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User Guide

HyperControl

for Pro Tools

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Summary of Contents for Axiom Pro

Page 1: ...User Guide HyperControl for Pro Tools ...

Page 2: ...o Tools 7 4 Software 2 Axiom Pro Hardware 2 HyperControl Installation 3 HyperControl with Axiom Pro Hardware 5 Using Pro Tools with HyperControl 13 General Overview 13 HyperControl Display and Soft Keys 14 Mixer Mode 15 Instrument Mode 18 Changing HyperControl assignments Pro Tools 8 only 20 ...

Page 3: ...display updates as well If a new instrument or a different preset within the same instrument is loaded the parameter names and various button knob and slider positions automatically update on the Axiom Pro display This makes Axiom Pro feel like a dedicated hardware controller since the knobs and LCD screen are tightly integrated with Pro Tools and always reflect what is currently happening within ...

Page 4: ...perControl technology To learn more about upgrading your Pro Tools software please visit http www digidesign com Axiom Pro Hardware HyperControl requires the presence of an Axiom Pro controller on your computer and this document assumes your Axiom Pro keyboard has already been installed and connected to your system To learn more about this installation procedure please see the Axiom Pro Quick Star...

Page 5: ...Tools 7 4 users To install this file run the M Audio Keyboard v7 4 Installer and follow the on screen instructions 2 Once the installation is complete launch Pro Tools 3 Select Peripherals from the Setup menu 4 Select the MIDI Controllers tab from the window that appears 5 Click the first Type drop down menu and select M Audio Keyboard 6 Click the first Receive From drop down menu and select the A...

Page 6: ...13 USB B In Axiom Pro 61 Port 4 Axiom Pro 61 USB B In Axiom Pro MIDI Output Ports Mac OS X 10 4 MIDI Output Ports Mac OS X 10 5 MIDI Output Ports Axiom Pro 613 MIDI Out Axiom Pro 61 Port 1 Axiom Pro 61 MIDI Out Axiom Pro 613 HyperControl Out Axiom Pro 61 Port 2 Axiom Pro 61 HyperControl Out Windows Axiom Pro MIDI Input Ports Windows XP MIDI Input Ports Windows Vista MIDI Input Ports Axiom Pro 613 ...

Page 7: ... or Numerical Keypad of your Axiom Pro to replicate keystrokes of your standard computer keyboard such as Ctrl or Shift This will allow you to select multiple Pro Tools mixer channels using only the Axiom Pro keyboard i e no computer keyboard is required Please refer to the Edit Mode Group Numerical Keypad section of the Axiom Pro User Guide to learn how to do this 2 Sliders4 These sliders control...

Page 8: ...your selected insert plug in or virtual instrument The Flip Button can be used to exchange or flip the function of the Encoder knobs and the Sliders This lets you use the Axiom Pro Sliders to adjust insert or virtual instrument settings while using the Encoder knobs to set track levels Use this button to engage and disengage fader flipping When engaging this mode Flip Faders On is displayed in the...

Page 9: ... record enables the Pro Tools transport Return to Start Holding down the Loop button while pressing the Rewind button rewinds to the beginning of your Pro Tools session Go to End Holding down the Loop button while pressing the Fast Forward button advances to the end of your Pro Tools session Undo Holding down the Loop button while pressing the Stop button cancels the last action that was made in P...

Page 10: ...on will select track 2 and enable recording for that track The name of the currently selected track is highlighted in white F4 Mute This button mutes the track that is currently selected within Pro Tools F5 Solo This button solos the track that is currently selected within Pro Tools F6 Bank All Pro Tools track names that are currently under the control of Axiom Pro are outlined in blue This button...

Page 11: ...r example if the screen is displaying the status of the drum pad group and you turn an encoder knob the LCD will immediately switch to the encoder group highlight the encoder that was turned and display that encoder s associated parameter and value on the lower left side of the screen In certain cases you may want to hold the information on the LCD preventing the screen from updating when a contro...

Page 12: ...ou begin customizing the keypad note that Axiom Pro ships from the factory with a number of useful patches that may already assign the numerical keypad to functions you wish to use Please see Appendix A at the end of the Axiom Pro User Guide to learn how each factory patch is configured The performance controls are not automatically assigned by HyperControl so that you can set note zone and other ...

Page 13: ...nal set of your own custom controller assignments that you can specifically tailor to the external MIDI devices you wish to control 11 Zone Group Button This button switches the functionality of the buttons beneath the Sliders on Axiom Pro 49 61 or Transport Control on Axiom Pro 25 and allows you to select the Performance Groups and Zones When the button is not illuminated i e not pressed the asso...

Page 14: ...merical keypad can be used to perform the following by loading preset 2 Mac or preset 3 PC Axiom Pro Keypad Default function within Pro Tools Preset 2 for Mac Preset 3 for Windows 1 Save session 2 Toggle click on off 3 Toggle between Edit and Mix windows 4 Duplicate selected region 5 Set loop in point during playback 6 Set loop out point during playback 7 Ctrl 8 Cmd Mac Start PC 9 Opt Mac Alt PC M...

Page 15: ...You can use the F2 F3 Track or F6 F7 Bank F Keys to select which Pro Tools channels are currently being controlled by the Sliders of Axiom Pro the names of active channels are outlined in blue within Pro Tools If you have created a Master Fader track for your Pro Tools session the right most fader 8 3 of Axiom Pro will control the level of that Master Fader track If you have created more than one ...

Page 16: ... knobs The two columns display the track names of your Pro Tools session Vox Lead through VirtInst in this example These tracks are currently under the control of the Axiom Pro encoders the left column Vox Lead Harmony Guitar Bass always corresponds to Encoder knobs E1 E4 whereas the right column Kick Snare Overheds VirtInst corresponds to Encoder knobs E5 E8 The Soft Keys of Axiom Pro allow you t...

Page 17: ...Home Soft Key lets you use the Encoder knobs to control both track level and pan position by toggling between the Home Track Volume control and Pan Pan control pages NOTE When using stereo tracks within Pro Tools the Encoder knobs will let you control the top pan control by default To control the bottom pan control press Soft Key 1 Home Axiom Pro 25 users can press the Home Soft Key once again to ...

Page 18: ...oder knobs to set effect send levels for your Pro Tools mixer tracks It is possible to access up to five effect send slots for each mixer channel Send A through Send E You can step through these slots by repeatedly pressing Soft Key 3 Sends The current effect send slot is listed on the top right of the screen Note that the Encoder knobs control the same Send slot across the selected bank of Pro To...

Page 19: ...o channel is used as well as all of the effect send levels of one channel without having to step through multiple sub menus Send A through Send E for example In the example shown above Send A and Send B have been assigned to Bus 1 2 and 3 4 respectively If sends have been assigned to other busses or to the outputs of your audio interface these busses or outputs will be listed on the Axiom Pro disp...

Page 20: ...tual instrument 4 Finally press the F1 Mode button to enter Instrument mode Pressing Mode again will return you to Mixer Mode If a virtual instrument has been loaded on the selected track a page similar to the one shown below will be displayed on your Axiom Pro If the selected Pro Tools track does not contain a virtual instrument pressing the Mode button will list NoInstr at the top right corner o...

Page 21: ... page one press twice for page two Similarly the second third and fourth Soft Keys let you access pages 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 respectively NOTE Unlike certain DAW applications Pro Tools handles virtual instrument plug ins in the same fashion as insert effect plug ins This means that you can control the parameters of your virtual instruments through the Ins page in Mixer Mode or through Instrument Mode o...

Page 22: ...er controls you wish to re assign 4 When you are finished click the Learn button of your plug in or virtual instrument again to exit Learn Mode NOTE Once a knob is assigned to a new on screen control the original assignment of the knob is forgotten For example if an Axiom Pro encoder knob is assigned to control volume but you re assign the knob to control panning the knob will no longer control vo...

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