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ABSYNTH 5 Reference Manual – 145
10.3 Controllers Page
Controllers page
The Controllers page gives you an overview of the Macro Controls and the parameters to which
they have been assigned. In the default setting you will see a field with a Popup and a Slider
for 14 of the 16 Macro Controls. The remaining two Macro Controls are both bound to an XY
control. We will discuss this later on. By default, the Macro Controls are simply numbered,
showing names such as “Macro Control 1”. You can name the Macro Controls in a more en-
tertaining fashion by clicking on the name field of the Macro Control and using your computer
keyboard to enter a new name.
To control a Macro Control using a MIDI controller, you must first assign a MIDI control source.
Use the function MIDI Learn in the way already explained in the practical example:
1. Choose MIDI Learn from the menu of the Macro Control that you want to assign to one
of the control elements of your MIDI controller.
2. Move the desired control element.
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As soon as you change the position of the controller, the Slider of the Macro Control fol-
lows the change in values, representing the parameter bundled under this Macro Control.
If you want to use a joystick, a touch pad, or another control source that can convert move-
ments on two axes into control information and can disperse information independently of
one another, you can combine any two Macro Controls with an XY control. This square field
presents the values of two parameters in a two-axis system of coordinates. A yellow cursor
marks the current position. The named input devices usually send the information for the
x- and y-axes separately as MIDI Control Change Messages.