USING GENERIC MIDI CONTROLLERS AND CONTROL SURFACES‌‌

A MIDI keyboard or other MIDI device with knobs, sliders, or buttons can be set up to control Mixcraft functions such as starting and stopping playback, record, fast forward, track arming, etc.

To configure a control surface, select Mix>Edit MIDI Control Surface Settings… from the Main Window menus.

MIDI LEARN

Here you’ll be able to use a MIDI controller’s buttons, knobs, sliders, etc. to control TONS functions and controls in Mixcraft. This is a super powerful and fun feature!

• Click the MIDI Learn button. Alternatively, you can click the MIDI button in the Main Window top toolbar.

• Click on the command to learn. Command categories can be chosen using the Category menu on the left side.

• Move the knob, button, slider or push a key on your MIDI keyboard/controller that you wish to trigger the command.

• If you wish to learn another command, select it.

Alternatively, the Mixcraft interface will highlight buttons and sliders in purple. Simply click on a button or control, then move the MIDI knob to assign it.

Once you’ve finished assigning controllers, click the Stop Learning button. (Incidentally, this disproves the theory that you’re never too old to stop learning... rim shot. )

SAVING AND LOADING CONTROL SURFACE ASSIGNMENTS

Control surfaces assignments can be saved and loaded if you have multiple keyboards or want to reuse your settings for various projects. To save the current control surface assignments, click the Save button. To delete the current control surface assignments, click the Delete button.

These files will be stored in %programdata%\Acoustica\Mixcraft\control-surfaces\ .

To load a previous control surface, click the Surfaces drop-down menu and choose one.

CONTROL SURFACE COMMANDS LIST

The following commands can be assigned to MIDI control: