Instruction Manual

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Cakewalk Generic Surface Plug-in
External Devices
Controlling Different Tracks or Groups of
Tracks
The Cakewalk Generic Surface plug-in can control anywhere from 1-32
tracks simultaneously, as specified by whatever number you fill in the
Number of Track Strips field in the Cakewalk Generic Surface property
page. There is always at least one track being controlled, referred to as the
Base Track. The Number of Track Strips value refers to the base track plus
‘n’ number of additional tracks. The toolbar automatically updates to display
the range of tracks (1-8, 2-9, 9-16, etc.) that your control surface currently
controls.
If multiple controller/surfaces are enabled, the Controllers/Surfaces toolbar
lets you select which controller/surface to display track information for.
The currently controlled tracks are displayed in the Controllers/Surfaces
toolbar. Go to Views-Toolbars, and select Controllers/Surfaces if the
toolbar is not already displayed. It is important to understand that this
toolbar is for display purposes only—it gets information from the Cakewalk
Generic Surface plug-in (or any other active controller/surface plug-in), but
the toolbar cannot update, or send information to the Cakewalk Generic
Surface plug-in. Changing which tracks are controlled must be done with
the Move 1 Left, Move 1 Right, Move Bank Left, or Move Bank Right
parameters, or by clicking the BaseTrack buttons that are at the top of the
Cakewalk Generic Surface property page.
Note: If you don’t have any buttons left over to assign to the Move 1 or
Move Bank parameters, you can click the right or left buttons in the
BaseTrack section of the Cakewalk Generic Surface property page to move
the Base Track to the right or left by one track. The buttons are located so
that you can resize the property page to just show the buttons and the
Presets field.
To Control the Next Track or Bank of Tracks
1. In the Cakewalk Generic Surface property page under Global
Parameters, select Move 1 Right to control the next higher-numbered
track, or Move Bank Right to control the next higher-numbered bank of
tracks.
2. Move (twice) the button or knob that you want to use to shift the
controller/surface to the next higher-numbered track or bank (for
example, from track 1 to track 2, or from tracks 1-8 to tracks 9-16).
3. Click the Learn button.