Owner`s manual

Turning On DAW Control in the M-16DX

If you’ve successfully connected the M-16DX to your DAW, the M-16DX’s

USB button should be lit. If it’s not, turn it on by pressing it.

After configuring DAW control as described above, turn on

DAW control by pressing the lit USB button. When DAW

control is turned on

the USB button flashes.

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the M-16DX shows you’re in DAW-control mode—• by displaying the

transport controls in Alternative mode, or “DAW” along the left edge of

the screen in Exclusive mode.

M-16DX buttons used in the currently selected DAW-controller mode light.

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To turn off DAW control and return to normal M-16DX operations, press the

flashing USB button so it lights solidly.

As you begin to adjust a DAW parameter with the M-16DX, move

the desired M-16DX knob up and down past the parameter’s starting

value—this allows the M-16DX to take control of it.

Configuring Your DAW for M-16DX Control

Setting Up SONAR 7/SONAR LE for DAW Control

Basic Setup for Alternative and Exclusive Modes

This setup procedure requires the Edirol M-16DX ALT_EXC.spp and

M-16DX_EXC.kbn files contained in the M_UTILXX folder within the

M-16DX’s Version 2 or higher operating system installation folder.

Locate these files before proceeding.

The following illustrations are of SONAR 7. The screens and procedures

in SONAR LE 6.2 and higher are the same except where noted.

With the M-16DX connected to your PC, launch SONAR.1

If the M-16DX’s USB button isn’t lit, press it to light it.2

3 Press the M-16DX’s USB button again so it flashes.

Select

4 MIDI Devices... from SONAR’s Options menu

to open the MIDI Devices window.

In the MIDI

Inputs area—• checkmark 1:EDIROL M-16DX.

Outputs area—

• checkmark 1:EDIROL M-16DX.

In SONAR LE, you activate MIDI inputs and outputs by highlighting them.

To highlight a device, click on it so that it has a blue background. (To

turn off a device, click it again to remove the highlight.)

Click OK to close the MIDI Devices window.6

Select 7 Cakewalk Plug-in Manager from the Tools menu to open the

Cakewalk Plug-in Manager.

Click

8 Control Surfaces in the left-hand pane, and then select Cakewalk

Generic Surface in the middle pane as shown in the following

illustration.