CAKEWALK sonar x3, Reference Manual

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ACT
External devices
5. If you want to control only this instance of the plug-in with your controller/surface, enable the
Lock check box in the ACT MIDI Controller property page, or enable the ACT Lock button
in the Control Bar’s ACT module.
6. If you are not locking the controller/surface to a single instance of a plug-in, put the focus on
another plug-in, if desired, and adjust its parameters.
To edit the default ACT mappings
1. Enable ACT in the ACT MIDI Controller property page by enabling the Active Controller
Technology Enable check box.
2. Enable the ACT Learn Mode button in the Control Bar’s ACT module.
3. Open the property page of the plug-in that you want to control.
4. Click the parameters in the property page that you want to control.
5. Move the sliders/knobs on your controller/surface that you want to use to control the parameters
with, in the same order that you clicked the parameters (you can reverse steps 4 and 5).
6. Disable the ACT Learn Mode button in the Control Bar’s ACT module.
7. A dialog box asks if you want to keep your assignments. Click Yes or No .
Any assignments you keep are saved automatically as soon as you disable the Learn button. These
assignments are global, so they are the same for every project.
8. In the property page of the plug-in that you want to control, click the parameters that you want to
control.
9. Move the sliders/knobs on your controller/surface that you want to use to control the parameters
with, in the same order that you clicked the parameters (you can reverse steps 6 and 7).
Importing ACT data
You can use ACT with any automatable plug-in. You can create your own mappings by using the
ACT Learn button, but because ACT Learn mappings are stored in XML files, you can also import
XML data that contains predefined parameter mappings for certain plug-ins. These predefined
parameter mappings provide generic “best guess” assignments between the controls on your
surface, and the parameters in the plug-in, which gives you a starting point that you can customize
by using the ACT Learn process.
The import feature makes it easy for users to share data, and will also allow you to download
incremental updates when new plug-in mappings become available.
If you import ACT data for a certain plug-in, and you have already mapped some of the parameters
in that plug-in, for each already-mapped plug-in, a dialog box asks you if you want to overwrite that
plug-in's mapping. This lets you protect any parameter mappings that you've already done.
To see if any new ACT XML files are currently available, check the support pages at
www.cakewalk.com .