Specifications

Chapter 1: Working with MIDI Control Surfaces 1
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Working with MIDI Control Surfaces
MIDI control surfaces add hands-on control to
Pro Tools functions. You can use a MIDI control
surface to adjust on-screen faders and knobs, ac-
tivate transport controls, or scrub and shuttle in
Pro Tools.
Supported Control Surfaces
Pro Tools supports the following MIDI control
surfaces:
• CM Labs MotorMix™
• JL Cooper CS-10™ series
•Mackie Design’s HUI™ Control Surface
• Peavey PC-1600™
New MIDI control surface features are provided
through the latest Control Surface Personality
files installed with Pro Tools.
MIDI Control Surface
Personalities
MIDI Control Surface Personalities are files that al-
low Pro Tools to communicate with the MIDI
control surface.
These files are installed in the Controllers
directory (folder) in these locations:
• Macintosh OS X: Applications/Digidesign/
Pro Tools/Controllers
• Macintosh OS 9: System Folder/DAE Folder/
Controllers
•Windows XP: Program Files\Common Files\
Digidesign\DAE\Controllers
Pro Tools scans the Controllers directory
(folder) whenever you open the Peripherals dia-
log to assign a MIDI control surface.
The JL Cooper MCS Panner is not supported
on Pro Tools|HD systems. Pro Tools 6.0 or
later no longer supports and will not install
files for the JL Cooper MCS Panner.
The Penny & Giles MM-16 and DC-16 are
not supported on Pro Tools|HD systems.
Pro Tools 6.0 or later no longer supports
and will not install the Penny & Giles MM-
16 and DC-16 Control Surface Personality
Files.
MIDI Controllers page of the Peripherals dialog