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Next, you should notice a new zone in the
toolbar above your plugin:
Click the ‘Learn’ button, which will turn
red
.
You’ll also notice that the two rotary knobs on
Skillet will be given a
red
underlighting. This
signifies that Skillet’s two faders are now in
plugin-focus mode. In plugin-focus mode, the
faders no longer control track volumes, and
instead are mappable to plugin parameters.
The joysticks do not automatically drop into
plugin-focus mode. Each joystick may be
independently swapped into plugin-focus mode
by pressing their respective ‘Skillet’ button,
which will turn white.
When a plugin is in “Learn” mode, you can
assign Skillet’s Faders and Joystick axes (if
they are in plugin mode) to arbitrary plugin
parameters.
Some plugins may allow you to merely click
on the parameter’s associated knob in the
GUI display, however not all plugins have this
functionality. You can tell if the plugin has this
ability by clicking on a parameter, and seeing if
the menu next to the
red
Learn button changes
to reflect the control you’ve selected.
If so, you can touch one of Skillet’s faders, or
press one of a joystick’s axis-link buttons, to link
the control.
Avoid actually touching the joystick while a
plugin is in learn mode! This can inadvertently
cause multiple joystick axes to be controlling the
same parameter, which will cause unexpected
and erratic behaviour.
To link plug-ins manually:
• Select the parameter you wish to map to from
the menu.
• Touch a fader, or press one of a joystick’s axis-
link buttons.
When finished mapping your controls the way
you like them, press the ‘Learn’ button again
(it will turn back to dark grey). Skillet can now
control your plugin.
To unlink a control from a fader or joystick
axis:
• Press the ‘Learn’ button.
• Instead of selecting a parameter to map to,
leave the menu set to ‘No Control’
• Touch the fader, or press the Axis link button,
of the control you wish to unlink.
• Press the ‘Learn’ button again.
To drop Skillet out of plugin mode, press one of
the rotary knobs. Skillet’s joysticks, if they are in
plugin mode, will drop back to surround panner
mode, and the faders will again control track
volume.
