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Chapter 1 Basic Control Surface Setup 19
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 via manual
installation.
To add a control surface manually:
1 Open the Control Surfaces Setup window by choosing Logic Pro > Preferences >
Control Surfaces > Setup.
2 In the Setup window, choose New > Install, and select the desired device from the list.
3 Click the Add button.
4 Close the Install window when you’ve finished.
If another control surface of the selected type already exists in your setup, a warning
dialog will ask you to confirm the addition of the new device.
You need to manually alter the MIDI In and Out port values—in the Device Parameter
box of the Setup window—to match those of the connected unit.
Rebuilding Defaults
You can re-initialize the support of all connected control surfaces by choosing
Logic Pro > Preferences > Control Surfaces > Rebuild Defaults.
Creating Control Surface Groups
If you have multiple control surface units in your system, you can define how they
relate to each other, and create control surface groups. A control surface group consists
of multiple devices that you combine to create a single, unified virtual control surface.
You can create up to 20 control surface groups. Each group can consist of any number
of physical devices. The only limiting factor is the number of available MIDI in and out
ports (or USB/FireWire “MIDI” ports, if you are using a USB or FireWire control surface).
You can independently determine the default behavior of each device in a group. For
more information, see the Device Parameters (p. 22) section.