M-Audio CTRL49 Quick Start Manual page 7

11. Encoders: Use these 360º knobs to send MIDI CC or Increment/Decrement messages to your
software or external MIDI device.
12. Pads: Use these pads to send MIDI Note messages to your software or external MIDI sound
module. The pads are pressure- and velocity-sensitive, which makes them very responsive and
intuitive to play when triggering drum hits or other samples.
13. Pad Banks / Banks: Use these buttons to select Pad Bank A, B, C, or D. Between these 4
banks with 8 pads per bank, you can access up to 32 MIDI events. When VIP is open, press
Shift and these buttons to switch between banks of VIP controls.
14. Full Level: Press this button to activate or deactivate Full Level. When Full Level is active, the
pads always play at their maximum velocity no matter how hard or soft you hit them.
15. Roll / Config: Use this button to activate or deactivate Roll. While Roll is active, striking a pad
and continuing to hold it causes its note to retrigger at a rate based on the current Tempo and
Time Division settings. Press Shift and this button to configure the roll settings.
16. Tap Tempo / Config: Tap this button at the desired rate to enter a new tempo. Press Shift and
this button to configure the global tempo settings.
Important: This feature does not work when the CTRL49 is set to External sync.
17. Time Div: Use this button and the Switches to select the current Time Division, which
determines the rate of the Roll and Arpeggiator features. While Time Division is active, the
switches will not send any of their normal MIDI CC, Program Change, or Program Bank
messages.
18. Switches: Use these switches to send MIDI CC, Program Change, or Program Bank messages
to your software or external MIDI device. They can function as momentary or toggle (latching)
switches. If Time Division is activated, these switches select the time division of the
Arpeggiator and Roll features.
19. Display: Use this full-color display to view CTRL49's menus, options, parameters, and settings.
20. Page Left/Right: Use these buttons to move between the available pages in the display.
21. Cursors: Use these buttons to navigate through the menus and options in the current page in
the display.
22. Data Dial: Use this dial to change parameter values, settings, etc. in the display. Pressing the
dial also functions as an Enter button.
23. Mode Buttons: Press one of these buttons to enter its corresponding mode. See
Operation > Modes
24. Favorites: Use these buttons to save and recall your favorite presets. Press and hold a button
for 3 seconds to save the active preset as a favorite. Tap a button to recall that favorite preset.
When VIP is open, use these buttons to quickly load one of your first 5 Setlists. Tap the button
to load that Setlist.
25. Shift: Press and hold this button to enable secondary functions of certain other buttons on
CTRL49.
26. Transport Control Buttons: These five buttons are dedicated buttons for sending conventional
transport control commands: Rewind (), Fast-Forward (), Stop (), Play (), and Record
(). These can be set to send MIDI (Start/Stop), pre-assigned MIDI CC values, MMC (MIDI
Machine Control), and MMC/MIDI SysEx. The PTEX setting is for use with Avid
Express only. When set to DAW Fader, the transport buttons will match the message format
that the Faders are currently set to (Mackie Control
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