Global And Focus Mapping - PRESONUS AudioBox Stereo Quick Start Manual

Finally, you can [Right]/[Control]-click on any knob or fader in the Console, or in a plug-in
editor, to link a hardware control to a software control. To accomplish this, do the following:
1. Manipulate the desired hardware control; for instance, turn a knob. That control
should appear in the right parameter window.
2. [Right]/[Control]-click on the desired software parameter and choose "Assign X to Y,"
where X is the software parameter and Y is the hardware control you just manipulated.
3. Your hardware control is now linked to the software control; manipulating the
hardware control will manipulate the linked software control.
11.5

Global and Focus Mapping

There are two modes for mapping hardware and software controls: Global and Focus mode.
11.5.1 Global Mapping
With Global mapping, hardware and software controls maintain a one-to-one relationship,
where a single hardware control is linked directly to a single software control. Some controls,
such as Track fader, pan, and mute, can only be mapped globally. To map a plug-in control
globally, be sure Focus is disengaged in the plug-in window by clicking on the Focus button
for the Keyboard you are using, so that it is no longer highlighted.
11.5.2 Focus Mapping
While only one software control can be manipulated at a time by a single hardware control, a
hardware control can be linked to any number of software controls, based on context, using
Focus mapping. For instance, a single hardware knob could control the release of a Gate plug-
in, or the Gain of a distortion plug-in, or any number of other parameters, depending on which
plug-in is in Focus.
The process of Focus mapping is identical to Global mapping, with one critical difference. To
see this difference, open the interface for any virtual instrument or effect. By default, all virtual
instruments and effects open in Focus mode, and the Focus button in the plug-in window's
toolbar is highlighted. The Focus button will display the name of the related Keyboard.
Only one plug-in window can be in Focus at any time. Click on the Focus button to enable
Focus in any open plug-in window.
When a parameter has been mapped in Focus, the link icon used in the parameter window is
different from the icon used when a parameter is mapped globally.
Control maps only apply to the plug-in window that is in Focus. For instance, a hardware knob
might be linked to a software knob in an EQ plug-in that is in Focus. When another plug-in is
brought into Focus, the hardware knob will no longer affect the software knob in the EQ, and
it is possible to link this hardware knob to a different control for the plug-in that is in Focus.
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