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AutomationGroup
IfyouchoosetheAutomationGroupoptionintheClassmenu,youcanusethe
assignmenttosetanautomationgroupparameter.
AParameterGroupfieldthatallowsyoutodeterminetheeditedgroupappearsbelow
theClassmenu.Current(enteredwith“0”)meansthegroupselectedintheAutomation
GroupControlSurfaceGroupparameter.
TheadditionalParametermenuallowsyoutosettheautomationgroupparameter.For
furtherinformation,seetheGroupSettingssectionintheLogicPro7ReferenceManual.
MIDIInput
IncomingMIDImessagesareonlyprocessedonMIDIInput.Whenthisparameteris
changed,allotherassignmentsusingthesameinputwillalsohavetheirinputchanged
accordingly.Iftheassignmentbelongstoasupportedcontrolsurface,thedevice’sMIDI
InputwillalsochangeintheSetupwindow.Thisfeatureallowsyoutocreatedefault
assignmentsforanewcontrolsurface,whichotheruserscanuseimmediately.Todo
so,theysimplyneedtoplaceyourcom.apple.Logic.cspreferencesfileintotheir
Preferencesfolder,opentheControllerAssignmentsEditorandchangeone
assignment’sMIDIInputparameterinaccordancewiththeirMIDIsetup.
ValueChange
TheincomingMIDImessage(s)thatcauseavaluechangeinthedestinationparameter
aredisplayedhere.ToedittheseMIDImessages,switchtotheExpertViewbyactivating
thecorrespondingcheckboxintheupperrightcorneroftheControllerAssignments
Editor.
IntheExpertViewyou ’llfindtwofields:theloweroneisonlyadisplaythatshowsthe
ValueChangemessageinplaintext. Theupperfielddisplayallowsthemessagestobe
viewedandeditedasasequenceofbytes,displayedinhexadecimal.Thereare
placeholdersforthevariablepart:
 Lo7:Low7bitsofthevalue
 Hi7:High7bitsofthevalue
IfthereisonlyaLo7placeholderinthemessage,thevalueistreatedas7bit.Ifthereis
alsoaHi7placeholder,thevalueistreatedas14bit.TheorderofLo7andHi7is
honored,andtheremaybeconstantbytesinbetween.Thisallowsyoutodefine
ControlChangeLSBandMSBportions.Asanexample:B008Hi7B028Lo7
Note:WhenenteringmultipleMIDImessages,donotuseRunningStatus.Alwayswrite
downtheentireMIDImessage(s),ensuringthatyourepeatthestatusbyte,evenifit’s
thesame.