Changing an existing assignment – Apple Logic Express 7.2 User Manual
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Chapter 1
Control Surface Setup
This
will,
however,
result
in
a
new,
unfinished
assignment.
You
can
re-enable
the
Learn
Mode
button
to
assign
a
message.
To delete a MIDI control assignment:
1
Click the destination parameter that you would like to delete.
2
Select
the
Logic
>
Preferences
>
Control
Surfaces
>
Delete
Assignment
for
“xxx”
menu
option
(the
parameter
name
is
appended
to
the
menu
item
text),
press
the
backspace
key—or
you
may
use
the
Edit
>
Clear
menu
option.
To assign a control surface button to a key command:
1
Select the desired key command in the Key Commands window.
2
Click the Learn New Assignment button.
3
Press a control surface button that sends a MIDI message.
Note:
After
about
5
ms,
the
Learn
New
Assignment
button
is
automatically
deactivated.
This
is
designed
to
prevent
recording
of
a
button
release
message.
It is also possible to assign a key command to a button/key release message:
1
Simply
press
and
hold
the
desired
button/key
before
you
enable
the
Learn
New
Assignment
button.
2
When
you
release
the
button/key,
the
selected
key
command
is
assigned
to
the
button
release
message.
To delete a key command assignment:
1
Select the desired key command in the Key Commands window.
2
Press the Backspace key.
Changing an Existing Assignment
The
Learn
procedure
opens
the
Assignment
Editor
in
Easy
View,
which
offers
an
overview
of
the
most
important
parameters,
allowing
you
to
tweak
the
newly-created
assignment
in
the
following
ways:
Â
Control
Name
(Learned
for
unsupported
devices;
name
of
control
for
supported
devices).
Â
Class (Track, for example).
Â
Object (Fader Bank, for example).
Â
Parameter
(Volume
or
Plug-in
parameter
5—relative
to
the
parameter
bank,
for
example).
Â
Value Change message (Display only).
Â
Mode (Direct, Toggle, Scaled, Relative, Rotate, X-OR).
Â
For
On/Off
parameters,
the
mode
is
set
to
Toggle
by
default.
Otherwise
it
is
set
to
Scaled
if
an
absolute
control
(fader,
pot)
has
been
recognized,
or
to
Relative
if
an
encoder
has
been
recognized.