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Chapter 2 Basic control surface setup 15
Add a control surface to Logic Pro
Some control surfaces (such as the Mackie Control) are detected automatically when you
open Logic Pro. You can add other devices that are not detected automatically using the Setup
window. Installation is covered in the setup section for your particular device. Some devices may
require dierent or additional steps, but in most cases you only need to select the name of the
device you want to use with Logic Pro, then add it.
Add a control surface by scanning
1 To open the Control Surfaces Setup window, choose Logic Pro > Control Surfaces > Setup.
2 In the Setup window, choose New > Install, and then select the device from the list. You can
select more than one model by Command-clicking multiple entries in the list. If you select more
than one model, Logic Pro performs the operation for each model, in turn.
Note: If you don’t want to select the models to be scanned, you can choose New > Scan All in
the Setup window: Logic Pro searches for all supported control surface units on all ports. This
process may take a few minutes.
3 Click the Scan button. You can also press Enter, or double-click the device name to initiate the
scan.
Logic Pro scans your system for connected devices, and automatically installs (and connects to)
those it nds.
4 When you nish, close the window.
Add a control surface manually
Some control surfaces don’t support automatic scanning. Such devices must be added manually
to your setup. When you add a device manually, you also need to assign the appropriate MIDI In
and Out port parameters.
Note: It is preferable to install devices by scanning, whenever possible. Logic Pro is able to gather
more information about devices through scanning than with manual installation.
1 To open the Control Surfaces Setup window, choose Logic Pro > Control Surfaces > Setup.
2 In the Setup window, choose New > Install, and select the device you want from the list.
3 Click the Add button.
4 Close the Install window when you nish.
If another control surface of the selected type already exists in your setup, a warning dialog asks
you to conrm the addition of the new device.
You need to manually alter the MIDI In and Out port values (in the Device parameters of the
Setup window) to match those of the connected unit.
Note: You can reinitialize the support of all connected control surfaces by choosing Logic Pro >
Control Surfaces > Rebuild Defaults.