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660 Chapter 22 Control Surface Support
Display Parameters
Flip Mode
Many control surfaces offer both a fader and a rotary encoder for each channel strip.
Flip Mode allows you to swap the encoder assignment with that of the fader for each
channel. Alternately, you can assign both controls to the same parameter.
There are four “flip” or “swap” modes.
• Off—disables Flip Mode, making the fader act as a volume control.
• Duplicate—makes both the fader and encoder active for the currently selected
encoder parameter.
• Swap—swaps the fader and encoder, making the fader a Pan control and the
encoder a channel volume control, for example.
• Mute—disables the faders. This is useful for situations where recording is taking place
in the same room as the control surface, and you wish to avoid the mechanical noise
of the faders. Any existing automation data will still function as per normal.
Display Mode
If there is insufficient space available for the display of both the parameter name and
value (on the control surface LCD), you can specify what is displayed here:
• Value—displays the parameter value
• Name—displays the parameter name
Clock Display
• Beats—the song position display shows Bars/Beats/(optional) Sub Division/Ticks
• SMPTE—As above, but in Hours/Minutes/Seconds/Frames
Note: The exact elements displayed, and thus their positions, depend on the selected
SMPTE or bar/beat display option defined in Logic’s Preferences.
Track View Mode
This parameter determines which tracks or channels are displayed:
• Mixer—displays channels in their order of appearance in the Track Mixer window
(while Global mode is disabled). Instruments/channels used by multiple tracks are
merged into one channel.
• Global—displays all Objects of certain type(s)—MIDI or Bus channels, for example—
independently of their usage by tracks. They merely need to be defined as an
Environment Object. The Object types to be displayed are defined by another
parameter which is not shown in the parameter list. If a control surface supports
switching to Global View, it also allows you to define which Objects to display.
• Arrange—displays channels in their order of appearance in the Track List of the
Arrange window, including multiple tracks using the same instrument or channel.
The Hide button status is taken into account, with tracks hidden in the Arrange
window also being hidden on the control surface.