To
configure a new device in Audio MIDI Setup
In OS X, you can use the system’s Audio MIDI
Setup options to coordinate an external MIDI device with a list of patch
names (or instruments) that match the factory settings on your external
MIDI device. After you do this, you can simply choose the device in the
Instrument Definition
dialog box, and the appropriate instrument names will appear in the
Patch drop-down to the right. This list of patches is held in a .MIDNAM
file which may be included with the external MIDI device, or found online.
(For example, www.digicake.com/midnam/index.html is one site that houses
midname files for a variety of MIDI devices.).
- Quit all applications.
- Create a new folder in the "MIDI Devices"
folder found on your Hard Drive >> Library >> Audio >>
"MIDI Devices".
- Rename the folder so it is named the same name
as the device’s manufacturer. For example, if you have a Yamaha
device, name the folder "Yamaha".
- Place your ".middev" file as well
as your ".midnam" file in that folder.
- Open the Audio MIDI Setup (Hard Drive >>
Applications >> Utilities) and click on "MIDI".
- If you previously created and connected an
external device in the MIDI Setup window, highlight it and choose "Remove".
- Click "Add External Device".
- Connect the In and Out of that new external
device to your MIDI interface ports.
- Double click on the new external device to
get the "Device Info" window.
- If your ".middev" and ".midnam"
files are correct and correctly installed, you should be able to choose
the manufacturer of your device as well as the model.
- Close the Audio MIDI Setup.
- Start Finale, go to the MIDI/Audio menu >>
MIDI Setup: choose the name of the device you just created.
- Open a file, go to the Window menu >>
Instrument List.
- In the Instrument column, choose New Instrument.
You should now see the complete patch list
of that MIDI Device at the bottom of the Instrument Definition window.
