Reference Guide

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Controller/Surface Settings dialog
Dialog box reference
Controller/Surface Settings dialog
The Controller/Surface Settings dialog box opens when you click the Add button in Edit >
Preferences > MIDI - Control Surfaces. The Controller/Surface Settings dialog box also opens
when you select a control surface from the Connected Controllers/Surfaces list in the
Controllers/Surfaces dialog box, and then click the Property Page button that’s in the Controllers/
Surfaces dialog box.
The Controller/Surface Settings dialog box has the following fields:
• Control Surface. Use this field to select the control surface that you want to add to the
Connected Controllers/Surfaces list (this option is grayed-out if you open the dialog box with
the Property Page button).
• Input Port. Use this field to select the MIDI port that the control surface will use to send MIDI
control data to SONAR.
• Output Port. Use this field to select the MIDI port that the control surface will use to receive
MIDI control data from SONAR.
For more information, see:
“MIDI - Control Surfaces” on page 1800
“External devices” on page 1323
Convert MIDI To Shapes dialog
Use the Track view Clips > Convert MIDI Controllers to Envelopes command to open the
Convert MIDI To Shapes dialog box. This command lets you convert a controller envelope created
in the Piano Roll view to a Track view envelope, or shape.
See:
“Creating and editing automation envelopes” on page 1119
Note: If two clips overlap, the command converts the controller envelopes in both clips, in
whatever parts of the clips lie in the selected time range.