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1. SCART Pin Assignment The relevant Pins of an SCART connector The meaning in case of S Video is shown in brackets Emagic 72 Unitor8 S Video Plug 21 M Is oo S 19 17 15 a dl S Il la won e k LEM jg N WwW f OD I iw IN Ie Unitor8 Shield Video In Video Out Y Out Video GND C Out Audio In Left Audio GND Audio Out Left Audio In Right Audio Out Right A 4 Tips for the Windows Driver The driver features multi client operation Several MIDI applications can access the Unitor8 simultaneously In this case MIDI commands are merged and dispatched properly MIDI Time Code MTC F1 xx Song Position Pointer SPP F2 xx xx MIDI Clock F8 Start FA Stop FB and Continue FC are always routed to port Unitor In 1 All other messages are routed to the port of the respective Input The driver supports Time Stamps Information about recep tion time of a MIDI message This is only relevant for soft ware packages which decode the Time Stamps User Manual Version 1 1 73 Appendix A 5 Troubleshooting Platform independent Problems 74 SMPTE does not work however MIDI does excludes AMT8 You are using the wrong power adapter Please use the provided power adapter or one with compara ble values It is important that it generates 9V AC alternat ing current and at least 8 1 VA Most power adapters however generate DC direct curren
2. PC On the PC you may also click with the right mouse button on the desired entry and select Rename from the pop up menu Link Windows When you wish to open the editor window to edit another Patch you can proceed as explained above i e open the Patch with a double click in the Memory Manager However there is another option which is more efficient referred to as Linking Windows This option causes the editor window to automati cally display the settings for the currently selected Patch in the Editor window To enable this option check Link Windows key command B in the editor window Now simply click the Patch you wish to edit with mouse click or cursor and the editor automatically will change to the selected Patch Editall 32 Patches in this manner or as many as you need You can switch between these Patches with MIDI Program Change commands in Patch Mode Tip The port and MIDI channel on which Unitor8 receives Program Change commands are established in the Patch Mode Setup see the section Patch Mode Setup on page 51 Emagic 50 Unitor8 Reorganize or Copy Patches Unitor8 Reorganize or Copy Patches If you want to change the order of the Patches simply click a Patch in the Memory Manager and drag it to the desired desti nation location drag and drop A dialog window labeled Swap entry opens Click Store if you want to exchange the Patches Prior to the latter step
3. 4 DIR RX 2 3 mx M 3 2 Rs DTR 4 1 CD GND 5 5 GND RIS 7 8 ies Emagic 70 Unitor8 RS 422 Unitor8 DB9 Pin Pin DB9 female female es 8 7 RE RI 9 9 RI RS 422 You can use any Local Talk printer cable or cables provided with a MIDI Time Piece or MIDI Express MiniDIN 8 Pin Pin MiniDIN 8 HSo 1 2 Ks HSi 2 1 HSo TxD 3 5 RxD GND 4 4 GND RxD 5 3 TxD TxD 6 8 RxD 7 7 RxD 8 6 TxD shield shield The cable must be high quality 8 pin shielded You will get best results if the pairs HSo HSi TxD TxD and RxD RxD are twisted pairs S Video Plug 3 excludes AMT8 The Unitor8 uses only one pin of the S Video jack Pin 3 Luminance All other pins are unused and are fed through internally You can connect virtually any other plug type used for video signal to the S Video Jacks with an adapter Pin 3 of the Mini DIN plug has to be connected with the RCA plug or with User Manual Version 1 1 71 Appendix SCART plugs to a pin named Video In or Video Out depending on whether the adapter serves as Input or Output The Mini DIN 4 Jacks of Unitor8 The pin assignment of Input and Output is identical View on the Jack 1 GND S Video Y 3 with GND 1 Q 2 2 GND C24 with GND 2 0 9 3 Video Y 4 C Normal Video Video 3 GND 1 RCA Adaptor The connections of a Mini DIN 4 to RCA Video Adaptor aeg Plug soldering side
4. USB c ssa be eee key ack Re XE Bey m Foe lS RS 19 Stacking via USB swe ete BS xA ace ole Wake de wee ATE 20 Setup Serial Port nnana anaana eee 20 Stacking via Serial Port 2 2 0 0 0000000 e eee eee 21 OMSIDIIVeR uin RE wih die hs e Rep hae hace ene ande 22 1 3 Setup Windows 0 000 cece 23 No Available COM Port 0 00000 sees 23 SetupssUSB uiua date obese a matis diene bee ae 24 Setup COM Port 2 ise ea ee nn 24 Driver Setup Windows 95 98 00000 eee ee 25 Driver Setup Windows 2000 0 000 e eee eee 25 Unitor8 Control Setup 2 6 ee 27 Stacking na Edo eth ohana ons das od Wan MER eed 27 Windows Driver Settings 0000000 e cece eee 28 Driver Update ss us ode eet Rees na 31 1 4 Connecting the Unitor8 to Two Computers 31 1 5 Firmware Update i an tia wea oa a an 33 With a Sequencer 2 2 ee 33 With UMOS COMTO Lies cedudu eue dep ea 34 1 6 Initialize Memory 0 0 00 00000 eee 35 Chapter2 Operation Unitor8 2 1 Front Panel Controls lisse 37 2 2 Front Panel Displays 0 0 0 0 00 cece eee 38 2 37 Path Mode sies Rcs Rete oes e hen ena 39 2 4 Comp terMOde isse d da ees salia an ders dal 39 2 5 Processing of Real Time Messages 020005 41 User Manual Version 1 1 5 Table of Contents Chapter 3 Unitor8 Control 3 1 First Program Launch 0 0 0 0 0 0 cece 43 3 2 Running Unitor8 C
5. Error message MMSYSTEM 007 when I try to run several MIDI applications simultaneously This is a bug in Unitor8 driver version 1 26 and older Please update the Unitor8 driver to version 1 27 or newer Cubase crashes when it sends SysEx This is a bug in Unitor8 driver version 1 26 and older Please update the Unitor8 driver to version 1 27 or newer SoundDiver with specific devices e g D 50 DX7 requesting several but not all entries of a bank results in the same data for every entry User Manual Version 1 1 79 Appendix This is a bug in Unitor8 driver version 1 25 and older Running Status was not reset correctly Please update the Unitor8 driver to version 1 26 or newer A 6 Windows Driver Details Driver Revisions Every driver revision consists of 4 files Uni x xx inf x xx is revision number required for installation Up to revisions 1 26 this file was always named Unitor08 INF Unitor08 dll Property Sheet Provider used in System control panel Device Manager Unitor08 drv MMSYSTEM driver the interface between the VxD and the Windows MME system Unitor08 VxD Low Level driver 1 24 97 12 11 Initial release 1 25 98 01 26 Improvements in output of large SysEx messages 1 26 98 02 14 Transmitting SysEx messages did not clear the Running Status Emagic Unitor8 Driver Revisions Unitor8 1 27 98 02 23 INF file now has the ver
6. G3 Yes if you install a Gee Three Stealth or a Griffin gPort See the section Setup Serial Port on page 20 These add ons are 100 compatible with a normal modem port Fast Mode and AMT are supported However you lose the ability to install an internal modem The provided system extension Stealth Serial Port 1 0 2 or gPort Driver is required if you use Logic Audio 4 0 1 or SoundDiver 2 1 or newer These versions confirm the existance of the serial ports Without these system extensions the System does not know that the Stealth or gPort is installed and the modem port will not be available in Logic SoundDiver Can I Connect a Unitor8 without USB to an iMac Only as the second unit in a chain where the first unit is a Unitor8 Mk II or an AMTS which is connected to the Mac via USB The available USB serial adaptors don t work with MIDI inter faces as they don t support external clocking Can I Connect Several Unitor8 Chains to USB The Unitor8 system allows chains of up to eight units connected to a single computer port If you should really need more than 64 MIDI ins or outs you have to connect a second Unitor8 chain to a serial port see the section Can I Connect a Unitor8 without USB to a Blue white G3 on page 18 Logic Emagic 18 Unitor8 Setup USB and Sound Diver currently allow only up to three Unitor8 chains which means a maximum of 192 MIDI ins and
7. There are no direct connections between In ports and Out ports possible This gives your MIDI software complete control over MIDI routing as you would want Mac only OMS Integration The provided OMS driver integrates the Unitor8 completely into the OMS environment operation is done as usual with your sequencer software such as in the Logic environment or with OMS If you are not familiar with these concepts please consult your software manuals The Unitor8 is also fully MTP compatible Therefore you can also use the MTP driver which comes with OMS This however does have some drawbacks Advanced Features The features of Unitor8 which exceed the basic specifications of the MTP protocol are accessible within the Unitor8 Control software This applies to advanced sync modes or to the programming of the audio input Most of the synchronization features are also directly accessible from within Logic 3 0 or higher see the section Synchroniza tion of the Logic user manual Emagic 40 Unitor8 excludes AMT8 With Unitor8 Control 2 5 Processing of Real Time The Unitor8 processes Real Time messages independently of Messages whether Patch or Computer Mode is active Real Time message means in this context F8 MIDI Clock increases the clock by 1 24 note FA Start starts playback at the beginning FB Continue starts playback at the current clock position FC Stop stops playback F2
8. Version 1 1 31 Chapter 1 Setup Unitor8 slave computer receives units MIDI messages on ports 1 0 All 9 64 2 0 All 17 64 3 0 All 25 64 4 0 All 33 64 5 0 All 41 64 6 0 All 49 64 7 0 All 57 64 8 0 All If you want to swap the computer controlling the Unitor8 units in Computer Mode press the Panic Patch button until the Patch LED stays lit then send a MIDI event from the new control computer The order of the MIDI ports is then reversed as the following example with 7 Unitor8 units depicts Mac 1 5 EREEER 49 56 9 16 RR 41 48 17 24 RR Ha 33 40 25 32 R IIT 25 32 33 10 eee 17 24 41 49 es 9 16 49 56 BB PC RS 232 Please note that the software running on the slave computer should have MIDI Thru switched off Otherwise MIDI loops can occur stopping the whole system Emagic 32 Unitor8 With a Sequencer Unitor8 1 5 Firmware Update exc udes AMT8 Unitor8 Mk 1 and 2 but not AMT S8 contains an EPROM which allows the operating system the firmware to be updated This is done by sendinga Standard MIDI File There are two options either send it with sequencer software or with Unitor8 Control or SoundDiver You can recognize Unitor8 update files by their file name Unitor8 Update x x x mid with x x x standing for the version number With a Sequencer X excludes AMT8 Simply load the update file and start playback Of course the sequen
9. mouse via PS 2 Check the label at the bottom of your mouse If it reads Serial and PS 2 Compatible you should try this Your mouse should have come with an adapter usually PS 2 to DB9 OEM mice i e mice which came with the computer often don t have this feature It may be that your PS 2 connector is not yet activated Either you have to set a bridge connector on the main board or you must enable the PS 2 interrupt in the BIOS see the main board s user manual for details Before rebooting you should have connected the mouse to the PS 2 port so it can be recognized by Windows Plug amp Play If your computer has two PS 2 ports make sure that the mouse is plugged into the PS 2 mouse connector not the PS 2 keyboard connector User Manual Version 1 1 23 Chapter 1 Setup A serial mouse can also be connected to the Logic dongle s Thru port If this does not work especially if you have an IntelliMouse please contact your Emagic distributor s hotline As of Logic version 3 6 you can connect the Unitor8 to the Logic dongle s Thru connector See the section Setup COM Port on page 24 Ifyou have an external modem you might also be able to use it connected to the Logic dongle You will then have to adjust the COM port setting in the Modem control panel You should not use ISA cards with additional COM ports COM3 and COM4 These usually s
10. only As mentioned above Unitor8 Control recognizes all Unitor8 units connected to a computer port as one single device Thus you are able to edit eight Unitor8 units simultaneously Any additional units have to be connected to another port as eight Unitor8 units are the maximum per port Unitor8 Control can edit multiple virtual devices computer ports however this is not as obvious as in Sound Diver as Unitor8 Control does not have a Setup window To switch the current virtual device i e the computer port select Next Device or Previous Device from the Memory Manager window s local Options menu Check the computer port in the parameter column to find out if this 1s the desired port If not all ports can be selected where Unitor8 units are connected Unitor8 Control has not found them during the scan procedure In this case the scan procedure must bbe repeated Quit Unitor8 Control delete the file Unitor8 Control Preferences in the System folder s Preferences folder and restart Unitor8 Control See the section First Program Launch on page 43 especially concerning the communication pref erences To exchange data between the Unitor8 units from one chain to the ones on another chain use the menu items Edit gt Copy before and Edit gt Paste after switching ports You can also open a separate Memory Manager window for each port disable the Window Link switc
11. Rate 53 FreeMidi 9 Freewheeling 11 54 Full Frame Message 55 G3 18 19 20 Galaxy 40 Global Setup 46 gPort 18 20 Griffin Technology 20 Hot Plugging 8 iMac 18 Initialize 35 Input Filter 55 85 Index IntelliMouse 24 MIDI Time Piece 9 71 MME 9 MME driver 25 K MMSYSTEM 003 79 KeySpan 21 MMSYSTEM 007 79 Modem 21 24 MTC 55 L filter 55 MTC Out Link Windows 50 Enable 55 Logic 23 33 MTP 9 40 Logic Audio 16 18 24 29 30 76 Multimedia Extension 9 Longitudinal Time Code 52 LTC 12 13 15 37 52 53 55 56 Output 56 N Output Level 56 Read LED 38 NTSC a Striping 56 Synchronizer 10 Write LED 38 o LTC Input 15 OMS 9 16 22 39 77 78 LTC Out 15 OMS driver 76 LTC EBU 52 On line help 48 LTC SMPTE 52 Opcode MIDI System 22 Open Music System 22 Output Filter 55 M Output level Mac Ilfx 21 75 Hee 36 MacOS 7 19 Matrix 48 P Memory Manager 46 MIDI Clock 41 75 PAL 54 MIDI Express 71 Panic button 47 MIDI In 15 Panic Patch button 10 38 48 MIDI In LEDs 38 Parameter column 47 MIDI Interface 8 Patch 10 46 MIDI Out 15 Editing 48 MIDI Out LEDs 38 Name 50 Emagic 86 Unitor8 Index Patch Mode 10 17 38 39 46 Patch Mode Setup 46 Patch Select Power Macintosh G3 power supply Power Switch Preferences Printer Program Change 10 PS 2 Q Quadra 900 950 21 Quarter Frame Messages R Read Lines Real time filter Real Time messages Refresh Registration card
12. Reda e coda ERA 80 Information for Windows Developers liliis 82 Tite gt a cT MEME 85 Emagic 6 Unitor8 Unitor8 Important This manual describes the Unitor8 Mk II and the AMTS Passages describing the Unitor8 apply to both devices unless stated otherwise Passages that only refer to the Unitor8 excludes AMT8 Mk II are marked as shown here and are written in gray text Congratulations The Unitor8 is not only a reliable piece of equipment but also a secure future investment We are convinced that the new Unitor8 will serve your purposes much longer than your current computer Even if you don t believe us right now remember our words in five years A Unitor8 system is able to accommodate the growing needs of your expanding studio because future system updates can be excludes AMT8 accomplished via MIDI excluding AMT 8 The Unitor8 is also compatible with several operating systems MacOS Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows N T and Windows 2000 The Unitor8 system will satisfy any professional demands from scoring movies to video synchronization Operating the Unitor8 is far from being complicated Simply plug in the cable switch on that it Even a system contain ing several Unitor8 units is configured automatically when switched on If you want to use the Unitor8 just as a MIDI interface for your computer you are ready to start Windows users please be sure to install the driv
13. Setup of your Unitor8 Please send your completed registration card to your country s distributor because it is only after you have registered that you will have access to Frec firmware updates of Unitor8 as well as updates of Unitor8 Control free updates of the Unitor8 Control software support via your country s Emagic distributor You can look up the contact information in Unitor8 Control in the Apple MacOS or Help Windows menu menu item Emagic distributors or at our web site http www emagic de Whether you connect the Unitor8 to a MacOS computer with the RS 422 cable to a Windows PC with the RS 232 cable or with the USB cable please keep the cables you are not using You may need them later on in order to cascade several Unitor8 units Emagic 14 Unitor8 excludes AMT8 Note Chapter 1 Setup Setting up the Unitor8 involves two basic steps simply connect the hardware components then instal the control software 1 4 Setup AIl Platforms Here are the details Connect the cable of the power supply to the Power jack of the Unitor8 and the power plug into the socket Connect the MIDI Outs of your MIDI devices to the MIDI Ins of the Unitor8 and vice versa With those MIDI devices which send MIDI data but do not receive it such as master keyboards drum pads or fader boxes you need only connect the MIDI out of the device to a MIDI in of the Unitor8 Likewise it is not
14. Time display is given for performance reasons The Unitor8 is already busy enough with writing the VITC code and the burn in window Stripe Test excludes AMT8 The video Output of Unitor8 will display a test picture with time code burn in and VITC if you stripe with the Stripe Test option The signal at the S Video In jack is not used in this case Emagic 58 Unitor8 Parameters of the Patch Mode Setup 3 7 Click Input Setup Use this editor to define how the Unitor8 will react to a signal fed to the Click Input Jack This may be a common audio signal or a signal generated with a foot switch The Unitor8 differentiates between a signal at the tip and a signal at the ring of a stereo or 3 pin quarter inch jack If your foot switch is only equipped with a mono quarter inch jack the ring input cannot be put to use You may assign a different function to each signal Both signals can be used simultaneously To connect to the Ring use an adapter which has a stereo quarter inch plug on one end and two mono quarter inch jacks at the other You can get those adapters from your retailer They are commonly used for effect inserts on mixing consoles Each ofthe signals is made up of four phases With a foot switch as an example these are Pressing the switch Phase 1 Releasing the switch Phase 2 Pressing the switch again Phase 3 Releasing the switch again Phase 4 Then phase 1
15. contrast to the non drop formats This adjusts a SMPTE minute to match a real minute Emagic 68 Unitor8 excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 Synchronization Unitor8 Please note that with the drop format the real video frames are played back without skipping any frames so when played the film looks normal and has no gaps Only the counter display changes In practice it is easier than it sounds Don t be surprised if certain positions can t be set e g instead of 00 03 00 00 00 03 00 02 will appear With this format a real hour takes as long as a SMPTE hour Synchronization Itis very important to set the correct frame rate and stick with it for the duration of a given project otherwise devices may go out of sync or won t start at all Always distinguish between Drop Frame and Non Drop Frame When digital audio is involved the difference between 29 97 and 30 is very impor tant as sample frequency and frame rate often have a defined relationship A 2 Wordclock Synchronization x excludes AMTS To achieve perfect sync with digital tape devices such as HD recorders while syncing to SMPTE simultaneous sync of the digital data flow the sampling rate is necessary This is usually achieved with a Wordclock interface which essentially trans lates a fluctuating SMPTE time code into appropriately fluctu ating Wordclock information Thus the playback tempo of the HD recorder is resolved to
16. driveris multi client capable you can run the Windows version of Unitor8 Control simultaneously with other MIDI applications Simply run all applications you need including Unitor8 Control in any order User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 45 Chapter 3 Unitor8 Control 3 3 Memory Manager Initially the Unitor8 Control software opens to the Memory Manager window T his window can also be opened by using the command Open Memory Manager in the Windows menu The Memory Manager is the main level of Unitor8 Control and manages the 32 MIDI port configurations Patches which are stored in Unitor8 These can be recalled later via Program Change commands The Memory Manager also controls the Computer Mode Setup Patch Mode Setup Click Input Setup and Global Setup options which will be explained later A Patch is immediately activated when clicked After clicking all connected Unitor8 units will switch to Patch Mode if Computer Mode was activated before All Unitor8 units switch to Computer Mode if Computer Mode Setup is clicked All Unitor8 units switch to Patch Mode if the Patch Mode Setup is clicked and the last active Patch will be activated again The mode will not change if Click Input Setup or Global Setup is clicked Virtual Devices The concept of SoundDiver and Unitor8 Control is that every real device has a virtual counterpart on the screen For the Unitor8 there is an exception
17. ing them to the old Unitor8 model Emagic 12 Unitor8 excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 The Unitor8 Package Unitor8 Unitor8 Feature Unitor8 Mk Il AMTS8 8x8 MIDI Interface e 32 Patches e Computer Mode e up to 8 units stackable e Patch Mode e e LTC synchronization e VITC synchronization Click input e Updatable firmware Mac Thru jack switch USB e The Unitor8 Package Please make sure your package is complete It should contain the following components his manual we can assume that since you re reading this that you got the manual 9 a power supply a serial RS 422 cable to connect with MacOS compatible computers or for stacking a serial RS 232 cable to connect with Windows PCs or for stacking a USB cable a CD ROM containing Unitor8 Control software which is used to configure your Unitor8 for stand alone Patch opera tion MacOS Windows or for operation with software other than Logic and to install the MME driver Windows only and USB driver MacOS only a registration card and of course your new Unitor8 unit User Manual Version 1 1 13 If one of the above mentioned components is not included in this package please don t hesitate to contact your retailer at once The missing component will be delivered to you as soon as possible However we are confident that everything is in order and that we can now tackle the next step
18. must use OMS even if the software is MTP compatible If you don t want to use OMS you must connect the Unitor8 to a serial port If you have several Unitor8 units please continue with the next section otherwise go to the section OMS Driver on page 22 User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 Chapter 1 Setup Stacking via USB If you plan use additional Unitor8 units with a Unitor8 connected via USB simply connect the first Unitor8 with the second using the RS 422 cable Mac Do zot the RS 232 cable i You cannot use the RS 232 cable for connecting the first unit with the second as the RS 232 port is internally shared with the USB port A third Unitor8 would be connected to the second using the RS 232 cable the third to the fourth with the RS 422 cable and so on see illustration Up to eight Unitor8 units can be connected in this way to the USB port USB ES 1 8 Z Wis Abi M SS UnitorB 9 16 R EN ae a 17 24 M nins iine DOM D tert eg T 25 32 8 iui Wier BE Sane 33 40 EE siens UE S noB 41 48 uM una uana IEEE ng 49 56 L Be e te er I 1 TE ed 57 64 Ll EHI PS P eek MCCUE RS 422 RS 232 RS 422 RS 232 RS 422 RS 232 RS 422 UO LRL LEE LESO LEE LESO LANE You can stack Unitor8 Mk Il AMT8 and old Unitor8 in any order Regarding stacking these three models are identical Please turn to the section OMS Driver on page 22 Setup Serial Port Thi
19. slow motion cueing forward and back ward and in still picture mode naturally VITC can only be used with a VCR Unitor8 is not only able to read but also to write VI TC Regardless of whether you choose to work with LTC or VITC the Unitor8 offers the ability to Time Code Burn in While working with the Unitor8 you can use the option to burn the time code current SMPTE time into a video picture The display and position of the burn in window can be selected This option saves you from having to look back and forth between the computer monitor and video screen as you work with video Moreover anyone dubbing music to a video will also see the current SMPTE time of the tape on the video picture If you ever find yourself in a position which requires working with a device that is sending unstable incorrect time code you will appreciate the next feature Freewheeling The Unitor8 has an individually selectable freewheeling dura tion This is the amount of time which a drop out of the time code track may last before the Unitor8 stops synchronized operation In other words if the drop out proves to be of shorter In other words if the drop out proves to be of shorter duration than the defined freewheel value the Unitor8 will continue to User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 operate However it is not recommended that you set the free wheel parameter to too high
20. special SysEx message Usually MTC is transmitted with so called Quarter Frame Messages which contain just a part of the time code information Therefore in most cases you keep this setting Of Additional transmission of the Full Frame Message is needed for some software packages such as ProTools for them to function properly If you happen to work with such software please use its manual to look up how often number of frames the Full Frame Message has to be transmitted Enable MTC Out excludes AMT8 Here you specify to which MIDI Out ports the incoming time code LTC or VITC will be routed In the Computer Mode Setup this also applies to SMPTE striping Only select the really relevant ports in order to prevent an overload of MIDI data on the other cables Data Filter The Input Filter and Output Filter parameter groups are easy to explain Special types of MIDI commands MTC SysEx Active Sensing Tune Request Real time System Reset Song Select can be filtered separately for each MIDI In and Out port Patch Select Select the MIDI In port and channel on which you would like incoming Program Change messages to cause the Unitor8 to User Manual Version 1 1 55 Chapter 3 Unitor8 Control recall Patches It is useful to select the port your master keyboard is connected to or the channel which your master keyboard uses to send change commands If you don t want to use this feature deactivate it
21. starts again and so on During each phase a sepa rate MIDI command can be transmitted There are two types of foot switches which are distinguished by the following characteristics The first causes a short circuit between tip and ground when switched Closer the second operates oppositely and opens a normally shorted circuit Opener The Unitor8 is capable of recognizing which type of foot switch is presently active A foot switch should be plugged into the Click Input jack before Unitor8 is switched on In addition to this never press the foot switch while switch ing on your Unitor8 The options for the Click Input are virtually unlimited Besides the Panic feature you can send start and stop commands to your sequencer as just one example User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 excludes AMT8 Tip 59 Chapter 3 Unitor8 Control Furthermore you can generate MIDI commands which are routed to Logic s Tempo Interpreter please see the Logic manual For instance tap the foot switch or send a percussive audio signal like a bass drum in order to control the playback tempo of Logic You may ask yourself why two phases Press and Release are not sufficient Be assured that the four phases are very efficient For example you can send a start command to your sequencer if you press the foot switch once If you press the foot Switch a second time a stop command is issued In order to do th
22. tape that already contains a time code If you need to restripe a track that contains old code it is a good idea to erase the track before restriping Start Striping excludes AMT8 Start your tape machine and press the Stripe button Please take care that the lead in as well as lead out of your tape contain enough time code This is important as the synchro nizer Unitor8 cannot log in fast enough if for example the striped time code is too short We recommend the you stripe the time code on the whole tape When recording to the tape leave one minute of timecode headroom before the first song or session It is generally best to use an edge track when striping LTC on Tip an analog multi track as this facilitates monitoring Due to tape jitter the edge track may be of lesser audio quality though nonetheless still quite satisfactory for LTC It is furthermore advantageous to use an edge track because any cross talk will only affect one adjacent track Naturally you need nor worry about this if you are working with digital multi track devices or HD recorders because of their superior track isolation Striping VITC excludes AMT8 In order to stripe VITC connect the S Video output of the Unitor8 to the S Video input of your VCR If your VCR does not have an S Video input please get the necessary adapter at your retailer For pin assignment see the appendix Set VITC Write Lines excludes AMT8 Select the video l
23. the master s If you are using an Audiowerk8 with Logic Audio and the Unitor8 however you won t need an additional Wordclock Interface to maintain this type of sync That is because the Audiowerk8 can continuously resync it s sample rate from 30 KHz to 52 KHz in response to variations in the SMPTE rate You can sync additional audio devices such as ProTools by connecting the digital output of the Audiowerk8 to the digital User Manual Version 1 1 69 Appendix input of that system and setting the other systems s sync source to digital It is of course up to you to decide whether you need an external Wordclock Interface However we recommend that you compare the prices of an external Interface and Audiowerk8 You might also consider that an HD recorder with eight distinct outputs is included as an extra if you buy an Audiowerk8 for this purpose We hope you are not annoyed with this little plug for another EMAGIC product at this point A 3 Pin Assignments Professional studios often have a server room where all the noisy devices are installed Most MIDI devices however are placed in the studio room itself In this case you may need a cable between the computer and the Unitor8 in many cases much longer than the one we have provided The following tables show you how to build such a cable Please use only high quality components The cable must have a twisted shield RS 232 DB9 Pin Pin DB9 female female CD 1
24. with LTC on its audio track Read Lines excludes AMT8 If you want to sync to VITC select the lines in which the VITC is generated If you are not too sure about these lines select the entry Scan The Unitor8 then will scan the video signal and adjust to the right line automatically Only one line is needed to read or stripe VITC The second line is used as a backup line and displays the same contents as the first one Usually the second line will be ignored while reading The second line is of use only when the synchronizer in this case Unitor8 is unable to decode the first line Note that it is necessary to leave a User Manual Version 1 1 53 Chapter 3 Unitor8 Control space of one line between the first and the second line This keeps the Unitor8 Control from accepting a wrong entry Freewheeling Now set the freewheel time By doing this you fix the time it takes the Unitor8 to sync to internal reference free running if the time code is canceled or cannot be decoded Once decoding is again possible Unitor8 will log in once more Unfortunately the advantage of a particular freewheel time is always balanced by a disadvantage Short values or disabled freewheeling cause the Unitor8 to stop synchronization after a short time or immediately if the incoming time code is difficult to decode Using longer freewheel times can prevent this In this case though Unitor8 will continue to run for
25. xx xx Song Position Pointer sets a new clock position Only one MIDI In port is allowed to route Real Time messages at any one time Real Time messages received by the other MIDI In ports at the same time are ignored The purpose of this limitation is to prevent merging of Real Time messages from several inputs which would cause to a lot of confusion An important term in this context is the clock master a specially designated MIDI In port on the Unitor8 Real Time messages received by the clock master are always routed to the computer as well as to all MIDI Out ports unless they are filtered out by the settings in the Computer or Patch Mode Setup After powering up the Unitor8 MIDI Clock is not routed to any of the ports as no clock master has been found yet The MIDI In port which receives a Start FA see above or Continue FB message first becomes clock master For the time being only Real Time message received by this port are routed When the clock master receives a Stop message FC see above every other MIDI In port may become clock master by receiving a Start message Until a new clock master has been found the old clock master keeps routing Real Time messages This is impor User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 41 42 Chapter 2 Operation Unitor8 tant for some sequencer programs which need to receive MIDI clock while in external sync mode The above mentioned change of clock
26. you have the option to select another destination Patch in the flip menu If you change your mind about the exchange click 7 If one Patch should be copied onto another one press a t MacOS RS prior to releasing the mouse button Then the dialog window Enter Entry will be opened In order to proceed use the steps explained above with the exchange function Naturally Unitor8 Control offers the Cut Copy Paste Tip commands and other standard operating techniques you are used to 3 5 Patch Mode Setup The synchronization behavior of Unitor8 in Patch Mode is excludes AMT8 defined in the Patch Mode Setup You can also establish how the Unitor8 will react to special types of MIDI commands as well as the MIDI port and channel which is to receive the Program Change commands that will change the Unitor8 s patches Open this window in the same way you opened the Patch editor REMEMBER Select the Patch Mode Setup entry in the Memory Manager and open the editor with the command Open editor from the Windows menu Double click the Patch Mode Setup entry Click Patch Mode Setup entry with activated Link Window function The Patch Mode Setup editor with all its available parameters should now be displayed If you have connected several User Manual Version 1 1 51 Chapter 3 Unitor8 Control Unitor8 units a column for each of them is shown and you will be able to set up each
27. 1 Setup Choose the menu Start Settings Control Panel then double click the Add Remove Hardware control panel Click Next Make sure that Add Troubleshoot a device is selected then click Next Windows 2000 will search for for Plug and Play devices As the Unitor8 is not Plug and Play you will get the Choose a Hardware Device page Select Add a new device then click Next Select No I want to select the hardware from a list then click Next Select Sound video and game controllers then Next g Click Have disk Insert the provided CD ROM click Browse and select the path on your CD ROM drive which contains the file OEMSETUPINF then click OR In the dialog Digital Signature Not Found click Yes The driver emagic Unitor8 MIDI SMPTE VITC LTC should now be displayed Make sure that this driver name is selected and click Next In the Start Hardware Installation dialog click Next In the dialog Digital Signature Not Found again click Yes The Settings dialog will appear If you have more than one Unitor8 unit change the number of input and output ports accordingly 8 per Unitor8 unit Then click OK Click Finish In the Systems Settings Change dialog click Yes to restart the computer You re done the driver is installed
28. 23 1 2 Setup MacOS You can connect your Unitor8 either via USB or a serial port If your MacOS computer is equipped with USB you should use USB Tips for Selecting the Right Port Modem Printer or USB If your MacOS computer has a USB port and one of your Unitor8 units does as well i e it s a Unitor8 Mk II or an AMTS you should use USB However only Logic Audio 4 0 1 or newer and SoundDiver 2 1 or lateer can access the Unitor8 units via USB without OMS For other software OMS and the Unitor8 OMS driver is required If your MacOS computer also has a serial port it might be more sensible to use the serial port especially if you want to use third party software which does not support OMS If you have more than one Unitor8 you can use both USB and the serial ports If you have more than eight Unitor8s you may even have to Emagic 16 Unitor8 Note Tips for Selecting the Right Port With a MacOS computer which has two serial ports and a USB PCI card installed for details see the section Setup USB on page 19 you can connect up to 24 Unitor8 units and thus have up to 192 MIDI ins and outs which equals up to 3 072 MIDI channels One or Two Serial Ports If you have several Unitor8 units you can connect up to eight of them to one serial port or you can divide thhem between both ports The following items apply when using only one port Only one connection between the computer and Unit
29. Audio update to version 4 0 1 or higher If you use SoundDiver update to version 2 0 7 or higher If you use other software install the OMS driver see the section OMS Driver on page 22 and run the software in OMS mode I have connected several Unitor8 units to USB but only one is recognized Only one Unitor8 may be connected to USB Inter connect the other units with the first unit Also see the section Stacking via USB on page 20 and the section Can I Connect Several Unitor8 Chains to USB on page 18 Only the Unitor8 connected via USB is recognized but not the cascaded units The cascade cabling is wrong Connect the second unit with the first via RS 422 not RS 232 See the section Stacking via USB on page 20 Some programs don t work with Unitor8 at least not with 1 MHz Emagic Unitor8 Problems with MacOS This problem only occurs with Unitor8 Mk 1 hardware revi sion 1 and 2 but not with revision 3 Mk 2 or AMTS8 The RS 422 cable is too long and thus acts as a low pass filter It sounds strange but the signals transmitted in 1 MHz mode have higher frequencies than those transmitted in Fast Mode Use the provided cable If this is not possible use the high est quality cable possible individually shielded cores The Unitor8 Mk1 Rev 1 and 2 can be retrofitted to amelio rate this problem Please contact Emagic Fast Mode cannot be established in Logic or another MTP c
30. Displays MIDI In and MIDI Out LEDs The 8 MIDI in and 8 MIDI out lights are illuminated if the respective MIDI port of the Unitor8 is receiving or sending a MIDI signal aa frequent short flashing of a MIDI In LED means incoming Active Sensing and low level illumination indicates incoming MIDI Clock or MIDI Time Code Don t panic this is normal You can adjust the brightness of these LEDs with Unitor8 Control See section In Out LED Brightness on page 64 VITC LTC Read and Write LEDs The VITC LTC Read and Write LEDs are illuminated if the corresponding time code type is being received or generated A flashing Lock LED indicates which type of time code is expected Emagic 38 Unitor8 excludes AMT8 With Unitor8 Control Unitor8 RS 422 RS 232 and USB LEDs These LEDs illuminate if data is sent via the respective port You can adjust the brightness of these LEDs with Unitor8 Control See section RS LED Brightness on page 64 2 3 Patch Mode After powering up the Unitor8 enters Patch Mode and the most recently selected Patch is active If you have not used the Unitor8 Control software this is Patch 1 which contains default settings all MIDI data received on a certain MIDI In port is sent to all MIDI Out ports except the port which has the the same number as the In port If you play on a keyboard connected to In port 3 for example the MIDI events will be sent to O
31. IDI Set of MIDI Bytes to 3 as a Controller message consists of three bytes Enter a controller message e g Contrl16 31 Non 00 0 Start Logic Open the Key Commands window Find the key command Tap Tempo Assign the above controller message to this key command as a MIDI remote command User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 63 Chapter 3 Unitor8 Control Start tape playback Logic should now start synced to the tape e With the Tempo Interpreter window you can monitor the incoming sync signals as well as do some fine tuning See the section 15 4 Tempo Interpreter Manual Sync in the Logic user manual for further details 3 8 Global Setup Here you can change global settings of the Unitor8 In Out LED Brightness Defines the brightness or minimum flash duration of the MIDI In and MIDI Out LEDs If set to Off the LEDs won t go on at all If you are bothered by the MIDI In LEDs flashing constantly because there is a device connected which sends Active Sense you should set this parameter to 1 or Off RS LED Brightness Defines the brightness or minimum flash duration of the Connection LEDs i e RS 232 RS 422 and USB If set to Off the LEDs won t illuminate at all Emagic 64 Unitor8 Application Examples Unitor8 3 9 Several Unitor8 Units on Both Serial Ports MacOS
32. Please go to the section Unitor8 Control Setup on page 27 Emagic Unitor8 Unitor8 Control Setup Unitor8 Control Setup e To install the Unitor8 Control software double click the Setup program and follow the on screen instructions Please go to the section Stacking on page 27 Stacking i Duetoa bug in Windows 95 stacking is not realistically possible with this Windows version as installing more than 11 MIDI ports will lead to a crash You should upgrade to Windows 98 which has fixed this bug If you want to set up additional Unitor8 units you can connect the first Unitor8 with the second using the RS 422 cable Then connect the second Unitor8 with the third one using the RS 232 cable Again using the RS 422 cable connect the third Unitor8 with the fourth one and so on Using this method up to eight Unitor8 units can be installed a PC 1B 9 16 gc ETE 17 24 R8 RS 232 Unitor8 RS 422 RS 232 RS 422 25 32 DE 33 10 ern a 49 56 I 2 UnitorB RS 422 UO LEE LE LN Lee LESO LESO CE 57 04 aT SITE Unitor8 Now you must tell the driver that more than 8 ports exist Sce the section Inputs Number on page 28 and the section Outputs Number on page 29 The setup is completed Switch on your Unitor8 s your MIDI devices your tape machine and or your VCR as well as your PC and start Unitor8 Control or your sequence
33. Program Launch Start the Unitor8 Control software MacOS double click Unitor8 Control program icon Windows select the menu Start gt emagic gt Unitor8 Control gt Unitor8 Control User Manual Version 1 1 43 Chapter 3 Unitor8 Control MacOS only if your MacOS computer 1s equipped with serial ports shortly after launch the Preferences window opens page Communication As a default the Modem Port is enabled and the Printer Port is disabled If your Unitor8 is connected to the Printer Port you have to deactivate the Modem Port and to activate the Printer Port If you have Unitor8 units connected to both ports activate the Printer Port If you quit the program these settings are automatically stored as Unitor8 Control Preferences in the folder Preferences in the folder System The settings will be restored automat ically during the next program launch If you want to change these settings later you do so from the Preferences window which is accessed from the File menu Now click OR Unitor8 Control will then scan the indicated port and receives the data from all connected Unitor8 units this will be the factory presets with the first program launch A warning is displayed 1f your Unitor8 Control is unable to Note detect any connected Unitor8 units In this case make sure the power supply of your Unitor8 is switched on Moreover inspect the cable connection between Unitor8 and
34. Reorder Patches Request RS 232 RS 232 cable RS 232 LED RS 422 RS 422 cable RS 422 LED 13 21 13 20 Scan User Manual Version 1 1 48 51 55 20 13 37 44 21 55 23 75 55 53 55 41 52 13 51 43 70 24 39 71 21 39 53 Unitor8 Scart 16 Serial Switch 21 76 SMPTE 10 74 SMPTE Mode 52 Song Position Pointer 41 Song Select filter 55 SoundDiver 15 16 18 29 30 33 34 35 40 43 76 79 Stacking 9 Stand alone operation 10 Standard MIDI File 33 Start 41 Striping 57 Start Time code 56 Stealth 18 Steinberg 8 Stop 41 Stripe time code 56 Striping LTC 56 Start 57 Support 14 S Video 16 Swap Patches 51 Synchronization Patch Mode 51 SysEx 79 ilter 55 System Reset ilter 55 Time code burn in 11 87 Index Burn In 54 Transmit 43 Tune Request filter 55 TV 16 U Unitor8 Control 13 19 21 25 27 33 34 35 Update 12 14 33 USB 16 76 78 driver 19 Setup 19 24 Stacking 20 USB LED 39 USB Serial Adapter 21 V VCR 16 Vertical Interleave Time Code 52 Video input 16 Video monitor 16 Video output 16 VITC 13 52 53 55 56 58 Read LED 38 Read Lines 53 Synchronizer 11 Write LED 38 W Windows 2000 7 9 25 28 29 30 Windows 95 7 9 25 27 28 29 Windows 98 7 9 25 Windows NT 7 9 25 28 29 30 Emagic 88 Unitor8 Wrap around Y Yosemite 56 20
35. This will delete all settings in the Unitor8 i e all Patches Computer Mode Setup Patch Mode Setup Click Input Setup Any firmware updates you have uploaded previously will also be lost f your Unitor8 has an EPROM version 1 2 1 or older and it is connected to a PC a later firmware update will be possible only with a special plug This is how it s done run Unitor8 Control or SoundDiver and open the Memory Manager window hold down 4 and click the Panic button in the Special Parameters area see the section Parameter Column on page 47 power the unit off and on The RS 232 and RS 422 LEDs should flash alternatively for about 3 seconds Only the first Unitor8 unit ports 1 8 will be initialized User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 35 36 Chapter 1 Setup Emagic Unitor8 Chapter 2 Operation Unitor8 If you followed the steps detailed in the previous chapters then you are all set to start working 2 1 Front Panel Controls The front panel controls of the Unitor8 are basic and easy to understand Detailed editing is done with PC MacOS and Unitor8 Control The front panel of Unitor8 displays next to the control LEDs two control buttons Power Switch The power switch is used to turn the power supply of Unitor8 on and off Illumination of the power LED indicates that the Unitor8 is switched on At power up during self
36. Unitor8 unit individually Below the setup of a single Unitor8 unit 1s explained as the operation of additional Unitor8 units is completely identical Parameters of the Patch Mode Setup We will now discuss the options in the Patch Mode Setup SMPTE Mode excludes AMT8 In the flip menu SMPTE Mode you select the type of time code the Unitor8 will receive or generate The options are LTC SMPTE LTC EBU and VITC If you select OFF in the menu the sync functions of Unitor8 are deactivated Consequently all respective parameters disappear LTC Longitudinal Time Code is recorded as an audible signal on an audio track and is the most common method for synchronization The basic difference between LTC SMPTE SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and LTC EBU EBU European Broadcasting Union is that the European Video Standard features 25 frames per second thus if LTC EBU is selected 25 frames per second is auto matically selected in the format menu VITC Vertically Interleaved Time Code is written on the first lines of a video signal not discernible on a common video screen and can therefore be used only with a VCR It is advantageous to work with VITC as it can be decoded in still picture mode as well as during extreme tape speed conditions i e FFWD and RWD which LTC cannot do Refresh excludes AMT8 When you activate the refresh option the Unitor8 transmi
37. User Manual Unitor 8 Mk II AMT 8 Unitor 8 Control Version 1 1 Manual Rev C Windows 95 98 NT 2000 and MacOS english transmitter active MIDI e 3 Unitor8 emagic Soft und Hardware GmbH All trademarks are property of their individual owners Unitor AMT and SoundDiver are registered trade marks of Emagic Soft und Hardware GmbH Credits The contributors to the Unitor8 AMT8 product line are Concept AMT Project Manager Dr Gerhard Lengeling Hardware Firmware EES Technik f r Musik Unitor8 Control SoundDiver Unitor8 Module Michael Haydn Windows Drivers Andreas Tofahrn USB Driver Markus Fritze OMS Driver Michael Haydn User Manual Clemens Haas Michael Haydn Jeff Bohnhoff Rev B EG Konformitatserklarung DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Ce Wir best tigen da das Produkt We confirm that the product Emagic Unitor8 Mk II AMT8 den Schutzanforderungen entspricht die in der EG Richtlinie 89 336 EWG zur Angleichung der Rechtsvorschriften der Mitgliedstaaten ber die Elektromagnetische Vertr glichkeit festgelegt sindi is in conformity with the E C directive 89 336 E E C relating to the Electromagnetic Com patibility Diese Erkl rung gilt f r alle Exemplare die nach den anliegenden technischen Unterlagen die Bestandteil dieser Erkl rung sind hergestellt werden This declaration is valid for all products which are produced in accordance with the technica
38. a value This is because each time you stop the tape machine or the VCR you will have to wait the respective amout of time before Unitor8 itself will stop The freewheeling time can be set separately for LTC and VITC You have learned about nearly all of Unitor8 s current features but there are still a few more Freely Assignable Audio Input If you take a look at the front panel you will see a quarter inch jack which is labeled Click In This Click Input allows you to feed the Unitor8 with external signals This can be done with a foot switch or almost any common audio signal It is up to you to decide how the Unitor8 will react to whatever signal is sent to this input For example you can send start or stop commands to the sequencer by using the foot switch or extract timing information from a bass drum The applications for the Click Input are virtually unlimited within the MIDI specifica tion The same applies to the future range of features of the Unitor8 itself because of Updatable Firmware Future system updates of the Unitor8 are easily achieved via MIDI So don t worry when considering the trouble of opening the Unitor8 or exchanging the EPROMs By downloading special MIDI files into the EPROM the firmware will be updated This will take you just a few mouse clicks Differences The AMTS is a stripped down version of the Unitor8 Mk II The following list shows the differences in detail alsocompar
39. all Unitor8 units connected to one computer port are seen as a single unit by Unitor8 Control For example if you connect eight Unitor8 units to the modem port Unitor8 Control will treat them as a single device labeled Unitor8 Modem Emagic 46 Unitor8 Windows MIDI Software Unitor8 Parameter Column The parameter column is located on the left side of the Memory Manager This column can be hidden or shown from the Options menu From top to bottom and left to right you find REM ans 2 00 EB Unitors 1 2 9 the Window Link button If enabled it synchronizes the window s contents with the currently selected device the Request button which requests the selected entries from the Unitor8 the Transmit button which overwrites the selected entries in the Unitor8 with the ones currently in Unitor8 Control the global Device parameter box It can be collapsed by clicking the small triangle to the left the name of the Unitor8 chain As a default this is the name of the first unit in the chain In the MacOS version the computer port s name is appended You can change the name by clicking it Out Port the name of the computer port the Unitor8 chain is connected to The MIDI port number 1 63 is irrel evant for Unitor8 Control the Special Parameters again this box can be collapsed by clicking the small triangle a table displays the maximum of eight conn
40. cer software must support Standard MIDI Files and SysEx like Logic However this method has several drawbacks only the first unit ports 1 8 ofa chain will be updated This is especially annoying if you have a MacOS computer with no serial ports an AMT 8 and one or several Unitor8 Mk 1 as you can t connect the Unitor8 units directly to the computer there is no check if the update was actually successful and error free the update process is slow because after each data packet a sufficiently long pause is made instead of continuing with the next packet immediately after receiving the acknowl edge message from the Unitor8 Therefore we suggest that you perform firmware updates only via Unitor8 Control or SoundDiver User Manual Version 1 1 33 Chapter 1 Setup With Unitor8 Control exc udes AMT8 Unitor8 Control or SoundDiver can recognize Standard MIDI Files which contain a firmware update for the Unitor8 and will then control the update process i You should use Unitor8 Control version 1 0 6 or SoundDiver 2 0 6 or newer Older versions have bugs that can affect this process If you also have AMT8 or Unitor8 Mk II you should use Unitor8 Control version 1 1 or SoundDiver 2 1 or newer Open the update file with menu item File Open and select the update file You can also drag the update file over the Unitor8 Control program icon If you work with S
41. computer Then click Retry You may simulate the existance of one two or eight Unitor8 Assume x Unitor8 for demonstration purposes 3 2 Running Unitor8 Control together with Logic Unitor8 Control for MacOS supports AutoLink a special communication protocol which enables it to route MIDI input output via Logic or Logic Audio Emagic 44 Unitor8 OMS compatible Software on MacOS first run Logic then run Unitor8 Control Logic will make a plop sound to indicate that AutoLink has been established with Unitor8 Control You can check this by opening Unitor8 Contro s Preferences window Make sure that the preferences option Use AutoLink with SoundSurfer Diver is enabled in Logic For AutoLink on MacOS Logic 2 5 or newer is required On Windows Logic Audio 4 0 or newer Silver Gold or Platinum is required OMS compatible Software on MacOS Unitor8 Control supports OMS Simply run all OMS applica tions you need including Unitor8 Control in any order Make sure that Use OMS if available is set to Ask or Always in Unitor8 Control s preferences i When running Unitor8 Control in OMS mode after using it without OMS you must re assign its OMS output Choose any of the Unitor8 s out ports in the parameter column to the left of the Memory Manager window see section Parameter Column on page 47 Windows MIDI Software Asthe Unitor8 MME
42. des AMT8 67 Appendix Union Since the data format 1s the same except the frame rate the term SMPTE is often used to refer to all frame rates In the USA and some other countries the various frame rates around 30fps are used 30 00 fps Non drop American black white TV operates at exactly 30 Hz Therefore 30 fps is used The frames are counted from 0 to 29 then the next second begins 29 97 fps Non drop With the introduction of color TV the frame rate of 29 97 Hz began to be used The corresponding format is 29 97 fps As with 30fps the frames are counted from 0 to 29 However this leads to the effect that one SMPTE minute is not exactly one real minute but is a bit too long In other words after exactly one real minute the SMPTE position shows a bit less than one minute However this is not generally a problem so this format is widely used 29 97 fps Drop To correct the deviation from real time the so called 29 97 drop frame format has been introduced Formally this is a 30 fps code with the frequency 29 97 Hz as described above However the frame numbering is slightly different at every full minute two frames are skipped when counting For exam ple after the frame 0 minutes 59 seconds and 29 frames the subsequent frame is labeled 1 minute 0 seconds and 2 frames So 2 frames have been dropped Thus the time code format is called 29 97 fps drop frame in
43. ected Unitor8 units as well as their respective model name and firmware versions This table can be updated by clicking it This is important in case you work with several Unitor8 units and forgot to switch Tip one of them on prior to launching Unitor8 Control When new Unitor8 units are found Unitor8 Control will request their data automatically The panic button is designed to send an All Notes Off command in case of stuck MIDI notes and is followed by discrete Note Off commands for each note Notice that pressing the panic button in Unitor8 Control is equivelent to User Manual Version 1 1 47 Chapter 3 Unitor8 Control pressing the Panic Patch button on the front panel of the Unitor8 unit itself The Help button accesses the on line help system You can also call up the on line help with the command Windows gt Open Help 3 4 Patch Mode Configuration of MIDI Routings Programming of Patches is the defining of which MIDI In port s will be connected to which MIDI Out port s Patches are only valid for operation in Patch Mode The computer need not be connected for using Patches for instance while playing live on stage If the computer is switched on this task is performed by your sequencer software or OMS Edit Patch Click the Patch you want to edit for example Patch 1 and open the editor in the Windows menu with the Open Editor command or simply hit 7 A third option is to simp
44. er delivered with this package first This manual will assist you whether the Unitor8 is your first MIDI interface or if you are an experienced MIDI musician who wants to learn about Unitor8 s other advanced features such as operation without a computer or synchronization Feature Survey Here is a complete summary of your new Unitor8 s features User Manual Version 1 1 7 Professional 8 x 8 MIDI Interface Using a Unitor8 eight MIDI Inputs and eight MIDI Outputs are available to your computer However if the 128 MIDI chan nels addressable with a single Unitor8 are not sufficient for your MIDI needs you can take advantage of the Unitor8 s ability to stack several units AMT Active MIDI Transmission With AMT Emagic has developed a technology which achieves the best possible MIDI timing in large setups AMT is currently supported by Logic Audio Silver Gold and Plati num Steinberg has announced AMT support for its Cubase line As AMT is optional the Unitor8 is still compatible with MIDI software which does not support it USB Compatibility In addition to the serial ports Unitor8 Mk II or AMTS can be connected to the computer via a USB interface Here the installation is even easier USB Hot Plugging One of USB s advantages is its abiltiy to hot swap connected devices This means that USB devices may be powered on or off or their USB cable may be connected or disconnected while the compu
45. f the bass drum Application Examples Switch between Patches with Two Foot Switches If you have a double foot switch with a stereo 1 4 plug you can connect this directly to the Unitor8 Otherwise you need two single foot switches and a dual mono 1 4 to stereo 1 4 adapter Set the Tip input to Footswitch Set the Tip input s mode to P Up for phases 1 and 3 Phases 2 and 4 must be set to MIDI and of MIDI bytes to 0 Emagic 62 Unitor8 excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 Application Examples Set the Ring input s mode to P Down in the same way Now you can increment the current Patch number with one and decrement it with the other foot switch Start and Stop Sequencer with Foot Switch Jonnect the foot switch to the click input C t the foot switch to the click input Set the Tip input to Footswitch Set the Tip input s mode to MIDI For phase 1 enter Mode MIDI of MIDI Bytes 1 MIDI Bytes Start For phases 2 and 4 enter Mode MIDI of MIDI Bytes 0 For phase 3enter Mode MIDI of MIDI Bytes 1 MIDI Bytes Stop Synchronize Logic to Tape Material without a Sync Track Set the Tip input to Signal Feed the tape machine output to the Click input If you have a multitrack tape machine choose a track which has frequently pulsating signals on quarter notes e g bass drum Set the Tip input s mode to M
46. front panel sends an All Notes Off command to your instru ments which can be very useful in the event you experience stuck MIDI notes Additional Unitor8 only Features excludes AMT8 So far we have only mentioned the basic features of the Unitor8 Let s move on and take a look at some of its more advanced capabilities If for example you want to drive your sequencer in sync with other devices like a tape machine or a VCR the next feature is of great importance SMPTE LTC Synchronizer Read amp Write excludes AMT8 The Unitor8 employs a highly precise sync circuit for the purpose of syncing tother devices via SMPTE LTC time code The latter is designed to decode the LTC from 25 up to 1000 of the nominal speed of the tape During time code writ ing striping LTC is recorded to a separate audio track During time code reading LTC is converted into MIDI Time Code M T C which MIDI sequencers are able to decode Emagic 10 Unitor8 Additional Unitor8 only Features More powerful than LTC but less commonly used is VI TC In order to enjoy this extra you will need to use Unitor8 s SMPTE VITC Synchronizer Read amp Write In addition to LTC synchronization the Unitor8 offers the abil ity to sync to a VCR via VITC time code VITC is taped as an integral part not discernible on the screen of the video signal This allows the slave device to stay in synce even during extreme tape speeds
47. generally necessary that MIDI devices such as sound modules or samplers send MIDI data to the sequencer you just need to connect the MIDI Ins of the these MIDI devices to a MIDI Out of the Unitor8 If you want to manage and edit the sounds of your instruments with a an editor librarian program like SoundDiver then cabling your sound modules in both directions for the transmission of of the MIDI SysEx data is necessary It is a good idea to label all of your MIDI cables to avoid confusion when troubleshooting problems later on f you wish to work with the SMPTE LTC synchronizer of the Unitor8 connect the LTC Out of Unitor8 to the input of the audio track which is to record the LTC and the output of that audio track to the LTC Input of the Unitor8 f you want to work with the SMPTE VITC synchronizer of the Unitor8 and or want to burn in time code to the video User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 Tip excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 Chapter 1 Setup picture connect the video output of your VCR to the video input of the Unitor8 You must also connect the video output of the Unitor8 to the video input of your video screen or TV If your VCR and or video monitor or TV are not equipped with the necessary connector jacks please be sure to get proper adapters to S Video Coax or Scart to S Video at your retailer For information about the setup of Windows please turn to the section Setup Windows on page
48. h nearly every existing MacOS software package including OMS and FreeMidi The included OMS driver provides all features of the Unitor8 including stacking of up to eight units to OMS users Using a PC the Windows Multimedia Extension H MME driver enables the Unitor8 to operate with MICROSOFD nearly all MME compatible software Please note WINDOWS however that Windows 95 is not able to manage COMPATIBLE more than 11 MIDI ports This bug does not apply to Windows 98 Windows NT or Windows 2000 BER SEN N b Y User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 If you want to work with your Unitor8 without your computer live on stage for example you can rely on Unitor8 s Stand alone Operation With Patch Mode it is possible to use the multiple routing and sync modes of the Unitor8 even when your computer is switched off The Unitor8 will keep the respective sync mode excludes AMT8 independent from the settings in Computer Mode as well as 32 different routing settings Patches in its memory These Patches can be activated via MIDI Program Change commands for example by using a master keyboard Program ming of the Patches has to be done with your computer before hand The Patches are backed up by EEPROM so you don t have to worry if there s a power failure while you re performing on stage This means that the modes are not lost even without a battery and a power supply The Panic Patch button on the
49. h in the upper left corner open a second Memory Manager window with 38 Mac or PC 35 again disable the Window Link switch in the upper left corner User Manual Version 1 1 65 66 Chapter 3 Unitor8 Control select the desired virtual device for the second window see above by simply activating the appropriate Memory Manager window you can switch to the desired port you can also copy data between the windows with drag and drop Emagic Unitor8 Appendix A 1 Frame Rate The frame rate is the number of full frames per second fps The frame rate typically used varies depending on country standard and recording application The following formats exist 24 fps 25 fps 30 fps 29 97 fps drop frame Occasionally this format is used e 29 97 fps non drop Theoretically possible but more than exotic and not recom mendable is the format e 30 00 fps drop frame 24 fps In the film business 24 fps is typical 25 fps In Europe a frame rate of 25 fps is used most commonly This matches the frame rate of the PAL TV system and since the frame rate is an integer no fractional frames problems are rare Strictly speaking it is not correct to name this format as zZ SMP TE code rather the correct term is EBU Time Code EBU is an abbreviation for European Broadcasting User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 exclu
50. hare the interrupts of COM1 and COM2 Therefore COM1 and COM3 as well as COM2 and COMA can be used only alternatively not simultaneously It might work however to share a COM port between a modem and the Unitor8 as it does not make much sense to use them simultaneously Another workaround is to connect both the modem or any other device which requires a COM port and is not needed while using MIDI software and Unitor8 to the same COM port using an RS 232 switch box Setup USB As of the printing of this manual this setup option is not yet supported Please read the Readme file on the CD ROM to see if this has changed in the meantime When the driver required for USB is available you will be able to download it from our web site at www emagic de english support download Setup COM Port Use the provided RS 232 cable to connect your Unitor8 with a COM port of your PC You may need a 9 to 25 pin adapter for this purpose If you run Logic Audio 3 6 or newer you may connect the Unitor8 to the Thru jack of the Logic dongle Power up the Unitor8 Emagic 24 Unitor8 Driver Setup Windows 95 98 Unitor8 Install the MME driver delivered with this package and the software Unitor8 Control on your PC Driver Setup Windows 95 98 select the menu Start gt Settings gt Control Panel then double click the Add Remove Hardware control panel click Next O
51. ines in which VITC is to be striped Usually the factory preset lines 12 and 14 will work well For time code offset time code jumps and the like follow the procedure explained in the section Striping LTC on page 56 User Manual Version 1 1 57 Chapter 3 Unitor8 Control Striping VITC Copy Video excludes AMT8 Before striping VITC on a video tape please bear in mind that VITC is part of the actual video signal and therefore can only be striped in conjunction with the picture itself If you intend to overwrite a video tape with VI TC which has already been striped you will have to copy this tape with the VITC to be striped To stripe a tape a second time then you have to connect the S Video Output of the playback VCR to the S Video Input of Unitor8 and the S Video Output of Unitor8 to the S Video Input of the first i e the recording VCR Start Striping excludes AMT8 Start the VITC generator of Unitor8 Stripe Thru and switch on both the playback and recording VCRs the Unitor8 now merges the video signal of the playback VCR with the generated VI TC lines and routes the result to the recording VCR Stripe Thru Burn In excludes AMT8 Sometimes it is desirable to write not only the VITC code but also a burn in window when copying a video tape In this case click the Stripe Thru Burn In instead of the Stripe Thru button Please note that in this mode no feedback in the Start
52. ior to this set the length of MIDI command Phase MIDI Bytes Depending on the setting of of MIDI bytes there are up to seven fields where you can enter any kind of MIDI bytes Of course the sequence should comply to the MIDI standard and build valid MIDI messages otherwise the MIDI software you want to control will not react While in Computer Mode MIDI commands are sent only to the computer whereas in Patch Mode they are treated as if they User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 61 Chapter 3 Unitor8 Control had been routed from Input 1 Note that the Input filter is not taken into account and that special treatment of real time messages is effective see the section Processing of Real Time Messages on page 41 Input Type You can connect either a foot switch to the tip of the Click Input jack or send an audio signal to it Select the appropriate signal source with this parameter You can simply use a mono quarter inch jack In the Signal mode only Phase 1 is available Analog Hold Off After you have chosen Signal as the input type for the tip input you can adjust the sluggishness of the input with this slider After a trigger pulse has been detected the Unitor8 will start to decode trigger pulses only after this amount of time has elapsed Thus incorrect triggers can be prevented such as sudden tempo changes caused by a fast double kick o
53. is assign phase 1 to the MIDI byte Start and for phase 3 the MIDI byte Stop of MIDI bytes 1 Phase 2 and 4 do not contain any functions of MIDI bytes O Mode excludes AMT8 In the flip menu you can select the mode in which you want the click input to work 60 MIDI A pre defined MIDI message is sent See Phase MIDI Byte for details Panic An All Notes Off command followed by discrete Note Off commands on all channels and outputs in order to mute stuck notes safely Other operations are not influenced meanwhile If you want to employ the Panic option be sure that this option is also set for phase Tip 3 Otherwise your second try will fail P Down If in Patch Mode the Unitor8 Mk II switches to the previous Patch If Patch 1 was selected it switches to Patch 32 P Up If in Patch Mode the Unitor8 Mk II switches to the next Patch If Patch 32 is active it switches to Patch 1 When switching the current Patch with P Down or P Up the number of the new Patch is shown for one second with the MIDI In and Out LEDs using the octal system commonly seen on many Roland devices Emagic Unitor8 Parameters of the Patch Mode Setup Patch octal LEDs 6 on O off During this display the MIDI connections of the new Patch are already active so that you can play your keyboards immedi ately of MIDI Bytes If you select MIDI you can send any MIDI command Pr
54. is parameter is required only if the search operation interferes with devices connected to the other COM ports Emagic 30 Unitor8 Driver Update Unitor8 Driver Update If you receive a driver update from Emagic open the tab labeled driver see Configuration of the driver and click Change driver Select the driver by clicking Have Disk and then proceed as previously described at the beginning of this section 1 4 Connecting the Unitor8 to Two Computers You can connect the Unitor8 to two computers This however does not mean that both computers can access all MIDI ports indepen dently It is possible that this feature will be implemented in a later Unitor8 firmware update Whether you need an even or odd number of Unitor8 units depends on the type of computer connected at either end of the daisy chain Computer 1 Computer2 possible Unitor8 units PC RS 232 PC RS 232 2 4 6 8 PC RS 232 Mac RS 422 1 37 Mac RS 422 PC RS 232 1 Sy 5 7 Mac RS 422 Mac RS 422 2 4 6 8 The USB port cannot be used here Only one of the computers will be recognized as the control computer in Computer Mode the one which sends MIDI data to the Unitor8 first The other computer can receive MIDI messages from and send messages to the control computer as if it was connected to one of the MIDI ports Note that this not only works for one but also for 3 5 or 7 units User Manual
55. l documentation which is a part of this decla ration Zur Beurteilung des Erzeugnisses hinsichtlich der Elektromagnetischen Vertr glichkeit wurden die folgenden harmonisierten Vorschriften angewendet For verification of conformity with regard to Electromagnetic Compatibility the following harmonized standards are applied EN 50081 1 03 93 Fachgrundnorm St raussendung Wohnbereich Generic emission standard residential environment EN 50082 1 03 93 Fachgrundnorm St rfestigkeit Wohnbereich Generic immunity standard residential environment Diese Erkl rung wird verantwortlich f r den Hersteller This declaration is given under the sole responsibility of EES Technik f r Musik Dipl Ing Thomas Wieschiolek Kolberger Stra e 2 D 23879 M lln abgegeben durch from Herrn Thomas Wieschiolek Technical Manager D 23879 M lln 10 5 2000 i Dipl Ing Thomas Wieschiolek For the USA 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 These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residental installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruc tions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will no
56. lation of additional MIDI hardware TOn Windows 95 systems the maximum number of 11 MIDI ports has been exceeded This is due to a bug in Windows 95 which will be fixed in Windows 98 The number of installed ports is reduced automatically with the setup of the Unitor8 driver on Windows 95 systems If addi tional hardware is installed later on the Unitor8 driver is unable to detect this Start Windows in Safe Mode Press F8 during Start and select Safe Mode delete the Unitor8 from the system control panel System Device Manager Reboot your PC now in standard mode and reinstall che Unitor8 driver Emagic Unitor8 Problems with Windows Unitor8 Error message MMSYSTEM 003 or no MIDI input or output The Unitor8 is not recognized by the driver because the cabling is not correct or the unit is not switched on Make sure the Unitor8 is switched on before starting MIDI applications Use only the provided cable You may use a Sub D 9 pin extension cable but not replace the cable completely as it is a null modem cable which has swapped wires Do not insert a dongle such as the Logic dongle between the Unitor8 and the computer With Logic version 3 6 or newer you can connect the Unitor8 to the Logic dongle You have a modem connected to the same COM port and the modem driver has already occupied the COM port Remove the modem driver from the Device Manager of the System control panel
57. ly double click the Patch You should now see a matrix which represents the available MIDI In and Out ports The MIDI Ins are displayed as rows while the MIDI Out ports are displayed as columns If only one Unitor8 is connected the matrix contains eight rows and eight columns which is an 8x8 matrix If several Unitor8 units are stacked the equal numbered input ports for each of these Unitor8 units are merged in Patch Mode Therefore only eight independent inputs are accessible Accordingly the matrix always contains eight lines An 8x16 matrix is displayed if two Unitor8 units are connected three connected Unitor8 units yield an 8x24 matrix and so on Emagic 48 Unitor8 Edit Patch To connect a MIDI In port to a MIDI Out port click the field in the matrix where the the MIDI In and Out ports you wish to connect intersect For example you would click the field third row seventh column in order to connect MIDI In port3 to MIDI Out port7 A mark in this field indicates the connection To disconnect MIDI ports click the respective field again The ports are then disconnected and the mark deleted All marked or deleted connections are immediately effective Real Time messages are processed in a special way indepen dent from the current routings For details see see Processing of Real Time Messages on page 41 Copy Port Settings To copy a connection setup from one output port onto another output
58. master is not possible i e itis locked again if the old clock master receives a Start or Continue message in the meantime Emagic Unitor8 Unitor8 Chapter 3 Unitor8 Control To start with we would like to point out that Unitor8 Control is a customized descendant of the extremely powerful editor librarian software SoundDiver specially designed to work with the Unitor8 When creating Unitor8 Control we concentrated on the basic features in order to prevent unnecessary confusion for our users Unitor8 Control is not the only means for editing your Unitor8 Actually the Unitor8 can also be edited with the complete version of Sound Diver which offers a lot of additional features All editing operations done with Unitor8 Control are automati cally transferred to the Unitor8 i e all Unitor8 units you are working with at this point and are stored in non volatile memory Usually the parameters which are displayed in Unitor8 Control Tip correspond to the data actually stored in the Unitor8 In very few cases however it is possible that contents may be differ ent n order to ensure data consistency you can use the feature Request transfers the settings from the Unitor8 to Unitor8 Control Moreover the feature Transmit will transfer the settings from Unitor8 Control to the Unitor8 This option is accessed either from the MIDI menu or the corresponding icons in the Memory Manager 3 1 First
59. n eight User Manual Version 1 1 29 Chapter 1 Setup Outputs Port This parameter is currently unavailable for the Windows NT 2000 driver Here you select a port in order to rename it in the field to the right Outputs Title This parameter is currently unavailable for the Windows NT 2000 driver Here you can change the name of the port selected in Outputs Port SoundDiver 2 0 6 and older do not support this option of the Unitor8 driver and instead assumed that all Unitor8 ports contain the word Unitor in their names Deleting the word Unitor here may lead to malfunctions in SoundDiver You should update to version 2 0 7 or newer This version as well as Logic Audio 4 0 or newer recognizes the Unitor8 ports in a more elegant way Enable Port 0 send to all An additional port is created if this option is checked If appli cations send on this port this data is transferred to all outputs of all connected Unitor8 units This is equivilent to Cable 0 on the MIDI Time Piece The Unitor8 sends realtime messages on all ports by default unless a corresponding filter is enabled Therefore it is not necessary to enable this option just for this purpose Serial Port This parameter is currently unavailable for the Windows NT 2000 driver Sets the serial port where the driver will search for the Unitor8 first A manual setting of th
60. nit Power down the unit and then power it up again If this does not help please contact your Emagic distributor After powering down a Unitor8 other powered up Unitor8 units won t work anymore The last powered up unit in the chain tries to forward data to the powered down unit which no longer reacts After a Unitor8 within a chain has been powered up it should not be powered down separately Quit all MIDI programs power down all Unitor8 units then power them up and launch the MIDI programs again Ihave connected a Unitor8 to a different computer port or to a different Unitor8 but it is not recognized The Unitor8 units have not recognized the new cabling The cabling between the Unitor8 units and to the computer ports 1s recognized only at power up Before changing the cabling you should quit all MIDI programs and power down all Unitor8 units Problems with MacOS The Unitor8 is not recognized on the Modem Port of my Mac IIfx Quadra 900 or Quadra 950 User Manual Version 1 1 75 76 Appendix These Mac models have a serial chip which has two modes The Unitor8 can be used only in compatible mode Install the control panel Serial Switch and set it to compatible The Unitor8 is not recognized on USB Your USB PCI card used is not supported by Apple Use a different USB card The software does not support the Unitor8 connected to USB directly If you use Logic
61. nly on Windows 98 click Next click No the Unitor8 cannot be automatically detected by Windows then Next select Sound video and game controllers then Next e Click Have disk Insert the provided CD ROM make sure that the path is the one to your CD ROM drive then click OK E If an error is displayed continue with Browse and re select the folder containing the file UNITOROS INF The driver emagic Unitor8 MIDI SMPTE VITC LTC should now be displayed Click OK You re done the driver will be installed il it you work with Windows 95 a message box may pop up indicating that the Tip maximum of 11 outputs has been exceeded and that less outputs have been acti vated This is due to a bug in Windows 95 A system crash may occur while starting Windows or during opening of the Multimedia control panel or while starting MIDI applications if more than 11 MIDI Out ports are activated This bug has been fixed in Windows 98 and does not occur with Windows NT and Windows 2000 The number of activated MIDI Outs of the Unitor8 can be changed later on see below Please go to the section Unitor8 Control Setup on page 27 Driver Setup Windows 2000 The following instructions refer to Windows 2000 Beta 3 Some details may differ in the release version of Windows 2000 User Manual Version 1 1 25 Chapter
62. ompatible program You have switched on the Unitor8 after starting the program Press the Panic Patch button then try again Unitor8 Control and Logic don t run together An error message appears that a serial port is already in use by another application Logic is not configured correctly Enable the option Use AutoLink with SoundSurfer Diver in Logic s preferences Unitor8 Control has been started before Logic and therefore has opened the serial ports Always start Logic first then Unitor8 Control Unitor8 Control does not work with OMS An error message appears that a serial port is already in use by another applica tion Unitor8 Control is not configured correctly Set the option Use OMS if available in the preferences to Always User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 77 Appendix Under OMS only the first Unitor8 is recognized The MTP driver which comes with OMS supports only one interface unit Install the Unitor8 OMS driver See the section OMS Driver on page 22 Problems with Windows 78 The Unitor8 connected to USB is not recognized USB is currently supported only on MacOS not on Windows Read the readme file on the provided CD ROM to see if this has changed Also visit our web site www emagic de Also visit our web site www emagic de english support down load Connect the Unitor8 to a COM port See the section Setup COM Port on page 24 System crash after instal
63. ontrol together with 44 Flop 44 OMS compatible Software on MacOS 45 Windows MIDI Software 0 00200000 020200 45 33 Memory Manager su 204 204 IRR PRX ERE nexus 46 3 4 Patch Mode Configuration of MIDI Routings 48 Edit Patch 82 422 2240 ea Pd ERG EROR 48 Reorganize or Copy Patches 2 iile 51 3 5 Patch Mod Setup s s eh p RR RIT sr 51 Parameters of the Patch Mode Setup 52 3 6 Computer Mode Setup 0 0 0 cece eee 56 3 7 ClickInputSetup liiis sese 59 Application Examples liiis 62 3 8 Global Setup amp csse ERR ELE AE 64 3 9 Several Unitor8 Units on Both Serial Ports MacOS only 65 Appendix A Frame Rate oue serri grec e Ry ep ERU RE EX Y 67 SynchronizatlOli sece sraa ie oae d m he cem dp ed 4 69 A 2 Wordclock Synchronization llle 69 A3 Pin Assignments s aee p ae 70 5 232 8 el ene s xat es usta esce dabo ge ex te 70 RS 422 chee ee ae ad PUR NR Rue FU e ee erg 71 S Video Plug a snc Seres nm mieti teer ere Read debs 71 A 4 Tips for the Windows Driver 2 000 essen 73 A 5 Troubleshooting lisse 74 Platform independent Problems liliis isis 74 Problems with MacOS 0 0 0 0 eee 75 Problems with Windows 0 000 eene 78 A 6 Windows Driver Details lille sss 80 Driver REVISIONS uam cep bu e x Reb
64. or8 chain is required This makes for an easier installation espe cially if the computer is located in a machine room in which case a long cable is required which must be installed in a cable channel As there is only one cable there is one potential failure source less The MiniDIN plugs cannot be locked and might fall off the Jack When using AMT the throughput advantage of using two ports doesn t apply unless there is extremely high MIDI traffic n Patch Mode any connections between all MIDI ports of all Unitor8 units can be made So if you sometimes want to play one of your sound generators from your master keyboard without starting up the computer this is an impor tant consideration Advantages which result from using both the Modem and Printer Port are f you have more than eight Unitor8 units there is no other choice then you have to use both serial ports or one serial port and the USB port if available Better throughput in particular better timing if AMT is not in use User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 Chapter 1 Setup If you want to use MTP compatible third party software without OMS you can address up to 32 MIDI ports when using only one serial port you can address only up to 16 There are rumors that the Printer Port of some Mac models are unreliable We cannot confirm this however in our tests it worked perfectly Can I Connect a Unitor8 without USB to a Blue white
65. oundDiver you will first be asked whether you want to transmit the data in the file to the devices or create a Library out of it Of course you should choose the first Unitor8 Control recognizes how many units are connected and which are suitable for which update files Unitor8 Mk 1 can be updated only with version 1 x x files However an EPROM version 1 2 0 or newer is required on Windows even 1 2 2 AMTS cann not process pdates and will be skipped Unitor8 Mk II can be updated only with version 2 x x files During the update process Unitor8 Control checks the incom ing handshaking messages from the unit currently being updated and will report any errors which might occur On MacOS computers you must repeat the update process for each computer port as the loaded update file is applied only to the currently active virtual device see the section Virtual Devices on page 46 So after you have updated the Unitor8 units connected to the Modem Port you have to select the Unitor8 unit s connected to the Printer Port by choosing the local menu item Options Next Device see the section Several Unitor8 Units on Both Serial Ports MacOS only on page 65 and then load the update file again The same applies to the USB port Emagic 34 Unitor8 With Unitor8 Control 1 6 Initialize Memory In certain unlikely cases it is required to erase the Unitor8 s entire memory IMPORTANT
66. outs Setup USB This setup option is only available for MacOS computers with a built in USB port e g iMac or blue white Power Macintosh G3 or equipped with a USB PCI card supported by Apple e g the KeySpan USB Card If this does not apply please connect your Unitor8 via a serial port see the section Setup Serial Port on page 20 Insert the provided CD ROM and start the setup in case it does not start automatically It will install the Unitor8 Control software the USB driver and the OMS driver A restart is not required Connect the Unitor8 to the USB connector of your MacOS computer using the provided USB cable Switch on the Unitor8 If you get the message The software needed to use the USB device Unknown Device cannot be found Please refer to the device documen tation to install the necessary software you must install the driver from the CD then power the Unitor8 off and on You should always use the latest MacOS version but at least 8 6 OS 8 6 offers signif icantly improved USB support This should especialy improve MIDI timing Setup is now complete You may now switch on your Unitor8 your MIDI devices your tape machine and or your VCR and start Unitor8 Control or your sequencer software i Only Emagic Logic Audio 4 0 1 or higher and SoundDiver 2 1 or higher can access the Unitor8 connected to USB without the OMS driver For any third party software you
67. port hold down 4 then use the mouse to drag the respective column onto the target column while still holding a i You can also copy other parameter groups in other editor windows by dragging them with Shift click drag and drop To find out which parameter groups exist hold down 4 then click anywhere inside the desired area A parameter group is selected If it does not include all desired parameters try again outside the selected rectangle but inside the desired area It is also possible to copy all the settings of one Unitor8 unit to another within an editor window Check Connections If the number of connections is too high for you to see clearly and or if you want to know which MIDI Out ports are connected to a specific MIDI In port just click the icon of the In port The connections of the selected In port as well as all connected Out ports will be colored in red User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 Example Tip Tip Tip 49 Chapter 3 Unitor8 Control To see the connections of the input ports you proceed simi larly Click the icon of the Out port Name Patch You can name a Patch to facilitate its identification for exam ple you may choose the title of a song where the respective Patch is to be used To name the Patch click the field Name in the editor then enter the name or select the function Rename in the Memory Manager key command Mac etre
68. r software User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 27 Chapter 1 Setup Windows Driver Settings By default the driver configures itself correctly when it is installed In the eventthat you want to adjust the configuration here is how Windows 95 98 Select the menu Start gt Settings gt Control Panel Double click the System control panel Select the page Device Manager Double click Sound video and game controllers Double click emagic Unitor8 MIDI SMPTE VITC LTC Select the Settings tab Windows 2000 Open the control panel Sounds and Multimedia click the Hardware tab Double click emagic Unitor8 Click the Properties tab Double click MIDI Devices and Instruments Double click emagic Unitor8 Click the Settings button Inputs Number Defines the number of Unitor8 inputs available on the PC Due to a bug in Windows 95 see the tip above it may be necessary to reduce the number of inputs to less than eight Inputs Port 28 This parameter is currently unavailable for the Windows NT 2000 driver Emagic Unitor8 Windows Driver Settings Unitor8 Here you select a port in order to rename it in the field to the right Inputs Title This parameter is currently unavailable for the Windows NT 2000 driver Here you can change the name of the port selected in Inpu
69. r tape machine and or your VCR and start Unitor8 Control or your sequencer software If you have several Unitor8 units please go to the section Stacking via Serial Port on page 21 Otherwise please continue with the section OMS Driver on page 22 Stacking via Serial Port If you plan to set up additional Unitor8 units to a Unitor8 connected to a MacOS computer serial port simply connect the first Unitor8 with the second using the RS 232 cable A third Unitor8 would be connected to the second using the RS 422 cable the third to the fourth with the RS 232 cable and so on see illustration Up to eight Unitor8 units can be connected per serial port of the MacOS computer User Manual Version 1 1 21 Chapter 1 Setup RS 422 It Unitor8 RS 232 RS 422 RS 232 UnitorB UnitorB Unitor8 RS 422 RS 232 RS 422 RS 232 Unitor d Unitor Unitor8 Unitor8 You can stack Unitor8 Mk Il AMT8 and old Unitor8 in any order Regarding stacking these three models are identical Please see the section OMS Driver on page 22 OMS Driver If you intend to run the Unitor8 with OMS Open Music System formerly known as Opcode MIDI System it is necessary to install the OMS software For OMS use there is a dedicated driver for the Unitor8 Although the MTP driver which comes with OMS will recognize the Unitor8 it will only recognize the first uni
70. s setup option is only possible with MacOS computers which have at least one built in serial port modem port or printer port This includes a blue white Yosemite Power Macintosh G3 with an installed Stealth card from GeeTh ree or a gPort from Griffin Technology However USB to Emagic 20 Unitor8 Stacking via Serial Port Unitor8 Serial adapters such as the iPort from Griffin Technology or KeySpan s USB Serial Adapter are not suitable as they don t provide the external clock option In this case you should connect your Unitor8 via USB see the section Setup USB on page 19 Use the RS 422 cable to connect the Unitor8 to a serial port of your MacOS computer f you have a Mac IIfx Quadra 900 or Quadra 950 you must install the Serial Switch control panel if not yet done and select Compatible rather than Faster Install the Unitor8 Control software on your MacOS computer f you want to work with another device which uses the same serial port of the computer as the Unitor8 such as a printer or modem you need a serial switch box to which you can connect the Unitor8 and the other device Of course you can use only one of them at a time Before running any MIDI software always switch the switch box to the Unitor8 setting Otherwise the Unitor8 will not be recognized Setup is now complete You may now switch on your Unitor8 your MIDI devices you
71. sion number in the file name This allows driver updates without the need to deinstall the old driver However this makes a Windows restart necessary Messages transmitted with midiOutLongMsg now handle the Running Status correctly 80 EF updates Running Status F0 F7 clears Running Status F8 FF retains Running Status The Control Panel now tests the Windows version Begin ning with build 1650 Windows 98 Beta 1 the in out port number warning is skipped 1 30 Dec 98 Adjustments to modular VxD Kernel 1 31 99 01 13 Unitor8 is switched back to Patch Mode when driver is disabled MIDI In Out ports can now be renamed in the Control Panel 1 32 99 01 20 asymmetric opening closing by several clients e g client A start client B starts client A quits client B quits could cause a crash 1 33 99 01 21 The ALL port can be recognized by the client different product ID Support for requesting the Unitor8 hardware version User Manual Version 1 1 81 Appendix 1 34 99 02 03 F4and F6 Tune Request now don t require an additional data byte F5 is now transparent required for AMT 1 35 99 03 25 Running Status is now cleared every 2 seconds This prevents MIDI devices from reacting to incoming MIDI if they are powered on after the driver was opened 1 36 99 03 29 Running Status is now managed separately for each port 1 37 99 04 03 Incoming MTC is no
72. t and should not be used with the Unitor8 When switching to Patch Mode the Patch Mode LED flashes only briefly and the Unitor8 resets to Computer Mode The computer is running a program which has MIDI Thru activated or generates MIDI events in another way Any MIDI message except certain SysEx messages received by the RS 232 or RS 422 connector causes the Unitor8 to switch to Computer Mode While the Unitor8 is running in Patch Mode no MIDI soft ware should be run on the computer except Unitor8 Control If you run SoundDiver with the Unitor8 Module instead of Unitor8 Control or use Unitor8 Control in AutoLink mode make sure that MIDI Thru is switched off The phases for the Click Input Setup are transmitted incor excludes AMT8 rectly for the foot switch I press the foot switch but Unitor8 sends the message for phase 2 or 4 instead of phase 1 or 3 The foot switch is an Opener and you connected it after powering up the Unitor8 Thus the Unitor8 could not recognize the foot switch type Emagic Unitor8 Problems with MacOS Unitor8 First connect the foot switch then switch on the Unitor8 After power up several MIDI In LEDs are illuminated constantly and the unit does not respond at all Please don t confuse this problem with the frequent flashing of a MIDI In LED when a device sends Active Sensing or MIDI Clock which is not a bug There is a hardware problem inside the u
73. t occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determi ned by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna ncrease the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio T V technician for help Important This equipment was tested for FFC compliance under conditions that include the use of shielded cables and connectors between it and the peripherals It is important that you use shielded cables and connectors to reduce the possibility of causing Radio and Television interference Unauthorized changes or modifications of the unit or its connec tion cable in any way can void the users authority to operate this equipment Table of Contents Unitor8 Congratulations 2 2 een 7 Feature SUIVGY can S sese sd BW xeu ae ERU Pars eas 7 Additional Unitor8 only Features n aoaaa aana aeaa 10 Differences a nei E e a ee E AS IE 12 The Unitor8 Package liliis eee 13 Chapter 1 Setup 1 14 Setup All Platforms 0 00000000 15 1 2 Setup MacOS 00 000 ee 16 Tips for Selecting the Right Port 2 222 222 16 Set p
74. t of of a chain and will work only in the slow 1 MHz mode The Unitor8 OMS driver must be copied into the folder OMS Folder in the System folder Then you can start OMS Setup and scan for interfaces If you want to use Unitor8 units connected to the USB port with OMS version 1 1 or higher of the Unitor8 OMS driver is required If OMS has already recognized the MTP but you want to use the Unitor8 OMS driver instead simply start OMS Setup select the menu item Studio MIDI Cards amp Interfaces and then Update Setup Emagic 22 Unitor8 Tip No Available COM Port Unitor8 If you are a Logic user and therefore do not need OMS you should de install it in order to optimize the timing of MIDI communication Please see the section Operation Unitor8 on page 37 1 3 Setup Windows As of the printing of this manual the Unitor8 can only be connected to a COM port on Windows computers Please read the Readme file on the CD ROM to see if this has changed in the meantime When the driver required for USB is available you will be able to download it from our web site at www emagic de english support download No Available COM Port It may be that all your COM ports are already occupied by other peripheral devices Here are some tips how you can free up a COM port f your mouse is connected to a COM port and your computer has a PS 2 connector you can also connect the
75. ter and the programs accessing the device are running The system and the programs adjust themselves to the new situation Hot swapping is supported by Unitor8 Mk II AMT S and its USB driver as well as Logic Audio and SoundDiver Emagic 8 Unitor8 Feature Survey Stacking Each serial port connects up to eight Unitor8 or AMTS units this does not apply to Windows 95 Thus 64 MIDI ports with a maximum of 1024 channels are at your disposal With MacOS computers using two serial ports and one USB port you can run as many as of 192 MIDI ports with 3 072 addressable MIDI channels If one day you should discover that 24 Unitor8 units are not sufficient anymore we would like to treat you to dinner in order to find a workable solution together Naturally you want to know whether the Unitor8 will operate with the your favorite sequencer software Compatibility with OMS FreeMidi and MME With MacOS computers the Unitor8 emulates a E MIDI Time Piece MTP from the company Mark Mac of the Unicorn MotU The MTP constitutes the industry standard with regard to the communication protocol for multi port interfaces Unitor8 supports the fast speed and normal speed modes The Unitor8 defaults to being in Fast Mode and automatically operates at 1 MHz if contacted in this speed by the software This way the Unitor8 is compat ible with passive dumb 1 MHz interfaces MTP emulation enables the Unitor8 to be compatible wit
76. test the other LEDs show certain information within the first 3 seconds At startup the eight red MIDI In LEDs light up one after another then go off again For the following two seconds the MIDI In 1 and MIDI Out 1 LEDs are on while all other MIDI as well as the VI TC and LTC LEDs are flashing If this is not the case there is a hardware error In this case please contact your Emagic distributor After an update of the firmware the EEPROM is erased This is shown by the two RS 232 and RS 422 LEDs flashing alternatively for 3 seconds User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 37 Chapter 2 Operation Unitor8 Panic Patch Button As the label indicates this button serves two purposes If you press it briefly Panic the Unitor8 starts sending an All Notes Off command to all MIDI ports This is followed by discrete Note Off events on all channels to the connected MIDI devices in order to cut stuck notes If you press the Panic Patch button longer than three seconds the Unitor8 toggles its operation mode Computer Mode lt gt Patch Mode If the LED illuminates this indicates that the Unitor8 is in Patch Mode Usually you won t need to worry about the operation mode at power up Unitor8 is always in Patch Mode If you start a sequencer program the Unitor8 recognizes this and will auto matically switch to Computer Mode 2 2 Front Panel
77. the established amount of time i c the freewheel time which has been previ ously set even if the time code is intentionally cancelled that is if the master tape is stopped Take care to set the free wheel time as short as possible and as long as needed depend ing on the quality of the time code Time Code Burn In Video mode Border Video TC Display X Y Size and Color are used to burn in the time code into the video picture First select the video format of your VCR PAL N TSC or Auto In Europe it is customary to work with PAL devices whereas in the U S NTSC is the standard If in doubt set the video mode parameter to Auto in order to enable the Unitor8 to recognize the right format automatically The other parameters are used to vary the position size and color of the time code burn in The time code display is shown in the format HH MM SS FF with HH meaning hours MM minutes SS seconds and FF frames The separation character between seconds and frames gives an indication of the input signal s quality a colon 2 means good signal and a period bad signal In the latter case you should Emagic 54 Unitor8 excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 Parameters of the Patch Mode Setup Unitor8 try to adjust the signal level and check for hum on the audio signal Full Frame Message This parameter determines how often an entire time code excludes AMT8 message is transmitted along with a
78. ts Port SoundDiver 2 0 6 and older do not support this option of the Unitor8 driver and instead assumed that all Unitor8 ports contain the word Unitor in their names Deleting the word Unitor here may lead to malfunctions in SoundDiver You should update to version 2 0 7 or newer This version as well as Logic Audio 4 0 or newer recognizes the Unitor8 ports in a more elegant way Allow port messages F5 xx on Port 1 IIf checked all incoming MIDI messages will not only be routed to the respective input port but also to input port 1 Additionally cable messages are inserted The data format of a cable message is compatible with the MotU MIDI Time Piece Incoming data for all Unitor8 ports are processed in this manner even if they are not activated However this may result in the loss of identification criteria for the input ports unless the MIDI software you use is able to decode the cable messages This setting should be used only with MIDI software which supports this format currently no Emagic software does so Otherwise all MIDI data will come in twice once on port 1 and once on the port where the data has actually been received You can configure the software to open only input port 1 of the Unitor8 Outputs Number Defines the number of available outputs for the Unitor8 A bug in Windows 95 may make it necessary to reduce the number of outputs to less tha
79. ts newly generated time code LT C or VITC which corresponds exactly to the incoming time code This option comes in handy whenever you copy a videotape as the quality of your time code would otherwise be degraded Direct copying may lead to problems with other devices for example the time code may not be decoded properly Emagic 52 Unitor8 Parameters of the Patch Mode Setup Unitor8 The quality of the incoming time code can be monitored in the Tip depiction of the time code on the screen Seconds and frames are divided by a colon if the time code is considered good In contrast seconds and frames are divided by a period if the time code is of bad quality Frame Rate excludes AMT8 Select the frame rate of the time code in the flip menu The European Video Standard uses 25 frames per second In the U S 30fps is generally the standard for music applications while 29 97 is the norm for video The most important factor is that you use the same frame rate consistently throughout the life of a given project For more see the section Frame Rate on page 67 Video Thru excludes AMT8 This switch determines if a test picture or the Video input signal is mixed to the Video Out signal Disabled the Video Out shows a test picture with the Burn In Window showing the incoming LTC Enabled the incoming Video signal is merged with the Burn In Window This mode is useful if you use a video tape
80. ut ports 1 2 and 4 to 8 If you have a second Unitor8 the data is also sent to Out ports 9 to 16 i e outputs 1 to 8 of the second Unitor8 You can create custom routings for Patch Mode with Unitor8 Control see the chapter Unitor8 Control on page 43 Please note the special treatment of Real Time messages see Processing of Real Time Messages on page 41 2 4 Computer Mode If the Unitor8 receives messages from sequencer software or OMS at one of the serial ports it will immediately switch to Computer Mode i On Windows with USB or when using the OMS Unitor8 driver this is done by the driver and quitting all MIDI applications will set Unitor8 back to Patch mode Otherwise i e Mac without OMS or with the OMS MTP driver Unitor8 will switch to Computer mode as soon as it receives any MIDI Channel message e Note On User Manual Version 1 1 39 Chapter 2 Operation Unitor8 from the computer Unitor8 will not switch to Computer mode if it receives a system or realtime message The latter is important if you work with MIDI software which sends System messages before sending Channel messages e g Patch editor librarians such as Opcode Galaxy For this reason SoundDiver sends a harmless Controller message at startup to let the Unitor8 switch to Computer mode In this mode all data received at any In port is sent to the computer and the computer can send data to certain Out ports independently
81. w read correctly 1 38 99 04 22 When closing the driver Note Offs were transmitted to the ports This has been removed as it takes a long time 1 39 99 06 15 Removed debug messages Information for Windows Developers IDs Beginning with driver version 1 31 the following IDs are provided The manufacturer code MIDIINCAPS MIDIOUT CAPS wMid of Emagic is 0xD0 208 decimal Emagic 82 Unitor8 Information for Windows Developers Unitor8 MIDIINCAPS MIDIOUTCAPS wPid is 0x01 1 decimal for the Unitor8 driver Exception for output port 0 All Ports MIDIOUTCAPS wPid is 0x101 257 decimal With versions older than 1 31 you should scan the port s name for the text Unitor User Manual Version 1 1 83 84 Appendix Emagic Unitor8 A Index Active Sense 38 75 Active Sensing filter 55 All Notes Off 10 38 AMT 8 17 18 82 Audio Input 12 B Bi directional cabling 15 BIOS 23 Burn in 11 Burn in window 54 C Click Input 12 Click Input Setup 46 74 Clock master 41 Coax 16 Compatibility 9 Computer Mode 10 38 39 46 Computer Mode Setup 46 56 Continue 41 Copy parameter groups 49 Patches 51 port settings 49 Cubase 8 79 D Data filter 55 distributor 14 Driver User Manual Version 1 1 Unitor8 Configuration 28 Update 31 EEPROM 10 12 33 Emagic distributor 14 Enable MTC Out 55 EPROM version 34 Fast Mode 9 18 77 Firmware update 12 33 Foot switch 12 Frame
82. with the On switch 3 6 Computer Mode Setup The Computer Mode Setup options are nearly identical with those of the Patch Mode Setup The primary difference is that it is possible to stripe time code LTC or VITC in the Computer Mode Setup Striping is required if you plan to syne to a tape which does not yet contain a time code One other difference is that you cannot set MIDI In port and MIDI channel to receive Program Change commands as they are only employed to switch between Patches in Patch Mode Striping LTC In order to stripe connect the LT C Output of your Unitor8 to the input of an audio track on your tape machine Next select the appropriate frame rate in the flip menu Format Now specify the output level of LTC The factory preset for this option is 6dBu equals 10VU at a nominal level of 4 dBu Try several levels if 6dBu does not work properly You have to compromise when specifying the LTC level The level should be high enough in order to be decoded properly but low enough so that cross talk is kept to a minimum Start Time Code Allows you to select the time code start time Be sure to avoid a wrap around transition from 23 59 59 24 to 00 00 00 00 on the time code track as problems may arise Emagic 56 Unitor8 excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 excludes AMT8 Parameters of the Patch Mode Setup Unitor8 Discontinuity in the time code may occur if you partially over write a

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