Instruction Manual

898 External Devices

Cakewalk Generic Surface Plug-in

The property page reads the type of MIDI message and displays the

characteristics in the appropriate fields.

4. Press the Tab key to accept the data.

5. Move the button or knob again and watch the display in the Controllers/

Surfaces toolbar to see if the current tracks shift by the appropriate

number.

Repeat this procedure, but use a different knob, and select Move 1 Left or

Move Bank Left so that you can move the current track or bank to a lower-

numbered one.

See also:

The Cakewalk Generic Surface Property Page

The Cakewalk Generic Surface property page appears when you click the

Properties button in the Controllers/Surfaces toolbar (Views-Toolbars-

Controllers/Surfaces command) while Cakewalk Generic Surface

appears in the dropdown menu in the toolbar. The Cakewalk Generic

Control controller/surface plug-in must be enabled first, however (see

Connecting and Disconnecting, if necessary).

The property page has several sections, as described below:

BaseTrack

This section contains 2 buttons on either side of a number field. You can

click the buttons to move the Base Track to a higher-numbered track (right

button) or lower-numbered track (left button). The Base Track is the first

track in the bank of tracks that your controller/surface is currently

controlling. You define how many tracks are in a bank by entering a number

in the Number of Track Strips field. The number can be from 1 to 32,

inclusive. The property page is designed so that you can minimize it (by

dragging the border) to show only the BaseTrack buttons and Preset

window, so you can click the buttons while you’re working. The buttons are

an alternative way to change the Base Track if you haven’t assigned any

buttons on your controller/surface to do that. The Move 1 and Move Bank

fields are what you use to assign those functions.

Track Parameters

This section lists the particular track strip you are assigning controls for, the

number of strips that make up a bank of tracks, and the various track

parameters you can control with the faders and knobs on your controller/