If you want to use an IEEE 1394 cable to connect mLAN-compatible devices via their IEEE 1394 (FireWire) connectors and exchange audio or MIDI signals, you must make connection settings. There are three ways to make connection settings.
•Use the “mLAN Patchbay” application program to make settings from a Macintosh computer that is equipped with a FireWire port.
•Use the “mLAN Patchbay” application program to make settings from a Windows computer that is equipped with a COM port or other serial port. (However, you will need another mLAN device that has a serial port.)
•Make settings from an mLAN-compatible device (such as the mLAN8P or a synthesizer in which the mLAN option is installed).
The type of system in which the MY8-mLAN is being used will determine which of the above three methods you use to make settings.
For each MY8-mLAN unit, eight channels of audio and one set of MIDI signals can be input and output. When making mLAN connection settings, these audio and MIDI inputs and outputs are handled as “plugs” — virtual connectors with a name assigned to each.
Each audio or MIDI output from the MY8-mLAN to another mLAN device is called an “OUTPUT- Plug,” and each audio or MIDI input received by the MY8-mLAN from another mLAN device is called an “INPUT-Plug.” Connections are made by connecting these plugs.
NOTE For more information about mLAN connections/plugs, refer to the mLAN Guide Book.
