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Logic Control Surface Preferences
You now need to ensure that Logic’s Control Surfaces
Preferences are set correctly. Go to
Preferences
>
Control
Surfaces
and set the options to match the screenshot to
the right. Ensure that the option ‘
Control surface follows
track selection
’ is un-ticked.
Logic Session Setup
The final step is to create 16 new tracks which will be our
dedicated fader controls for each Sigma analogue channel.
1. Use the + button and to create
16
new
Audio Tracks
(it
does not matter if they are mono or stereo)
2. Make sure that these 16 audio tracks are positioned as
the first 16 tracks of the session
Any volume automation data or fader movements on these
16 tracks will control the analogue signal gains of Sigma.
3. Your existing tracks with audio recorded to them
should be routed out of different outputs on your audio interface, which will then feed the appropriate Sigma inputs
channels (just like you would do with any normal summing unit).
4. It is recommended to set the Logic Mixer to '
Arrange
' view mode. This ensures that the first 16 'control tracks' always
correspond to Sigma's 16 analogue gains. If using Instrument tracks with Multi Outputs, also ensure that the '
Link
'
button is
disabled
, to prevent Logic automatically switching back to '
All
' view mode when you click on an instrument.
Note: These 16 audio tracks must be positioned as the first 16 in the session, as the HUI/MCU protocols dictate this.
Pan information is not read, you must set the pan in the
CHANNELS
page of Sigma browser.
Tip: You probably want to rename these Audio Tracks to meaningful names such as ‘KICK’ instead of Audio1. Once
you have done this in the DAW, go to the
CHANNELS
page in the web browser and click the
DAW
>
NAMES
button in
the global menu. This will copy across the names of the 16 tracks.
Control tracks must be Tracks 1-16 in the session.
