Sony SAC7000 User Manual
Loading a control mapping file
1.
From the Options menu, choose Preferences to display the Preferences dialog.
2.
Select the External Control & Automation tab in the Preferences dialog.
3.
Double-click the Generic Control entry in the Active control devices list to display the Configure Generic Control dialog.
4.
Click the Open button and browse to the mapping file you want to use.
5.
Click OK to apply your changes and return to the Preferences dialog.
6.
Click OK to close the Preferences dialog.
Example of how you can set up MIDI keyboard as a generic control surface
If you have a MIDI device that has knobs, faders, and buttons, you can use assign those controls to adjust the tracks in your project.
For this example, let's set up a MIDI keyboard with 8 knobs to adjust track volume.
Notes:
• You can use this same process to assign a controller to any configurable parameter. To adjust track volume, we're selecting Channel x
Fader in the Host Command list in step 10 below. However, if you wanted to adjust panning, you could choose Channel x Pan, or if you
wanted to adjust the bus send level, you could choose Channel x Send.
wanted to adjust the bus send level, you could choose Channel x Send.
• Effect parameters cannot be controlled with a generic controller.
1.
From the Options menu, choose Preferences to display the Preferences dialog.
2.
Select the MIDI tab, and verify that the port where your controller is connected is selected in the Make these devices available for
MIDI input list.
3.
Select the External Control & Automation tab.
4.
From the Available devices drop-down list, choose Generic Control, and then click the Add button. The Generic Control is added
to the Active control devices list.
5.
Double-click the Generic Control entry in the Active control devices list to display the Configure Generic Control dialog.
6.
Verify that the port where your controller is connected is selected from the MIDI input drop-down list at the bottom of the dialog.
7.
Because the MIDI keyboard in our example has 8 knobs, type 8 in the Number of channels box.
8.
Now, let's assign buttons to shift the channel banks up and down so you can control all the tracks in your project.
For example, when you start using the controller, the knobs will adjust tracks 1-8. When you shift the banks down, you can control
tracks 9-16, and so on.
tracks 9-16, and so on.
a.
From the View function group drop-down list, choose Channels.
b.
Select the Learn check box.
c.
Select Channel Bank Down from the Host Command list.
d.
Press the button or key you want to use to switch to the next group of 8 tracks.
e.
Select Channel Bank Up from the Host Command list.
f.
Press the button or key you want to use to switch to the previous group of 8 tracks.
9.
Choose Audio Channels from the View function group drop-down list.
10.
Program each knob:
a.
Verify that the Learn check box is still selected.
b.
Select Channel 1 Fader from the Host Command list.
c.
Turn knob 1 on your MIDI keyboard. You'll notice that the Channel, MIDI Message, and MIDI Data columns are updated.
d.
Repeat steps 10a and 10b to program knobs 2 through 8 on your keyboard.
11.
Now, let's assign a button to toggle the controller in and out of automation mode so we can use the knobs to adjust the track's
volume (trim) or record volume automation:
a.
From the View function group drop-down list, choose Assign.
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