Native Instruments AUDIO KONTROL 1, Руководство по эксплуатации

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The Mapping Application controls the mapping system, which handles the interac-
tions with the four Controllers: the Controller Knob and the Left, Middle and Right
Buttons. The mapping system defines the connections between hardware and
software interactions.
Let’s look at a quick example to understand the remote control signal flow in
AUDIO KONTROL 1. When you turn the Controller Knob on the AUDIO KONTROL 1
top panel, the device sends an event through the USB2 connection to your com-
puter. The driver receives this event, translates it and sends it to the Mapping
Application. The Mapping Application then executes the software action correspond-
ing to this event, for instance turning Winamp®’s volume up or down.
Each Button has a special mode called Modifier. In this mode, the Button plays
the role of a “Shift” or “Ctrl” key: it does not carry out a specific action in the
target software, but instead, when pressed, it modifies the action of the three other
Controllers (the Controller Knob and the two other Buttons) in the target software.
That way, it is possible to define different assignments for the same Controller,
depending if another Button, set as modifier, is pressed or not. This creates differ-
ent “Layers” in the mapping system: one Main Layer when no modifier is pressed,
and three additional Layers, one for each Button (if it is set as a modifier). You will
get more info on this in section 7.3.