Owner`s manual

CM Labs Dashboard Owner’s Manual Page 7
Installation and Connections
Step 7.) IMPORTANT ! Hit Command-T or pull down the
“Studio” menu and select “Test Studio” again to turn it off.
The check to the left of “Test Studio” should be gone
now.
Step 8.) Pull down the File menu and select “Save and
Make Current” if it is darkend or “ Save” or “Save as” if it
is not.
Step 9.) Hit Command-Q or pull down the “File” menu
and select “Quit”
Pro Tools Settings
Step 1.) Open a Pro Tools session and click on the
“Setups” tab. Open the “Peripherals” menu and click on
the MIDI Controllers tab.
Step 2.) Click on the small box just below “Type” and
select “MotorMix”. Since Dashboard uses the MotorMix
personality file already in ProTools, so no special one is
needed.
Step 3.) Click on the small box just below “Receive From”
and select the Dashboard cable input.
Step 4.) Click on the small box just below “Send To” and
select the Dashboard cable output. At this point, the
small box under “# Ch’s” should say “8”.
Step 5.) Click on the “OK” box in the “Peripherals” menu.
Step 6.) If you are using Pro Tools 5.1, click on the MIDI
tab and select “Input Devices”. Click on the Dashboard
listed. This will enable Pro Tools to receive its MIDI input.
Step 7.) In Pro Tools 5.1 and higher, go to the Set up
window and choose Preferences. In the Preferences box,
click on Operation. Then select ‘Classic’ located in the
Numeric Keypad Mode Section. Classic Numeric Keypad
allows you use the Locate function on MotorMix.
Step 8.) Press the PLAY switch on Dashboard and the
session should start to play, and the Time Code display
on Dashboard should show the play time.
Step 9.) Each time when you use Pro Tools you should
have Dashboard powered up first to insure that it gets a
complete update of your most recent session settings.
Digital Performer Software Set Up.
Step 1.) Log on to http://www.cmlabs.net and open the
MotorMix page. Click on the Digital Performer link and
follow the download instructions there.
Step 2.) Expand the MotorMix archive.
Step 3.) Put the MotorMix Plug in into your DP Plug-ins
folder.
Step 4.) Reboot your Mac and launch Digital performer.
Step 5.) Pull down the “Basics” menu and select “Control
Surface Setup” and select MotorMix in the Hardware box.
(Since Dashboard uses the same MIDI protocols as
MotorMix).
Step 6.) In the “ MIDI Communication:” box select
“Dashboard” or what ever name you have used to define
it in your MIDI device setup. Click “OK” and you’ll be up
and running.
Note: CM Labs maintains the MotorMix plug-in for Digital
Performer. Please check our website for free updates to
the plug in.
Dashboard with MotorMix
Dashboard can be used in conjunction with one or more
MotorMix units in 2 basic ways.
Piggyback Combination.
The piggyback combination will control the mixer 8
channels at a time by either Dashboard or MotorMix’s 8
channel strips, and view switching will be 8 channels
wide. View changes can be done from either Dashboard
or MotorMix. MotorMix will operate as it does by itself,
but you can assign and edit the plug in’s on Dashboard
and use all its features in addition to MotorMix.
You must have a MotorMix ROM version of 2.0 to use the
piggyback combo. Please contact your dealer if you
would like to order the MotorMix 2.0 ROM.
Piggyback Combo Connections.
Connect Dashboard MIDI in and out as described on
page 6. Additionally, cable a MotorMix to Dashboard via
the 9 pin accessory cable included with Dashboard.
When cabled together this way, the combo acts as 1 MIDI
device and still takes only 1 MIDI port on your interface.