Rodrigo
10-15-2006, 02:33 AM
Hi David, everyone-
I have a uc33e and use it along with Digital Performer 5. I couldn't find a working template for this DAW application, so I made 3 custom presets within Enigma. I assigned uc33e's controllers for these presets by using the "Attach midi controller" function on DP's Mixer, and after some fiddling, I got things working (volumes and panning; I tried assigning sends but when I close DP I loose this info).
I have to save my assignments in a template file so each time I create a New File, I'll have my sliders and knobs correctly assigned. It's not an ideal setup, but it's the best I could think of. If anybody has some presets of their own, or could point me towards a DP preset source I'd be grateful.
I'd also like to know if someone has been able to control Virtual Instruments within DP. I know I can control my B4 II, but what about DP's own VI's: Modulo, Bassline, etc??
On another subject, I'm using Metric Halo's MIO console driver along with their 2882 audio interface (www.mhlabs.com). This is a virtual console with a matrix that allows you to route inputs and outputs in a very flexible way and have different "scenes". For instance I have my keyboards and sampler playing back a midi sequence with audio in DP, and I have two completely different mixes of this going out to headphones and to my main monitors.
MIO Console supports control surfaces, HUI, etc... So I used an application called MIDI Monitor to see which MIDI CCs are being triggered by MIO's faders and assigned these directly in Enigma. I can now control my Headphone mix with the uc33e. But so far I haven't been able to control the main monitors mix, and I'm stuck here asking for help.
You can download and install the MIO Console even if you don't have the audio interface. You just choose Preferences > Enable Control surface Support and choose uc33e Port 1 as your Primary Controller. Maybe someone is curious and would like to try and find a way around this issue...
Anyway, the thing is the faders on MIO are producing the same MIDI messages ( CC 144 / UC33 Pitch Bend) for all channels in different mix tabs. So if I choose Headphone Mix tab, or Main Monitors Mix tab and move fader one in MIO, the same MIDI CC will be produced. How do I go about this and assign controls independently??:confused:
One thing I've noticed, though, is that changing tabs will produce Note On/Off messages for several channels on the MIO console. So I don't know if this could potentially help in some way.
Bottomline is I'd like to use my uc33e to control both mix tabs (Monitors mix and Headphone mix) and have different uc33e for different mix scenes that apparently are producing the same midi messages.:eek:
Thanks for any help and ideas to sort this out!
Best regards,
Rodrigo Montfort
I have a uc33e and use it along with Digital Performer 5. I couldn't find a working template for this DAW application, so I made 3 custom presets within Enigma. I assigned uc33e's controllers for these presets by using the "Attach midi controller" function on DP's Mixer, and after some fiddling, I got things working (volumes and panning; I tried assigning sends but when I close DP I loose this info).
I have to save my assignments in a template file so each time I create a New File, I'll have my sliders and knobs correctly assigned. It's not an ideal setup, but it's the best I could think of. If anybody has some presets of their own, or could point me towards a DP preset source I'd be grateful.
I'd also like to know if someone has been able to control Virtual Instruments within DP. I know I can control my B4 II, but what about DP's own VI's: Modulo, Bassline, etc??
On another subject, I'm using Metric Halo's MIO console driver along with their 2882 audio interface (www.mhlabs.com). This is a virtual console with a matrix that allows you to route inputs and outputs in a very flexible way and have different "scenes". For instance I have my keyboards and sampler playing back a midi sequence with audio in DP, and I have two completely different mixes of this going out to headphones and to my main monitors.
MIO Console supports control surfaces, HUI, etc... So I used an application called MIDI Monitor to see which MIDI CCs are being triggered by MIO's faders and assigned these directly in Enigma. I can now control my Headphone mix with the uc33e. But so far I haven't been able to control the main monitors mix, and I'm stuck here asking for help.
You can download and install the MIO Console even if you don't have the audio interface. You just choose Preferences > Enable Control surface Support and choose uc33e Port 1 as your Primary Controller. Maybe someone is curious and would like to try and find a way around this issue...
Anyway, the thing is the faders on MIO are producing the same MIDI messages ( CC 144 / UC33 Pitch Bend) for all channels in different mix tabs. So if I choose Headphone Mix tab, or Main Monitors Mix tab and move fader one in MIO, the same MIDI CC will be produced. How do I go about this and assign controls independently??:confused:
One thing I've noticed, though, is that changing tabs will produce Note On/Off messages for several channels on the MIO console. So I don't know if this could potentially help in some way.
Bottomline is I'd like to use my uc33e to control both mix tabs (Monitors mix and Headphone mix) and have different uc33e for different mix scenes that apparently are producing the same midi messages.:eek:
Thanks for any help and ideas to sort this out!
Best regards,
Rodrigo Montfort