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Table Of Contents
- Logic Pro 8 Control Surfaces Support
- Contents
- Introduction
- Basic Control Surface Setup
- Customizing Controller Assignments
- Mackie Control
- Setting Up Your Mackie Control
- Using the Mackie Control With Logic Pro
- Display Zone
- Channel Strip Controls
- Master Fader
- Assignment Zone
- Fader Bank Zone
- Function Key Zone
- Global View Zone
- Modifier Buttons
- Automation Buttons
- Utilities Buttons
- Transport Zone
- Cursor Key Zone
- Jog/Scrub Wheel Zone
- Programmable User Modes
- Connecting Foot Switches
- Assignment Overview
- M-Audio iControl
- EuCon Support of Euphonix MC and System 5-MC
- CM Labs Motormix
- Frontier Design TranzPort
- JLCooper CS-32 MiniDesk
- JLCooper FaderMaster 4/100
- Korg microKONTROL and KONTROL49
- Mackie Baby HUI
- Mackie C4
- Mackie HUI
- Radikal Technologies SAC-2K
- Roland SI-24
- Tascam FW-1884
- Tascam US-2400
- Tascam US-428 and US-224
- Yamaha 01V96
- Yamaha 02R96
- Yamaha DM1000
- Yamaha DM2000
8 Preface Introduction
Some simple control surfaces only provide (non-motorized) faders and knobs. More
sophisticated units include motorized faders, rotary encoders, LED rings, and
programmable displays. The additional feedback these control surfaces provide make
them easier to use—without having to refer to your computer screen to know what
mode the device is in, or what current parameter values are.
Using Control Surfaces With Logic Pro
To use a control surface with Logic Pro, you connect the control surface to your
computer (via MIDI, USB, a Network port, or FireWire). You then add it to Logic Pro (this
is automatic for many supported devices), map the controls you want to use to
Logic Pro commands (again, much of this is done for you, if using a supported device),
then use the control surface as you play and record.
Recorded control surface automation appears in (the Arrange, when enabled, and in
the Piano Roll Editor). For detailed information about connecting and adding control
surfaces, see Chapter 1, “Basic Control Surface Setup,” on page 15. Please read this
chapter before moving to the chapters for your particular control surfaces.
The following outlines some of the things you can accomplish when using control
surfaces with Logic Pro:
 Control transport functions, including setting locators, and activating Cycle or Punch
Recording modes.
 Adjust instrument, aux, master, and audio channel volume and pan levels.
 Select, and control, all effect and instrument parameters.
 Select, solo, mute, and record-enable tracks/channels.
 Set and adjust send parameters.
 Remotely switch between screensets.
 Scrub MIDI and audio (in the Arrange window).
 Zoom in on individual tracks, or the window with key focus.
 Create, delete, and move the playhead between markers.
Control surfaces allow you to create a dynamic live performance using a control surface
along with a laptop, a music keyboard, and audio and MIDI interfaces. Some devices
incorporate a music keyboard, audio and MIDI interfaces, and a control surface into a
single integrated unit.
The track automation facilities of Logic Pro can be active even when the application is
not in record mode, allowing you to capture your live real time changes for later
playback. This ensures that you’ll never again lose that “once-in-a-lifetime”
performance—on stage or in the studio.