Reference Guide

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ACT MIDI Controller plug-in
External devices
You can press F1 when the property page is open to get a description of all the fields and controls.
To load default mappings
• In the Presets list, select the name of your controller/surface. If your controller/surface does not
have a preset, select the Default preset, and see “Assigning controls on your controller/surface to
cells in the ACT MIDI property page” on page 1219.
To edit default mappings
• On the Options tab, in the Rotaries, Sliders, or Buttons fields, choose the Bank of parameter
mappings that you want to edit, then select a new parameter for that Bank. For example, if in the
Rotaries field, you select Bank 4, and the parameter field next to the Bank field now reads Send
2 Pan, you could select Send 2 Vol instead. If you then click the Controllers tab, and select
Bank 4 in the Bank menu that’s in the rotaries row, the rotary knobs will now control Send 2
Volume on all the tracks currently under control. If you have at least 2 sends in each track, the
Rotary fields on the Controllers tab will now display the name and current level of each Send 2
in the controlled tracks.
You can restore the default parameter assignments by clicking the Defaults button.
If you want to choose a different knob or other control to control a specific cell in the property
page (the MIDI Learn function), see “Assigning controls on your controller/surface to cells in the
ACT MIDI property page” on page 1219.
See:
“ACT presets” on page 1219
ACT presets
After you have carefully configured the ACT MIDI Controller property page to work with your
controller/surface, you will likely want to save the configuration as a preset.
To save a preset
• Type a name in the Presets window, then click the Save (floppy disk) button.
See:
“Assigning controls on your controller/surface to cells in the ACT MIDI property page” on page 1219
Assigning controls on your controller/surface to cells in the ACT
Important: After you load the preset for your controller/surface, look at the Comments field on
the Options tab of the ACT MIDI Controller property page. The Comments field will usually list
the factory memory preset that your controller/surface must be using to use the ACT MIDI
Controller plug-in. Make sure that you have loaded the correct memory preset in your controller/
surface’s memory.