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1. Synclavier Digital SynclavierX folder to your desktop applications folder or any other convenient place Due to limitations of the Real Time Software you cannot run SynclavierX directly from the installer image directly The Synclavier Remover is provided should you wish to remove the PCI 1 kernel driver the SynclavierX MIDI Driver and AbleDiskTool from your system If you wish to use the SynclavierX Core MIDI driver but do not have the PCI 1 Hardware interface installed you will need to install the Virtual PCI 1 kernel driver See The ReadMe file located within the Virtual MIDI Users folder for more information Page 5 Synclavier Digital SynclavierX folder ADA l l Synclavier Digital SynclavierX EA 1 of 11 selected 3 4 MB available oe AP ee a PDF i SynclavierX SynclavierX 5 2 3 pdf InterChangeX 2 E pt oa Release 5 2 WO Disk interChange pdf Termulatorx Image simg LN PDF WINBOOT sprg AbleDiskTool pdf nm cs PCI 1 Test Prog SynclavierX Core MIDI pdf Figure 2 SynclavierX Folder contents Documentation on the Synclavier Digital Audio System can be found at http www synclavier com SynclavierX html follow the links at the bottom of the page Page 6 0 Software Installation Notes Default WO Disk Image File SynclavierX uses a 30 megabyte Disk Image File located in the SynclavierX folder as WO This disk image file will contain the latest Synclavier Software You may use InterChangeX to copy2. Macintosh applications such as EditView AutoConform MIDINet and TransferMation AbleDiskTool and the SynclavierX MIDI driver are described in separate documents AbleDiskTool pdf and SynclavierX Core MIDI pdf Synclavier Digital Cameron Jones August 4 2009 What s New in this release Release 5 2 3 March 1 2009 Fully routable Virtual MIDI output ports Release 5 2 2 August 13 2008 MIDI file export Release 5 2 1 February 1 2007 SynclavierX Core MIDI Driver MIDI Patching window AbleDiskTool command line utility Improved support of removable media legacy disk drives from SynclavierX User control over the size of simulated poly memory Release 5 2 April 17 2006 Includes Synclavier Release 5 2 Initial port to Mac OS X Release 5 0 September 15 2000 Includes Synclavier Release 5 0 Fixed timing bugs that showed up using Mac O S 9 0 4 Numerous other features described in Release 5 0 Release Notes Release 1 4 December 1 1999 Includes Synclavier Release 4 4 Introduced Digital Sample to Memory Introduced OMS MIDI Interface for SynclavierX Provided additional calibration options Changed system disk image file name Fixed TransferMation update on DTD record Numerous other features described in Release 4 4 Release Notes Release 1 3 1 August 1 1999 Fixed bug causing hang using D66 on L page Release 1 3 June 1 1999 Provided change of disk setup on the fly using I
3. Welcome to SynclavierX 5 2 3 q What is SynclavierX 5 2 3 SynclavierX is a Macintosh application program and associated hardware and software modules that provide for Macintosh native operation of the complete Synclavier Real Time Software A PCI based interface card called the PCI 1 installs in your Macintosh Computer a third party PCI expansion system is required on Intel based and most G5 Macintoshes This interface cards communicates with your existing Synclavier voice cards and hardware modules using a high speed multi conductor twisted pair cable and an adapter board The end result is a seamless integration of the complete Synclavier software package into an operating environment that runs in native mode on your Macintosh s processor This documentation file describes the SynclavierX 5 2 1 initial release as well as the SynclavierxX 5 2 2 and SynclavierX 5 2 3 updates New features in 5 2 1 include support of Intel based Macintosh computers and a full featured Core MIDI driver A new command line utility called AbleDiskTool is also available to assist transferring Synclavier files to your Macintosh where they can be processed by other Macintosh applications The 5 2 2 update introduced the ability to export a Synclavier sequence to a MIDI file stored on your Maintosh computer The 5 2 3 update introduced fully routable virtual MIDI output ports and some enhancements to AbleDiskTool This release does not include the ancillary
4. ard for bet inberrupk best Of Leskz like tha OMG iz aah for 100 Kz DE Tht Ds and DIG infereupt fhe PCI 1 Soreeckly Lecking for Poly Hesory on board 0 OK Looks like poly system s wallable for testing board Oo DEK Board O hes bes n ntered on the ligi fee burre in lesking Bagirming POI t 00 FC Gata Wari fication Teaia Typ coeeand te terninate the leebe One bord will be burned in i is boord musber O which is in siot 61 Statua Lace Sees DD 1 g heeded 40 inkermal e g Sin SS paly eegdvoin The test program continually transfers megabyte after megabyte of data between your Macintosh and your Synclavier hardware Every 5 seconds the software updates the status line at the bottom of the Output window to show how long the test has been running how many megabytes have been transferred and how many data errors have occurred The test will run continuously until stopped by command period or the Halt Testing menu selection under the File menu You can Quit the test program with command Q There is a Settings menu entry on the Edit menu that brings up the same Cable Length and Bus Loading dialog that is available in SynclavierX You can change the Cable Length and Bus Loading at any time the changes become effective as soon as the Settings Entry dialog is closed The test program prints out the rate of data movement that is achieved between your Macintosh and your Synclavier interface cards as well as t
5. bus a special signal called the SYNC signal is sent by the receiving card to the sending card at the end of each bus transaction The PowerPC processor in your Macintosh can respond extremely quickly to SYNC This may cause the PCI 1 interface card to latch the received data before it has thoroughly settled on the bus and the interconnecting cable The Cable Length and Bus Loading dialog shown in Figure 3 provides you with the ability to use slower timing signals for Page 11 Many different configurations of Synclavier Systems are in use today They were manufactured over an extended period of time using different revisions of the processor and For this interface cards reason can t just use one Bus Loading setting in the software As we gain experience with PCI 1 installations hope to offer more specific guidelines in the future large heavily loaded systems or faster timing signals with short cables or a small lightly loaded system Using the Test Software to determine Bus Loading Unfortunately determining the most appropriate setting for Cable Length and Bus Loading involves some guesswork and experimentation If you are in a hurry set the Cable Length for a long value such as 100 ft 30 m and the Bus Loading to High This will direct the PCI 1 card to use slower timing signals which should work with all configurations albeit with a modest reduction in data rate If you wish to optimize your installation fo
6. ch Sequence Sound or Data files stored in the Macintosh format This means you will generally have to use InterChangeX to re export the Macintosh resident copy of a floppy to a Synclavier hard drive or a Disk Image File before actually using a file from that floppy All things considered here is perhaps the best method to migrate your SuperFloppy library to your Macintosh Boot your Synclavier from it s Model D processor Create a subcatalog 2400 sectors long for each floppy you wish to archive You could use either WO or W1 for these subcatalogs To simplify importing these subcatalogs into your Macintosh you may wish to first create a very large super subcatalog that will hold up to 128 of these floppy subcatalogs 1 2 megabytes of hard drive storage will be required for each floppy subcatalog Use FORMCOPY to copy each floppy into its subcatalog Use AbleDiskTool to import either the entire device the entire super subcatalog or each floppy subcatalog to your local Macintosh hard drive or network Please refer to the AbleDIskTool User Manual AbleDiskTool pdf for more information on importing Synclavier files to your Macintosh Page 16 Metronome Calibration Different models of Apple Macintosh computers use very different internal methods to provide precise timing information to SynclavierX With certain model Macintoshes using certain Macintosh Operating Systems the timing information that SynclavierX uses to create
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8. e floppy collection to a Macintosh hard drive at this The SuperFloppy drive is listed in the device configuration and is available for reading to a limited extent Any attempt to write to a floppy will fail and report a write protect error Accessing the SuperFloppy from SynclavierX will be approximately 5 to 10 times slower than accessing the SuperFloppy from the original Model D processor due to numerous retries that must be performed Frequently it will take so long to access a SuperFloppy that you will think your Macintosh has crashed time Access to the SuperFloppy drive may prove to be so unreliable that discontinue it in the next release In any case SAVE ALL YOUR WORK and be prepared for your Macintosh to crash whenever you access your SuperFloppy drive from Synclavierx Performing a simple CAT of the floppy contents either from the Monitor or Sequence Recall screen is perhaps the most straightforward and reliable operation and will generally work Accessing small sequence or patch files e g up to several hundred sectors long located on a nearly empty floppy also may work to a limited extent albeit very slowly Accessing large files on a floppy or accessing any file on the inner most region of the disk will likely hang your Macintosh for long enough that you will choose to restart it Of course you can reboot your Synclavier using the original Model D processor at any time simply by Quitting the Sync
9. he data rate that is achieved between Page 13 your Macintosh and the Poly Sampling memory You will see these data rates become slower as the Cable Length setting is increased and as the Bus Loading setting is increased If you set the Cable Length to 20 ft 6 m and the Bus Loading to Low you may or may not see errors with your system If you see any errors at all you must increase the Cable Length and or Bus Loading setting until the test runs continuously without errors On Mac OS X terminate the test program by typing control C Page 14 Using SynclavierxX SynclavierxX is an operating environment that reproduces a complete Synclavier as accurately as possible The few software features of the original Synclavier that are not available in SynclavierX at this time are The built in non synced Smpte Generator function Full access to the 5 1 4 SuperFloppy Of course those software features listed are still active in the software when the system is running on the original Model D processor Accessing the 5 1 4 SuperFloppy drive Due to numerous technical problems SynclavierxX cannot reliably access the original 5 1 4 SuperFloppy drive These problems derive from the inability for Macintosh applications to disable interrupts on the host PowerPC or Intel processor If you intend to use your 5 1 4 SuperFloppy drive with SynclavierX please read this section carefully strongly recommend you migrate your entir
10. ierX include e PCl 1 The PCI 1 interface card can plug into any PCI slot of your Power Macintosh computer Be sure to turn off your Macintosh and observe careful anti static precautions when inserting the card You will typically have to hold the card in place as you connect the 50 conductor cable to the PCI 1 card so you should connect the cable to the card before closing up your Macintosh Twisted Pair multi conductor cable The cable is specially constructed with 25 high speed twisted pair conductors Cable lengths of up to several hundred feet are theoretically possible Our tests at the factory are conducted with 50 foot cables although a 25 foot or shorter cable will provide somewhat faster operation DO PCI The DO PCI interface card can plug into any slot in your Synclavier computer interface bin A short flat cable adapts the flat cable connector on the DO PCI card to the shielded connector at the end of the twisted pair cable Hardware Installation Notes Diagnostic Software Some Macintosh diagnostic Software is installed in the Synclavier folder in a folder called PCI 1 Test Software This software is extremely important and verifies the data integrity of your system and cable Please refer to the documentation on the PCI 1 Test Program later in this manual Page 9 Warning Always power down your Macintosh before installing or removing the PCI 1 card Additionally down Synclavier installing o
11. latforms is Mac O S X v 10 4 11 Tiger or later SynclavierX 5 2 3 is fully compatible with Mac OS X v 10 5 4 Leopard To use the PCI 1 Hardware Interface on an Intel based Macintosh computer and most G5 systems you will need a PCI expansion system available from Magma Systems http Awww magma com products pci Their CB1H Half Length 1 Slot PCI Expansion System is fully compatible with the PCI 1 interface card The PCI Expansion System connects with your Macintosh using a host card appropriate for your computer model either their SUBEC34 ExpressCard 34 in the case of a MacBook Pro or their SUBPEHIFX1 CB PCI Express host card in the case of a Mac Pro desktop unit Page 4 Software Installation SynclavierX is available via download http www synclavier com SynclavierX html ADDO __ SynclavierX EH 1l of 5 selected 3 4 MB available e er To Install g Synclavier Digital Drag the Synclavier Digital es SynclavierX SynclavierX folder to your l Applications Folder or to w Synclavier Installer your desktop Then double click on the Synclavier Installer w Synclavier Remover to install the PCI 1 kernel driver SynclavierX MIDI driver and AbleDiskTool A __ Virtual MIDI Users restart will be required 7 Figure 1 SynclavierX 5 2 3 Disk Image contents The Synclavier Installer installs the kernel driver the MIDI driver and AbleDiskTool A restart will be required Drag the
12. lavierX application and using an original Winchester The SuperFloppy drive seems Bootload diskette The floppy drive can then be accessed by the to work somewhat better on Model D processor as before multi processor Macintoshes Painful not utterly painful Perhaps now is a good time to migrate your entire SuperFloppy collection to a Synclavier hard drive or to a Macintosh hard drive or network There are several ways you could approach this situation You could copy the contents of each floppy to a subcatalog on a Synclavier SCSI hard drive You could copy the contents of each floppy to a subcatalog stored in a Disk Image File located on your Macintosh Page 15 or You could import your entire floppy collection to a series of Macintosh Files and Folders using InterChangex Using InterChangeX to import your floppy collection to Macintosh files and folders will allow you to use the Macintosh Find capability to quickly locate a particular Floppy or any file thereon by name Additionally importing your floppy collection in this way will reduce the actual storage taken up your collection to the smallest amount possible Further savings in storage space could also be achieved by using an archive utility such as Stufflt although by doing so you will lose the Macintosh Find capability Of course this current version of SynclavierX can only access Macintosh files that are in the Disk Image format it cannot access individual Pat
13. nterChange 1 3 Provided call up of sound files timbre files and sequences using InterChangeX 2 0 Use of Synclavier PCILib dll for shared communication Release 1 2 April 5 1999 Fixed EditView scrub problems on fast Macs Fixed B R page scrolling problems hang while searching on B R page allowed lt BREAK gt to interrupt B R page search Added Option Quit menu selection to quickly quit RTP Fixed TransferMation crashing problem Release 1 0 9 February 22 1999 Added Capture Printer Output to File menu command to support the Music Printing software option Page 2 Table of Contents What s New in this release ce cscesecssssssessessseesscsseessessecesessseesseeseseesseesesssessees 2 System Reqg iremeNtS smena ani A Gia eae a aU a N 4 Software Installation aise darn rane csdee ROSS cas edo adtelhe fox cth cundae areata ie Bias 5 Software Installation Notes isi ase voneseniusdnulalengse cata ueianesiatsaictueadalucti ues Stthaxealacsiandnmunngedas 7 kicense COC ccc sec e saat utes a Scere an E E tums suttinthan eeetad vache wast tuced Sita da 8 Hardware Installationen e ea E EE E Eat 9 Hardware Installation Notes onnnsenseeseseoseseeseesesesrssessesressssessesreseesesresresessesreseses 9 Launching Synclavier PowerPO esssssessssssesesresessessossessssessrsrestesesreseesessesresreses 10 Setting the Cable Length and Bus Loading SettingS ee eeeceseeteeeeeeeeeeeees 11 Why set the Cabl
14. r faster data transfers you can use the PCI 1 Test Program to perform a series of data verification tests using different timing signals PCI 1 Test Prog Launch the PCl 1 Test Prog application by double clicking on it You will see a window similar to Figure 4 Page 12 Understanding the Test Program output The PCI 1 Test Program begins by making sure your Macintosh even has a PCI bus and then looks for a PCI 14 Interface Card installed in it The software performs numerous error and consistency checks any errors or unusual conditions will be reported in the Output window PCI 1 Cismestie pee 1 7 Initial settings for Coble Length and Bus Loading SO fk cable Medive Bus Loading Checking for MultiProcesser qual babi fi ty HPLibrory iz cudiloble Preietiors availeble Z HP_itesk created OK Locking for a PEI berg OK 14 iceks like this Aeeintesh soy howe a PCI bug Looking tor POI boards OK He found PEI I Beard Testing board 0 Looking up PI slot name for board Of PCI beard O ig in glot Bl Leching vp Metiniesh Logical Addresses for Board D OK Gol addresses for board 0 600000000 Age Erebi ing Heclntosh access to board cet Enpblad Resetting Rdd on bes for board D Oi Reset occured Testing the POI 1 Registers on board 0 OX Thea POI Ragizhers oi boord Q ara OK Locking for TAIHA on board D OK Looks like the 0200 and Hik ore ovoileabla for beard 0 Looking Tar 001 0037016 omn bo
15. r removing the DO PCI card strongly recommend that both machines should be powered down whenever you plug or unplug either end of the twisted pair cable Launching SynclavierX gt SynclavierX Launch SynclavierX by double clicking its icon SynclavierX includes an intelligent Quit menu item If you are running an application such as FORMCOPY selecting Quit will return you to the MONITOR the Quit menu item will read Quit FORMCOPY in this case If you are running the Real Time Software selecting Quit will first return you to the main menu and a second Quit will return you to the MONITOR This operation of the Quit menu is similar to the lt BREAK gt or lt CRTL SPACE gt key operation in earlier versions of the Synclavier Real Time Software Quitting SynclavierX will cause your original Synclavier software to reboot provided the Winchester Bootload Diskette is installed in the floppy drive Note Do not power down your Synclavier tower while SynclavierX is running on your Macintosh The Macintosh will invariably Note _ Launching perform a hard crash in this case and can only be restarted by SynclavierX causes the removing and then reconnecting the AC power to your Macintosh Macintosh to take over your Synclavier If If you experience trouble launching SynclavierX it is likely that y0u were in the middle you have selected a WO using the setup portion of InterChangeX and of working with
16. stered copy of SynclavierX is a fully functioning version for your evaluation Because itis a demonstration version it will stop responding after 60 minutes of operation If you would like to use SynclavierX with your Synclavier Digital Audio System you may purchase an activation license at our On Line Store hosted by Kagi The activation license costs US 250 00 The license code you receive for SynclavierX can also be used to activate the InterChangeX File Management Utility If you have already purchased an activation license select Enter Code and you will be able to enter your license code directly Your license code is keyed to your email address Purchasing an activation license is easy After completing your transaction with Kagi the license code is automatically entered into SynclavierX the whole process will take about a minute Within a few hours you will also receive an email containing your license code for archival purposes You will need to re enter your license code whenever you reinstall SynclavierX or move it to a new computer If you have lost your license code you can retrieve it directly from Kagi at http info kagi com You will need the Transaction ID you receive from Kagi when you purchase your license code in order to retrieve your license code at a later time Thank you for your support Synclavier Digital Later J Enter Code J Page 8 Hardware Installation The hardware components for Synclav
17. the Click Track Output is inaccurate Metronome Calibrate Metronome The Calibrate Metronome button in the Settings window provides a mechanism to accurately measure the Macintosh s processor clock against its time of day clock Metronome calibration takes 30 seconds and produces extremely accurate results The results of the measurement are written to the SynclavierX Prefs file You should perform a metronome calibration any time you change computers SynclavierX will automatically ask for a new calibration during startup whenever the SynclavierX Prefs file is deleted Creating M512k Memory Classic Synclavier systems used circuit cards called M512k Memory to store recorded sequence information The amount of this memory available to a classic Synclavier was determined by the number of M512k cards in the system SynclavierX allocates Macintosh memory that is then used to simulate M512k card memory A menu option in the Settings window lets you control the amount of Macintosh memory that is allocated for this purpose M512k Cards Provide 3M512k Cards Provide 4 M512k Cards Provide 5M512k Cards Provide 10 M512k Cards The following table identifies the number of sequencer notes that are available for each setting M512k Cards Notes Available 3 M512k Cards 175 194 Notes 4 M512k Cards 409 098 Notes 5 M512k Cards 661 002 Notes 10 M512k Cards 1 920 522 Notes Page 17
18. the system software from this disk image file to a real SCSI hard drive if you wish That is the Synclavier system software shipped with SynclavierX is fully compatible with the original Synclavier processor and will run on the original hardware if desired New Disk Image File You will likely wish to create a new larger disk image file for use as WO0 Create a new disk image using InterChangeX and then copy all the files A from WO to your new disk image Then assign the new disk image file to WO Disk image files up to 8 GB in size are supported in SynclavierX and InterChangexX Limit your file size to 2 GB 2048 MB if you wish to interoperate with Mac OS 9 See the InterChangexX documentation for more information Compatibility The Macintosh software components for SynclavierX 5 2 3 will not inter operate with the software components from earlier SynclavierX releases Once you run the Synclavier Installer from 5 2 3 earlier releases of SynclavierX will not be able to communicate with your Synclavier hardware Should you need to revert to an earlier release of SynclavierX run the Synclavier Remover from Release 5 2 3 and then re install the earlier software release Page 7 License Code SynclavierX requires the purchase of a license code Follow the on screen instructions to purchase a license code directly from our on line store Activation is immediate Welcome To SynclavierX Welcome To SynclavierX This unregi
19. your the selected WO contains incompatible system software When in Synclavier using the doubt delete your InterChangeX Prefs from the Preferences Folder COnventional software that work will be lost when you launch Synclavierx within your user Library folder and try again You do not need to restart your Macintosh when you change or delete your InterChangeX Prefs file Page 10 Setting the Cable Length and Bus Loading Settings Settings Entry set a longer cable length or heavier bus loading small lightly loaded systems Cable Length SOft 15m PA __ 8 Bus Loading Medium Use the Cable Length and Bus Loading menus to describe your system configuration If you experience system hangs or crashing you most likely need to A shorter cable length and lighter bus loading provide somewhat faster access to Use the following menu to enable or disable access to this SynclavierX from your network You must Quit and relaunch SynclavierX when you change this setting Additional Options M512k Cards Provide 3 M512k Cards Poly Memory Metronome Calibrate Metronome Figure 3 Simulate 100 Megabytes Poly Memory Cancel The Settings selection from the Edit Menu activates the dialog shown in figure 3 Why set the Cable Length and Bus Loading The interface cards in the Synclavier computer bin are interconnected using an asynchronous data bus When two cards are exchanging data over this
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