Reference Guide

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Cakewalk Generic Surface plug-in
External devices
Use ACT or Strip Params
This section lets you decide whether your controller/surface is controlling track parameters, plug-in
parameters, or both.
This section has the following controls:
• ACT Enable radio button. Lets you assign a control on your controller/surface to enable or
disable the ACT Enable check box. Radio buttons are used with Learn mode.
• ACT Enable check box. When this check box is enabled (and not greyed-out), your controller/
surface controls plug-in parameters only.
• Both check box. When this check box is enabled, your controller/surface controls both track
and plug-in parameters. When neither the Both check box nor the ACT Enable check box are
enabled, your controller/surface controls track parameters only. In Both mode, you typically
allocate some physical controls to control Track parameters, while other physical controls are
allocated to control plug-in parameters.
ACT Controls
This section let's you assign buttons and knobs to control plug-ins. This section has the following
controls:
• Lock Context radio button. Lets you assign a control on your controller/surface to enable or
disable the Lock Context check box.
• Lock Context check box. When this check box is enabled, your controller/surface controls only
the particular instance of the particular plug-in that had focus when you enabled this check box.
• Context field. Displays the name of the plug-in that currently has focus, unless the Lock
Context check box is enabled.
• Physical Control Type. This field lets you tell SONAR what kind of control you are using for the
selected parameter. For example, if the parameter you’re controlling is an On/Off type of
parameter, like a power button, it would be a good idea to use a button or switch on your
controller instead of a slider.
• Radio buttons 1-9 and A-G. Each of these 16 radio buttons lets you map up to 16 plug-in
parameters to controls on your controller/surface. The name of each of the 16 plug-in parameters
that are currently being controlled are listed in order next to each radio button. To use these
buttons, you must first assign a control on your controller/surface to each one of these buttons.
See “To Use ACT with the Cakewalk Generic Surface” on page 1223.
Note: It’s possible to use the same control on your controller/surface to control both a track
parameter and a plug-in parameter. It’s not usually a good idea to control both at the same time.