Daw Control Guide; Introduction; Daw Controller Features Summary - Solid State Logic AWS 900+ SE Owner's Manual

Section 5 – DAW Control Guide

Introduction

When connected to a Digital Audio Workstation which support either the HUI or Mackie Control Universal (MCU)
protocols, the AWS 900+ SE becomes a powerful digital work surface controller, giving direct access to the most
important controls within the DAW. The console faders can be used to control the workstation faders and sends,
the 24 channel D-Pots can be used to control pans, sends and I/O functions and the Master Control Panel and
plug-in controller provide easy access to a range of other parameters.
Provided the Logictivity option has been enabled the AWS 900+ SE can control two DAWs simultaneously from
two virtual 'layers'.
For an up to date list of compatible DAW applications please go to:
http://www.solidstatelogic.com/support/consoles/aws900+/faq.asp
Pro Tools and a number of other DAWs support the HUI protocol. For further information (based on Pro Tools
7.1) see pages 5-3 through 5-24 of this section.
Many other DAWs, including Logic Audio, Sonar, Nuendo and Digital Performer, support the Mackie Control
Universal (MCU) protocol. For further information, see page 5-25 onwards of this section.
Please refer to the controller documentation that came with your DAW

DAW Controller Features Summary

• Direct access to all major DAW mixing, editing and automation parameters
• Direct control of plug-in settings
• Integral colour TFT display with dedicated control keys
• High resolution rotary encoder (D-Pot) in every channel provides control of DAW pans, sends and I/O routing
• High quality motorised faders to write/replay level moves in your DAW
• Simple switching between console layer and DAW control layer
• Full remote control implementation
• Operation independent of platform or application
Configuring Two DAW Layers
The AWS900+ SE can connect to two DAW's simultaneously which are controlled from the two virtual 'layers'.
Control operations performed on the AWS900+SE control surface will then affect whichever DAW is assigned to
the currently selected layer. To select which DAW is assigned to each layer go to SSL>MISC>SETUP on your
console and select the following:
MIDI Connects via: Network Note that only one DAW layer is available when using the standard MIDI ports.
DAW 1: select from Protools HUI / Logic/ Logic Handshake/Nuendo / Digital Perfomer / Sonar
DAW 2: select from Protools HUI / Logic/Logic Handshake Nuendo / Digital Perofomer / Sonar/None
After making these changes the console should be restarted.
Setup IpMIDI ports 1, 2 and 3 as the MIDI controller ports within the Primary DAW and IpMIDI ports 4, 5 and 6 as the
MIDI controller ports within the Secondary DAW. See section 3 for more details as to the setup of each specific DAW.
To switch between the two DAW's go to SSL>DAW and choose either DAW1 or DAW2 to make it the currently
selected layer. When the desk is in DAW Focus then the consoles controls will only effect the selected DAW.
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Introduction
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