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Default Templates
The eight default MIDI templates are identical. Select any one and use Components Editor to make any
changes that are needed to make the Macro controls work effectively with your external equipment.
You may find that the default settings are usable, as many synths use the same CC messages to adjust
similar parameters: furthermore, many synths allow internal re-mapping of CC messages.
With the default templates, the Macro controls transmit MIDI CC messages as per the table:
Macro Control MIDI CC Normal use Remarks
1 CC1 Modulation wheel Often re-mappable in a synth
2 CC2 Breath control Often re-mappable in a synth
3 CC5 Portamento time
4 CC11 Expression Often re-mappable in a synth
5 CC12 Effect control 1
6 CC13 Effect control 2
7 CC71 Resonance
8 CC74 Filter frequency
You can download various pre-made templates from Novation Components; these cover a range of
Novation products as well as those from other manufacturers.
Setting Up Templates in Components
MIDI Template Control Range
Using Components Editor, you can define the start and end values of each control in the template.
The start value sets the value that will be output when the control is rotated fully anti-clockwise and
the end value sets the value that will be output when the control is rotated fully clockwise.
MIDI Template Control Polarity
Components Editor also lets you define each Macro control as either unipolar or bipolar. This only affects
the response of the LED below the control and does not affect the transmitted messages. When unipolar
is selected, the brightness of the LED will move linearly from dim to bright as you move the control from
one limit of its range to the other. When set to bipolar, the LED will illuminate in its dim state in the centre
of the range, increasing in brightness as the control is rotated in either direction.
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