User Manual

APPENDIX
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A Control Surfaces
OVERVIEW
The Control Surface Setup command (Setup
menu) lets you configure Digital Performer for use
with a variety of hardware and virtual control
surfaces. Multiple control surfaces are supported,
including expansion units added to a base control
surface unit, or even completely different control
surface products operating at the same time.
Expansion units attached to a base unit will operate
as a single, unified control surface as long as the
driver (control surface plug-in) supports this
feature. The Mackie Control supports this feature
for its expander units (as demonstrated in
Figure 89-7 on page 988); for other control surface
products, contact the developer.
MIDI Device configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987
Enabling a control surface driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987
Configuring a driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987
Working with multiple control surfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . 988
CueMix Console control surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 988
Emulated devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 988
Working with an Open Sound Control (OSC) device 989
MIDI DEVICE CONFIGURATION
Before you can configure your hardware control
surface in Digital Performer, you must add it to
your MIDI device configuration (Setup menu >
Bundles > MIDI Devices tab). You can use the
preset device supplied (if there is one), or you can
create a generic device and simply give it the
appropriate name. No special device properties are
required for the device. Just make sure that MIDI
channel 1 is enabled to transmit and receive. Be
sure its virtual MIDI connections in your MIDI
Device tab configuration match device’s physical
connection to your MIDI interface.
Configuration for virtual control surface devices
varies; refer to the product’s documentation for
details.
ENABLING A CONTROL SURFACE DRIVER
When you first open the Control Surface Setup
dialog, click the “+” button to add a driver, as
shown in Figure 89-6.
Figure 89-6: The Control Surface Setup dialog before adding a driver.
To add additional drivers (for multiple
independent units), click the “+” button outside of
the driver box. If you are adding additional units to
a single driver that supports multiple units, click
the “+” button inside the driver box. Doing so
creates one unified control surface that will scroll
tracks and track banks together as one unit. The
top-to-bottom order inside the driver box
corresponds to a left-to-right ordering of the
tracks. So be sure that the top-to-bottom order of
each unit corresponds properly with the left-to-
right positioning of your hardware units.
☛ If you don’t see your control surface in the
menu, it probably means that its plug-in is not
properly installed. Consult the installation
instructions for your control surface software.
CONFIGURING A DRIVER
Choose the desired driver from the menu on the
left, and then choose the corresponding control
surface device from the input and output menus on