MIDI Devices

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MIDI devices
Aligning control objects
You may find that the knobs aren’t properly aligned, hori-
zontally and/or vertically. The Panel Editor can assist you
with this.
1. Press [Shift] and click on both knobs to select them.
2. Right-click (Win)/[Ctrl]-click (Mac) to open the con-
text menu, and you will see a range of alignment and spac-
ing commands.
In this case we’re interested in vertical alignment, so we’ll choose Align
Bottoms.
Now the bottom edges of the two objects are aligned ver-
tically.
Defining parameters for control objects
We’re going to create two more control knobs, but this
time we’ll define the parameters first. As stated earlier, pa-
rameters exist independently from objects and can be cre-
ated in a separate process, which is useful when you have
the MIDI Implementation Chart in front of you anyway.
In the main window of the Editor, below the Device “tree”
(known as the Device structure), you’ll see an area called
Variables. In this area you’ll find the Add Parameters button.
1. Click the Add Parameters button to open the Parame-
ter window and create two new parameters, “EG Intensity”
(CC 79) and “EG Release” (CC 72).
2. When you’re done, duplicate the two existing knobs
and place the copies in an empty space. Double-click on
the title to enter the correct parameter name, then double-
click on the control to assign the parameters that you cre-
ated before.
You can select multiple knobs and use the alignment and spacing com-
mands to get all the controls in neat and tidy rows and columns.
These four knobs are known as “Realtime Controls A” on
the Korg Triton. It might be a good idea to add a title ob-
ject to this group, for easy identification.
3. Switch to Labels on the Objects menu, pick a title ob-
ject and drag it to the edit area.
4. Double-click on it, enter “Realtime Controls A” in the
text dialog and click OK.
It’s starting to look good, but perhaps we should add some
kind of frame around this group of controls to distinguish
them from others.