Yamaha Music System About Open Plug-in Technology

About Open Plug-in Technology

Open Plug-in Technology (OPT) is a new software format that enables you to control MIDI devices

from a music DAW application software. For example, this allows you to start up and operate

various parts of your music system, such as plug-in board editors, and mixing control editors -

directly from an OPT-compatible sequencer, without having to use each separately. OPT also

makes it unnecessary to set MIDI drivers for each application, streamlining your music production

system and making all operations more convenient and seamless.

In addition to the original OPT, there is also Open Plug-in Technology Version 2 (OPT 2), designed

for use with the Total Recall software. Studio Manager is a host application that supports OPT 2.

The host application and its compatibility with OPT is divided into three levels, as shown below.

Level 1

OPT Panels provides basic support for opening and displaying OPT control panels

that can transmit data via the client’s external MIDI ports. Typically this will allow

basic hardware editor control panels to operate properly.

Level 2

OPT Processors provides support for real-time MIDI processors and panel automa-

tion.

Typically this will allow both real-time and ofﬂine MIDI effects to operate properly and

supply automation to OPT panels.

Level 3

OPT Views provides support for edit views and MIDI processors/panels that require

direct access to client program storage structures. Typically this will allow sophisti-

cated MIDI edit views to be supported.

OPT-compatible plug-in software is connected directly

to an OPT-compatible host application.

OPT Level Implementation for the MOTIF-RACK Multi Part Editor

This chart shows the OPT-compatibility of the MOTIF-RACK Multi Part Editor.

Editor

Host

Application Editor

Editor

OPT

OPT levels of the host application

MOTIF-RACK Multi Part Editor operation

compatibility

Operation support Operation limits

VIEWS (Level 3) Yes None

PROCESSORS (Level 2) Yes None

PANELS (Level 1) Yes Bulk reception,

remote control