Reference Guide

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External Devices
Cakewalk Generic Surface Plug-in
value of 16383 when you turn it to the left, you could use a Trigger Value of 1 to turn the Arm
button on and off, and a Trigger Value of 16383 to turn the Solo button on and off. That way,
each time you turn the knob to the right, the Arm button turns on or off. Each time you turn the
knob left, the Solo button turns on or off.
• Assign a two-way knob to control a continuous parameter. If your fader is assigned to
control Volume, you can use a two-way knob to control Pan or some other continuous parameter
such as Send 1 Level. For example, if a knob sends out NRPN # 5000 with a data value of 1
when you turn it to the right and a data value of 16383 when you turn it to the left, you could use a
value of 1 in the Increment/Decrement Plus + field, and a value of 16383 in the Increment/
Decrement Minus - field. That way, each time you turn the knob to the right, the Pan parameter
(or whatever parameter you want) increases by 1. Each time you turn the knob to the left, the
parameter decreases by 1. The parameter continues to increase if you keep turning the knob to
the right, and decreases similarly if you keep turning the knob to the left.
• Use multiple strips to control one track at a time. Assign as many knobs and faders as you
want to control lots of parameters on only one track (leave the Configure Strip Number field set
to 1 while you’re assigning faders and knobs). Then assign a couple of buttons to Move 1 Left
and Move 1 Right, so you can shift your controller/surface one track at a time.
See also:
Controlling Different Tracks or Groups of Tracks
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