Control surface Device parameters in Logic Pro for Mac
Device parameters
Output Port pop-up menu: Choose the MIDI output port for your control surface from the pop-up menu.
Input Port pop-up menu: Choose the MIDI input port for your control surface from the pop-up menu.
Each control surface must be connected to an independent MIDI In and Out port (or corresponding USB port, designated as a MIDI port by the device driver). When the device is added, the automatic setup or scan procedure sets the appropriate MIDI input and output port settings for the device. If the MIDI port settings are incorrect, you can manually choose them from the Input and Out Port pop-up menus.
Module field: Shows the internal control surface support module being used by the control surface.
Model field: Shows the model name of the control surface.
If your control surface device is internally supported by a module that was developed for a different device than the module and model names, the module and name fields will reflect the internally supported device, rather than the attached device. For example, the Presonus Faderport is directly supported in Logic Pro for Mac via the Logic Control module, so when you connect the Presonus Faderport, the Module field shows “Logic Control” and the Model field shows “Mackie Control.”
Version field: Shows the firmware version for control surfaces which report that information. For control surface devices that do not present this information to Logic Pro, the field is blank.
Color field: Click to choose a color from the color picker to indicate tracks controlled by this control surface. In the Tracks area and Mixer, tracks controlled by this device are marked by a bar in the chosen color when control surface bars are displayed. For more information on control surface bars, see View control surface bars.
Fader Bank Offset field: Sets the offset for the faders of the control surface device. The offset determines which channel strips in the Mixer the device’s hardware faders control.
Usually, when a device is added to a control surface group, the device is added to the right of the other devices in the group, and its device icon is placed to the right of existing device icons. The new addition to the control surface group is assigned a fader bank offset based on how many faders are present in the other devices to the left of the new device. For example, if there are two control surface devices, each with 8 faders, to the left of the new device, the new device is assigned a Fader Bank Offset of 16. By changing this parameter manually, you can choose specific banks of faders to control specific channel strips in the Logic Pro Mixer.
As an example, Mackie C4 with 8 faders creates a control surface group with a Mackie Control, also with 8 faders. By default, the Mackie Control would have a Fader Bank Offset of 8, and control channel strips 9-16 in the Logic Pro Mixer. However, you may want to dedicate the Mackie Control to VCA channel strips in positions 17-24 in the Mixer. In this case, you could set a Fader Bank Offset of 16 so that the Mackie Control’s channel strips would correspond to the VCA channel strips in the Mixer.
See Overview of Control Surface Group parameters to learn more about control surface groups.
Live Loops Scene Offset field: Sets the Live Loops scene offset for the device within a control surface group. The offset determines which scenes the device’s scene buttons control.
Usually, when a grid-oriented loop-triggering hardware device such as the Novation Launchpad is added to an existing control surface group, the new device is added to the right of existing devices, its icon is added to the right of the existing device icons, and the new device is given a scene offset based on the number of scenes can be controlled by loop-triggering devices before the new device in the group. For example, if a Launchpad is added to an existing control surface group consisting of a Launchpad Pro and Launchpad Mini both of which can control 8 scenes each, the new Launchpad is assigned a Live Loops Scene Offset of 16. If instead, you want the new Launchpad to control scenes 25-32, set a Live Loops Scene Offset of 24.
Note: When multiple Launchpads are added to a control surface, the Live Loops Scene Offset determines which scenes they control, but all the devices will control channel strips 1-8 in the Logic Pro Mixer. Both Launchpad scene and fader control can be globally offset using the control surface group parameters Fader Bank for Tracks View and Live Loops Column Bank in the Control Surface Group inspector, or by using the Launchpad’s cursor keys. See Overview of Control Surface Group parameters to learn more about control surface groups, and Novation Launchpad in Use Control Surfaces in Logic Pro.