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Control Surface Usage Tips
You may find that using control surfaces changes the way you use Logic Express. Slight
changes to your working methods can help you to use control surfaces more effectively.
The following hints may streamline your Logic Express control surface workflow.
Customize Your Templates
• Set up screensets 1–7 as your most frequently used screensets. You can access these
directly on some control surfaces. On a Mackie Control, for example, you can access
them with function keys F1 to F7, while function key 8 (F8) closes the topmost window.
• It is recommended that you assign a full-screen Arrange window, with track automation
view set to On (for all tracks), as one of your screensets.
• A full-screen Mixer window is also recommended as another screenset.
Make Use of Markers
Markers allow you to quickly navigate from location to location in a project. Most control
surfaces feature a number of shortcuts that allow you to rapidly move between markers,
which is an extremely useful way of moving around in your projects.
Markers are also useful for creating or selecting cycle areas and a number of other tasks,
such as punch and replace recording.
If you tend to follow a particular song structure, or like to work with a particular number
of bars (4, 8, 16 bars, and so on) for verse and chorus sections, then set up a number of
markers at suitable locations in your templates.
Control Surfaces Supported by Logic Express
Following is an alphabetical listing of control surfaces directly supported by Logic Express.
The list contains cross-references to the relevant device-specific chapters.
Note: It is possible that your device may be directly supported in Logic Express via one
or more downloadable support files. This is often a driver or plug-in supplied by the
manufacturer. (See About Control Surface Plug-ins.) Check the documentation and discs
that came with the device, and the manufacturer’s website. Follow any written instructions
supplied with the files, if available.
NotesManufacturerSupported devices
The Yamaha 01V96 emulates two HUI units, using
two virtual MIDI In and Out connections over its
USB cable. See Yamaha 01V96.
Yamaha01V96
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