MIDI Devices

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MIDI devices
Combining subpanels of individual channels
In the example above, we assembled a MIDI device panel
by creating only one panel for 16 identical channels. How-
ever, you often may want individual channels (nodes),
each coming with its own panels and parameters.
A good example for this would be the TC Electronics Final-
izer, which can be found in the factory panel configurations.
The Finalizer MIDI device panel
Import the device and open it by clicking on the Edit (“e”)
button. You can see that it consists of various nodes with
different parameters.
The nodes correspond to templates (panels) of the same
name. For example, click on “Fade” in the All Templates
list to see only the Fade panel.
The main panel was again built by dragging and dropping
the subpanels into the panel area of the main node, as ex-
plained above.
Working with snapshots
Choosing the right snapshot option
When you set up a new device as described under “Defin-
ing a new MIDI device” on page 6, there are two possibil-
ities to set up snapshots.
• If the Snapshots option in the Channel Settings is se-
lected, you can take a snapshot of every single channel.
To verify if you can take snapshots of a single channel, select the MIDI
device as output in the Inspector, choose a channel and click on the
Open Device Panels button. If the snapshot list is not shown in the de-
vice panel window, the Snapshot option was deactivated.
• If the Snapshots option in the Global Settings is se-
lected, you can take snapshots for all parameters (includ-
ing Sysex messages and all channel settings, but only in
one snapshot).
In this case, the Snapshot field is visible in the Device and Panel windows.
Examples:
• Global Snapshots on / Channel Snapshots off – you can take
snapshots of the whole device, but not of a single channel.
• Global Snapshots on / Channel Snapshots on – you can take
snapshots of the whole device and of each channel.
Ö Both snapshots options can only be set during the first
device setup, see “The Create New MIDI Device dialog”
on page 6.