View Icon Size:
changes the size of the Devices
Configuration:
Displays the current MIDI Configuration. Any changes in the GUI will be
automatically saved to the current Configuration on disk. There is no “save’
command. The popup menu opens a list that displays:
• All the available Configurations (the current one has a check mark)
•
“New Configuration”
command to create a configuration from scratch
•
“Edit Configuration”
command which opens a sheet with:
o A list with all Configurations (the active configuration in blue font)
o
Duplicate, Rename, Delete
commands to manage the list.
The configurations are stored as XML files in the User directory “
~/Library/Audio/MIDI Configurations/
Add Device:
This will add a new user device that you can connect to the MIDI interface
Remove Device:
Removes the selected “user created device”. The “Network” and IAC Driver” and connected MIDI interfaces cannot be removed. The only exception is
an inactive MIDI interface. This is a MIDI interface Device that was once created but now is not connected, indicated by a lighter shade of its color.
Show Info:
Opens the Property Window of the selected Device. Same as dclick on the Device itself
Rescan MIDI:
You can rescan your computer for any connected MIDI interfaces If i.e. the computer looses connection to a MIDI interface (lighter color) for any
reason.
Test Setup:
A click on that button toggles the Test Setup mode off: or on: the cursor changes to a “eight note” symbol
You can test your MIDI setup in two ways: Activate the button
• Clicking on an out connector (triangle) of a MIDI interface will send a MIDI message from that out port to the connected MIDI device. The
triangle and the receiving device illuminate. You can also click on the device and it will receive a MIDI message form the MIDI interface out
port which it is connected to.
• If you generate a MIDI message on your MIDI Keyboard or MIDI controller (the hardware, not AMS device) and it is connected to a MIDI
interface that is visible in AMS, then you will see the MIDI port triangle illuminate to indicate an incoming MIDI signal.
Help:
A click on the question mark will open the Help Viewer for the AMS.
Device Properties Window:
Dclick on a Device or click on the “
Show Info”
in the toolbar will open the Properties window for the selected Device.
The upper part:
Displays the General Setting
The Triangle Button next to the “More Information” / “Less
Information” can expand to reveal the lower part of the
Properties Window
The lower part:
Displays the Detailed Settings, which are divided in a
“
Properties”
and
“Ports”
section. Switch between the two
section by selection the tab
All Devices have the same windows layout with slightly different
settings. The Network Device however has its own Properties
windows with completely different settings
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