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The Instrument Module (Mac OS X)

We’ll now explore the main controls of the instrument module.

• The Instrument Graphic: More than just a pretty picture, this graphic of the

EWI 4000s can be single-clicked to give the instrument module focus, and can

be double-clicked to upload (or get) the currently selected data from the instru-

ment.

• The Set List: This control allows you to choose the EWI 4000s data component

you wish to work with, such as Preset, Preset Bank or a more complex grouping

of components called a Set. On installation, the Set List will have ‘Default Set’

selected as shown above.

• The Action Bar: This bar contains three mini-buttons labeled GET, NEW and

OPEN. When you click on one of the mini-buttons, it will act on the currently

selected Set List component. For example, to ‘get’ the preset bank from your

EWI 4000s, select ‘Preset Bank’ in the Set List and click on the GET mini-button

within the Action Bar.

• The Configuration Mini-Button: This mini-button sets the MIDI Port, SysEx

ID, MIDI Channel and other properties of the currently selected component in

the Set List. When ‘Default Set’ is selected in the Set List, this button sets the

default properties of all the components.

We’ll get more into the instrument module’s settings later on in this document. For

now, it’s important that you configure the module to use the correct MIDI in and out

ports (if you have selected more than one in step 5) and to configure the module to

communicate on the same MIDI and SysEx channels as your EWI 4000s - If this is

not done correctly, UniQuest will not work.

When UniQuest is run for the first time, it searches for your EWI 4000s and sets the

correct MIDI Ports and SysX channel in the instrument module automatically. This

process is called AutoSense, and it should not take more than a few seconds if you

have selected only one or two MIDI In and Out ports (back in Step 5).

If you have selected a single MIDI in and MIDI out port, you may not see the Auto-

Sense dialog because it opens and closes too fast to you to notice. On the other hand

if you have selected 8 ins and 8 outs (from a multi-port MIDI interface for exam-

ple), AutoSense could take longer than 5 seconds to complete.

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