User Manual

CUSTOM CONSOLES
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Mini-menu: Use the “Edit Console” item under the
mini-menu to toggle Edit mode on or off. A variety
of other commands are also available; see
“Mini-menu Quick Reference”.
Edit palette: This appears when Edit mode is
enabled. To add control items to the console, drag
them from the Edit palette to the control item area.
Control Items area: This is the area where you
create and position the knobs, sliders, buttons, etc.
Mini-menu Quick Reference
Edit Console: Toggles between two modes in the
console. When Edit Mode is on (the item is
checked), console items can be moved, resized,
deleted, and otherwise graphically manipulated,
and the edit palette appears. When Edit mode is
off, the Edit palette is hidden and control items
cannot be moved; instead, sliders slide, knobs turn,
buttons push, and so on.
Set Console Name: Provides a dialog box in which
you can change the name that displays in the title
bar of the console and in the Window menu.
Duplicate: Makes a copy of selected control items.
Snap to Grid: Toggles whether or not control items
snap to an invisible grid in the console when they
are moved or resized. When checked, Grid Snap is
on. When not checked, Grid Snap is off.
Set Grid Spacing: Determines the resolution of the
snap grid when snapping is turned on. The
resolution is measured in screen pixels, which are
approximately 72 dots per inch (dpi).
Align controls: Lines up selected controls to one
another in a configuration that you choose. For
example, you can line up the centers of several
control items by selecting them and choosing this
command.
Set to Zero: Sets the value of the highlighted
control items to zero.
Set to Null Point: Sets the value of a highlighted
master control item to its null point.
Group: Opens the Grouping dialog box for the
highlighted control items. This command allows
you to assign control items to a group all at once
rather than one at a time.
Ungroup: Removes the highlighted control items
from their assigned group.
Control Assignment: Opens the Control
Assignment dialog box for the currently selected
control item in the console. This dialog contains all
of the settings for how the control item behaves.
Set Source: Lets you assign a remote control to one
or more selected control items together at one time.
Set Target: Lets you assign one or more control
items to a destination together at one time.
Min(imum) Time and Value Change: Lets you
control the density of the controller data generated
by a control item by increasing or reducing the
minimum allowed time and value change between
controllers.
Name item: Lets you type in a name for a currently
selected control item.
Delete Control: Removes the currently selected
control items from the console.
Delete Console: removes the console from the
screen and removes its name from the Window
menu.