SONAR - Cakewalk
Use the ‘Sequencer / Mixer tem-
plate overlay for Sonar. As
Sonar does not have a fixed
MIDI implementation the tem-
plate controls will need to be
learnt into Sonar in two places.
The first of these is via the key
bindings menu and the second
is from the Generic Surface con-
trol section of Sonar.
The key bindings are used to
control the following: set punch
to selector, select punch region,
record metronome on/off, MIDI
sync on/off, loop on/off. The key-
bindings accept either a qwerty
keyboard key command and / or
a MIDI function which can only
be a note message. The tem-
plate can of course be used
without the keybinding functions
if this is desired. The MIDI shift button (oscillator sync) has been pro-
grammed as MIDI CC 117 to toggle the keybinding buttons between active
and inactive.
To create the key bindings in Sonar choose Options-Keybindings from the
drop down list. Click the radio button MIDI in the type of keys list. To ensure
that the keybindings are active, tick the enabled box. Assign the MIDI shift
button (the button Sync from the oscillator section of the X-Station), by click-
ing the controller radio button and entering 117 into the field to the right of
this button as the MIDI Controller used for this MIDI shift button is 117.
It will be necessary to find the following Fields from the list of functions:
Metronome during record MIDI sync
Select Punch Region Set Punch to Region
Set Loop to Selection
Once a function has been found the corresponding button on the X-Station
can be pressed - eg if Metronome during record has been found and high-
lighted, press the Arp Latch button on the X-Station. Click the bind button to
make this active. Then repeat for the remaining four functions.
To assign the remaining parameter in the Sonar template click on the
Options-Control Surfaces tab from the top menu. Click the "add new sur-
face" button. Select "Cakewalk generic surface" from the Control Surface list
and click ok. Set the MIDI input port to the X-Station. Set the MIDI output
port to None. Click Ok.
From the Tools-Cakewalk Generic Surface menu, click to open to view
assignments. To assign controls, highlight a particular control by clicking it's
radio button, move the corresponding control on the X-Station and then click
the learn button in Sonar. For the transport functions stop, play and record
and for the functions move bank left and move bank right it is also neces-
sary to set the Trigger Value to 127.
Set the Number of Track Strips to 8. Set Parameter 1 to Volume, Parameter
2 to Pan, Parameter 3 to Solo and Parameter 4 to Mute and Parameters 5
to 10 to send level 1 to send level 6 (depending on the number of active aux
busses).
Assign the Remote volume 1, pan 1, mute 1, solo1 and send level 1 to send
level 6 to Configure Strip Number 1. Then assign volume 2, pan 2, mute 2,
solo 2 to Configure Strip Number 2, volume 3, pan 3, mute 3, solo 3 to
Configure Strip Number 3 etc until all 8 strips have been assigned. This
assignment can then be saved and recalled when ever Sonar is opened.
For more detailed information regarding Sonar and Generic control surfaces
see the in depth guide contained in the Sonar help. The controls are shown
in the table above.
Stylus - Spectrasonics
No template label is required
since the panel layout suits
the format for both instru-
ments. There are only ADSR
controls for the Amplifier. The
filter Env time is controlled by
the OVERDRIVE knob.
Subtractor - Propellerhead
REASON
No template label is required
since the panel layout suits
the REASON Subtractor. A
few controls listed in the table
shown have different func-
tions to the front panel leg-
ends.
Supernova / Nova - Novation
This template is suitable for use with
any model in the Supernova / Nova
range. No Template label is required
since the panel layout suits the
Supernova format. A few controls listed
in the table shown different functions to
the front panel legends. It is only possi-
ble in this Template to set ALL three
envelopes to single triggering or ALL
three envelopes to multi triggering.
Virus A B C - Access
No Template label is required since the
panel layout suits the Virus format. A
few controls listed in the table shown
on the right have different functions to
the front panel legends.
V Station - Novation
No template label is required since the panel layout suits the V-Station. The
V-Station MIDI controller list is the same as the Novation K-Station. A K-
Station may also be controlled with this template. The A Station will also
respond well with this template. Certain parameters of the V Station are
‘packed’ into one controller and are currently not possible to control by the
X-Station. These are: Osc Waveform, Lfo Waveforms, the Arp select con-
trols and the Osc 1 - 2 sync buttons. These controls are set to ‘No Control.
Reverb send level is sent by the LEVEL knob in the effects section and
Delay Level sent by the CONTROL knob.
* Please check the web site www
.novationmusic.com for future updates
that may include these new control features.
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