CAKEWALK sonar x3, Reference Manual

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1334
External devices
Cakewalk Generic Surface plug-in
See:
“Assigning faders and knobs to control SONAR parameters” on page 1334
“ACT” on page 1346
Assigning faders and knobs to control SONAR parameters
The Cakewalk Generic Surface property page has separate sections that control track parameters
(the
Track Parameters section), plug-in parameters (the ACT Controls section), and global
parameters (the Global Parameters section).
To configure track parameters
1. In the Cakewalk Generic Surface property page, in the Use ACT or Strip Params fields, make
sure that either the ACT Enable check box is disabled, or that the Both check box is enabled. If
the Both check box is enabled, your controller/surface is controlling both track and plug-in
parameters.
2. In the Configure Strip Number field, use the drop-down menu to choose which track strip in the
current bank of tracks you want to configure (the number of tracks in the current bank is listed in
the
Number of Track Strips field).
3. If you want to change how many tracks are in a single bank, enter a new number in the Number
of Track Strips field.
4. Click the radio button of the Parameter that you want to configure (choose from Parameters 1-
16).
5. Use the drop-down menu next to the parameter you clicked to choose exactly what parameter
you want to configure.
6. Move the control on your controller/surface that you want to use to control this parameter.
7. Click the Learn button in the dialog box. The MIDI message that the control you moved sent out
appears in the MIDI Message for the Current SONAR Parameter section.
8. You can edit how SONAR interprets this particular message if you want. See “MIDI Message
Interpretation” on page 1341 for more information.
9. Repeat steps 4-8 if you want to configure more parameters for this track strip, or choose a new
track strip in the
Configure Strip Number field, and then repeat steps 4-8
When you’ve finished your edits, either type a name for this group of settings in the Presets window
and click the Save button (recommended), or just click the Save button to overwrite the current
preset. You can then reload this collection of track settings any time you want to by choosing the
name of the preset that you saved in the
Presets window.