User guide
Tracktion 4 Reference Manual
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Custom Control Surface Specic Properties
When a custom control surface entry is selected in the list, the properties panel will display options
specic to custom controllers (Fig. 2.8.6). These options are in addition to the common properties de-
scribed previously in this section.
Hide MIDI input device: For dedicated control surfaces, there is no reason to have the input device be
available as a recordable input. If your custom controller is purely a control surface device, and there
are no other MIDI devices sharing the input with the surface, then you can use this option to hide the in-
put from the available input list. If you controller is part of a controller keyboard, then you might still wish
to be able to record MIDI notes, and as such you would want to leave this option unchecked.
Channels: This option species how many tracks your device is capable of mixing at one time, and is
used to dene how many tracks will be highlighted if the colour selection option is enabled.
If you are not using your controller as a mixer device, i.e., you are using it only to control the trans-
port functions, or VST plug-ins, then you may want to set this value to zero.
Parameters: This option species how many plug-in parameters can be manipulated at one time on
your
controller. If you have eight unused rotary controls on your device, for example, you could set this
value to eight.
Edit control mappings: This option displays a control mapping screen, where you can link the sliders,
buttons, and rotary controls on your device, to functions within Tracktion. The mapping screen is de-
scribed on the next page.
Import/Export settings: You can import and export custom controller congurations, either to share
with others, or to make copies for safe keeping when doing backups.
Figure 2.8.6