Reference Guide

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Cakewalk Generic Surface Plug-in

External Devices

Generic Surface is not available in the drop-down menu, see “Setting up Control Surfaces” on

page 872.

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 Cakewalk Generic Surface 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.

To Load a Preset

1. At the top of the Cakewalk Generic Surface property page, in the Presets field, click the drop-

down arrow that is at the right edge of the Presets box to display the menu of built-in presets.

2. Find the name of your controller/surface. There may be several versions of presets for your

controller/surface, if your controller/surface has multiple presets.

3. Click one of the versions. If there are no versions for your controller/surface, see “Assigning

Faders and Knobs to Control SONAR Parameters” on page 877.

Try out the available presets for your controller/surface. If you want to edit one of them, first save it

under a new name: type a new name for it in the Presets window, and then click the Save button

that’s next to the Presets box.

See:

Assigning Faders and Knobs to Control SONAR Parameters

ACT

Assigning Faders and Knobs to Control SONAR Parameters

The Cakewalk Generic Surface property page has separate sections that control track parameters

(the Track Parameters section), plug-in parameters (the ACT Controls section), and global

parameters (the Global Parameters section).

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” on page 878.