5 Processing of Real-Time Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415User ManualVersion 1.1

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.1 First Program Launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

.2 Running Unitor8 Control together with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Logic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 OMS-compatible Software on MacOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Windows MIDI Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

.3 Memory Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

.4 Patch Mode: Configuration of MIDI Routings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Edit Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Reorganize or Copy Patches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

.5 Patch Mode Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Parameters of the Patch Mode Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

.6 Computer Mode Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

.7 Click Input Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Application Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

.8 Global Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

.9 Several Unitor8 Units on Both Serial Ports (MacOS only). . . . . . . 65

Appendix

.1 Frame Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

.2 Wordclock Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

.3 Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70RS-232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70RS-422 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71S-Video Plug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

.4 Tips for the Windows Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

.5 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Platform-independent Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Problems with MacOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Problems with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

.6 Windows Driver Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Driver Revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Information for Windows Developers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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8 system is able to accommodate the growing needs of anding studio because future system updates can be shed via MIDI (excluding AMT8). The Unitor8 is patible with several operating systems (MacOS, 95, Windows 98, Windows NT and Windows 2000). tor8 system will satisfy any professional demandsing movies to video synchronization.

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ibility with OMS, FreeMidi and MME

With MacOS computers, the Unitor8 emulates a MIDI Time Piece (MTP) from the company Mark of the Unicorn (MotU). The MTP constitutes the industry standard with regard to the communication

for multi port interfaces. Unitor8 supports the fast d normal speed modes. The Unitor8 defaults to being ode and automatically operates at 1 MHz if contacted eed by the software. This way, the Unitor8 is compat- passive, dumb 1 MHz interfaces.

ulation enables the Unitor8 to be compatible with ery existing MacOS software package, including OMS Midi.

uded OMS driver provides all features of the Unitor8, stacking of up to eight units, to OMS users.

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ds, for example by using a master keyboard. Program-he Patches has to be done with your computer before-e Patches are backed up by EEPROM, so you dont orry if theres a power failure while youre performing

This means that the modes are not lost, even without and a power supply. The Panic/Patch button on the el sends an All Notes Off command to your instru-hich can be very useful in the event you experience DI notes.

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TC Synchronizer (Read & Write)

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a VCR). Unitor8 is not only able to read, but also to C. Regardless of whether you choose to work with ITC, the Unitor8 offers the ability to

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ot switch, or almost any common audio signal. It is up decide how the Unitor8 will react to whatever signal is is input. For example, you can send start or stop

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nd your completed registration card to your countrys or, because it is only after you have registered that you access to:

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to 192 MIDI ins and outs, which equals up to 3,072 annels.

wo Serial Ports?

ve several Unitor8 units, you can connect up to eight o one serial portor you can divide thhem between s.

wing items apply when using only one port:

ne connection between the computer and Unitor8 is required. This makes for an easier installation, espe-f the computer is located in a machine room (in which long cable is required, which must be installed in a channel).

re is only one cable, there is one potential failure less. The MiniDIN plugs cannot be locked and might the jack.

using AMT, the throughput advantage of using two oesnt apply, unless there is extremely high MIDI

ch Mode, any connections between all MIDI ports of itor8 units can be made. So if you sometimes want to ne of your sound generators from your master ard without starting up the computer, this is an impor-nsideration.

es which result from using both the Modem and ort are:

have more than eight Unitor8 units, there is no other , then you have to use both serial ports (or one serial d the USB port, if available)

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u install a GeeThree Stealth or a Grifn gPort. ection SetupSerial Port on page 20.

d-ons are 100% compatible with a normal modem t Mode and AMT are supported. However you lose y to install an internal modem.

vided system extension (Stealth Serial Port 1.0.2 or gPort Driver) is if you use Logic Audio 4.0.1, or SoundDiver 2.1 or newer. These versions the existance of the serial ports. Without these system extensions, the does not know that the Stealth or gPort is installed, and the modem port will vailable in Logic / SoundDiver.

nnect a Unitor8 without USB to an iMac?

he second unit in a chain, where the rst unit is a k II or an AMT8, which is connected to the Mac via

lable USB-serial adaptors dont work with MIDI inter-they dont support external clocking.

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tor8 system allows chains of up to eight units d to a single computer port. If you should really need n 64 MIDI ins or outs, you have to connect a second hain to a serial port (see the section Can I Connect a

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es not apply, please connect your Unitor8 via a serial the section SetupSerial Port on page 20).

the provided CD-ROM and start the setup (in case it ot start automatically). It will install the Unitor8 l software, the USB driver and the OMS driver. A

is not required.

ct the Unitor8 to the USB connector of your MacOS ter, using the provided USB cable.

on the Unitor8.

t the message The software needed to use the USB device Device cannot be found. Please refer to the device documen-stall the necessary software., you must install the driver

CD, then power the Unitor8 off and on.

uld always use the latest MacOS version, but at least 8.6. OS 8.6 offers signif-mproved USB support. This should especialy improve MIDI timing.

now complete. You may now switch on your Unitor8, I devices, your tape machine and/or your VCR and

tor8 Control or your sequencer software.

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ve several Unitor8 units, please continue with the next therwise go to the section OMS Driver on page 22.19User ManualVersion 1.1

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not use the RS-232 cable for connecting the first unit with the second, as the port is internally shared with the USB port.

nitor8 would be connected to the second using the able, the third to the fourth with the RS-422 cable and e illustration). Up to eight Unitor8 units can be d in this way to the USB port.

stack Unitor8 Mk II, AMT8 and old Unitor8 in any order. Regarding stacking, ree models are identical.

rn to the section OMS Driver on page 22.

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e RS-422 cable to connect the Unitor8 to a serial port r MacOS computer.

have a Mac IIfx, Quadra 900 or Quadra 950, you must the Serial Switch control panel (if not yet done), lect Compatible rather than Faster.

the Unitor8 Control software on your MacOS ter.

want to work with another device which uses the same port of the computer as the Unitor8 (such as a printer em), you need a serial switch box to which you can

ct the Unitor8 and the other device. Of course you can ly one of them at a time.

unning any MIDI software, always switch the switch box to the Unitor8 Otherwise, the Unitor8 will not be recognized.

now complete. You may now switch on your Unitor8, I devices, your tape machine and/or your VCR and

tor8 Control, or your sequencer software.

ve several Unitor8 units, please go to the section g via Serial Port on page 21. Otherwise, please with the section OMS Driver on page 22.

ng via Serial Portan to set up additional Unitor8 units to a Unitor8 d to a MacOS computer serial port, simply connect nitor8 with the second using the RS-232 cable. A

itor8 would be connected to the second using the RS-, the third to the fourth with the RS-232 cable, and so lustration). Up to eight Unitor8 units can be d per serial port of the MacOS computer.21User ManualVersion 1.1

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d driver for the Unitor8. Although the MTP driver mes with OMS will recognize the Unitor8, it will only the rst unit of of a chain , and will work only in the Hz mode.

tor8 OMS driver must be copied into the folder OMS n the System folder. Then you can start OMS nd scan for interfaces.

ant to use Unitor8 units connected to the USB port with OMS, version 1.1 r of the Unitor8 OMS driver is required.

as already recognized the MTP, but you want to use r8 OMS driver instead, simply start OMS Setup, menu item Studio > MIDI Cards & Interfaces

Update Setup.

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printing of this manual, the Unitor8 can only be d to a COM port on Windows computers. Please read me le on the CD-ROM to see if this has changed in time.

he driver required for USB is available, you will be able to download it from site at www.emagic.de/english/support/download.

ailable COM Port? that all your COM ports are already occupied by other

al devices. Here are some tips how you can free up a rt:

r mouse is connected to a COM port, and your ter has a PS/2 connector, you can also connect the via PS/2. Check the label at the bottom of your . If it reads Serial and PS/2 Compatible, you should s. Your mouse should have come with an adapter ly PS/2 to DB9).

ice (i.e. mice which came with the computer) often dont have this feature.

e that your PS/2 connector is not yet activated. Either you have to set a bridge or on the main board, or you must enable the PS/2 interrupt in the BIOS (see n boards user manual for details). Before rebooting, you should have ed the mouse to the PS/2 port, so it can be recognized by Windows Plug &

omputer has two PS/2 ports, make sure that the mouse is plugged into the use connector, not the PS/2 keyboard connector.23User ManualVersion 1.1

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have an external modem, you might also be able to use ected to the Logic dongle. You will then have to

the COM port setting in the Modem control panel.

uld not use ISA cards with additional COM ports (COM3 and COM4). These share the interrupts of COM1 and COM2. Therefore, COM1 and COM3 as OM2 and COM4 can be used only alternatively, not simultaneously. It might wever to share a COM port between a modem and the Unitor8, as it does e much sense to use them simultaneously.

er workaround is to connect both the modem (or any device which requires a COM port and is not needed using MIDI software) and Unitor8 to the same COM sing an RS-232 switch box.

USB printing of this manual, this setup option is not yet d. Please read the Readme le on the CD-ROM to see s changed in the meantime.

he driver required for USB is available, you will be able to download it from site at www.emagic.de/english/support/download.

COM Porte provided RS-232 cable to connect your Unitor8 with port of your PC. You may need a 9-to-25 pin adapter

s purpose.

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plications if more than 11 MIDI Out ports are activated. This bug has been Windows 98, and does not occur with Windows NT and Windows 2000. The of activated MIDI Outs of the Unitor8 can be changed later on (see below).

to the section Unitor8 Control Setup on page 27.

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dialog Digital Signature Not Found, click Yes.

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sure that this driver name is selected, and click .

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dialog Digital Signature Not Found, again click

Settings dialog will appear. If you have more than one 8 unit, change the number of input and output ports ingly (8 per Unitor8 unit). Then click OK.

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Systems Settings Change dialog, click Yes to the computer.

nethe driver is installed.

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bug in Windows 95, stacking is not realistically possible with this Windows as installing more than 11 MIDI ports will lead to a crash. You should to Windows 98, which has fixed this bug.

nt to set up additional Unitor8 units you can connect nitor8 with the second using the RS-422 cable. Then

he second Unitor8 with the third one using the RS-. Again, using the RS-422 cable, connect the third ith the fourth one, and so on. Using this method up to

itor8 units can be installed.

must tell the driver that more than 8 ports exist. See n InputsNumber on page 28 and the section

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p is completed. Switch on your Unitor8(s), your MIDI our tape machine and/or your VCR as well as your PC,

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uld update to version 2.0.7 or newer. This version (as well as Logic Audio 4.0 r), recognizes the Unitor8 ports in a more elegant way.

ort messages (F5 xx) on Port 1

ed, all incoming MIDI messages will not only be the respective input port but also to input port 1. ally, cable messages are inserted. The data format of essage is compatible with the MotU MIDI Time coming data for all Unitor8 ports are processed in this even if they are not activated. However, this may the loss of identication criteria for the input ports, e MIDI software you use is able to decode the cable .

ting should be used only with MIDI software which supports this format ly, no Emagic software does so). Otherwise, all MIDI data will come in twice: port 1 and once on the port where the data has actually been received.You figure the software to open only input port 1 of the Unitor8.

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recognizes the Unitor8 ports in a more elegant way.

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ional port is created if this option is checked. If appli-nd on this port, this data is transferred to all outputs of cted Unitor8 units. This is equivilent to Cable 0 on I Time Piece.

tor8 sends realtime messages on all ports by default (unless a corresponding enabled). Therefore, it is not necessary to enable this option just for this .

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Connecting the Unitor8 to Two Computers

onnect the Unitor8 to two computers.

ever does not mean that both computers can access all MIDI ports indepen-t is possible that this feature will be implemented in a later Unitor8 firmware

you need an even or odd number of Unitor8 units on the type of computer connected at either end of the in:

port cannot be used here.

of the computers will be recognized as the control r in Computer Modethe one which sends MIDI e Unitor8 rst. The other computer can receive MIDI from, and send messages to the control computer, as onnected to one of the MIDI ports.

t this not only works for one, but also for 3, 5 or 7 units:

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r of the MIDI ports is then reversed, as the following with 7 Unitor8 units depicts:

te that the software running on the slave computer ave MIDI Thru switched off. Otherwise MIDI loops r, stopping the whole system.

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ecognize Unitor8 update les by their le name Update x.x.x.mid, with x.x.x standing for the version

h a Sequencerad the update le and start playback. Of course the r software must support Standard MIDI Files and ke Logic).

, this method has several drawbacks:

e rst unit (ports 1..8) of a chain will be updated. This cially annoying if you have a MacOS computer with

ial ports, an AMT8 and one or several Unitor8 Mk. 1, cant connect the Unitor8 units directly to the ter.

is no check if the update was actually successful and ree.

date process is slow, because after each data packet a ently long pause is made, instead of continuing with xt packet immediately after receiving the acknowl- message from the Unitor8.

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uld use Unitor8 Control version 1.0.6 (or SoundDiver 2.0.6) or newer. Older have bugs that can affect this process.

lso have AMT8 or Unitor8 Mk II, you should use Unitor8 Control version 1.1 dDiver 2.1) or newer.

update le with menu item File > Open and update le.

lso drag the update le over the Unitor8 Control icon.

ork with SoundDiver, you will first be asked whether you want to transmit in the file to the devices, or create a Library out of it. Of course you should the first.

ontrol recognizes how many units are connected and suitable for which update les:

8 Mk. 1 can be updated only with version 1.x.x les. ver an EPROM version 1.2.0 or newer is required (on ws even 1.2.2).

8 cann not process pdates and will be skipped.

8 Mk II can be updated only with version 2.x.x les.

he update process, Unitor8 Control checks the incom-shaking messages from the unit currently being and will report any errors which might occur.

OS computers, you must repeat the update process for each computer port, aded update file is applied only to the currently active virtual device (see the Virtual Devices on page 46). So after you have updated the Unitor8 units ed to the Modem Port, you have to select the Unitor8 unit(s) connected to ter Port (by choosing the local menu item Options > Next Device , see ion Several Unitor8 Units on Both Serial Ports (MacOS only) on page 65) n load the update file again. The same applies to the USB port.

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t panel controls of the Unitor8 are basic and easy to nd. Detailed editing is done with PC/MacOS and Control. The front panel of Unitor8 displays (next to ol LEDs) two control buttons:

witch

er switch is used to turn the power supply of Unitor8 ff. Illumination of the power LED indicates that the is switched on. At power-up (during self-test), the Ds show certain information within the rst 3 seconds:

tup, the eight red MIDI In LEDs light up one after r, then go off again.

e following two seconds, the MIDI In 1 and MIDI Out s are on, while all other MIDI as well as the VITC and EDs are ashing.

not the case, there is a hardware error. In this case, please contact your distributor.

n update of the rmware, the EEPROM is erased. s shown by the two RS-232 and RS-422 LEDs ashing tively for 3 seconds.

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Front Panel Displays

and MIDI Out LEDs

IDI in and 8 MIDI out lights are illuminated if the e MIDI port of the Unitor8 is receiving or sending a nal.

ent short flashing of a MIDI In LED means incoming Active Sensing, and l illumination indicates incoming MIDI Clock or MIDI Time Code. Dont

his is normal.

adjust the brightness of these LEDs with Unitor8 Control. See section In/ Brightness on page 64

Read and Write LEDs

C/LTC Read and Write LEDs are illuminated if the ding time code type is being received or generated. A Lock LED indicates which type of time code is .



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Patch Mode

ering-up, the Unitor8 enters Patch Mode and the ntly selected Patch is active. If you have not used the

Control software, this is Patch 1, which contains ettings: all MIDI data received on a certain MIDI In nt to all MIDI Out ports, except the port which has the number as the In port.

ay on a keyboard connected to In port 3 for example, I events will be sent to Out ports 1, 2 and 4 to 8. If you cond Unitor8, the data is also sent to Out ports 9 to 16 uts 1 to 8 of the second Unitor8).

reate custom routings for Patch Mode with Unitor8 see the chapter Unitor8 Control on page 43).

te the special treatment of Real-Time messages (see ing of Real-Time Messages on page 41.).

Computer Mode

itor8 receives messages from sequencer software or ne of the serial ports, it will immediately switch to r Mode.

dows, with USB or when using the OMS Unitor8 driver, this is done by the nd quitting all MIDI applications will set Unitor8 back to Patch mode.ise (i.e. Mac without OMS, or with the OMS MTP driver), Unitor8 will switch puter mode as soon as it receives any MIDI Channel message (e. Note On) 39User ManualVersion 1.1


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. For this reason, SoundDiver sends a harmless Controller message at to let the Unitor8 switch to Computer mode.

ode, all data received at any In port is sent to the r, and the computer can send data to certain Out ports ently. There are no direct connections between In Out ports possible. This gives your MIDI software control over MIDI routing, as you would want.

y: OMS Integration

ided OMS driver integrates the Unitor8 completely MS environmentoperation is done as usual with encer software (such as in the Logic environment) or

S. If you are not familiar with these concepts please our software manuals.

tor8 is also fully MTP compatible. Therefore, you can he MTP driver which comes with OMS. This however e some drawbacks.

d Features

ures of Unitor8 which exceed the basic specications TP protocol are accessible within the Unitor8 Control This applies to advanced sync modes, or to the

ing of the audio input.

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MIDI In port is allowed to route Real-Time messages e time. Real-Time messages received by the other ports at the same time are ignored.

ose of this limitation is to prevent merging of Real-ssages from several inputs, which would cause to a lot ion.

rtant term in this context is the clock master, a designated MIDI In port on the Unitor8.

ime messages received by the clock master are always to the computer as well as to all MIDI Out ports s they are ltered out by the settings in the Computer ch Mode Setup).

owering-up the Unitor8, MIDI Clock is not routed to the ports (as no clock master has been found yet).

IDI In port which receives a Start (FA, see above) or ue (FB) message rst, becomes clock master. For the eing, only Real-Time message received by this port ted.

the clock master receives a Stop message (FC, see ), every other MIDI In port may become clock master eiving a Start message.

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ith, we would like to point out that Unitor8 Control is ized descendant of the extremely powerful editor/software SoundDiver, specially designed to work with r8. When creating Unitor8 Control, we concentrated

sic features, in order to prevent unnecessary confusion sers.

ontrol is not the only means for editing your Unitor8. the Unitor8 can also be edited with the complete f SoundDiver, which offers a lot of additional features.

g operations done with Unitor8 Control are automati-sferred to the Unitor8 (i.e. all Unitor8 units you are with at this point), and are stored in non-volatile

he parameters which are displayed in Unitor8 Control d to the data actually stored in the Unitor8. In very , however, it is possible that contents may be differ-der to ensure data consistency, you can use the feature t (transfers the settings from the Unitor8 to Unitor8 Moreover, the feature Transmit will transfer the rom Unitor8 Control to the Unitor8. This option is either from the MIDI menu, or the corresponding he Memory Manager.

First Program Launch

he Unitor8 Control software (MacOS: double-click 8 Control program icon; Windows: select the menu

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er Port, you have to deactivate the Modem Port and to he Printer Port. If you have Unitor8 units connected orts, activate the Printer Port.

it the program, these settings are automatically stored r8 Control Preferences (in the folder Preferences der System). The settings will be restored automat-ing the next program launch. If you want to change tings later, you do so from the Preferences window accessed from the File menu.

lick OK.

Control will then scan the indicated port and receives from all connected Unitor8 units, (this will be the resets with the rst program launch).

g is displayed if your Unitor8 Control is unable to y connected Unitor8 units. In this case, make sure the pply of your Unitor8 is switched on. Moreover, inspect connection between Unitor8 and computer. Then try. You may simulate the existance of one, two or itor8 (Assume x Unitor8) for demonstration .

Running Unitor8 Control together with

icControl for MacOS supports AutoLink, a special ication protocol which enables it to route MIDI input/a Logic or Logic Audio:

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re that the preferences option Use AutoLink with rfer/Diver is enabled in Logic.

oLink on MacOS, Logic 2.5 or newer is required. On Windows, Logic Audio ewer (Silver, Gold or Platinum) is required.

S-compatible Software on MacOSControl supports OMS. Simply run all OMS applica- need, including Unitor8 Control, in any order. Make Use OMS if available is set to Ask or Always in Controls preferences.

unning Unitor8 Control in OMS mode after using it without OMS, you must n its OMS output. Choose any of the Unitor8s out ports in the parameter to the left of the Memory Manager window (see section Parameter on page 47).

dows MIDI Softwareitor8 MME driver is multi-client capable, you can run ows version of Unitor8 Control simultaneously with DI applications. Simply run all applications you need, Unitor8 Control, in any order.45User ManualVersion 1.1


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and Open Memory Manager in the Windows

ory Manager is the main level of Unitor8 Control, ages the 32 MIDI port congurations (Patches) which

in Unitor8. These can be recalled later via Program ommands. The Memory Manager also controls the r Mode Setup, Patch Mode Setup, Click Input Setup, al Setup options, which will be explained later.

h is immediately activated when clicked. After g, all connected Unitor8 units will switch to Patch

if Computer Mode was activated before.

itor8 units switch to Computer Mode if Computer Setup is clicked.

itor8 units switch to Patch Mode if the Patch Mode is clicked, and the last active Patch will be activated

ode will not change if Click Input Setup or Global is clicked.

evices

ept of SoundDiver and Unitor8 Control is that every vice has a virtual counterpart on the screen.

nitor8, there is an exception: all Unitor8 units d to one computer port are seen as a single unit by Control. For example, if you connect eight Unitor8 he modem port, Unitor8 Control will treat them as a vice labeled Unitor8 Modem.EmagicUnitor8

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indow Link button. If enabled, it onizes the windows contents with rrently selected device;

equest button, which requests the d entries from the Unitor8;

ransmit button, which overwrites lected entries in the Unitor8 with the ones currently in 8 Control;

bal Device parameter box. It can be collapsed by g the small triangle to the left;

me of the Unitor8 chain. As a default, this is the name rst unit in the chain. In the MacOS version, the ter ports name is appended.n change the name by clicking it.

ort: the name of the computer port the Unitor8 is connected to. The MIDI port number (1..63) is irrel-for Unitor8 Control.

pecial Parameters (again, this box can be collapsed by g the small triangle):

displays the maximum of eight connected Unitor8 as well as their respective model name and rmware ns. This table can be updated by clicking it.

important in case you work with several Unitor8 units and forgot to switch hem on prior to launching Unitor8 Control. When new Unitor8 units are Unitor8 Control will request their data automatically.

anic button is designed to send an All Notes Off and in case of stuck MIDI notes, and is followed by te Note Off commands for each note. Notice that

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Patch Mode: Configuration of MIDI Routings

ing of Patches is the dening of which MIDI In ill be connected to which MIDI Out port(s).

are only valid for operation in Patch Mode. The computer need not be ed for using Patchesfor instance while playing live on stage. If the er is switched on, this task is performed by your sequencer software or OMS.

tch Patch you want to edit (for example Patch 1) and editor in the Windows menu with the Open Editor d, or simply hit R. A third option is to simply double- Patch.

ld now see a matrix which represents the available and Out ports. The MIDI Ins are displayed as rows, MIDI Out ports are displayed as columns. If only one

is connected, the matrix contains eight rows and eight which is an 8x8 matrix.

l Unitor8 units are stacked, the equal numbered input each of these Unitor8 units are merged in Patch Mode. e, only eight independent inputs are accessible. gly, the matrix always contains eight lines. An 8x16 displayed if two Unitor8 units are connected, three d Unitor8 units yield an 8x24 matrix, and so on.EmagicUnitor8

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ple, you would click the eld third row/seventh in order to connect MIDI In port3 to MIDI Out port7. n this eld indicates the connection.

nect MIDI ports, click the respective eld again. The then disconnected and the mark deleted.

ed or deleted connections are immediately effective.

e messages are processed in a special way, indepen- the current routings. For details, see see Processing ime Messages on page 41.

rt Settings

a connection setup from one output port onto another ort, hold down S, then use the mouse to drag the e column onto the target column (while still holding

also copy other parameter groups in other editor windows by dragging ith Shift click-drag and drop. To find out which parameter groups exist, wn S, then click anywhere inside the desired area. A parameter group is . If it does not include all desired parameters, try again outside the selected le, but inside the desired area.

possible to copy all the settings of one Unitor8 unit to another within an indow.

onnections

mber of connections is too high for you to see clearly, you want to know which MIDI Out ports are d to a specic MIDI In port, just click the icon of the he connections of the selected In port, as well as all

d Out ports will be colored in red.

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the Patch, click the eld Name in the editor then name, or select the function Rename in the

Manager (key command: COn (Mac) Sn the PC, you may also click with the right mouse the desired entry, and select Rename from the enu.

dows

u wish to open the editor window to edit another u can proceed as explained above, i.e., open the Patch uble-click in the Memory Manager. However, there is ption which is more efcient referred to as Linking . This option causes the editor window to automati-lay the settings for the currently selected Patch in the indow. To enable this option, check Link Windows mand: COl) in the editor window. Now simply

Patch you wish to edit, (with mouse click or cursor) ditor automatically will change to the selected Patch.

2 Patches in this manner (or as many as you need). You h between these Patches with MIDI Program Change ds in Patch Mode .

port and MIDI channel, on which Unitor8 receives Program Change nds, are established in the Patch Mode Setup (see the section Patch Mode on page 51).EmagicUnitor8

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s AMT8anize or Copy Patchesnt to change the order of the Patches, simply click a the Memory Manager and drag it to the desired desti-cation (drag and drop). A dialog window labeled Swap ens. Click Store, if you want to exchange the Prior to the latter step, you have the option to select estination Patch in the ip menu. If you change your ut the exchange click .. If one Patch should onto another one press A (MacOS: O) prior to

the mouse button. Then the dialog window Enter ill be opened. In order to proceed, use the steps

d above with the exchange function.

, Unitor8 Control offers the Cut/Copy/Paste ds and other standard operating techniques you are

Patch Mode Setup

hronization behavior of Unitor8 in Patch Mode is n the Patch Mode Setup. You can also establish how r8 will react to special types of MIDI commands, as e MIDI port and channel which is to receive the Change commands that will change the Unitor8s

s window in the same way you opened the Patch

BER: the Patch Mode Setup entry in the Memory Manager and open the editor command Open editor from the Windows menu.

e-click the Patch Mode Setup entry.atch Mode Setup-entry with activated Link Window-function.

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eters of the Patch Mode Setupow discuss the options in the Patch Mode Setup.

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p menu SMPTE Mode, you select the type of time Unitor8 will receive or generate. The options are PTE, LTC-EBU, and VITC. If you select OFF in , the sync functions of Unitor8 are deactivated.

ently, all respective parameters disappear.

gitudinal Time Code) is recorded as an audible signal on an audio track, and ost common method for synchronization. The basic difference between LTC-(SMPTE= Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) and LTC-EBU uropean Broadcasting Union) is that the European Video Standard features es per secondthus, if LTC-EBU is selected, 25 frames per second is auto-y selected in the format menu.

ertically Interleaved Time Code) is written on the first lines of a video signal cernible on a common video screen), and can therefore be used only with a s advantageous to work with VITC, as it can be decoded in still-picture mode, as during extreme tape speed conditions, i.e. FFWD and RWD. (which LTC do).

u activate the refresh option, the Unitor8 transmits nerated time code(LTC or VITC), which corresponds the incoming time code.

on comes in handy whenever you copy a videotape, as ty of your time code would otherwise be degraded. pying may lead to problems with other devices (for

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e frame rate of the time code in the ip menu. The n Video Standard uses 25 frames per second. In the s is generally the standard for music applications, 97 is the norm for video. The most important factor is use the same frame rate consistently throughout the iven project.

, see the section Frame Rate on page 67.

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tch determines if a test picture or the Video input mixed to the Video Out signal.

led: the Video Out shows a test picture with the Burn-dow, showing the incoming LTC.

ed: the incoming Video signal is merged with the n Window. This mode is useful if you use a video tape TC on its audio track.

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nt to sync to VITC, select the lines in which the VITC ted. If you are not too sure about these lines, select the an. The Unitor8 then will scan the video signal, and

the right line automatically.

e line is needed to read or stripe VITC. The second line is used as a backup d displays the same contents as the first one. Usually, the second line will be

while reading. The second line is of use only when the synchronizerin this itor8is unable to decode the first line. Note that it is necessary to leave a

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the freewheel time. By doing this, you x the time it Unitor8 to sync to internal reference (free-running), if code is canceled or cannot be decoded. Once decoding ossible, Unitor8 will log in once more. Unfortunately, tage of a particular freewheel time is always balanced

dvantage: Short values (or disabled freewheeling) Unitor8 to stop synchronization after a short time (or tely), if the incoming time code is difcult to decode. ger freewheel times can prevent this. In this case, nitor8 will continue to run for the established

f time (i.e. the freewheel time which has been previ-), even if the time code is intentionally cancelledthe master tape is stopped. Take care to set the free-

e as short as possible, and as long as needed , depend-e quality of the time code.

de Burn-In

de, Border, Video TC Display, X, Y, Size and Color are urn in the time code into the video picture. First, video format of your VCR (PAL, NTSC or Auto).

e it is customary to work with PAL devices, whereas in NTSC is the standard. If in doubt, set the video mode r to Auto in order to enable the Unitor8 to recognize

format automatically. The other parameters are used e position, size and color of the time code burn-in.

code display is shown in the format HH:MM:SS:FF, eaning hours, MM minutes, SS seconds and FF

ration character between seconds and frames gives an n of the input signals quality: a colon (:) means good d a period (.) bad signal. In the latter case, you should

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ion. Therefore, in most cases you keep this setting

al transmission of the Full Frame Message is needed software packages (such as ProTools), for them to properly. If you happen to work with such software, e its manual to look up how often (number of frames) Frame Message has to be transmitted.

TC Out

specify to which MIDI Out ports the incoming time C or VITC) will be routed. In the Computer Mode is also applies to SMPTE striping. Only select the evant ports in order to prevent an overload of MIDI he other cables.

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ut Filter and Output Filter parameter groups are xplain: Special types of MIDI commands (MTC, ctive Sensing, Tune Request, Real-time, System ng Select) can be ltered separately for each MIDI In port.

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Computer Mode Setup

puter Mode Setup options are nearly identical with he Patch Mode Setup. The primary difference is that

ible to stripe time code (LTC or VITC) in the r Mode Setup. Striping is required if you plan to sync

which does not yet contain a time code.

r difference is that you cannot set MIDI In port and annel to receive Program Change commands, as they employed to switch between Patches in Patch Mode.

LTC

to stripe, connect the LTC Output of your Unitor8 to of an audio track on your tape machine. Next, select priate frame rate in the ip menu Format.

cify the output level of LTC. The factory preset for n is -6dBu (equals -10VU at a nominal level of +4

y several levels if -6dBu does not work properly.

to compromise when specifying the LTC level: The uld be high enough in order to be decoded properly, nough so that cross-talk is kept to a minimum.

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