Audiotrak MIDI MATE User Manual

Trademarks

AUDIOTRAK and MIDI Mate are trademarks of Ego Systems Inc. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Other product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

End User Warranty

Ego Systems, Inc. warrants the return policy to its original purchaser as follows: All Ego Systems, Inc.’s products, under normal use, will be free from fault as long as the purchaser owns this product for a period of twelve(12) months from the date of purchase.

Ego Systems, Inc. will, at its sole option, repair or replace a product, which is found to be defective. This warranty shall be invalid if, in the sole opinion of Ego Systems, Inc., a product failure is the result of misuse, abuse, modification, or misapplication. Except as expressly provided above, Ego Systems, Inc. products are provided 'as is' without any kind of warranty. No claim is made for merchantability or fitness for any purpose. In no event will Ego Systems, Inc. be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages arising out of use of the product.

The purchaser must contact Ego Systems, Inc. or its regional representative to receive prior approval before returning a faulty unit. To obtain warranty service, the buyer or his authorized dealer must fill the support contact form at Systems, Inc. will then issue an authorization number.

All such returns must be shipped to Ego Systems, Inc. headquarters in Seoul, KOREA(or U.S. office) with packaged in the original or equivalent protective packaging material (rack, PCI card, power cables, connector cables, and etc.) and with freight prepaid and adequate insurance. Any shipments without freight prepaid will not be accepted. If the returned product is deemed to be defective, the repaired or replacement product will be returned at no extra charge via the carrier chosen by Ego Systems, Inc.

The FCC and CE Regulation Warning This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions : (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Caution : Any changes or modifications in construction of this device with are not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance, could void the user's authority to operate equipment.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his/her own expense. If necessary, consult an experienced radio/television technician for additional suggestions.

http://audiotrak.net/support.htm before returning the product. Ego

Correspondence

For technical support inquiries, contact your nearest dealer, or Ego Systems, Inc. directly. Contact Info:

AUDIOTRAK U.S. Suite 303 3003 N. First Street San Jose, CA 95134 USA

AUDIOTRAK Headquarters ESI, Ego Systems Inc. Suite 1206, Woolim e-BIZ Center II 16, Yangpyung-dong 3-ga, Youngdungpo-gu Seoul, KOREA 150-834

Website:

www.audiotrak.net

Online Technical Support: http://audiotrak.net/support.htm

All features and specifications are subject to change without notice.

1. Introduction to MIDI Mate

Thank you for choosing AUDIOTRAK MIDI Mate. The MIDI Mate is a convenient 1 in 1 out, 16 channels USB MIDI Interface for PC and MAC computer. It is fully optimized for the Windows and MAC OS X systems. With the MIDI Mate, you can obtain perfect MIDI timing performance at an extremely affordable price.

MIDI Mate Features

• Standard USB MIDI cable for Windows and MAC OS X

• Provides 16 MIDI channels with 1 In, 1 Out

• Perfect MIDI Timing

• Tiny, P ortable Design

• Plug-and-Play Installation

• Optimized for Windows and MAC OS X MIDI Interface

• Connect your MIDI Keyboard and Sound Modules to Make Your Own Music!

2. System Requirement

1) Windows

Intel Celeron 366 MHz CPU or equivalent AMD CPU One available USB port More than 64MB of RAM

2) MAC OS 10.1 or later

Macintosh with G3 or better processor (except the original PowerBook G3) One available USB port More than 64MB of RAM

3. Installation

1) Hardware Installation

Before you begin, make sure you have read your computer’s manual on installing USB devices. Your computer’s manual should describe the precautions you should take. Shutting down the computer won’t be needed for installing an USB device to the computer. However, we will take it from the start to make sure you can follow every detail of installation.

1. Find the USB port on your computer. The USB port looks like below.

2. Plug in MIDI Mate’ s USB connector (called Series A plug) to the USB port of your computer.

Series A plug

Turn on the computer. You will see the LED display of MIDI Mate i s lit. The MIDI Mate gets the power from the computer via USB cable so you don’t need to attach any external power supplier.

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USB port on computer

2) Driver Installation

1. PC

After Hardware installation is done properly, your PC or MAC computer will automatically detect the MIDI Mate and install the default system driver. MIDI Mate works with legacy Windows default MIDI drivers. However, Audiotrak provides MIDI Mate driver which will enhanced Sys Exclusive message communication and pre Windows XP operating system compatibility.

Please read and follow the driver installation instructions from the installation guide included with the driver package. The file name is located with setup file and named MIDIMate_Installation.pdf

2. MAC

In Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) or later, you can check if your XP MIDI Mate is recognized properly by using Audio MIDI Setup application in Applications/Utilities folder. Launch the Audio MIDI Setup application and click the MIDI Devices tab on the Audio MIDI Setup window. If the XP MIDI Mate is recognized properly, the MIDI MATE icon should appear on the window like below.

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