I am trying to connect a Yamaha 01V96 V2 to Studio Manager on a PC. I have tried 2 different version of the software; one on the disk which came with it and the latest version off their site. I have also tried on several PC's; both XP (not x64). Also this is my first time with digital mixers (Doesn't help )

I plug it in; windows pops up and I install drivers; reboot. I open up studio manager, Select the desk on the first tab; go to the midi tab and there are a whole load of channels there.

Now this seems too simple just to open it up and it to work; because it doesn't.

Do I have to change something on the desk? I went into some settings and changed the studio manager to USB and tried changing the console id (updating the Studio Manager as well).

When I Right click, synchronize it just waits for a moment and says failed.

I am sure that there is a step I am missing; the software and the desk instruction manuals seem unclear on the topic, and I have read through it several times.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Or state the obvious

Thanks.

Ive never done it with an 01V96, I think its a bit different with the LS9's M7CL's etc as you have to use DME-N drivers but google found this....

http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/pdf/pa/eng...rs/DM1000E2.pdf

Hmm, as I remember when I went into system setup nothing was available in the drop down for selecting the input and output. I'm not at the desk right now but will be in an hour or so; there is no Internet on it.

I don't have to change anything on the console do I?

On the 01V96 you have to manually select ports on both the console and the computer.

On the mixer, find the "MIDI to Host Setup Menu" and select "USB 1 1" (if you're using USB, otherwise serial or whatever).

Make sure you install the Yamaha USB driver on your PC as well as the Studio Manager itself. Once you have this, the Yamaha USB driver should be a selectable in the drop down menu.

The installation guide that starsky posted goes through all this in detail and, if you work through it in order, it should work.

Bob

In setup you have to tell the desk which port you wish studio manager to use. It's an option menu between usb/midi/remote in the setup menu.

Regards
Dom

I remember changing this to USB (I grabbed this pic from the manual):


When I plugged the desk in it only asked for drivers for USB to MIDI; are they the right ones?

I installed studio manger then the 01v96 editor.

On the Desk

- Set Studio manager port to USB (1 - 1)

On the Computer

- Install Studio Manager
- Install 01v96 Editor
- Plug Desk in
- Install USB Midi Driver
- Run Studio Manager
(Setup window appears)
- on the [Modify Workspaces] tab [ADD] device 01v96 to your workspace
- on the [MIDI PORTS] tab select the input ports and output ports you selected on the desk (1-1)
- click OK (you might want to save this as a standard studio manager config)
- double click the 01v96 editor icon
- in [file] [System Setup] [input port] select YAMAHA USB MIDI (1)
- in [file] [System Setup] [output port] select YAMAHA USB MIDI (1)
- check console device ID is (1) and all other boxes are ticked
- click [OK]

James

if this doesn't work - tell us at what point the options deviate from what I've listed.
- It might also be worth checking what versions of
desk
- console software (on the battery page)
pc
- studio manager
- 01v96 editor
- USB MIDI driver
you have installed

Good Luck

James

Brilliant, Thanks James. This had been bugging me for a while and finally got it talking to the laptop.

PS the above works for Macs running the software too

At last; got it to work

Didn't realise you had to select what you wanted to use in the midi menu.....

Thanks for your help