MOTU micro express - FreeMIDI and OMS

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APPENDIX
D FreeMIDI and OMS
FREEMIDI OR OMS?
FreeMIDI and OMS are industry standard MIDI System
Extensions for Mac OS. They allow MIDI software to talk
to your MOTU interface and the devices connected to it.
FreeMIDI is included in your MOTU USB interface
software installation. OMS is available as a free web
download at www.opcode.com.
Which one should you use? If you are not sure, the table
below can help you decide:
Regardless of what you decide, you’ll need to configure
FreeMIDI and/or OMS for your new MOTU USB MIDI
interface. Refer to the section below that applies to you.
FreeMIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
OMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
FreeMIDI and OMS separately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
OMS, with FreeMIDI using OMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
If you use this Choose this
MOTU software only FreeMIDI only
Non-MOTU, OMS-compatible
software only
OMS only
Both MOTU and OMS-compatible
software, running separately
FreeMIDI and OMS separately
Both MOTU and OMS-compatible
software, running together
OMS, with FreeMIDI using OMS