Compatibility, Channel views, The assignment buttons – Apple Logic Pro 7.2 User Manual

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Chapter 3

M-Audio iControl

Compatibility

The iControl can edit all plug-ins that offer parameters which can be automated.

Many Logic plug-ins—effects and Audio Instruments—plus those of third-party
manufacturers, feature dozens of parameters. Every one of these parameters can be
accessed by the iControl.

To give you an example of how this works, imagine a plug-in that contains, say, 16
parameters.

Once you’ve switched to the appropriate Channel Strip View of the plug-in you wish to
adjust, you can directly affect parameters 1 to 8 with encoders 1 to 8. You can then
switch by a “page” to access parameters 9 to 16.

Simply press the Arrow Up or Arrow Down button to step up/down to the next “page”
of parameters.

Should you find that your third-party plug-in does not support remote editing or other
features mentioned in this document, please contact the plug-in manufacturer to
obtain an updated version that supports these facilities.

Channel Views

The channels section (the eight channel strips on the right side of your iControl; each
channel strip comprises of a Select, Record Enable, Mute, and Solo button plus a rotary
encoder) operates in two view “modes”—Multi Channel and Channel Strip View.
Switching between these modes only affects the rotary encoders, with the other
channel controls always remaining in Multi Channel View.
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Multi Channel View—accesses one parameter for eight tracks, such as pan or volume
(normally a section of the Track Mixer window).

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Channel Strip View—accesses eight parameters of the selected track.

Switching to a Multi Channel or Channel Strip view is achieved by pressing one of the
Assignment buttons (see the following section).

The Assignment Buttons

The two button areas labelled “All Tracks” and “Selected Track” are used to define the
behavior of the channel strip buttons.

Volume
Pressing the Volume button enters Volume Multi Channel View; you can use the rotary
encoders to control the Volume fader of the eight active tracks in this mode.

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