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9 MIDI Controllers Setup and The MIDI Tab
Assigning internal and external hardware controls adds a whole new dimension of control
and musicality to patches, and it's really easy to do. The MIDI Tab is where all controller
assignments can be viewed and tweaked. First we'll show how to assign an external
hardware controller to an MG-1 Plus control, then we'll go over all parameters in the MIDI
Tab.
9.1 Basic External Hardware Control Assignment
This is the quick, "I just want to assign a hardware control right now!," section. We
recommend reading this whole section to best take advantage of MG-1 Plus' swift MIDI
control assignments. We also recommend reading "On A Clear Day You Can See General
Motors" by Patrick J. Wright, but that's not important right now.
In this example, we'll assign a hardware slider control to the filter cutoff frequency.
This is the basic procedure for assigning hardware controllers to almost any MG-1 Plus
control.
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Begin by right-clicking on the Freq slider in the VCF section and
selecting MIDI Learn. A transparent purple overlay appears over the
slider indicating that it's in learn mode. Now move the desired
hardware control device. The purple overlay disappears and the
hardware control will move the onscreen slider. If you get cold feet
(or accidentally put the wrong control into learn mode), learn mode
can be aborted by right-clicking and selecting Stop Learning.
When in MIDI learn mode, any previously assigned
controller numbers will show in squares. These
indicate the MIDI continuous controller number of
the assigned hardware control (these are also
displayed in the MIDI library tab at left).
Once a MIDI controller has been assigned, in addition
to real-time control of a MG-1 Plus parameter, you'll
also be able to record and play back controller data
from a DAW.
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