MIDI Devices

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MIDI devices
• It is also possible to drag a subnode’s panel from the
“Views” area into the panel of a parent node, see “Creat-
ing complex panels” on page 19.
Control to parameter assignment area (bottom middle)
This area has two functions:
• You can link parameters with controls, see “Assigning
parameters” on page 10.
• You can see to which node a panel element belongs,
see “Identifying the nodes and templates” on page 20.
All Templates list (bottom right)
As panels are created, they are added to the All Tem-
plates list.
• You can switch between templates, copy objects that
you need, switch back to the panel you’re currently editing
and paste the objects into that panel.
The available objects
On the Objects pop-up in the top right corner you can se-
lect between object categories. Faders, knobs, data entry
and switches are control objects, i.e. you have to define a
parameter assignment to them when inserted into the edit
area, whereas labels and backgrounds are only graphic
elements. The object categories are as follows:
Operations in the Edit Panel window
On the following pages, we will describe the basic opera-
tions in the Edit Panel window. For a more “hands on” de-
scription of how to create panels, see “Creating a control
panel – a tutorial” on page 13.
Creating a panel
1. Either create a new MIDI Device (see “Defining a new
MIDI device” on page 6), or select a preset device from the
Add MIDI Device dialog, see “Panels” on page 7.
2. In the MIDI Device Manager dialog, select the device
in the Installed Devices list and click the Open Device but-
ton.
Now the Devices window opens with the Device structure
to the left.
3. Select the node, subnode or parameter you wish to
add a panel to.
4. Click the Add Panel button, and select a name and size
for the panel, see “The Add Panel Dialog” on page 8.
The Edit Panel window opens.
When you have created a new panel you will see a light
blue rectangle which defines the size of the panel. When
you click on the rectangle, resize handles will appear.
These allow you to customize the Panel size.
Ö If you are creating a specific Inspector or Channel
Strip panel you should not resize the panel.
Adding objects
You build a panel by dragging objects from the Objects
area on the right hand side of the window into the rectan-
gle in the edit area.
Assigning parameters
Parameters can be assigned to control elements (switches,
faders, etc.). This is done in the Control Parameter Assign-
ment dialog. This dialog is opened automatically when you
add a control object, but you can also open it later to
change the assignment for existing objects.
Object category Description
Backgrounds Here you can select various background colors and
borders.
Faders There are four basic horizontal and vertical fader/slider
types, each with three options: basic, with title field,
and with title field and min-max values.
Knobs Various types of knobs, with and without title fields and
min-max values.
Data entry Various types of data entry fields for entering values.
There are data entry fields for direct entry, and data en-
try types for using up/down arrows or sliders (or both)
to set values.
Switches Switches can only send two values. There are three ba-
sic types of switches: on/off, momentary and one shot.
Momentary switches change to the second value as
long as the switch is pressed and revert back when re-
leased. One shot switches activate a command, e.g.
resetting a value to a default value.
Labels Labels of various sizes and styles.