Yamaha Steinberg FW Driver V1.6.0 for Mac OS X 10.6-10.4

Yamaha Steinberg FW Driver enables audio/MIDI signals to be transferred between a computer and following devices compatible with the YamahaSteinberg FW Driver via IEEE1394 cables.

Devices compatible with the Yamaha Steinberg FW Driver include the following.

• Steinberg MR816 CSX/MR816 X
  
  
• Yamaha FW16E/mLAN16E2/n8/n12

• The MOTIF XS8 is equipped with the mLAN16E2 as standard.
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• Yamaha Steinberg FW Driver requires following software components when using with the FW16E/mLAN16E2/n8/n12.

* IEEE1394 Firmware V1.07 or later
* V1.08 or later has already been applied to the FW16E
* V1.08 or later (When using mLAN16E2 on the MOTIF XF)

* MOTIF XS V1.10 or later (When using MOTIF XS)

* n8/n12 V1.03 or later (When using n8/n12)

* Sweet Spot Data Manager V2.0.0 (When using n8/n12)

• Now supports the FW16E FireWire Expansion Board.
• Improved the performance, with faster processing of the audio input and output.

For 64 bit kernel Mac computers
Please install Yamaha Steinberg FW Driver V1.7.0 for Mac OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.x.

* Further information regarding 64 bit kernel Mac computers: Macs that support the 64-bit kernel, but do not use it by default

• iMacs (Early 2008) and later
• MacBook Pros (Early 2008) and later

* Macs that use the 64-bit kernel by default in Mac OS X Server 10.6

• Xserve (Early 2008) and later
• Mac Pro (Early 2008) and later
• Mac mini (Mid 2010)

OS
Mac OS X 10.4.x (Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later for Intel-based Macintosh computer), Mac OS X 10.5.x
 

Hard Disk
Free disk space of 50 MB or more; high-speed hard disk

Recommended system requirements (*1)

Computer
PowerPC G5 2.0 GHz Dual or higher, or Core Solo 1.5 GHz or more
 

Memory
1 GB or more

Frequency/resolution: 44.1 kHz/24 bit
Audio playback tracks: 16
Audio recording tracks: 1
MIDI playback tracks: 18
MIDI Remote Control / Automation Send effects (plug-in): 3
Insert effects (plug-in): 9
Plug-in synthesizer: 2
Latency: about 5 msec

Minimum system requirements (*1)

Computer
PowerPC G4 1 GHz or more
 

Memory
512 MB or more

Frequency/resolution: 44.1 kHz/24 bit
Audio playback tracks: 15
MIDI Remote Control / Automation Send effects (plug-in): 3
Insert effects (plug-in): 9
Plug-in synthesizer: none
Latency: about 50 msec
 

*1 The system requirements listed here apply when playing the following audio/MIDI data on the included Cubase AI 4 on the computer connected to a n8/n12. These may differ depending on the particular DAW you are using.

With mac OS 10.13, we have seen symptoms such as a warning message displayed or driver doesn't function properly . In order to avoid this problem, please follow the warning message displayed and allow the driver or TOOLS.

In case you fail to allow mistakenly, please try following procedure in order to solve the problem

1. Restart the system
2. Open the "Security & Privacy" window in System Preferences.
3. Allow the system software from developer "Yamaha Corporation".

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.