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APPENDIX A: CONTROL SURFACES
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the right. You must have a separate device in the
MIDI device tab (Bundles window) that
corresponds to each hardware unit. Some products
provide a connection via USB (instead of standard
MIDI cables). Refer to the control surface’s
documentation for details.
Figure 89-7: Multiple control surfaces.
WORKING WITH MULTIPLE CONTROL
SURFACES
The Mackie Control is an example of a control
surface driver that supports multiple units. In the
example shown in Figure 89-7, the driver is
configured for one base unit (Mackie Control) and
two expander units (Expander XT), all residing
within the same “Mackie Control” driver box. This
causes them to operate as a single unit: tracks and
track banks will scroll seamlessly across all units.
The HUI driver does not support multiple units, so
you need to set up separate driver boxes for each
HUI as shown in Figure 89-7.The only difference is
that they don’t scroll their channels as one unit. But
in all other respects, you can easily work with
multiple independent units, even products from
different manufacturers. But pay attention to what
you’re doing: you need to manage which tracks are
being controlled by each device. It is actually
possible to control the same tracks from two
different units. This might be useful in some
situations, but potentially confusing if you’re not
aware of what’s going on.
CUEMIX CONSOLE CONTROL SURFACE
If you use your control surface to control your
MOTU audio interface no-latency CueMix
monitoring (via the CueMix Console software),
then uncheck the Listen to control surfaces in
background option (Figure 89-7). This causes
Digital Performer to relinquish the control surface
when Digital Performer goes to the background
and you switch to CueMix Console to
independently tweak your CueMix monitor mix
from the control surface. Otherwise, with this
option left enabled (checked), changes you make in
CueMix Console (via the control surface) would
also be made to your Digital Performer Mixing
Board mix. Or, conversely, if your Digital
Performer project has mix automation, that
automation would be applied to your CueMix
when CueMix is in the foreground. By unchecking
this option, the control surface is kept completely
independent from the background application and
correctly controls just the current foreground
application.
If you don’t use your control surface to control your
CueMix monitoring, then leave the The Listen to
control surfaces in background option checked
(enabled). This allows you to control your Digital
Performer mix, even when Digital Performer is in
the background.
EMULATED DEVICES
Some devices emulate one of the control surface
protocols supported by Digital Performer. For
example, the Behringer BCF2000 emulates the
Mackie Control and Mackie HUI protocols. Digital
Performer treats this devices just as if it was a real
Mackie Control or HUI. For details on how to
operate devices such as these, consult their
documentation.