SONAR LE Documentation is based on the full version of SONAR. Some screenshots, folder paths, features and other references may differ from your installation.

Using the ACT MIDI Controller property page

The ACT MIDI Controller property page gives you a wide range of options to control track, bus, and plug-in parameters.

You can press F1 when the property page is open to get a description of all the fields and controls.

To load default mappings

In the Presets list, select the name of your controller/surface. If your controller/surface does not have a preset, select the Default preset, and see Assigning controls on your controller/surface to cells in the ACT MIDI property page.

Important: After you load the preset for your controller/surface, look at the Comments field on the Options tab of the ACT MIDI Controller property page. The Comments field will usually list the factory memory preset that your controller/surface must be using to use the ACT MIDI Controller plug-in. Make sure that you have loaded the correct memory preset in your controller/surface’s memory.

To edit default mappings

On the Options tab, in the Rotaries, Sliders, or Buttons fields, choose the Bank of parameter mappings that you want to edit, then select a new parameter for that Bank. For example, if in the Rotaries field, you select Bank 4, and the parameter field next to the Bank field now reads Send 2 Pan, you could select Send 2 Vol instead. If you then click the Controllers tab, and select Bank 4 in the Bank menu that’s in the rotaries row, the rotary knobs will now control Send 2 Volume on all the tracks currently under control. If you have at least 2 sends in each track, the Rotary fields on the Controllers tab will now display the name and current level of each Send 2 in the controlled tracks.

You can restore the default parameter assignments by clicking the Defaults button.

If you want to choose a different knob or other control to control a specific cell in the property page (the MIDI Learn function), see Assigning controls on your controller/surface to cells in the ACT MIDI property page.

 

See:

ACT presets