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Chapter 2 Basic control surface setup 21
Control Surface Group display parameters
The parameters at the top of the Control Surface Group parameters give you control over
aspects of the device displays.
Display parameters
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Flip Mode pop-up menu: Choose the functions for the faders and rotary encoders of the
channel strips on the device. For control surfaces that contain a fader and a rotary encoder for
each channel strip, Flip mode allows you to assign both controls to the same parameter, or to
swap their assignments. The choices are:
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O: Standard mode, with the fader acting as a volume control.
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Duplicate: Assigns both the fader and encoder to the currently selected encoder parameter.
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Swap: Switches the fader and encoder assignments, making the fader a pan control and the
encoder a channel volume control, for example.
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Mute: Disables the fader. This is useful when recording in the same room as the control
surface and you want to avoid the mechanical noise of the faders. Any existing automation
still functions normally.
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Display Mode: Click to limit the device display to only the name or only the value of the current
parameter. This is helpful if there is insucient space for the display of both the parameter
name and value.
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Clock Display: If your control surface features a position display, this parameter determines how
the playhead position is represented. Click to switch between Beats (musical values) or SMPTE
(absolute time values).
Note: The exact elements displayed, and thus their positions, depend on the selected SMPTE
or bar/beat display option dened in the Logic Pro Preferences.
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Channel Strip View Mode pop-up menu: Choose one of the following views:
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Arrange: The channel strips on the device correspond to Logic Pro channel strips as they
appear in the Mixer window. The layout of channel strips matches the way tracks are laid
out in the Tracks window. Channel strip 1 in the Mixer window is equivalent to channel 1
on the control surface, channel strip 2 in the Mixer is equivalent to channel 2, and so on.
Instruments and channels used by multiple tracks are merged into one channel. This is the
default mode of most devices, including the Mackie Control.
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All: The channel strips on the device correspond to Logic Pro channel strips of certain types,
such as MIDI or aux channels, independent of their use in tracks. Control surfaces that
support this view generally allow you to dene which channel types you want to display.
The contents of the Logic Pro Mixer window automatically follow the state of the control
surface, provided that the View > Link Control Surfaces option is turned on.
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Tracks: This view is similar to Arrange view, but individual channel strips are shown when
multiple tracks address the same channel. Typically, this is a software or MIDI instrument
channel, with several tracks routed to it.