Saffire PRO 26 i/o
User Guide
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Changing the SaffireControl PRO
GUI window – FLOAT and SHRINK
The SaffireControl PRO GUI window can be modified to suit your needs in a number of ways. It can be shrunk down to a smaller
size where the Input Mix section will disappear, and it can be made to float permanently over other software so that the GUI is
permanently in view even when another application is active. This is done using the SHRINK and FLOAT switches within
SaffireControl PRO, as follows:
Once the window has been reduced, the SHRINK switch becomes an EXPAND switch to allow the window to be returned to its
default state.
Using MIDI
Saffire PRO can be used to send MIDI data to and from a sequencer, via its Firewire interfacing. To send MIDI data to the sequencer,
simply connect a standard MIDI cable from the MIDI Out of your MIDI keyboard or control surface to the MIDI In on the rear panel of
Saffire PRO.
Similarly, if wanting to send MIDI data to an external device, connect a MIDI cable from Saffire PRO’s MIDI Out to the MIDI input of
the device. Make sure that Saffire PRO is first selected as an interface within the sequencer’s MIDI preferences before attempting
to send and receive data.
A MIDI Thru switch is also provided within SaffireControl PRO:
This converts the MIDI Out port into a MIDI Thru, meaning that MIDI data will route straight from the MIDI In to the MIDI Out,
regardless of whether SaffireControl PRO is currently in use with the computer. This saves having to reconnect wires when you wish
to use MIDI kit away from the computer, allowing Saffire PRO to act as a standalone MIDI device. Make sure that this switch is not
active if wanting to route MIDI data through the sequencer; otherwise the MIDI Out port will transmit two sets of MIDI data (from
the MIDI In and from the sequencer) if incorrectly configured.
Click to make SaffireControl PRO float
permanently over other software. Click
again to deactivate
Click to reduce the software
window size. An EXPAND switch
will then appear to restore the
window to normal size. (Click
“expand” to return to the full size
GUI window.
Click to convert the MIDI Out port into
a MIDI Thru for routing of MIDI data
without using a sequencer
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