Control surface setup, Control surface plug-ins, About software and firmware – Apple Logic 7 User Manual
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Control Surface Setup
Logic
offers
dedicated
support
for
a
number
of
control
surfaces,
plus
the
option
to
program
unsupported
devices.
The
following
chapter
describes
functions
applicable
to
all
control
surface
models.
Specific
documentation
for
various
models
is
available
in
the
following
chapters.
Control Surface Plug-ins
Dedicated
control
surface
support
is
achieved
through
the
use
of
special
plug-in
files.
These
files
are
automatically
added
when
Logic
is
installed.
They
are
located
in
the
/Contents/MIDI
Device
Plug-ins
sub-folder
of
the
Logic
application
bundle
(to
view
the
bundle
contents,
Control
or
right-click
on
the
Logic
application
icon,
and
choose
Show
Package
Contents
from
the
menu).
Logic
also
checks
for
control
surface
plug-ins
in
the
(optional)
“/Library/Application
Support/
Logic/MIDI
Device
Plug-ins”
and
“~/Library/Application
Support/Logic/MIDI
Device
Plug-ins”
(the
“~”
denotes
your
user
home
directory)
folders.
When
new
control
surface
plug-ins
are
released
independently
from
a
Logic
update,
please
place
them
in
the
folders
described
above
(or
as
advised
in
the
documentation
supplied
with
the
plug-in).
About Software and Firmware
Most
control
surfaces
have
no
“intelligence”
of
their
own.
Their
functionality
is
host
software-based,
making
them
reliant
on
Logic
to
tell
them
what
to
do/how
to
behave.
What
this
means
is
that
control
surfaces
cannot
perform
any
function
that
Logic
itself
isn’t
capable
of.
It
also
means
that
if
Logic
is
not
booted,
most
control
surface
units
will
do
nothing
at
all.
This
reliance
on
the
host
application
makes
your
control
surface
the
ultimate
upgradable
hardware.
As
new
functions
are
added
to
Logic,
or
you
create
new
assignments
(see
“
” on page 13), your control surface will be able
to access and control them.