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The future of DAW controllers has arrived.

Welcome to the revolution!

Presenting the shining star of mid-sized MIDI DAW control

surfaces – the P1-M, featuring a 16-panel, programmable digital

touch screen, multiple simultaneous DAW

control, clear and bright

LED channel meters, highly advanced software, easy plug-in control

and intuitive,

intelligent design. Extendable, reliable and adaptable

and now taking center-stage; the P1-M!

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Page 1: ... sized MIDI DAW control surfaces the P1 M featuring a 16 panel programmable digital touch screen multiple simultaneous DAW control clear and bright LED channel meters highly advanced software easy plug in control and intuitive intelligent design Extendable reliable and adaptable and now taking center stage the P1 M ...

Page 2: ...therwise damaged by items placed on or against them Particular attention should be given to the plugs receptacles and the point where the cord exits the appliance 11 To avoid the risk of electrical shock do not touch any exposed wiring while the unit is in operation 12 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer 13 Unplug this unit and all connected electrical equipment during l...

Page 3: ... 16 Launching the P1 M in Every Day Use 20 Installing iMapTM for the Mac 21 Installing iMapTM for Windows 24 The iMAPTM 26 Other Functions in iMapTM 34 Firmware upgrade 35 Ableton Live 38 Audition 39 Bitwig 40 Cakewalk 41 Cubase Nuendo 43 Digital Performer 11 44 FL Studio 45 Logic Pro 46 Luna 47 Mixbus 32C 48 Pro Tools 49 Reaper 50 Reason 52 Samplitude 53 Studio One 54 Tracktion Waveform 55 Hardwa...

Page 4: ...nk below www iconproaudio com registration As with most electronic devices we strongly recommend you retain the original packaging In the unlikely event that the product is returned for servicing the original packaging or reasonable equivalent is required With proper care and adequate air circulation your P1 M MIDI DAW controller will operate flawlessly for many years to come We trust that this pr...

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Page 6: ...say Pro Tools but you need to quickly shoot back to Cubase no problem The P1 M will allow this to happen literally at the touch of a button without any delay or fuss which means no interruption to you or your workflow By pressing Focus you can now select a plug in parameter with the mouse and adjust values with the smooth gliding action of the jog wheel This feature is likely to become a favorite ...

Page 7: ...AW Illuminated buttons for channel control including Mute Solo and Record 6 illuminated transport buttons including Play Stop Rec Rewind Fast Forward and Loop Dedicated Flip and Master buttons for fader flipping and access to the master channel Channel 8 becomes the Master channel Illuminated Zoom button with 2 directional keys Left Right Up Down also used in combination with the jog wheel Illumin...

Page 8: ...inch inputs for connecting footswitch pedals Class compliant with MacOS 10 15 or above Windows 10 or above Superior build quality and robust metal casing with Kensington lock port Expandable with the D 4T display unit for complete control Expandable with the P1 X extender unit 8 channels per unit Expandable with the D4 display unit for the P1 X ...

Page 9: ...utton to assign channel 8 as the Master channel except with Pro Tools 2 Control buttons 2a Recording channel control buttons section REC button Activate and deactivate the recording state of the associated channel The switch will light red when the channel is armed SOLO button Activate deactivate the solo state of the associated channel The switch will light green when the channel solo state is on...

Page 10: ...is can also be controlled using the jog wheel Focus Press focus and hover over a plug in parameter with your mouse and use the jog wheel as a device to change the parameters 3c Move and directional buttons Press the Navi button and rotate the jog wheel to navigate through the channels Select directional buttons to determine the direction of travel for navigating up and down your tracks in your DAW...

Page 11: ...he color modes along with those in 6a for different functions which appear in the 16 panel touch screen The functions can be rearranged in the iMAP to your own configuration By default purple and red modes Labelled U1 User 1 and U2 User 2 are set in the touchscreen to hotkey functions i e Ctrl C copy The other three modes are set to MIDI functions i e Pan as per the diagram Users who wish to store...

Page 12: ...load the channel settings of the selected track EQ to alter the channel EQ setting Use PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN to navigate through the parameter pages and the rotary encoders to change the value of Gain Frequency and Q 9 DAW selector buttons Select the DAW you would like to connect to by selecting DAW buttons 1 3 The DAW must be set up and configured previously see Getting Started with the P1 M You ...

Page 13: ...idge between the units faders on the P1 X will be similarly affected 13 Channel LED Meters Eight 12 segment LED meters showing the associated channel level 14 D4T sockets These sockets are used to house the legs of the D4T display unit A D4T display unit will significantly enhance the experience of the user Without a D4T unit if the user wishes to affect a change in say a plug in they may observe ...

Page 14: ...apter port Connect the power adaptor provided here Note the P1 M is not able to work without the provided power adaptor connected USB bus power from a computer is insufficient 4 D4T display unit connector Connect your optional D5 display module to this connector with the provided cable The D4T displays a range of DAW dependent information as well as digital metering The D4T OLED makes adjusting pa...

Page 15: ...AWs we want to set up on the P1 M Getting Started with the P1 M DAW 1 Bitwig DAW 2 Cubase DAW 3 Logic In order to allocate the right DAW to the right DAW button above we re going to need to use the iMAP First make sure the iMAP is downloaded and installed then read the following section Esc F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 Prtsc sysrq pause Break Lns Del Home Pgup PgDN End 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 78 9...

Page 16: ...he DAW will be automatically allocated There is no need to send data or perform any special function You may do this for all three buttons on the iMAP P1 M Please go to the iMAP section for further details on this and how to use the iMAP including how to allocate commands and functions to the 16 panel touchscreen MIDI map commands and even allocate QWERTY hot keys to your P1 M Remember that in eve...

Page 17: ... our DAW to work with the P1 M we will need to select MIDIIN2 P1 M V1 02 or whichever firmware version it is in the menu When the P1 M is set up as a Mackie control device in Cubase whenever we press 2 in the DAW Controller selection section the P1 M will automatically select Cubase The same applies for Logic although this time we are going to select MIDIIN3 P1 M V1 02 or whichever firmware versio...

Page 18: ...iple will be largely the same Now we ve covered how we allocate DAWs to the P1 M DAW button of your choice 1 3 in the iMAP and in principle how to configure the DAW to the corresponding MIDI port as depicted above let s move on to configuring our DAW s in the next section Before we move on let s remember CiD Step 1 Switch on the Controller Step 2 Open the iMap Step 3 Launch the DAW s you intend to...

Page 19: ...d he has also set up the touchscreen on his P1 M to load all of his favorite Cubase commands when pressing DAW button 1 when recording and mixing When mastering however Fernando imports his final mix stereo files into his mastering template in Cubase Because this is a different task altogether which requires a different approach he has organized different commands for mastering purposes in Cubase ...

Page 20: ... expecting to make any changes with the programming of functions the iMAP will need to run concurrently with the P1 M hardware Lastly the reason for using the sequence of Controller iMAP DAW is because MIDI port 4 is used by the iCON Pro Audio software iMAPTM to change the three DAWs you use to update firmware and to program the 16 panel touchscreen with the functions of your choice You cannot use...

Page 21: ... Applications folder you can create an iMap shortcut on your Mac s desktop 1 Download iMAPTM Mac from your User Center for your device Please refer to P 5 register your ICON Pro Audio product to your personal account for creating your User Center P1 M K7iK3rIE The latest iMap for MacOS V1 00 V1 00 The latest iMap for Windows Download The Latest Download The Latest 3 P 1 P1M_P1X_iMap _Mac_Setup_V1 ...

Page 22: ...ap Installer 2 P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 pkg P1M_P1X_iMap _Mac_Setup_V1 00 zip 4 5 7 8 P1 M P1 X iMap P1 M P1 X iMap P1 M P1 X iMap P1 M P1 X iMap 3 6 9 P1 M P1 X iMap P1 M P1 X iMap P1 M P1 X iMap Installer 1 2 P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 pkg P1M_P1X_iMap _Mac_Setup_V1 00 zip 4 Read the license agreement Click Continue 5 Click Agree to agree to the license terms 6 Click install ...

Page 23: ...ord Click Install software 7 9 P1 M P1 X iMap P1 M P1 X iMap 5 8 P1 M P1 X iMap P1 M P1 X iMap P1 M P1 X iMap P1 M P1 X iMap 6 9 P1 M P1 X iMap 8 Click Close after installing your iMAP software 9 Click on the shortcut to launch the iMAP ...

Page 24: ...nstallation process 3 The Setup Wizard will appear Setup wizard appears please click Next 1 5 P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 Installation P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 Installation M P1 X iMap 1 2 5 P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 Installation P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 Installation M P1 X iMap M P1 X iMap M P1 X 1 2 3 5 6 P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 Installation P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 Installation P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 Installation P1 M P1 X...

Page 25: ...ation P1 M P1 X iMap P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 Installation P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 Installation M P1 X iMap shortcuts M P1 X iMap M P1 X iMap M P1 X iMap M P1 Xi Map M P1 X 5 P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 Installation P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 Installation M P1 X iMap M P1 X iMap M P1 X 1 2 3 5 6 P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 Installation P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 Installation P1 M P1 X iMap V1 00 Installation P1 M P1 X iMap P1 M P...

Page 26: ...ree DAWs of their choice via the three buttons at the top of the iMAP Simply click and load the DAW of your choice via the drop down box for each of the three buttons 1 2 and 3 In this example let s use Bitwig for our first DAW Cubase for our second and Logic Pro as our third First let s choose Bitwig Click button one and choose Bitwig from the drop down box ...

Page 27: ...27 Now Bitwig mode has loaded along with all of it s functions In the same way let s load Cubase for button 2 and Logic for button 3 You will see these reflected in the buttons 1 2 and 3 in the iMAP ...

Page 28: ...d it is simply to demonstrate the potential of this system The first button the primary button in this fictitious DAW is Add Track We re going to place this on the first row of the iMAP in the red mode or layer of the iMAP This immediately appears on the device s touch screen as information is transmitted in real time For the attendant secondary options remembering this is a fictitious DAW we re g...

Page 29: ... organizational reasons as default hotkeys are organized within red and purple modes and MIDI functions are organized within blue green and orange modes You can however program hotkeys and MIDI functions to appear in whichever mode or layer you d like Click to change the contents of a button Type in the hot key you would like to use on your QWERTY keyboard Click Enter Re name the hot key to someth...

Page 30: ...wn MIDI messages The fader s and rotary encoder knobs on the device can also be mapped in this way buttons such as solo and mute cannot there are more than enough buttons on the touchscreen for anyone s MIDI mapping needs You may adjust Pitch Note CC Channel and Message values for MCP and Value 1 Value 2 and Function for HUI depending on the control element 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 31: ...nstrument you would like to control you may be able to map it via MIDI learn MIDI learn instructions can be found in the manual for your DAW Please note that some virtual instruments have limited capability in respect of receiving communication from generic or universal external controllers Please also note that the jog wheel can be used as a parameter controller of plug ins EQs and instruments wi...

Page 32: ...ur MIDI mapping choices The touchscreen can similarly be reset in this way Please note that when using Bitwig right clicking on any encoder and selecting restore to default will result in all switchgear and the touchscreen reverting to their initial values Equally selecting an alternative DAW DAW buttons 1 3 will overwrite any user programming to that of the selected DAW ...

Page 33: ...eous actions in multiple DAWs Let s say Femi has two projects one in Cubase and one in Studio One She wants to play both at the same time She can instruct the iMAP to have both DAWs respond to PLAY in this way Equally she can set all of her DAW s to do this within the iMAP The diagram below shows how she can do this ...

Page 34: ... 2 Load file button Click this button to load a previously saved imap setting file for your P1 M 3 Firmware Upgrade button Click this button to enter into the firmware upgrade window for P1 M Please refer to the firmware upgrade procedure which follows 4 Lock button Click this button to lock the touchscreen settings in place 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 35: ...gain Firmware upgrade 4 1 2 3 6 5 4 5 6 7 3 Firmware upgrade 4 1 3 4 Connect the P1 M using a USB C connection Ensure the latest iMAP is downloaded from the website and installed check to make sure your iMAP is up to date Run the iMAP Step1 IMPORTANT CLICK THE TITLE OF THE IMAP TO SWAP BETWEEN THE P1 M AND P1 X VERSIONS ALWAYS CHECK YOU ARE UPGRADING FIRMWARE FOR THE CORRECT DEVICE Click Firmware ...

Page 36: ...36 Step 2 Read the warning notice Step 3 Click the Start button 6 4 5 7 4 6 5 6 ...

Page 37: ...37 Step 4 Allow the firmware upgrade process to complete 6 7 Press ok once the firmware update has been completed Step 5 ...

Page 38: ... 1 2 3 4 5 iCON P1 M V1 02 Mackie Control iCON P1 M V1 02 Input MackieControl Input iCON P1 M V1 02 Output MackieControl Output iCON P1 M V1 02 Output Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth Automap Propellerhead Automap MIDI 6 ...

Page 39: ...39 Audition 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 10 iCON P1 M V1 02 Port 1 iCON P1 M V1 02 Port 1 Audition ...

Page 40: ...40 Bitwig 3 4 5 6 2 7 8 1 iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 ...

Page 41: ...ON P1 M V1 MIDIIN2 iCON P1 M V1 0 MIDIIN3 iCON P1 M V1 0 MIDIIN4 iCON P1 M V1 0 MIDIOUT2 iCON P1 M MIDIOUT3 iCON P1 M MIDIOUT4 iCON P1 M MIDIOUT2 iCON P1 M V1 MIDIOUT3 iCON P1 M V1 MIDIOUT4 iCON P1 M V1 iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 3 4 5 8 6 7 9 ...

Page 42: ...42 iCON P1M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 10 ...

Page 43: ...43 Cubase Nuendo Cubase 12 Pro iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 5 ...

Page 44: ...44 Digital Performer 11 Digital Performer 1 2 7 3 4 5 iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 6 ...

Page 45: ...45 FL Studio 1 7 2 3 4 6 5 iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 ...

Page 46: ...46 Logic Pro 1 2 4 5 6 3 7 8 iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 ...

Page 47: ...2 Luna iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 X1 V1 02 2 iCON P1 X2 V1 02 2 iCON P1 X3 V1 02 2 iCON P1 X1 V1 02 2 iCON P1 X2 V1 02 2 iCON P1 X3 V1 02 2 iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 04 iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

Page 48: ...48 Mixbus 32C Mixbus32 2 3 1 5 4 6 iCON P1 M iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 7 8 9 ...

Page 49: ...49 Pro Tools Pro Tools 3 4 5 P1M V1 02 P1M V1 02 P1M V1 02 ...

Page 50: ...50 Reaper Reaper 1 2 MCU Control Universal MCU Control Universal 1 Extender 4 3 5 6 7 10 8 9 ...

Page 51: ...51 MCU Control Universal MCU Control Universal 1 Extender iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 6 7 10 8 9 11 12 13 14 ...

Page 52: ...52 Reason Reason 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 ...

Page 53: ...53 Samplitude Samplitude iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth 1 2 4 3 5 6 iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 7 9 10 11 12 8 ...

Page 54: ...54 Studio One 3 4 1 2 Studio One iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 7 8 9 6 5 10 ...

Page 55: ...V1 01 iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 X2 V1 01 1 Na Devite 5elected iCON P1 X2 V1 01 iCON P1 M V1 02 2 Focusrite USB MIDI Na Devite 5elected Na Devite 5elected iCON P1 M V1 02 iCON P1 M V1 02 4 6 8 5 Na Devite 5elected iCON P1 X2 V1 01 iCON P1 M V1 02 2 Focusrite USB MIDI 7 ...

Page 56: ...rom drop down lists Currently only a few DAWs support the use of a footswitch in DAW controllers such as the P1 M Please check your DAW s user manual to see if your DAW has this functionality If so you can then choose commands specific to the DAW to program your footswitch For example to toggle the record function on and off as in the example above ...

Page 57: ...e guitars red drums blue etc 10 segment LED display shows timecode or location of your project in either SMPTE or beat clock bars beats ticks formats Adjustable tilt angle for different viewing positions Robust construction Magnetic slot in fixtures Connect via included ergonomic USB C cable Clear and detailed display Lower bar display showing color modes of the DAW channels This is useful if you ...

Page 58: ...er channel including rec mute and solo The P1 X works seamlessly in tandem with the P1 M and will further enhance your recording and mixing experience More faders means more hands on control at your fingertips Coupled with a newly fitted extender why not add a D4 display unit for the P1 X too which features a large 2 inch TFT display showing channel name channel colors control values etc for each ...

Page 59: ...59 Specifications Connector To computer USB connector Power supply 12V 2 5A DC Current consumption 2 0A or less Weight 1 916kg 4 23lb Dimensions 405 L x 204 W x 61 H mm 15 9 L x 8 W x 2 4 H ...

Page 60: ...d box This is very important If you have lost the packaging please make sure you have packed the unit properly ICON is not responsible for any damage that occurs due to non factory packing 4 Ship to the ICON tech support center or the local return authorization See our service centers and distributor service points at the link below If you are located in the United States please visit our help cen...

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