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I use Yamaha’s studio manager 2 application from time to time to manage and backup some digital mixers we have (O1V96, O2R, …). Because i use it rarely i had recently troubles to sync the data from my mac with the hardware. Here are the steps to follow:

1. Check on the yamaha website if the versions of the studio manager application, the drivers for your mixing desk and the firmware of your mixer match!
2. Check if USB is selected for the studio manager in the DIO/SETUP of your O1V96 on the MIDI/HOST page
3. connect your mixer with USB to your mac
4. open or create a workspace
5. got to the preferences of the SM2 application and enable at least the first port for input and output for your desk
6. double click on the icon of your mixer and open it, then go to the setup menu item and make sure that the correct input and output are selected in the two dropdowns and that the correct device id is chosen!
7. now you can synch your device using the total recall menu of the SM2 application

The reason to write this blog entry is step 6. I have used this succesfully a long time ago and when i needed it most, it didn’t work. The cause of the problem was that i updated the USB drivers and the port names for my desk have changed, so step 6 was the most important one, because i had to select the right ports! In my opinion it’s a bit odd to setup the port inside the desks editor first and make a total recall afterwards, but ok, that’s the yamaha way to do it.