Reference Guide

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Cakewalk Generic Surface Plug-in
External Devices
or toggle-type values, so most of the time this button is checked. A fader usually sends out a
stream of different messages that are different for each position of the fader. The values of these
messages are used “literally” to make timely changes in a continuous parameter such as Volume.
The other common interpretation of a MIDI message is that it is meant to “toggle” a control such
as a Mute button on and off. The property page interprets almost all MIDI messages as one of
these two types of message.
• Increment/Decrement. This option is valuable if you want to use a button or knob that can only
send two different values to control a continuous parameter, such as Pan or Volume (see
“Conserving Knobs and Buttons” on page 879).
• Plus+. The value that causes the desired parameter to increase by 1.
• Minus-. The value that causes the desired parameter to decrease by 1.
• On/Off. This option is currently only used with the Forward >> and Rewind << shuttle actions.
You should only assign buttons to these functions if each button sends a different MIDI message
when it is released from the message it sends when it is pushed. The On field displays the value
the button sends when you push it, and the Off field displays the value the button sends when you
release it.
Global Parameters
This section let's you assign buttons and knobs to control SONAR’s transport. The parameters you
can control are:
•Play
•Stop
•Forward >>
•Rewind <<
•Record
• Write Automation
• Jog <- (previous measure)
• Jog -> (next measure)
• Move 1 Left. This parameter changes the currently-controlled track to the next lower-numbered
track.
• Move Bank Left. This parameter changes the currently-controlled bank of tracks to the next
lower-numbered bank of tracks.
• Move 1 Right. This parameter changes the currently-controlled track to the next higher-
numbered track.
• Move Bank Right. This parameter changes the currently-controlled bank of tracks to the next
higher-numbered bank of tracks.
Presets
After you have carefully configured the Cakewalk Generic Surface property page to work with your
control surface, you will likely want to save the configuration as a preset.