Instruction Manual

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Using the Assignable Controls Feature

Software Synthesizers

Using the Assignable Controls Feature

You can create knobs on the Synth Rack to control any of a synth’s

automatable parameters (each knob learns what parameter to control when

you create the knob). This makes it easy to adjust the controls that you use

most often on a particular synth, and also lets you record automation from

the Synth Rack. After you create some control knobs, the next time you

insert the same synth, you can choose to display the same control knobs

that you used previously.

You can also group control knobs on the Synth Rack, and use Remote

Control to move the knobs.

To Create Control Knobs on the Synth Rack

1. In the Synth Rack, open the property page (interface) of the synth that

you want to create knobs for.

2. In that synth’s strip of controls in the Synth Rack, click the Assign

Controls button to enable it.

3. While the Assign Controls button is enabled, click on each control in the

synth’s property page that you want to create a knob for.

4. When you’re finished clicking on controls, click the Assign Controls

button to disable it.

The Synth Rack displays knobs for the controls you selected, with the each

knob’s name displayed below each knob. Now you can adjust some of the

synth’s parameters by moving the appropriate knob in the Synth Rack.

To Hide or Show Control Knobs on the Synth Rack

• In the Synth Rack, click the Show/Hide Assigned Controls button.

The Synth Rack displays knobs for the controls you selected, with the each

knob’s name displayed below each knob. Now you can adjust some of the

synth’s parameters by moving the appropriate knob in the Synth Rack.