Metric Halo 2882 operating guide - Manual (Page 94)

Mobile I/O User’s Guide
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If the current configuration of the Console is what you want, the easiest way
to reconfigure the hardware is to save the state of the console to a console
snapshot file and then reload the state from the file.
If you want to reset the console state to the state of the hardware, there is no
good method available at this time, if you did not save the state of the Con-
sole to disk before quitting the application. We recommend that you save
the current state of the console before quitting the MIO Console application,
so that you can recall the configuration at a later time.
Metric Halo is currently investigating more complete solutions to this issue.
W HEN I S WITCH TO MIO C ONSOLE , P LAYBACK S TOPS
Some ASIO Hosts will automatically stop playback when the host is
switched to the background. This occurs when you switch to MIO Console
(or any other application). All of these hosts have an option to continue play-
ing in the background; you need to ensure that the option is enabled. In
addition to the host’s own preference, many of the hosts that support MIDI
sequencing will stop playing if the MIDI system (OMS or FreeMIDI) has been
configured to release the MIDI port when in the background. While it is a bit
confusing, you need to ensure that the MIDI system is configured to not
share or release the MIDI port.
A more subtle issue is that MIO Console has an option to optimize its draw-
ing operations which can be interrupted by background application activity.
If the “Allow Background Apps to Run” item in the MIO Console’s Edit menu
does not have a diamond mark (
◊
) next to it, the console will lock other
applications out while it is the active application. This is not a problem for
most ASIO Hosts, but it does affect Digital Performer, which will stop playing
after 10-20 seconds. To resolve this issue, make sure that the “Allow Back-
ground Apps to Run” item in the MIO Console’s Edit menu does have a dia-
mond mark (
◊
) next to it.
W HERE A RE THE {E XTENSIONS , ASIO D RIVERS } F OLDERS
The Extensions folder is a system wide location for all third-party extensions
to the Mac OS. It is located within the currently active System Folder. You
can generally find it by using Sherlock to find files named “Extensions”. Con-