MIDI Devices

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MIDI devices
Adding control objects
1. Select “Knobs” from the Objects pop-up menu.
This brings up an assortment of rotary knobs.
2. Select one and drag it into the panel.
Once you have dropped a control into the edit area, the
Control Parameter Assignment dialog will open. In this
window you can define the parameters and other data
pertaining to the control.
3. Click the Create button in the bottom left corner.
4. Enter a name.
Note that this is not the name of the control object itself, but the name of
the actual parameter, an item which exists independently from objects. A
logical and intuitive naming convention will help!
Now it’s time to select the control change (CC) number in
the Transmission field. At this point it may be required to
consult the MIDI Implementation Chart of the device
you’re creating the panel for.
In the case of Korg Triton, we find that LPF Cutoff corre-
sponds to control change 74, “CC: Brightness”.
5. Select Brightness from the Transmission pop-up
menu.
6. At this point we’re done with the Parameter window,
so just click OK.
7. If the knob type you have chosen has a text label, you
can edit this by double-clicking on the label under the knob.
Enter an appropriate title in the window that appears.
Now the knob is finished, and we can use it as a starting
point for additional knobs.
Copying control objects
1. Select the knob and select Copy from the Edit menu.
2. Select Paste from the Edit menu to paste in another
instance of the knob.
A pasted object will be placed at the same coordinates as the original
object. Use the arrow keys or the mouse to move the new knob to an
empty space.
Since the new knob needs a different name and a different
parameter assigned to it, we need to do some editing:
3. Double-click on the copied knob to open the Parame-
ter window.
Here you will notice that the assigned parameter is LPF Cutoff (the only
parameter we’ve created so far).
4. Click the Create button again to define a new para-
meter, “Resonance”.
5. Enter this name in the Parameter name field.
According to the Triton MIDI Implementation Chart, Reso-
nance corresponds to controller 71 (CC: Harmonic Con-
tent).
6. Select controller 71 (CC: Harmonic Content) from the
Transmission pop-up menu and click OK.
7. Double-click on the name label to edit the label text.
8. Enter “Resonance” and click OK.
Done! Now you have two knob controls with different parameters assigned
to them.