How do I use the Quicktime Musical Instruments?
First of all, launch OMS and check that ‘QuickTime Music’ is in your studio setup. If not, you’ll need to fix that first. Then, double click on the QuickTime Music icon in your OMS setup and make sure it is turned ‘on’. Go into your Environment window and create a new Multi-Instrument. Call it QTMI, or something. In the parameter pane for the Instrument (left side of the screen), you’ll probably see “OMS Map used” just below the icon checkbox. If you click-hold there, you should be able to change it to ‘QuickTime Music’. You will also see all your other OMS nodes there. The output triangle of the Multi-Instrument turns to a yellow square, which means it’s talking to OMS. Click on all the Multi-Instrument channels so they’re no longer crossed out to enable them. That should be it. Assign an Arrange track to the Instrument & away you go. Often when I close & open a song, instruments seem to forget what OMS node they are attached to, and come back up as ‘(OMS Map used)’. You have to set t
