New With ??? About My Set Up Options

[torchsong]

Hi, new girl here with lots of questions about hardware and software.
I've read just about everything I can that is somewhat related to my situation but still have ????

I am a cellist and vocalist and want to make backing tracks to play with live and also make demo recordings on my computer. I come from the portastudio school of home recordings so the MIDI stuff is making me nuts!

Here's what I have:
imac running OS 9.2
DX7
Boss DRmkII
Behringer Eurorack
MOTU Fast Lane
Metro 5
OMS 2.3.8 grrrrrrr.....
cello with pickup (although I usually am miked for studio recording)
guitars
cables

I've tried to keep the basic set up simple but am having problems with OMS I think. Metro doesn't seem to like to work with Free MIDI.
I am also having problems playing back audio after recording a track, how am I supposed to hear what I've played to do over dubs?

BTW, I downloaded Pro Tools Free to try it out and just can't get the thing to open (memory error 1,010) so I gave up and went with Metro instead because it was inexpensive to start.

Thanks for any help, this is a great site!

[Levon River]

Hi, torchsong. First step of trouble-shooting is to exactly define the trouble. I know it all seems to run together in a lump when it's not working but the more specific you can be, the better. They left the DWIM command (Do What I Mean) out of OMS, so let's start there:

1. Is OMS recognizing the FastLane?

2. Have you created a configuration in OMS for your DX-7?

3. In your configuration, do you have the DX-7 "MIDI Out" going to a FastLane "MIDI In," and a FastLane "MIDI Out" going to the DX-7 "MIDI In"?

4. If all the above is in place, have you used the "Test Studio" menu item to see if everything is talking to everything else?

As for the audio:

1. Where is the audio out of your iMac going? Do you have headphones plugged into it or what?

Any specific information you can give about how you have things set up will help to exterminate the bugs.