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Top Panel Layout

Select Logic Pro mode by pressing the “LogicPro” button once you turn on the 
device. Please note that if your Platform M+ has LogicPro mode selected, Platform 
B+ will automatically switch to LogicPro mode. Then you may place your LogicPro 
silicon overlay onto your Platform B+. 

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Tip: 

Platform series support MackieControl and HUI Universal emulation. So, they 

will support any DAW that has MCP or HUI protocol build-in. Please use the “User-

Define” overlay to label all the button functions if your DAW silicon overlay is not 

included.)

Additionally, different tutorial videos that show the operating methods for different 

DAWs are stored in the provided DVD. You may also find them on our website’s 

Platform B+ product page.

1) DAW mode select section

 

Select “MCP”, “HUI” or “LogicPro” on the Platform M+ according to your DAW. 

Below please find the list showing the appropriate mode select for different 

DAW.

 

1.    Nuendo/Cubase – MCP

 

2.    Digital Performer – MCP

 

3.    FL Studio – MCP

 

4.    SamplitudePro – MCP

 

5.    Reaper – MCP

 

6.    Studio One – MCP

 

7.    Bitwig – MCP

 

8.    Reasons – MCP 

Note: 

To unleash the full potential of Platform B+, it must be connected to and used 

with Platform M+. The following functions require the use of both units.

  

Note: 

Function operates slightly difference between DAWs. Please refer to your 

DAW manual for each function and overlap the provided labeling template according 
to your current using DAW. The following description is based on the functions that 
operate in Apple Logic. 

 

Summary of Contents for PLATFORM B+

Page 1: ...User manual MIDI Audio control surface expander for Platform B...

Page 2: ...or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong These are designated for your safety If the provid...

Page 3: ...one 37 Cubase 39 Nuendo 40 Logic Pro 41 Samplitude 42 Bitwig 44 Reason 45 Reaper 46 Studio One 47 Ableton Live 48 Pro Tools 49 Audition 50 Sonar 51 iMapTM Software for Mac OS X 53 Installing iMapTM So...

Page 4: ...guided tour through its front and rear panels step by step instructions for its setup and use and full specifications You ll also find a warranty card enclosed please don t forget to fill it out and...

Page 5: ...Pro Digital Performer FL Studio Samplitude Reaper Studio One Bitwig Reasons ProTools Sonar Audition Ableton Live and User define Class compliant with Windows XP Vista 32 bit Windows 7 32 bit 64 bit Wi...

Page 6: ...Ws are stored in the provided DVD You may also find them on our website s Platform B product page 1 DAW mode select section Select MCP HUI or LogicPro on the Platform M according to your DAW Below ple...

Page 7: ...Activate the Pan function Rotate the channel knob to adjust the pan value of the corresponding track Plug in button Press to make a plug in assignment for each track Once a plug in has assigned and e...

Page 8: ...acks will appear on the screen 5 Utilities Save button Activate DAW save function Undo button Activate DAW undo function Cancel button Activate DAW cancel function Enter button Activate DAW enter func...

Page 9: ...th different buttons to perform various functions Please refer to the function list in this manual for their functions Alt button A combination button Use with different buttons to perform various fun...

Page 10: ...you do not have to connect it 2 Extension ports Connect your Platform B to Platform M with the provided cable 3 12V 0 35A power adaptor Connect the provided power adaptor here Note Platform B is not a...

Page 11: ...selection is not needed if the last mode is being used Then turn on the power of Platform B it will switch to the same DAW mode as Platform M 4 Select the DAW at Platform M Turn on the power of Platfo...

Page 12: ...nnel 1 LED MCP Channel 2 LED Logic Pro Channel 3 LED HUI Channel 4 LED User define Channel 1 LED MCP Channel 2 LED Logic Pro Channel 3 LED HUI Channel 4 LED User define Platform X X 1 Platform X X 2 1...

Page 13: ...Logic Pro Channel 3 LED HUI Channel 4 LED User define Chan Chan Chan Chan Platform X X 1 Platform X X 2 Pl 12 Platform B 10 Channel 1 LED MCP Channel 2 LED Logic Pro Channel 3 LED HUI Channel 4 LED U...

Page 14: ...r HUI device has been added select Platform M controller as your MIDI input and output device in your DAW Note You will only see Platform M on your hardware list as Platform B will be recognized as pa...

Page 15: ...15 Cubase 13 14 8 9 3 4 Cubase 2 5 6 7 Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00 10 11 12 Platform X 3 V1 00 Platform X 3 V1 00 15 16 17 Platform X 2 V1 00 Platform X 2 V1 00 1...

Page 16: ...16 13 14 15 18 19 16 17 Platform X 2 V1 00 Platform X 2 V1 00 20 21 22 23 Platform X 1 V1 00 Platform X 1 V1 00...

Page 17: ...Platform X 1 V1 00 Platform X 2 V1 00 Platform X 3 V1 00 Platform M V1 00 Platform X 1 V1 00 Platform X 2 V1 00 Platform X 3 V1 00 Pro Tools Platform M V1 00 Platform X 1 V1 00 Platform X 2 V1 00 Pla...

Page 18: ...18 Logic pro 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8 9 Platform X 1 V1 00 Platform X 1 V1 00 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 13...

Page 19: ...19 Platform X 2 V1 00 Platform X 3 V1 00 Platform M V1 00 Platform X 2 V1 00 Platform X 3 V1 00 Platform M V1 00 20 21 22 23 24 26 28 29 30 32 33 31 27 25 18 19...

Page 20: ...20 Ableton Live 1 2 4 5 Platform M V1 00 Platform X 3 V1 00 Platform X 2 V1 00 Platform X 2 V1 00 Platform X 1 V1 00 Platform X 1 V1 00 Platform X 3 V1 00 Platform M V1 00 3...

Page 21: ...sysrq pause Break Lns Del Home Pgup PgDN End 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 78 9 0 Q W E R T Y U I O P A S D F G H J K L Z X C V B N M Tab CapsLook Shift Ctrl Alt AltGr Ctrl Backspace Enter Shift intel Platform M Plat...

Page 22: ...Platform M Platform B built in Mackie Control LogicPro and HUI protocol which will save you considerable trouble in setting up the device at your DAW Simply add the Mackie Control or HUI device under...

Page 23: ...23 Cubase Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00...

Page 24: ...24 Nuendo Nuendo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00...

Page 25: ...25 Logic Pro 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9...

Page 26: ...26 Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00 12 13 14 15 Samplitude Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00 Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth 1 2 3 Samplitude...

Page 27: ...27 Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00 Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth 2 4 5 6 Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00 7 8 10 11 12 9...

Page 28: ...28 Bitwig Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00...

Page 29: ...29 Reason Reason 2 3 4 6 5 Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00 1...

Page 30: ...30 Reaper 1 2 4 3 Reaper Mackie Control Klinke Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00 5 6 7 8...

Page 31: ...31 Studio One 3 4 1 2 Studio One Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00 7 8 9 6 5...

Page 32: ...2 3 4 5 Platform M V1 00 Mackie Control Platform M V1 00 Input MackieControl Input Platform M V1 00 Output MackieControl Output Platform M V1 00 Output Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth Automap Propellerh...

Page 33: ...ols Automap HUI Automap MIDI Automap Propellerhead 7 8 4 5 6 3 11 12 10 9 Pro Tools Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth Microsoft MIDI Mapper Platform M V Platform M V1 Platform M V Platform M V1 00 Platform...

Page 34: ...34 12 14 Automap HUI Automap MIDI Automap Propellerhead 13 Platform M V1 00 Audition Audition Platform M V1 00 2 4 3 6 Platform M V1 00 7 5 8 9 1...

Page 35: ...35 Sonar Sonar 3 6 5 4 2 1 7 8 9 Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 11...

Page 36: ...36 6 7 8 9 Platform M V1 00 Platform M V1 00 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 Platform M V1 00 Mackie control Platform M V1 00 10 12 16 17 13 14 15 11...

Page 37: ...ig Sonar Audition FL Studio Digital Performer MCP HUI User define User define Pro Tools Logic Pro Logic Pro 4 Logic Pro MCP HUI User define Platform B 3 2 1 Getting Started Standalone Connecting Your...

Page 38: ...tudio One 7 Bitwig 8 Reasons 9 Sonar 10 Audition 11 Ableton Live 5 Setup your DAW The Platform B has built in Mackie Control LogicPro and HUI protocol which will save you considerable trouble in setti...

Page 39: ...39 Cubase Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00...

Page 40: ...40 Nuendo Nuendo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00...

Page 41: ...41 Logic Pro 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9...

Page 42: ...42 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 12 13 14 15 Samplitude Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth 1 2 3 Samplitude...

Page 43: ...43 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth 2 4 5 6 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 7 8 10 11 12 9...

Page 44: ...44 Bitwig Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00...

Page 45: ...45 Reason Reason 2 3 4 6 5 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 1...

Page 46: ...46 Reaper 1 2 4 3 Reaper Mackie Control Klinke Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 5 6 7 8...

Page 47: ...47 Studio One 3 4 1 2 Studio One Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 7 8 9 6 5...

Page 48: ...2 3 4 5 Platform B V1 00 Mackie Control Platform B V1 00 Input MackieControl Input Platform B V1 00 Output MackieControl Output Platform B V1 00 Output Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth Automap Propellerh...

Page 49: ...ols Automap HUI Automap MIDI Automap Propellerhead 7 8 4 5 6 3 11 12 10 9 Pro Tools Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth Microsoft MIDI Mapper Platform B V Platform B V1 Platform B V Platform B V1 00 Platform...

Page 50: ...50 12 14 Automap HUI Automap MIDI Automap Propellerhead 13 Platform B V1 00 Audition Audition Platform B V1 00 2 4 3 6 Platform B V1 00 7 5 8 9 1...

Page 51: ...51 Sonar Sonar 3 6 5 4 2 1 7 8 9 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 11...

Page 52: ...52 6 7 8 9 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 Platform B V1 00 Mackie control Platform B V1 00 10 12 16 17 13 14 15 11...

Page 53: ...iMapTM software to Mac OS X 1 Insert the Utility CD in your CD Rom and double click Platform B iMap icon iMap Platform B iMap dmg Platform B iMap Platform B iMap V1 00 Tip By drag and drop the Platfo...

Page 54: ...ould appear as shown in diagram 1 click Install Note If the installation screen not appear automatically go to the CD folder and double click on Setup Note If the file was downloaded from our website...

Page 55: ...ck the box if you do not want to place a shortcut icon on your desktop for iMapTM otherwise click Install 6 iMapTM started to install The iMapTM installation has now started wait for it to finish Then...

Page 56: ...selection MCP LogicPro HUI UserDefine 1 Nuendo Cubase Logic Pro ProTools User self mapping with iMap 2 Digital Performer 3 FL Studio 4 SamplitudePro 5 Reaper 6 Studio One 7 Bitwig 8 Reasons 9 Sonar 1...

Page 57: ...atform B to your Mac PC 2 Launch iMap and click Connect Device Note If your Platform B is not connected to your Mac PC the message There are no MIDI input devices will appear Please connect Platform B...

Page 58: ...1 MCP 2 LogicPro 3 HUI Tip You may also use the hardware to select DAW instead of through iMap Please refer to P 37 for instructions 5 After you have finished creating all settings click Send Data 6 C...

Page 59: ...connection of your Platform B with iMap Please follow the below steps 1 Connect Platform B to your Mac PC 2 Launch iMap and click Connect Device button Note If your Platform B is not connected to you...

Page 60: ...tons that you would like to assign a new midi function After selecting a control element select the mapping value you want from the pull down menu of Msg Type Channel and Message Please see below for...

Page 61: ...aunch iMap software 3 Click the Connect button and select Platform B V1 00 then click OK 4 Click a button to make an assignment it should turn blue 5 Select a Control Mode according to the DAW you are...

Page 62: ...orm B The file is an Platform B file 2 Load file button Click this button to load a previously saved Platform B setting file for your Platform B 3 Firmware Upgrade button Click this button to enter in...

Page 63: ...F8 F9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 78 Q W E R T Y U I A S D F G H J K Z X C V B N M Tab CapsLook Shift Ctrl Alt Alt 9 5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 Prtsc sysrq pause Break Lns Del Home Pgup PgDN End 6 7 78 9 0 Y U I O...

Page 64: ...17 9 12 10 18 17 6 13 14 16 15 4 7 11 9 5 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 Prtsc sysrq pause Break Lns Del Home Pgup PgDN End 5 6 7 78 9 0 T Y U I O P G H J K L B N M AltGr Ctrl Backspace Enter Shift 1 2 9...

Page 65: ...65 18 17 13 14 16 15 11 9 17 9 12 10 18 17 6 13...

Page 66: ...wing steps 1 Connect Platform Platform B with the provided USB cable and launch iMap software 2 Click the MIDI Device button and select Platform B as the MIDI input and output device Note If Platform...

Page 67: ...tions Connector To computer USB connector To extender USB connector B Type Power supply 12V 0 35A DC Current consumption 2 0Aor less Weight 1 46kg 3 22lb Dimensions 335 L x 196 W x 41 H mm 13 2 L x 7...

Page 68: ...is not related to operation error or external system devices 2 Keep this owner s manual We don t need it to repair the unit 3 Pack the unit in its original packaging including end card and box This i...

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