Instruction Manual

892 External Devices

Cakewalk Generic Surface Plug-in

The Cakewalk Generic Surface Plug-in supports both ACT and WAI. See

The WAI Display, and ACT for more information.

After you have connected your controller/surface (including loading the

correct memory preset in your controller/surface’s memory), and selected

the Cakewalk Generic Surface plug-in in the Controllers/Surfaces dialog

(see Connecting and Disconnecting if necessary), open the Cakewalk

Generic Surface property page.

To Open the Cakewalk Generic Surface Property Page

1. In the Controllers/Surfaces toolbar (Views-Toolbars-Controllers/

Surfaces command), make sure that Cakewalk Generic Surface

appears in the dropdown menu. If Cakewalk Generic Surface is not

available in the dropdown menu, see Connecting and Disconnecting.

2. Click the Properties button that is in the Controllers/Surfaces

toolbar. You can also double-click the WAI display of the Cakewalk

Generic Surface plug-in.

See:

Loading Presets

SONAR contains preset mappings for most controllers/surfaces. Before

creating a set of mappings from scratch, load one of the preset mappings

for your controller/surface and see if you like it. Even if the preset doesn’t

meet all of your needs, it is usually a good base for creating your own

presets.

Note: to use ACT with the Cakewalk Generic Surface property page, you

need to first assign the knobs and controls on your controller/surface to

radio buttons 1-9 and A-G in the ACT Controls section of the property page,

and save these assignments as a new preset. See To Use ACT with the

Cakewalk Generic Surface.

To Load a Preset

1. At the top of the Cakewalk Generic Surface property page, in the

Presets window, click the dropdown arrow that is at the right edge of

the Presets window to display the menu of built-in presets.