Changing an existing assignment – Apple Logic 7 User Manual

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Chapter 1

Control Surface Setup

This will, however, result in a new, unfinished assignment. You can re-enable the Learn
Mode
button to assign a message.

To delete a MIDI control assignment:

1

Click the destination parameter that you would like to delete.

2

Select the Logic > Preferences > Control Surfaces > Delete Assignment for “xxx” menu
option (the parameter name is appended to the menu item text), press the backspace
key—or you may use the Edit > Clear menu option.

To assign a control surface button to a key command:

1

Select the desired key command in the Key Commands window.

2

Click the Learn New Assignment button.

3

Press a control surface button that sends a MIDI message.

Note: After about 5 ms, the Learn New Assignment button is automatically deactivated.
This is designed to prevent recording of a button release message.

It is also possible to assign a key command to a button/key release message:

1

Simply press and hold the desired button/key before you enable the Learn New
Assignment
button.

2

When you release the button/key, the selected key command is assigned to the button
release message.

To delete a key command assignment:

1

Select the desired key command in the Key Commands window.

2

Press the Backspace key.

Changing an Existing Assignment

The Learn procedure opens the Assignment Editor in Easy View, which offers an
overview of the most important parameters, allowing you to tweak the newly-created
assignment in the following ways:
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Control Name (Learned for unsupported devices; name of control for supported
devices).

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Class (Track, for example).

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Object (Fader Bank, for example).

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Parameter (Volume or Plug-in parameter 5—relative to the parameter bank, for
example).

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Value Change message (Display only).

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Mode (Direct, Toggle, Scaled, Relative, Rotate, X-OR).

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For On/Off parameters, the mode is set to Toggle by default. Otherwise it is set to
Scaled if an absolute control (fader, pot) has been recognized, or to Relative if an
encoder has been recognized.

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