Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 910)

Working with a Control Surface
This section explains procedures for working with a control surface.
To configure a control surface
1 Choose Tools > Control Surfaces.
The Control Surface Configuration dialog appears.
2 If there is not already a control surface icon in the control surface arrangement area, click
the Add (+) button, or press Command-Shift-Plus Sign (+).
A dialog appears with configuration settings.
3 Choose the following settings:
• The type of control surface
• The MIDI interface output port to which your control surface MIDI input is connected
• The MIDI interface input port to which your control surface MIDI output is connected
Note: Audio MIDI Setup is a utility included with Mac OS X that allows you to name
and configure the devices, instruments, and ports of your MIDI setup. The names of
external devices configured in Audio MIDI Setup appear in parentheses after the name
of each port of your MIDI interface.
4 Click OK, then click OK again to accept changes to your control surface configuration.
You can add and configure additional control surfaces using the steps above.
To change the settings for a control surface
1 Choose Tools > Control Surfaces.
The Control Surface Configuration dialog appears.
2 Double-click the control surface icon.
A dialog appears with configuration settings.
3 Change the control surface settings as needed.
4 Click OK, then click OK again to apply changes to your control surface configuration.
To delete a control surface
1 Choose Tools > Control Surfaces.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click a control surface icon, then press Command-Delete.
• Drag a control surface icon outside of the Control Surface Configuration dialog, then
release the mouse button.
• Click a control surface icon, then click the Delete (-) button.
3 Click OK.
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