M-audio icontrol, Setting up the icontrol, Chapter 3 – Apple Logic Pro 7.2 User Manual

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M-Audio iControl

This chapter will introduce you to using Logic Pro with the M-
Audio iControl.

The iControl support in Logic Pro has been designed to ensure full GarageBand
compatibility. When a GarageBand song is imported into Logic, the iControl can be
used to edit the song in exactly the same fashion as it would in GarageBand.

Logic, however, offers many more functions than GarageBand, leading to some iControl
buttons not being assigned as you might expect in Logic. But don’t worry: you can
easily reassign these buttons using the sophisticated Control Surfaces Assignments
Editor of Logic (see the Control Surface chapter for more information).

To use Logic with an iControl unit, you need:
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an iControl unit

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Logic Pro 7. 2, or later

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a free USB port

Setting Up the iControl

Setting up your iControl for use with Logic is a simple process: Connect the iControl to
any of your computer’s USB ports.

Logic automatically detects a connected iControl. You can use the iControl in an
independent control surface group (with other control surface icons placed above/
below the iControl icon), or combined into one control surface group with one or more
control surfaces.

If Cycle mode is enabled in your song or any tracks are muted, the corresponding LEDs
will be illuminated, reflecting each track’s current status.

The following sections will provide you with information on accessing parameters and
functions that may not be apparent at first glance. You are strongly encouraged to
experiment with these parameters and functions—this will help to familiarize you with
iControl support in Logic.

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