Instruction Manual

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Cakewalk Generic Surface Plug-in
External Devices
is enabled, or that the Both check box is enabled. If the Both check box
is enabled, your controller/surface is controlling both track parameters
and plug-in parameters.
4. In SONAR, put the focus on the plug-in effect or synth -that you want to
configure: either click its property page, or click its name in an FX bin.
The name of the plug-in appears in the Context field in the Cakewalk
Generic Surface property page.
5. Enable the Learn button on the Controllers/Surfaces toolbar.
6. In the property page of the plug-in that you want to control, click the
parameters that you want to control.
7. Move the sliders/knobs on your controller/surface that you want to use
to control the parameters with, in the same order that you clicked the
parameters (you can reverse steps 6 and 7).
8. Disable the Learn button on the Controllers/Surfaces toolbar.
9. A dialog appears, asking if you want to keep your assignments. Click
Yes or No.
As soon as you disable the Learn button, any plug-in mappings that you
keep are saved globally, and will be the same in every project for a
particular plug-in. Now your controller/surface can control whatever soft
synth or effect currently has focus. If you want to control only a single
instance of a plug-in, regardless of which plug-in has focus, enable the Lock
Context check box. For more information about ACT, see ACT.
You can save Track parameter mappings and knob/radio button mappings
in the Presets window that is at the top of the Cakewalk Generic Surface
property page.
Assigning Forward and Rewind Buttons
The Forward and Rewind assignments are special cases in the Cakewalk
Generic Surface property page. When you click select either of these
parameters, notice that Literally/Toggle field becomes greyed-out, and the
On/Off fields become available. This is because the Forward and Rewind
commands both require two different MIDI messages to function: one MIDI
message to turn the operation on, and a different message to turn the
operation off. This kind of operation is best assigned to a button that sends
out one MIDI message when you hold or push it down, and a different MIDI
message when you let the button up. The property page can usually fill in
the On field and the Off field correctly if you push the desired button a few
times and then click the Learn button. But it helps if you know exactly what