Reference Guide

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Cakewalk Generic Surface Plug-in
External Devices
Right parameters, or by clicking the BaseTrack buttons that are at the top of the Cakewalk Generic
Surface property page.
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.
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
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 drop-down menu in the toolbar. The Cakewalk Generic
Control controller/surface plug-in must be enabled first, however (see “Setting up Control Surfaces”
on page 872, 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.
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.