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Quick Start
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1.
Use the included USB cable to connect MIDImix’s
USB port
to an available USB port on
your computer (powered on).
2.
On your computer, open your digital audio workstation (DAW).
3.
Select
MIDImix
as the controller in the
Preferences
,
Device
Setup
, or
Options
of your DAW.
Important:
Most of MIDImix’s controls may be automatically mapped to control various track-
specific parameters in your DAW. If your DAW lets you assign its parameters to a hardware
MIDI controller (“MIDI learn”), you can further customize MIDImix’s control mapping.
To set up MIDImix with Ableton Live:
1.
Use the included USB cable to connect MIDImix’s
USB port
to an available USB port on
your computer (powered on).
2.
On your computer, open Ableton Live.
3.
Click the
Options
menu (Windows) or
Live
menu (Mac OS X), and then select
Preferences
.
4.
Click the
MIDI/Sync
tab.
5.
In the
Control Surface
column, click one of the drop-down menus and select
MIDI Mix
.
(Make sure the adjacent
Input
and
Output
drop-down menus are set to
MIDI Mix
, as well. If
they’re not, click each one to set it.)
6.
Under
MIDI Ports
, next to the
Input
for
MIDI Mix
, make sure the
Track
button is set to
On
. If
it’s set to
Off
, click it once. (If you want to assign new mappings for MIDImix’s controls in
Ableton Live, make sure the
Remote
button is set to
On
, as well.)
7.
Close the
Preferences
window.