Control Link; What Is Control Link; Set Up Your External Devices; Map Your Device - PRESONUS AudioBox Stereo Quick Start Manual

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Control Link

Studio One features Control Link, a cutting-edge system for integrating external hardware
controllers with your virtual instruments, effects, and other software parameters. The
following chapter describes this system.
11.1

What is Control Link?

In most DAW software, you can use external hardware devices to control software parameters.
For instance, you could map several knobs on a hardware MIDI controller to the software
knobs of an EQ effect, so that when the hardware knobs are turned, the software knobs will
turn. However, in most cases the implementation is limited and difficult to learn.
Studio One has revolutionized hardware and software control integration with the Control
Link system. This system requires no knowledge of MIDI, and it eliminates the complex MIDI-
mapping systems used in other DAW software. Control Link is also capable of context-
sensitive mapping, so the same hardware controls can control many different things based on
the current context in Studio One.
The following sections describe how to use the Control Link system.
11.2

Set Up Your External Devices

To use any external hardware device with Studio One, the device must first be set up so that
Studio One recognizes it. Once an external device is set up, it will be available for use in any
Song. To set up an external hardware controller, refer to the information in the
MIDI Devices section of the "Setup" chapter.
11.3

Map Your Device

For the Control Link system to work with your device, a software map must be made of the
hardware controls you wish to use. This simple process works as follows:
• Open the Mix view by pressing [F3] on the computer keyboard, and open the External
panel by clicking on External in the Console navigation column to the far left of the
Console.
• Double-click on the desired device in the External panel to open the Device Control
Map.
In the upper left corner of the Device Control Map window, click on the MIDI Learn
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button to enter MIDI Learn mode.
• With MIDI Learn enabled, simply move any hardware control to map it. As controls are
mapped, you will see the default Knob object created for that control, which will move
in correspondence with its related hardware control.
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