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Network Device – MIDI Interface Device

With the Network Device you actually create a “Virtual Network MIDI Interface”

• Instead of having a limited number of MIDI ports with a hardware MIDI interface, you can create as many network MIDI ports as you need

• The network MIDI ports will show up in Logic in the same place as the regular MIDI ports of your connected MIDI interfaces

• You can route MIDI messages from/to your network MIDI ports to any Device in your AMS setting.

Step 1) Create your Network MIDI Port (Session)

In the left upper corner of the MIDI Network Setup window you will find the “My Sessions” Box.

I think this is a bad name choice from Apple’s side. They should have named it what it is: “Network MIDI Ports” or something similar which

makes the MIDI functionality clear.

You can add or remove any Network MIDI Port (Session) with the plus and minus sign. The checkbox next to the session name lets you

activate/deactivate any Network MIDI Port

Step 2) Configure your Network MIDI Port (Session)

The right side of the MIDI Network Setup window has all the settings necessary to configure your MIDI Network Port (Session):

Enable

This enables the Network MIDI Port (Session) and has the same functionality as the checkbox next to the Session name box

Port

A network port number will be automatically assigned when you

create a Network MIDI Port (Session). The first port number will

be 5004, then 5006, and so on. Maybe this is the reason why

Apple didn’t choose the term “Network MIDI Port”, to avoid

confusion with the “Network Port”. I still think it would be better

to have both “Port” names in the configuration to make it clear

what port you are dealing with.

The Network Port number will be automatically added to the

“Address” field below.

Local Name:

When you add a new Network MIDI Port (Session) with the plus

sign below the “My Session” box, AMS will enter the default

name “Session 1”, Session 2” etc. You can overwrite that name

either directly in the “My Session” list by double clicking on the

name or you change it in the “Local name” field.

The local name is important, because this is the name which will

be displayed in Logic.

“Local name” = “Network MIDI Port” name = “Session” name

Bonjour name

This is the important part to understand Apple’s MIDI Networking:

MIDI Networking is a

Network Service

like iTunes, iPhoto or FileSharing. What does that mean?

Compare the two Network Services:

iTunes

MIDI Network

Activating iTunes music sharing enables that Network Service

• Your computer has already a specific IP Address

• iTunes Music Sharing has a dedicated Port: 3689

• You enter a Bonjour name which represents the IP Address +

Port numb

• Everybody on your network with iTunes can see your Bonjour

name for iTunes and can access your music

• iTunes provides one Network service

Creating a Network MIDI Port (Session) enables the Network Service

• Your computer has already a specific IP Address

• AMS creates a dedicated Port: 5004, 5006, … (one port for

each Network MIDI Port

• You enter a Bonjour name which represents the IP Address +

Port number

• Everybody on your network with AMS can see your Bonjour

Name for that specific Network MIDI Port and can

send/receive MIDI messages through that port

• Provides a separate network service for each Network MIDI

port (Session)

Please note that each MIDI Network Port represents a separate Network Service defined by its own Bonjour Name which represents the IP

Address+Port Number.

Step 3) Establish Connections

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