1.Download the latest drivers with the Download Wizard in the driver menu of the website www.mlancentral.com

2.Disconnect the MOTIF ES of the computer or power it off before starting the installation

3.Go to the control panel and open the system menu. Choose “Hardware“, then „driver signing“. Choose “ignore“in the upcoming window. This blocks the operating system to ask for approval and speeds up the installation

4.Open the downloaded driver folder. You will find an installation guide in the subfolder “for_mLAN16E_user“. The driver can be found in the “mLAN_“ –subfolder. Please open this folder and double click on “Setup“ to start the installation

5.Confirm the upcoming windows by clicking on “OK“ or “Next “. A few installation windows will come up. Please ensure that the installation is complete and no window is left out, and then click on “finish”. Now the computer will be restarted.

6.Connect the mLAN16E to the computer after the restart. Activate the mLAN driver by clicking on the blue mLAN Manager icon in the taskbar with the right mouse button and then clicking on “On“with the left mouse button. Now additional mLAN16E drivers will be installed. Again confirm the upcoming windows by clicking on “next“ and then “finish”.

7.Click on “OK“ at the end and choose the “Auto Connector“ in the mLAN Manager menu. In the Auto Connector you can set the Sample rate and the number of inputs and outputs according to your needs. If you want to hear the Windows sounds via the analogue or digital outputs, you have to click on the ASIO/WDM field. The ASIO drivers are needed for professional programs like Cubase or Logic. In the mLAN manager menu „Driver Setup“ you can increase/decrease the buffer size, to get the best performance for your system.

8.Click on „Connect“ to set up the connection to the mLAN16E and start your audio recording program.

In Cubase/Nuendo the drivers are set in the „VST Multitrack“ menu of the device setup. Choose "mLAN ASIO“ as ASIO driver.

In Logic the drivers are set in the Audio >> Audio Hardware & Drivers menu. On the file card „Audio Driver 2“you have to choose ASIO and then “ASIO Driver for mLAN“. Then restart Logic.

9.If you start playback in your audio software you should hear a signal through the outputs 1/2.

10.In the studio you will most probably work in the Song-Mixing mode. In this mode you can choose the outputs fort he 16 tracks after hitting the “Edit“-button. Set the „mLAN Monitor Switch“ to „On“ in the Output-window of the Utility menu if you want to monitor the signal that is send via mLAN to the PC. You should hear a signal on channel 1 of your audio software if as1 is set as output for track 1.

11.When connecting a microphone or an instrument to the input the MOTIF ES becomes a real audio card. Select „Perform“ >> “Edit” >> “Audio In” on the MOTIF ES to choose the output fort he audio input. Also in this case you can choose output as1 and your instrument/vocals is sent via Firewire to input nr.1 of your audio software! Also the volume of the different inputs can be set here: With the SF5 key you choose the input – A/D to mLAN 4 – and with the volume setting you can then change the volume of the different inputs.