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1. 106 Using V Control with Studio One s 2222 22252 222522 2222 522 2 110 Using V Control with Tracktion sccscssesceeeeeeseeeseeeeseeeeeeneeeseees 121 V Control 1 7 User s Guide 3 Welcome to V Control V Control Pro is an iPad app that provides a virtual multi touch control surface for Digital Audio Workstation D A W software applications including Pro Tools Logic Cubase Nuendo and many more V Control acts as a multi touch control surface allowing the user to access transport editing and mixing functions as well as touch based access to graphical plug in interfaces on both Macintosh OS X and Microsoft Windows systems In tandem with your iPad V Control s portability small footprint and ease of use provide a powerful addition for the user 4 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Features V Control offers the following overall feature set Note that the specific features available will vary by specific D A W See each section of the manual for specific details e Control fader level and stereo panning per channel e Control of mute solo and track arming per channel e Multi segment level metering per channel e Full display of track names and touch based channel selection e Touch and swipe based channel banking single or 8 channels e Edit auxiliary send volume incl send muting and pre post status e D A W plug in editing using both native interface and full touch control as well
2. Touch the flip button again to return the faders to their normal operation Solo Use this button to disable and re enable the solo function of all tracks that are currently soloed Save Touch this button to save the current session 94 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Undo Touch this button to undo the last performed action of the session Redo Touch this button to redo the last performed action of the session Punch Left Touch this button to set an auto punch in point at the current location of the play head Punch Right Touch this button to set an auto punch out point at the current location of the play head Set Left Touch this button to set a mark in point at the current location of the play head Set Right Touch this button to set a mark out point at the current location of the play head Edit Panel Touch this button to toggle the multi panel view on off When the multi panel is open touch the multi panel button in the window s upper left corner to display additional editing commands for Digital Performer V Control 1 7 User s Guide 95 Using V Control with FL Studio When using V Control with FL Studio the controls work as follows Pan Touch this button to switch the encoders to pan mode In this mode the channel encoders are used to adjust left right panning for their corresponding channel Stereo Touch this button to switch the encoders to stereo mode Sends Touch this button to switch the enc
3. read mode e Touch Switches the channel to automation touch mode e Latch Switches the channel to automation latch mode e Write Switches the channel to automation write mode e Trim Switches the channel to automation trim mode e Status Display current automation status of the selected channel e All Select this if you want to set the automation mode for all tracks Rotary Controls These virtual knobs allow you to adjust both channel panning as well as send levels A E for the relevant Pro Tools channel when used in conjunction with the Pan and A E buttons on the right hand side To adjust the rotary encoder touch the encoder and swipe using an up down or side to side motion The rotary encoders operate as follows when used to adjust stereo panning e Touch the Pan button again to switch between the Left and Right pan controls when working with a stereo track the Pan button blinks when the right panner is active The rotary encoders operate as follows when used to adjust channel auxiliary sends V Control 1 7 User s Guide 19 e Touch buttons A B C D or E to select which of the five aux sends in Pro Tools to adjust e Tap the center of the rotary control to toggle the send between pre fader and post fader status V Control Pro only e A mute button is also present below the sends When this button is toggled on tapping the center of the encoder will mute the send
4. s Guide Insert Plug In Editing Popup Window The insert plug in editing window allows you to adjust parameters of an inserted plug in It contains the following displays and controls Rotary Controls These four controls perform two separate functions e Selects a specific plug in to assign to an insert slot e Adjusts parameter values for an assigned plug in Parameter Displays These four display slots show the currently assigned plug ins and plug in parameters Assign Touch this button to assign a plug in to the relevant channel Ins Params Touch this button to toggle the parameter display between two functions e Insert Mode The display shows what plug ins are assigned toa particular insert e Parameter Mode The display show the parameters available to a selected plug in allowing them to be adjusted with the rotary controls Window Touch this button to toggle the GUI window on off for the selected plug in Bypass Touch this button to bypass all inserts on the relevant channels Compare Touch this button to toggle between the last adjusted parameter and the previous setting allowing an A B comparison of a parameter adjustment Page Right Touch this button to page right to the next four effects parameters to be edited Page Left Touch this button to page right to the previous four effects parameters to be edited V Control 1 7 User s Guide 33 Known Issues with V Control 1 7 and Pro Tools 34 The Crea
5. D A W section select the specific D A W you wish to connect to Enjoy Using V Control V Control s Interface consists of the following main areas 6 The channel strip interface that displays eight channels of the D A W at a time with assorted controls A vertical row of buttons on the right hand side of the screen offering various functions and shortcuts A horizontal row of controls on the bottom of the screen offering mainly transport commands and a time counter Various popup windows for additional functions The MultiPanel window which offers additional areas such as the Edit Panel V Window and inline instruction manual A jog shuttle scrub wheel Double tap the mixer area to view hide the wheel The preferences section lets you make the wheel transparent so you can see all your meters and faders V Control 1 7 User s Guide Setting Up a Local Network with Wi Fi V Control uses the iPad s Wi Fi capabilities to communicate with your D A W Please make sure the D A W computer and the iPad are connected to the same local area network LAN While you can get very good performance when wirelessly connected to your host computer you can achieve the highest levels of performance in one of the following two ways e Configuring your host computer to use a hard wired Ethernet connection to your local network e Using a direct Wi Fi connection between the iPad and computer o For information on s
6. F3 Measures 5 Beats F Time Display Format MBT D HMSF F5 FE Options Disable fader movements F7 Disable relay click FS Disable LCD updates F Solo selects channel Foot Switches E Fader touch selects channel A Play Stop E Select highlights track B Record Meters Signal LEDs Meters Master Fader Layout Master r Configure Layout Press F1 for Help Chris Boucher lt chris sorted org gt Copyright 2002 2006 Cakewalk When using V Control with SONAR the controls work as follows Track Bus Touch this button to switch the encoders to track bus mode Send Touch this button to switch the encoders to send mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to adjust auxiliary send levels Pan Touch this button to switch the encoders to pan mode In this mode the channel encoders are used to adjust left right panning for their corresponding channel 10 V Control 1 7 User s Guide 6 Plugin Touch this button to switch the encoders to Plugin mode In this mode the encoders are used to edit various parameters of the channel effects plug ins EQ Touch this button to switch the encoders to EQ mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to adjust the equalizer of the currently selected channel Comp Touch this button to switch the encoders to Compressor mod
7. MIDI Output _ MIDI Port Setup C Remote Devi atal User Commands Reset Quick Controls Button jory Command E Transport Audition Transport _ Use External Sync _ E SyncStation WdoWA Time Base _ Time Display Gi video Video Player VST Audio System Built in Audio VST System Link Smart Switch Delay Enable Auto Select v z gt telp eset Apply Can 6 36 V Control 1 7 User s Guide e Click OK to close the Cubase remote devices window e V Control and Cubase Nuendo should now have complete bi directional control with each other Verify operation by adjusting the faders and transport controls in both the V Control app and the Cubase Nuendo software Actions performed in the Cubase Nuendo software and V Control should be reflected in the other Channel Strip Interface The channel strip interface is the area that allows adjusting levels and panning adjusting sends and working with mute and solo controls It contains the following controls from top to bottom Channel Name Display This display at the top of each channel displays the name of the channel matching the channel name in the D A W software itself Channel Select Touch the track name at the top of a channel to select that channel The selected channel changes to light grey to show it has been selected Panning Aux Level Controls These controls allow you to adjust both channel panning as well as send levels 1 8 for the channel Their specific
8. Touch this button to bring up the V Control settings screen Touch it again to return to the main interface Banking Popup Window Touch this button to bring up the banking popup window which contains 4 buttons that allow banking the displayed channels left or right either 1 or 8 channels at a time These buttons serve as an alternate interface for bank channel increment decrement for users who prefer this method to the one finger two finger swiping method described above Time counter This counter displays the current time location in Cubase Nuendo mirroring the time format currently used in the application s counter window Big Counter Display Touch the left area of the counter display to show or hide the Big Counter which displays the counter at a much larger size Touch the left area of the counter to hide the Big Counter display Note that you can still touch the faders with the big counter display active Transport Popup Window Touch the right hand side of the counter to toggle the transport popup window on off which offers additional transport related controls See section entitled Transport Popup Window for more details Go to Left L lt Touch this button to move the play head to the current mark in point of the session Go to Right R gt Touch this button to move the play head to the current mark out point of the session Go to Start lt Touch this button to move the play head to the st
9. User The 16 shifted button functions are as follows Shift Option Control Alt Command Save Undo Cancel Mixer Add Cue Marker Loop Set In Set Out Move to Beginning V Control 1 7 User s Guide 91 Move to End Flip Assigning A Custom Function Name to the Shortcut Keys 92 Press and hold a shortcut key A popup menu will appear with different menu categories of Audition functions Tap on a category name The popup menu will switch to a list of names for functions within that category Select a specific entry in the list The selected function name is displayed underneath the button Additionally the button surface contains a 2 letter abbreviation of the selected function Alternatively touch the text name underneath a button to bring up an onscreen keyboard where you can type in a custom name that will appear underneath the button V Control 1 7 User s Guide Using V Control with Digital Performer Follow the steps below to set up V Control with Digital Performer e Launch the Ney Fi application e Launch the V Control app on your Ipad e Inthe settings screen of V Control select the computer tab and then select the computer that Digital Performer is running on e Inthe D A W tab select Digital Performer e Launch Digital Performer on your computer e Select Digital Performer s Control Surface Setup window and configure it as seen in the screen shot below O O
10. When flip mode is engaged any parameters that are normally controlled by the rotary encoders are not controlled by the channel faders Touch the flip button again to return the faders to their normal operation Returns Touch this button to enable return mode When return mode is enabled the channel strip will show and control the return tracks as opposed to the normal mode of only displaying tracks in Live that contain clips 98 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Using V Control with Metric Halo MIO Console V Control can display and control the various aspects of the Metric Halo family of audio interfaces and its accompanying DSP control panel software MIO Console used with audio interfaces from Metric Halo Using V Control interface owners can now set up monitor mixes for recording musicians more quickly and easily or make adjustments to a monitor mix wirelessly when not located near the computer The MIO console mode works as follows Trim Touch this button to switch the encoders to trim mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to adjust the trim gain of the interface s analog inputs In this mode the top line of the channel display shows the current trim level while the bottom line displays the channel name of the input Pan Touch this button to switch the encoders to pan mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to adjust the L R panning of each channel Sends Touch this
11. s Guide 81 Setup of Additional D A W Modes For the additional D A W modes listed in the previous page the V Control software communicates with the target software by emulating a Mackie Control hardware control surface To set up V Control for use with any of the above fourteen D A W s perform the following steps e Launch the Ney Fi application e In your D A W software of choice set up the application to work with a Mackie Control hardware control surface Consult your D A W application s documentation for the specific steps on how to do so e When asked to select a MIDI input port for the Mackie Control select V Control from the list of available MIDI ports e When asked to select a MIDI output port for the Mackie Control select V Control from the list of available MIDI ports e Close and re open V Control on the iPad If everything is set up correctly the computer running Ney Fi will be available to choose from in the computer table in the settings window e V Control and the D A W should now have complete bi directional control of each other The above steps are a one time process and do not need to be repeated 82 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Channel Strip Additional D A W Modes The channel strips in all additional D A W modes contain the following common controls which work as follows Channel Display This display at the top of each channel shows the name of the channel as config
12. 1 7 User s Guide 97 When using V Control with Live the controls work as follows 1 O Touch this button to switch the encoders to I O mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to select input and output assignments for the different channels e Touch once to select the track s Input Type chooser e Touch twice to select the track s Input Channel chooser e Touch three times to select the Output Type chooser e Touch four times to select the Output Channel chooser Sends Touch this button to switch the encoders to send mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to adjust auxiliary send levels Pan Touch this button to switch the encoders to pan mode In this mode the channel encoders are used to adjust left right panning for their corresponding channel Plug Ins Touch this button to switch the encoders to plug ins mode In this mode the encoders are used to edit various parameters of the channel plug ins Page Left Touch this button to page left on the scribble strip display when the encoders are controlling plug in parameters and there are more parameters present than will fit on a single page Page Right Touch this button to page right on the scribble strip display when the encoders are controlling plug in parameters and there are more parameters present than will fit on a single page Flip Touch this button to flip the functionality of the rotary encoders to the channel faders
13. Control Based Plug Ins Additional control surface plug ins for Reaper can be downloaded and installed which offer an increased level of Mackie Control support for Reaper as well as a higher level of documentation When Reaper has been configured to support the Mackie Control through one of these plug ins additional features are available when using V Control s Reaper modes including o Upto 6 separate modes for the channel rotary encoders o A large variety of shortcut functions for the edit panel NOTE When V Control is used with Reaper the button labels for the encoder modes and the buttons used in the edit panel are not customized to the functions within Reaper This is due to the fact that there are different Mackie Control based plugins for Reaper making it difficult for a single set of V Control button labels to apply to all situations V Control 1 7 User s Guide 10 1 Using V Control with Reason Follow the steps below to set up V Control with Reason 10 2 Launch the Ney Fi application Launch the V Control app on your Ipad In the settings screen of V Control select the computer tab and then select the computer that Reason is running on In the D A W tab select Reason Launch Reason on your computer In Reason open the Preferences window Select Control Surfaces and click Add Set up a control surface and configure it as seen in the screen shot below E y Manufa
14. Strip Interface The channel strip interface allows adjustment of channel levels adjusting of panning and aux sends and working with mute solo and automation controls It contains the following controls from top to bottom Channel Name Display This display at the top of each channel displays the name of the channel as set in the D A W software itself Channel Select Touch the track name at the top of a channel to select that channel The selected channel changes to light grey to show it has been selected Automation Mode The thinner text box below the channel name is the automation display It displays the current automation state for that channel Touch the text box to display the automation mode popup menu where the channel s different automation modes can be selected including Off Turns automation for the channel off Read Switches the channel to automation read mode Touch Switches the channel to automation touch mode Latch Switches the channel to automation latch mode Write Switches the channel to automation write mode Rotary Encoders These virtual knobs allow you to adjust both channel panning as well as auxiliary send levels 1 8 for the corresponding channel Their specific function is selected using the Pan and 1 8 buttons on the right hand side of the V Control interface To adjust the rotary encoder touch the encoder and swipe using an up down or side
15. W mode including e The V Window e The Edit Panel e The V Control user s guide 86 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Edit Panel Additional D A W Modes The edit panel accessed by pressing the MultiPanel button and then selecting edit is available for most of the additional D A W modes It contains the following controls which work as follows Custom Buttons For each of the additional D A W modes the edit panel offers a large amount of various additional shortcut buttons which can be used to work with the D A W software more quickly and efficiently These additional D A W functions are completely customized for each of the additional D A W s as opposed to a one sized fits all approach The buttons in the edit panel contain detailed labeling for each control to indicate their specific function within each of the additional D A W modes Cursor Diamond This set of controls contains cursor up down left and right buttons as well as a center OK button The specific function of the cursor diamond varies according to which additional D A W mode it is being used with but in general performs the following types of functions e Controlling the zoom level of the horizontal and vertical access of the D A W session e Navigating among audio clips within the session allowing for selection of a specific audio clip without using the mouse e Navigating the play head among the D A W session timeline Jog
16. as encoder LCD display based editing e Flip mode inverts functions of channel faders and rotary controls e Select specific automation modes separately for each channel e Full transport controls jog shuttle strip and control of common transport related functions loop punch online etc e Detailed time counter small and large sized versions e Cursor Diamond for track navigation and vertical horizontal zoom control e Full editing commands panel with large amount of shortcut controls completely customized for each specific D A W platform e Quick access to mark in and mark out creation and recall e Dedicated mixer editor window toggling commands e Automation write enable disable for volume pan mute send e Integrated user s manual accessible from within the app V Control 1 7 User s Guide 5 Quick Start Setting up V Control for use with your D A W Launch the Ney Fi wireless hosting application on your Mac or Windows system See details below on installing Ney Fi Ney Fi must be running in order for the V Control app on the iPad to communicate with the D A W running on your computer Configure the connections in your specific D A W as per the instructions in the appropriate section of the user s manual Within the V Control app itself select the gear icon button to display the settings window In this settings window s computer table select the target computer you wish to connect to In this window s
17. as opposed to toggling its pre post status NOTE Due to limitations in the HUI control surface protocol that V Control must use to communicate with Pro Tools adjustments of auxiliary sends F J are not available Right Hand Side Controls The buttons on the right hand side of the screen control various additional functions and work as follows Pan Touch this button to switch the rotary control to panning mode allowing the user to adjust L R panning of each channel A E Touch any of these 5 buttons to switch the rotary controls to auxiliary send controls for sends A E Flip Touch this button to reverse the functionality of the channel faders and the rotary controls allowing you to adjust aux sends using the faders When flip mode is active the channel mute button acts as a send mute Mute Touch this control to switch the rotary control touch function from pre post control to send mute control Touch the mute button again to return the rotary controls to pre post controls Edit Mix Touch this button to toggle the Pro Tools interface on the computer between its two main interface screens Edit and Mix Record Touch this button to put all channels into record arm mode Auto Input Touch this button to toggle Pro Tools in an out of auto input mode Group Suspend Touch this button to suspend all track groups that have been created Touch the button again to resume all normal grouping function
18. button to switch the encoders to sends mode In this mode the V Control interface works as follows e The MIO Console s sends window will automatically open and display on your computer screen e V Control s channel faders will now adjust the auxiliary send levels for each channel e V Control s rotary encoders will now adjust the stereo panning of the channel input signal as it is sent to the stereo send output e The channel mute and solo buttons control mute and solo of the channel as it is sent to the send output e The channel rec button controls the pre post status of the channel as it is sent to the send output e f more than one group of sends have been configured in the current console setup touch the sends button again to switch the encoders to the next set of sends V Control s 2 digit display will V Control 1 7 User s Guide 99 display the number of the current group of sends that is being controlled and the MIO console will switch the send window to the corresponding send e When you switch to any of the other two encoder modes in V Control trim or pan the sends window on the MIO console will automatically close Master Volume Control Swipe left or right along the time code counter to adjust the Metric Halo console s master volume level up or down Record Button Touch the REC button to enable disable recording for each input on the Metric Halo audio interface for the MIOP consol
19. button to switch the encoders to pan mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to adjust left right panning for their corresponding channel Aux Return Touch this button to switch the encoders to aux return mode In this mode the rotary encoders control the levels of the auxiliary returns in Reason s built in mixer Treble Touch this button to switch the encoders to treble mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to boost cut the treble tone control of their corresponding channel on Reason s built in mixer Bass Touch this button to switch the encoders to bass mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to boost cut the bass tone control of their corresponding channel on Reason s built in mixer Flip Touch this button to flip the functionality of the rotary encoders to the channel faders When flip mode is engaged any parameters that are normally controlled by the rotary encoders are not controlled by the channel faders Touch the flip button again to return the faders to their normal operation Normal Touch the normal button to undo the flip function and return the faders and rotary encoders to normal operation 10 V Control 1 7 User s Guide 4 Using V Control with SONAR Follow the steps below to set up V Control with Sonar e Launch the Ney Fi application e Launch the V Control app on your Ipad e Inthe settings screen of V Control select the computer tab and t
20. function is selected using the Pan 1 4 and 5 buttons on the right hand side of the V Control interface The panning aux level controls work as follows when used to adjust stereo panning e Touch the pan button on the right hand side of V Control The horizontal swiping motion now controls panning for each channel e A vertical blue line will indicate the current panning position The level controls work as follows when used to adjust channel auxiliary sends e To adjust one of the first four aux sends touch one of the buttons 1 4 on the right hand side of V Control V Control 1 7 User s Guide 37 e To control aux sends 5 8 touch the 5 button repeatedly it will scroll through values 5 6 7 and 8 allowing you to select any of those aux sends e Swipe the level controls in to increase decrease the level of the selected aux send e Tap the center of the control to toggle the send on off allowing for quick and easy bypassing of the channel aux send The bypass function can also be controlled by the send bypass button located further down on the channel strip Mute M Touch the mute bottom to mute the channel Press it again to unmute the channel Solo S Touch the solo button to solo the channel Press it again to un solo the channel Automation Arm Displayed as an R or W Touch this control to arm disarm automation for the channel whether it is currently set to read or
21. menu then select device setup e Inthe Remote Devices column on the left select Mackie HUI e On the right hand side you will see a column labeled button with two entries o Audition This corresponds to Soft Key 1 40 V Control 1 7 User s Guide o Window A This corresponds to Soft Key 2 e Click on the category and command columns to select among the available Cubase Nuendo functions e Click apply and then OK The two soft keys will now control the two functions you have assigned Channel Touch this button to bring a popup window that allows editing of various channel functions including e Channel EQ e Channel Sends e Channel I O Routing e Channel Inserts Touch the button again to close the window For more information refer to the section titled Channel Popup Window Locate Press thus button to toggle the Locator Window On Off See the section titled Locator Popup Window for more details Set Left Touch this button to set a mark in point at the current location of the play head Set Right Touch this button to set a mark out point at the current location of the play head Save Touch this button to save the current session Undo Touch this button to undo the last performed action of the session V Control 1 7 User s Guide 41 Bottom of Screen Controls The buttons on the bottom of the V Control interface work as follows Settings
22. the Peripherals dialog from the Setup menu V Control 1 7 User s Guide 15 Options A0 Window Help Hardware Playback Engine Disk Allocation Peripherals Os Video Sync Offset Session Current Feet Frames Position Current Time Code Position External Time Code Offset MIDI Click Countoff Preferences e Modifier e Select the MIDI Controllers tab and then set up the following three controllers o For Controller 1 select type HUI and then select V Control as both the receive from and send to choices Select 8 for the of channels field o For controller 2 select type SurroundPan and then select V Pan 1 as both the receive from and send to choices Select O for the of channels field o For controller 3 select type SurroundPan and then select V Pan 2 as both the receive from and send to choices Select O for the of channels field Peripherals Synchronization Machine Control MIDI Controllers Ethernet Controllers Mic Preamps Satellites VENUE Type Receive From Send To Ch s 1 MB Hu 5 Lv control ES v control ES 8 ie 2 C surondpn F v Pan i v pani i 0 3 IB suronapn ES v Pan2 ie v Pan2 0 4 TM cone a cnet LD Close and re open V Control on the iPad If everything is set up c
23. to adjust the center frequency of the currently selected EQ band Q Rotate this control to adjust the Q bandwidth of the currently selected EQ band On Off Rotate this control to toggle the EQ on off for the specific band of EQ that is currently displayed Toggle Button Touch this button to toggle all 4 bands of EQ on off for the currently selected channel Adjusting Sends When the popup window s Sends button is pressed the popup window will display FX Send in the upper left hand corner providing an alternate sends interface to the one at the top of the channel strip The window works as follows Send Selection Swipe the top of the popup window to select which of the 8 channel sends to adjust The page number in the upper right hand corner of the window corresponds to the currently selected send for example page 5 of 8 means you are currently adjusting send 5 Level Rotate this control to adjust the level of the currently selected send FX On Off Rotate this control to turn the selected send on off using it as a send bypass control V Control 1 7 User s Guide 47 FX Pre Rotate this control to toggle the send between pre fader and post fader status When the rotary control is illuminated the send is configured as pre fader Toggle Button Touch this button to toggle all 8 sends on off for the selected channel Adjusting Input Output Routing When the popup window s Routing button i
24. to side motion The rotary encoders operate as follows when used to adjust stereo panning e Touch the pan button on the right hand side of V Control The rotary controls now adjust panning for each channel e The pan pot will display the pan position and at the same time a pan value will be displayed as a numerical value inside the pan pot 52 V Control 1 7 User s Guide The rotary encoders operate as follows when used to adjust channel auxiliary sends e Touch one of the buttons 1 8 on the right hand side of V Control to select which of the 8 aux sends in Logic to adjust The rotary controls now control the aux send level for the selected send Mute M Touch the mute button to mute the channel Press it again to unmute the channel Solo S Touch the solo button to solo the channel Press it again to un solo the channel Input Monitor I Touch the I button to turn on input monitoring for the channel Touch it again to turn the input monitoring off Record R Touch the record bottom to record arm the channel Press it again to record safe the channel Fader Touch the fader and drag it up and down to adjust the signal level of the channel Since the iPad uses a multi touch interface multiple faders can be adjusted at once just like on a real hardware mixer The fader cap displays the current gain level for the channel When the fader level is actually being adjusted the dB levels will appear above the
25. where you can type in a custom name that will appear underneath the button V Control 1 7 User s Guide 79 Important Note Editing the button s icon and label in V Control does NOT create the key command assignment itself within Media Composer You MUST edit the key command assignment within Media Composer to match the function that you have assigned a label to within V Control Refer to the screen shot below for a reference of which controls in Media Composer s Command 8 Controller Settings correspond to the 16 function buttons in V Control s user interface 80 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Additional Modes V Control offers customized control of several additional D A W programs as well as the DSP console for a popular audio interface The additional modes include Audition Adobe Digital Performer Mark of the Unicorn FL Studio Image Line Live Ableton MIO Console Metric Halo Reaper Cockos Reason Propellorheads SONAR Cakewalk Studio One Presonus Tracktion Mackie For the above supported D A W s V Control offers truly customized control including Customized shortcut functions available in the edit panel of each D A W mode providing helpful functions for the specific D A W Up to six customized modes for the channel rotary controls allowing them to control up to six separate functions such as panning send levels effects parameter adjustment etc V Control 1 7 User
26. write mode Insert Bypass Touch this control to bypass the inserts of the relevant channel The button will illuminate when the channel inserts are bypassed Sends Bypass Sends Pre Post Button This dual purpose button covers one of two functions at any given time depending on the state of the Pre Post button located on the right hand side of the V Control interface e Sends Bypass Touch the button to bypass the sends for the currently selected channel and aux send The button will illuminate when the selected is bypassed Touch the button again to stop bypassing the send Note that this icon is not present if the level controls are currently set to control panning e Pre Post Button Touch the button to toggle the currently selected aux send to pre fader or post fader status The button illuminates an orange color when the aux is configured as pre fader Input Monitor Speaker Icon Touch the small speaker icon at the bottom of the channel strip to turn on input monitoring for the channel Touch it again to turn the input monitoring off 38 V Control 1 7 User s Guide The button illuminates when input monitoring is turned on Record Arm Button Press the record button to record arm the channel Press it again to record safe the channel Fader Touch the fader and drag it up and down to adjust the signal level of the channel Since the iPad uses a multi touch interface multiple faders can be adjusted at once just li
27. 10 frames Step back 1 frame Touch this button to move the play head backwards by 1 frame Step forward 1 frame Touch this button to move the play head forward by 1 frame 78 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Shortcut Keys V Control s Media Composer mode offers a comprehensive set of 80 separate customizable shortcut keys These shortcut keys can be assigned within Media Composer to the functions of your choices and the keys can be assigned custom labels as well as preset labels and icons on the V Control interface The shortcut keys work as follows The shortcut keys are set up as a group of 16 keys which correspond to various hardware buttons on a Command 8 control surface see setup section for details Alternate sets of 16 keys can be accessed by pressing one of the four latching modifider buttons which will then switch the interface to a separate set of 16 keys Assigning A Function Name to the Shortcut Keys Press and hold a shortcut key A popup menu will appear with different menu categories of Media Composer functions Tap on a category name The popup menu will switch to a list of names for functions within that category Select a specific entry in the list The selected function name is displayed underneath the button Additionally the button surface contains a 2 letter abbreviation of the selected function Alternatively touch the text name underneath a button to bring up an onscreen keyboard
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29. 20 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Auto Suspend Touch this button to suspend all automation that has been written to the session Touch the button again to switch the automation back on Keypad Touch this button to toggle the V control keypad popup window on off See the section titled Keypad Popup Window for further details Mark In Touch this button to set a mark in point at the current location of the play head Mark Out Touch this button to set a mark out point at the current location of the play head Save Touch this button to save the current session Undo Touch this button to undo the last performed action of the session Escape Touch this key to cancel out any onscreen dialog similar to pressing the escape key on a computer keyboard MultiPanel Touch this button to display the MultiPanel interface Touch the button again to close the MultiPanel Bottom of Screen Controls The buttons on the bottom of the screen offer various transport related controls as well as the settings page button and the modifier keys popup window The controls work as follows Settings Touch the gear button to bring up the settings screen Touch the button again to return to the main interface Modifiers Touch this button with the vertical arrow icon to toggle the modifiers key popup window on off See the section titled Modifiers Popup Window for further details Banking Popup Window lt gt Touch this button t
30. 4 separate rotary encoders each representing a particular parameter of the software instrument and labeled with the parameter name below the encoder itself Adjust the rotary controls to change the setting of a specific plug in parameter A rotary control can be double tapped to change the control to its minimum position A 2 double tap will then change the control to its maximum position This approach is particularly useful for parameters that only have a 2 position state such as on off Instead of rotating the control to select between the two states it can simply be double tapped repeatedly to toggle between the two states of the parameter If more than 24 parameters are present for the select plug ins tap the lt page and page gt buttons to navigate to the different pages of parameters To adjust the plug ins for an instrument on a different track within Logic simply tap on the corresponding channel within V Control The instrument editor will dynamically update to allow control of the new instrument plug in NOTE Logic requires a track to be in the Arrange window for a control surface to access the instrument inserts V Control 1 7 User s Guide 61 By default aux output and master tracks do not get placed in the Arrange window which means that plug ins for these tracks will not be controllable by V Control To eliminate this restriction simply move these tracks to the arrange window by selectin
31. Control Surface Mackie Control V Control 1 7 User s Guide 93 When using V Control with Digital Performer the controls work as follows Pan Touch this button to switch the encoders to pan mode In this mode the channel encoders are used to adjust left right panning for their corresponding channel FX This button changes to the Effect mode which lets you edit the effects on the track inserts When the encoders are set to FX mode you can select which specific effect to edit by holding this button and tapping the V Pot of the track you want to edit Send Touch this button to switch the encoders to send mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to adjust auxiliary send levels for each channel Arrow Up Down The arrow buttons perform different tasks depending on the specific mode the encoders are currently set to They work as follows e When the encoders are set to Pan mode they scroll the main window up and down e When the encoders are set to FX mode they change which specific insert to adjust e When the encoders are set to Send mode they adjust which specific send to adjust Edit Touch this button to enable edit mode in the D A W session Flip Touch this button to flip the functionality of the rotary encoders to the channel faders When flip mode is engaged any parameters that are normally controlled by the rotary encoders are not controlled by the channel faders
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33. Launch Ney Fi O O Windows Click on the Start Menu locate Ney Fi and launch the Ney Fi application Mac Launch Ney Fi from the applications folder Ney Fi is a simple menu bar only application on the Mac and a system tray application on Windows thus there is nothing for you to configure on either operating system General Troubleshooting e Verify the iPad and target D A W computer are connected to the same local area network e Verify that the Ney Fi utility is running on your host D A W computer O O On Mac OS X Ney Fi operates as a menu bar application and should be visible in the upper right hand corner area of the monitor On Windows Ney Fi operates as a system tray utility and should be visible among other Windows system tray programs 8 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Verify that V Control sees the D A W computer on the network by touching the gear icon to display the Setup window Check the computer table located in the settings window to verify your computer is selected Verify that you have selected V Control as the MIDI input and output source in the control surface setup window of your D A W Verify that Bonjour is installed on your Windows systems Verify that firewall blocking is disabled for Ney Fi V Control 1 7 User s Guide 9 Using the MultiPanel V Control offers a MultiPanel a versatile sliding window that can display various additional content to the main i
34. Shuttle Strip Swiping this strip moves the play head back and forth within the session Jog Shuttle Mode button Touch this button to change the specific mode of the jug shuttle strip within the D A W In most cases it switches the mode of the strip between a jog type function and a shuttle type function NOTE The jog shuttle mode button is not available in all additional D A W modes V Control 1 7 User s Guide 87 Using V Control with Audition Follow the steps below to set up V Control with Audition 88 Launch the Ney Fi application Launch the V Control app on your Ipad In the settings screen of V Control select the computer tab and then select the computer that Audition is running on In the D A W tab select Audition Launch Audition on your computer In the preferences menu of Audition select the Control Surface window in Audition In the Device Class menu select Mackie the click Configure V Control 1 7 User s Guide e Inthe window that appears click on the Add button then click OK e Inthe configuration window select V Control as both the MIDI input and output device V Control 1 7 User s Guide 89 When using V Control with Audition the controls work as follows Right Hand Side Controls Track Touch this button toggle channel focus between the first 8 channels or the last 8 channels of the session Pan Touch this bu
35. V Control Version 1 7 User s Guide www neyrinck com V Control 1 7 User s Guide 1 Contents Contents EPP EE PRPC E PEEP ECEE EEE CECCC CCRT EPPE CET EC CPPEP Cr CECT EPEEP CEP rePCEPTECCrerrrrrrrrerrrrrrrrry Welcome to V COntro ll iisssiinicicttcccscti ns ieceiciccctateceesnetedcidecseatanienieessiawae A THOAGUTES A E E EE S A A E E E E sd dees E A EE AE 5 Quie k Sari e a O Setting up V Control for use with your D A W essesseseereseeserseseresrerrsrtsrenrentsststrsrtnsententensrssrsesrensentene 6 Using V COnttOl esses cvsccicess capedea densaes sed ieena aE A ATAS ENESA AEEA E sanddeatdnevezey sits te dbieVeweceaweanss 6 Setting Up a Local Network with Wi Fi s22222225 2222222222 2222222 f Tiistain Ney Eik ereed E E EEEE E E E E E AS AEE 7 General Tro bleshooNE raian aea aa EE R a EE A A EAN 8 Using the MultiPane l visiissisststcsccansssstecscstcssdensssissasecssssendssessesscaseren tO Using the V Wind Ow srs sssnisdisscssiecssssiscscsverseassansddensatssisscsansacdsacscsiaen tT Operational NOteSwsssscciscesisecdensvecs ovvidecsvacescvssicerceventaccduostacesuwsdesvenceveuvea ede suulieacdeveizessdencdusss sasrsevsdeedeaevees 12 We Waindow Tips eserinin ae Eiri EENE ETE EE E E A E E beeiantedsataeceubehan 12 Using the Jog Shuttle Scrub Wheel ss 121112222111122221 2222222222 222 13 Using V Control with Pro TOOlS 212222222222255 5 2 22222222222 14 Setting up V Control as a c
36. V Control interface tap the black test name underneath the key An onscreen keyboard will appear V Control 1 7 User s Guide 67 e Type the desired cutom name and then press the hide keyboard button The custom name will now ppear underneath the shortcut key e Tap any of the shortcut keys on the V Control interface to issue the desired function within Final Cut Important Note Editing the button s icon and label in V Control does NOT change the key command assignment itself within Final Cut You MUST edit the key command assignment within Final Cut to match the function that you have assigned an icon label to within V Control 68 V Control 1 7 User s Guide V Control 1 7 User s Guide 69 Using V Control with Media Composer V Control version 1 7 works with the Windows and OS X versions of Media Composer V Control emulates the Command 8 control surface when working with Media Composer Please refer to the Media Composer documentation on working with a Command 8 control surface for further details Setting up V Control in Media Composer Windows and OS X To set up V Control for use with Media Composer perform the following steps e Launch the Ney Fi application In Media Composer follow the documentation to set up the application with a Avid Command 8 Control surface Open the Preferences window Double click the Controller Settings item to display the Controller Settings dialo
37. al grouping function Set Left Touch this button to set a mark in point at the current location of the play head Set Right Touch this button to set a mark out point at the current location of the play head Punch Left Touch this button to set an auto punch in point at the current location of the play head Punch Right Touch this button to set an auto punch out point at the current location of the play head Save Touch this button to save the current session Undo Touch this button to undo the last performed action of the session Redo Touch this button to redo the last performed action of the session 54 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Bottom of Screen Controls The buttons on the bottom of the V Control interface work as follows Settings Touch this button to bring up the V Control settings screen Touch it again to return to the main interface Banking Popup Window Touch this button to bring up the banking popup window which contains 4 buttons that allow banking the displayed channels left or right either 1 or 8 channels at a time These buttons serve as an alternate interface for bank channel increment decrement for users who prefer this method to the one finger two finger swiping method described above Time counter This display displays the current time location in Logic It can display the session counter as SMPTE minutes seconds or bars and beats NOTE Swipe left or right on the time counter to iss
38. any of these 6 buttons to assign the channel rotary encoders to a specific function The six specific functions for each of the rotary control modes are described in detail in each D A W mode s specific section of the user s manual Within each D A W mode the encoder mode buttons are labeled with the names of the six specific functions NOTE Some D A W modes such as Studio One do not offer different modes for the rotary encoders and thus do not have these six buttons displayed in their right hand column For these two D A W modes the rotary controls always control stereo panning of the channel signal Rotary Encoder Mode Two Digit Display This two digit display offers additional information relevant to the channel encoders For example a common use for one of the six channel encoder modes is an aux send mode where the channel encoders are used to control the levels of the channel auxiliary sends In this case the user may repeatedly press the encoder mode button to page through the different aux sends they can adjust and this 2 digit display would visually remind the user which auxiliary send they have paged to Master Fader Button Touch this button to toggle on off a master fader allowing you to control the master fader of your D A W software MultiPanel Button Touch this button to toggle the V control sliding window on off The sliding window offers additional controls for the currently selected D A
39. art of the current session Go to End gt Touch this button to move the play head to the end of the current session Rewind Press and hold the button to rewind the play head Fast Forward Press and hold the button to fast forward the play head 42 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Loop Touch this button to toggle the transport loop function on off The button illuminates when the loop function is active Stop Touch this button to stop the transport of the current session Play Touch this button to start playback of the current session Record Touch this button to punch in to record in the current session The button illuminates in red when recording is active Touch the play button to punch out of record Transport Popup Window The transport popup window provides additional transport related controls and works as follows Auto Punch Touch this button to toggle the auto punch in function on off The button illuminates when the auto punch function is active Edit Panel V Control s Cubase mode offers a comprehensive edit panel offering many handy shortcuts and functions To use the edit panel touch the MultiPanel button and then select Edit from the list of choices The edit panel includes the following groups of controls Command Section This section contains various editing commands Cut Touch this button to cut the currently selected audio clip removing it from the session but also copying i
40. buttons zoom the time scale of the session timeline to be shorter longer 44 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Locator Popup Window The locator popover provides a numeric keypad that provides many control features for Cubase Nuendo and works as follows e Use the number buttons to enter a numerical value for a desired location and then press the Set Position Enter button to go to that location e Enter a number and then press Move Back to move the current location back by that amount e Enter a number and then press Move Forward to move the current location forward by that amount e When typing in a numerical value use the Delete Last Char Clear button to delete the most recently entered number in time counter window V Control 1 7 User s Guide 45 Channel Popup Window V Control s Cubase mode offers a Channel popup window which allows adjustment of various channel functions including e Channel EQ e Channel Sends e Channel I O Routing e Channel Inserts The channel window contains the following controls EQ button Touch this button to adjust the 4 band stock Cubase Nuendo channel EQ Sends Button Touch this button to adjust the channel sends Routing Button Touch this button to select the audio input sources and audio output destinations for the selected channel on your audio interface Insert Button Touch this button to insert effects on the selected channel and adjust their parameters R
41. ch this button to clear the solo status of any and call channels 11 V Control 1 7 User s Guide 0 Save Touch this button to save the current session Undo Touch this button to undo the last performed action of the session Redo Touch this button to redo the last performed action of the session Flip Touch this button to flip the functionality of the rotary encoders to the channel faders When flip mode is engaged any parameters that are normally controlled by the rotary encoders are not controlled by the channel faders Touch the flip button again to return the faders to their normal operation Global View Touch thus button to switch Sonar to Global View status Note Unlike the other additional D A W modes there are not any different rotary encoder modes when controlling Studio One The rotary encoders will always control stereo panning of the corresponding channel Custom Naming of F1 F8 Keys The edit panel for V Control s Studio One mode contains among other commands 8 buttons labeled F1 F8 These buttons correspond to the F1 F8 commands in the Studio One application itself Beginning with version 2 04 Studio One allows you to customize the functions of the F1 F8 keys V Control allows custom naming of its 8 corresponding function keys allowing you to remember what functions you have assigned to them To assign a custom name to the F1 F8 keys in the edit panel of V Control s Studio One mode p
42. close it Click OK in the Controller Settings window to close it e Close and re open V Control on the iPad If everything is set up correctly the computer running Ney Fi will be available to choose from in the computer table in the settings window e V Control and Media Composer should now have complete bi directional control of each other e The above steps are a one time process and do not need to be repeated again V Control 1 7 User s Guide 75 Channel Strip Interface The channel strip interface allows adjustment of channel levels adjusting of panning and working with mute and solo controls It contains the following controls from top to bottom Channel Name Display This display at the top of each channel displays the name of the channel as set in the D A W software itself Mute M Touch the mute button to mute the channel Press it again to unmute the channel Solo S Touch the solo button to solo the channel Press it again to un solo the channel Rotary Encoders These virtual knobs allow you to adjust the left right panning for the corresponding channel Fader Touch the fader and drag it up and down to adjust the signal level of the channel Since the iPad uses a multi touch interface multiple faders can be adjusted at once just like on a real hardware mixer Double tap the fader cap to return it to OdB unity gain Right Hand Side Controls The buttons on the right hand side of the screen c
43. ction on off 6 Quick Punch Touch this button to toggle the Pro Tools Quick Punch function on off allowing you to perform live recording punches in the session V Control 1 7 User s Guide 29 7 Metronome Touch this button to toggle the audible metronome on off 8 Count Off Touch this button to toggle the count off function on off 9 Merge Replace Touch this button to toggle the Pro Tools merge replace function on off 30 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Surround Panel V Control s Pro Tools mode offers a surround panning panel allowing you to control surround panning of a track when Pro Tools is set up with a surround sound mixer as opposed to stereo To use the Surround Panel touch the MultiPanel button and then select Surround Panner from the list of choices This Surround Panel contains the following controls Surround Panner Display This screen shows the current position of the track within the surround sound field Two surround panner screens are shown in the popup in total This allows you to e Adjust the panning of both sides of a stereo track e Adjust the panning of two mono tracks simultaneously Each panner window has its own set of independent controls allowing them to work as two completely separate panning modules Pan Position Screen Touch and drag a path in this display to control the surround pan position of the audio track within the surround panning field This touch
44. cturer Mackie i M Model Control To use the Mackie Control with Remote select Mackie Control operating mode Hold down both the Ch 1 and Ch 2 SELECT buttons while turning on the Mackie Control Name Mackie Control Input V Control lt Find Output V Control Cancel OK Add Edit Delete Make Master Keyboard V Control 1 7 User s Guide e The window should now display the following screen Keyboards and control surfaces Doo e amp General Audio Control Surfaces Advanced Keyboard Use this page to add and set up Control Surfaces including MIDI keyboards One of your MIDI keyboards will automatically be made the Master Keyboard this is the keyboard you use for playing devices in Reason Attached Surfaces l Auto detect Surfaces Make Master Keyboard Master Keyboard Input Standard Master Keyboard Input to selected track C Separated Independent selection and Master Keyboard Input When using V Control with Reason the controls work as follows V Control 1 7 User s Guide 10 3 1 Touch this button to switch the encoders to auxiliary send 1 mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to levels for auxiliary send 1 in Reason s built in mixer 2 Touch this button to switch the encoders to auxiliary send 2 mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to levels for auxiliary send 2 in Reason s built in mixer Pan Touch this
45. ds buttons toggle each channel s send between pre fader and post fader status for the currently selected aux send Send Bypass In this mode the master pre post button is not illuminated and the channel send buttons act as a bypass control for the currently selected aux send Automation On Off R Touch this button to toggle automation on off for all channels in the current session The button illuminates to show when automation for all channels is armed Automation Read Write R or W Touch this button to toggle the function of the individual channel automation buttons e When the automation read write button displays as R then the individual channel automation buttons are set to R the automation read status can be toggled on off on a per channel basis e When the automation read write button displays as R then the individual channel automation buttons are set to W and automation write status can be toggled on off on a per channel basis Clear Mutes M Touch this button to unmute any and all channels that are currently muted Clear Solos S Touch this button to un solo any and all channels that are currently soloed Mixer Touch this button to toggle the Cubase session between its mixer and edit windows Soft Keys 1 and 2 These buttons can be custom configured to perform many different assignable functions with Cubase Nuendo To configure the soft keys e Within Cubase Nuendo select the devices
46. e In this mode the rotary encoders are used to adjust the compressor of the currently selected channel Flip Touch this button to flip the functionality of the rotary encoders to the channel faders When flip mode is engaged any parameters that are normally controlled by the rotary encoders are not controlled by the channel faders Touch the flip button again to return the faders to their normal operation Edit Touch this button to toggle edit mode on off in the current session Custom Naming of F1 F8 Keys The edit panel for V Control s SONAR mode contains among other commands 8 buttons labeled F1 F8 These buttons correspond to the F1 F8 commands in the SONAR application itself Since the SONAR application allows you to customize the functions of the F1 F8 keys V Control allows custom naming of its 8 corresponding F keys allowing you to remember what custom function you have assigned to them within SONAR To assign a custom name to the F1 F8 keys in the edit panel of V Control s Sonar mode perform the following steps e Navigate to the edit panel within SONAR mode e Press and hold then release any of the F1 through F8 keys A large scrollable list of functions will appear e Swipe the list to navigate its alphabetized contents and when you see the name that corresponds to the custom function you have V Control 1 7 User s Guide 10 7 10 8 assigned to that key in the SONAR application itself tap the na
47. e s built in multi track recording software Phase Inversion In all three encoder modes touch the encoder button to toggle phase inversion on off for the corresponding channel Note The Master Fader popup in MIO Console mode does not have any effect on the master fader of the master fader on the Metric Halo console It has been left in this mode in the event that the console s master fader becomes controllable in the future through the Mackie Control Protocol For this version of V Control the console s master volume can be adjusted by swiping your finger along the time code counter 10 V Control 1 7 User s Guide 0 Using V Control with Reaper V Control can work with Reaper software on two different levels of functionality as follows Using V Control with Reaper s Stock Mackie Control Support Reaper version 4 and above contains basic built in support for the Mackie Control protocol When working with Reaper s built in Mackie Control profile V Control supports fader mute solo and record arm controls as well as the transport keys and jog shuttle control Additionally the channel rotary controls adjust stereo panning for each channel only Additional modes for the rotary controls are not supported The edit panel controls only a small amount of functions which have not been documented by the Reaper team and thus are not officially supported in V Control Using V Control with Reaper s Mackie
48. ecrement for users who prefer this method to the one finger two finger swiping method described above Time Counter This counter displays the current time location in the D A W session mirroring the time format currently used in the application s counter window NOTE Swipe left or right on the time counter to issue a jog shuttle command to the transport This allows you to move the play head and jog shuttle the session audio Big Button Touch this button to show hide the Big Counter which displays the counter at a much larger size Touch the left area of the counter to hide the Big Counter display Note that you can still touch the faders with the big counter display active Rewind Button Touch this button to rewind the play head back within the current session The specific shuttling action will vary depending on the specific D A W being used Fast Forward Button Touch this button to move the play head forward within the current session The specific shuttling action will vary depending on the specific D A W being used Stop Button Touch this button to stop the transport of the session Play Button Touch this button to start playback of the current session Record Button Touch this button to punch in to record in the current session Touch the play button to punch out of record V Control 1 7 User s Guide 85 Right Hand Side Controls Additional D A W Modes Rotary Encoder Mode Buttons 1 6 Touch
49. erform the following steps e Navigate to the edit panel within Studio One mode e Touch the text field that sits underneath the function button e Inthe onscreen keyboard that appears type your desired custom name and then tap the keyboard close button at the bottom right hand side of the onscreen keyboard e The keyboard will close and you will now see that custom name assigned V Control 1 7 User s Guide 11 1 Important Note Editing the button s icon and label in V Control does NOT change the key command assignment itself within SONAR You MUST edit the key command assignment within SONAR to match the function that you have assigned an icon label to within V Control 11 V Control 1 7 User s Guide 2 Using V Control with Tracktion When using V Control with Tracktion the controls work as follows Pan Touch this button to switch the encoders to pan mode In this mode the channel encoders are used to adjust left right panning for their corresponding channel Aux Touch this button to switch the encoders to aux mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to adjust auxiliary send levels To select which specific auxiliary send to adjust use the page left and page right buttons to select which of the eight auxiliary sends to control Plug In Touch this button to switch the encoders to plug in mode In this mode the encoders are used to edit various parameters of the channel pl
50. eter will remain inactive Record Button Touch the record button to record arm the channel Press it again to record safe the channel V Control 1 7 User s Guide 83 Solo Button Touch the solo button to solo the channel Press it again to un solo the channel Mute Button Touch the mute bottom to mute the channel Press it again to un mute the channel Bank Increment Decrement Using two fingers swipe the surface in the fader area but not in the area of a fader cap in a left or right motion Each swipe will bank left or right eight channels at a time Channel Increment Decrement Using one finger touch the surface in the fader area but not in the area of a fader cap and drag in a left or right motion Each swipe will bank left or right one channel at a time Keep your finger down and keep dragging to increment more than one channel 84 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Bottom of Screen Additional D A W Modes When using any of the additional modes the bottom of the V Control interface contains the following controls which work as follows Settings Touch this button to bring up the V Control settings screen Touch it again to return to the main interface Banking Popup Window Touch this button to bring up the banking popup window which contains 4 buttons that allow banking the displayed channels left or right either 1 or 8 channels at a time These buttons serve as an alternate interface for bank channel increment d
51. etting up a direct computer to computer network on a Mac see Creating a computer to computer network in Mac Help o For information on setting up a direct computer to computer network on Windows look online for information about creating an ad hoc Windows network Installing Ney Fi Ney Fi is a free utility that must be installed and run on your D A W computer Ney Fi creates a virtual software MIDI port for the D A W software to communicate with V Control over your network so it must be running for V Control to detect the D A W system Follow these instructions to install Ney Fi e Quit the D A W software if it is currently running e Download the appropriate OS X or Windows Ney Fi installer at www neyrinck com downloads e For the Windows installer o Launch the Ney Fi Setup exe application to install the Ney Fi app MIDI driver and runtime libraries V Control 1 7 User s Guide 7 O The runtime libraries installer is a separate installer that you will need to authorize Make sure to also install Bonjour if it is not already installed e For the Mac Installer O Double click the downloaded installer to unzip the downloaded installer package if Safari has not automatically done so Double click the Ney Fi pkg icon to launch the mac installer Follow the installer s onscreen instructions to complete the installation process e Connect your computer to your chosen local network e
52. fader cap so that the dB display is not blocked by your finger Double tap the fader cap to return it to OdB unity gain Level Meter The channel strip contains a detailed level meter that displays the signal level of the channel s audio Bank Increment Decrement Using two fingers swipe the surface in the fader area but not in the area of a fader cap in a left or right motion Each swipe will bank left or right eight channels at a time Channel Increment Decrement Using one finger touch the surface in the fader area but not in the area of a fader cap and drag in a left or right motion Each swipe will bank left or right one channel at a time Keep your finger down and keep dragging to increment more than one channel V Control 1 7 User s Guide 53 Right Hand Side Controls The buttons on the right hand side of the V Control interface work as follows Pan Touch this button to switch the rotary encoders to panning mode Win Touch this button to toggle between the edit and mix windows in Logic 1 8 Touch any of these eight buttons to switch the rotary controls into auxiliary send control for sends 1 8 Clear Mutes M Touch this button to unmute any and all channels that are currently muted Clear Solos S Touch this button to un solo any and all channels that are currently soloed Group Suspend Touch this button to suspend all track groups that have been created Pressing the button again will resume the norm
53. ff Mixer Touch this button to toggle the Logic mixer window on off Event Touch this button to toggle the Logic event editor window on off Score Touch this button to toggle the Logic notation scoring window on off Transform Touch this button to toggle the Logic transform window on off Hyper Touch this button to toggle the Logic hyper editor window on off Piano Touch this button to toggle the Logic Piano View window on off Transport Touch this button to toggle the Logic transport bar on off Environment Touch this button to toggle the environment window on off Audio Pool Touch this button to toggle the Logic audio pool window on off Sample Editor Touch this button to toggle the sample editor window on off Markers Touch this button toggle the Logic markers window on off Screen Set Section Touch any of these 9 buttons to switch to 9 different screen sets that you have configured in Logic 58 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Plug In Panel V Control s Logic mode offers an effect plug in editing panel To use the Plug In panel touch the MultiPanel button and then select Plug In from the list of choices The plug in panel allows you to adjust parameters of an inserted plug in It works as follows Touch the channel name at the top of a channel to select the channel whose plugins you wish to highlight o Note that the plug in editing window only works for plug ins that are inserted on an a
54. ff the automatic discovery process of new control surface and thus turn off automatic installation of control surfaces DO NOT check this box It is very important to have Logic always automatically detect attached control surfaces in order for V Control to work correctly with Logic Updated versions of V Control and Logic If you are setting up V Control and Logic and it is NOT the first time you have done the setup process such as using a post 1 2 update of the V Control app it is important to manually remove the existing V Control profile from Logic so that the new version of V Control can be automatically detected This removal process can be done with the following steps In the Logic drop down menus select Preferences Control Surfaces Setup In the setup window that appears you will see a large icon labeled V Control Highlight the icon and press the keyboard s delete key to delete it Confirm your decision to delete the profile when asked in the resulting dialog box Before closing the setup dialog box click on the new tab at the top and make sure that automatic installation is checked e Quit Logic At this point you may follow the steps for setting up V Control with Logic as described on the previous page with the confidence that the latest installed version of the V Control app will be automatically detected and used by Logic V Control 1 7 User s Guide 51 Channel
55. g In the Controller menu select Command 8 In the Port menu select V Control In the Gain Controller Port menu select V Control Click Edit Settings to display the Command8 Controller Settings Window 70 V Control 1 7 User s Guide This Command 8 Controller Settings window lets you map Media Composer commands to Command 8 buttons V Control Pro uses some of these buttons to implement V Control Pro features Almost all of V Control Pro s features use the default command mappings But a few need to be changed The next steps show you the critical buttons to map Looking at the next picture make sure the buttons highlighted in green and yellow are configured as shown The yellow ones are the default settings and most likely do not need to be changed The green one labeled Plug in must be mapped to the Timeline window and the Mix button must be mapped to the Mixer window These are not the default settings and most likely need to be changed V Control 1 7 User s Guide 71 These green and yellow highlighted buttons Must be set as shown The yellow ones are the default settings The green ones must be set manually MODIFIER NONE 72 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Next press the SHIFT key on your computer keyboard and the Command 8 Controller Settings window will display the commands mapped to the buttons for the SHIFT key Make sure the buttons highlighted in green and yellow are confi
56. g effects since it allows for plug ins to be adjusted comfortably with one s fingers all while retaining the native plug in interface carefully designed by the plug s software authors The process works as follows for all D A W modes Open the MultiPanel window then select V Window in the list of choices on the left side of the window Press the select button in the upper right hand corner off Window to choose among all available computer windows to display and control o The choices are organized first by computer application and then from within the various windows within each application Select the specific window you wish to control which in many cases would be the floating window of an effect or instrument plug in The V window interface will display a copy of the specifically selected computer window Touch the controls in the window which will have the same effect as adjusting those controls with a mouse V Control 1 7 User s Guide 11 Operational Notes In some cases V Window will see a new plug in window automatically However it will occasionally go dark If this occurs simply tap the select button and re select the specific window you wish to control V Window is designed to be as responsive as possible to a mouse drag operation This means that it does not respond to iPad specific gestures such as pinch drag and double tap To adjust the area of the virtual window that can be seen a
57. g one finger touch the surface in the fader area away from a fader cap and drag left or right Each swipe will bank left or right one channel at a time Keep your finger down and keep dragging to increment more than one channel Level Meter The channel strip contains a multi segment meter display that displays the signal level of the channel s audio Clear Peaks Touch the peak indicator on any given meter to clear its red colored peak overload indicator Solo Touch the solo button to solo the channel Press it again to un solo the channel Mute Touch the mute bottom to mute the channel Press it again to unmute the channel Record Touch the record button to record arm the channel Press it again to record safe the channel 18 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Insert Plug In Editing Touch the INS button of a channel to display V Control s insert plug in display where you can adjust parameters of plug ins inserted on the channel For more information see the section titled Insert Plug In Editing Popup Window Touch the button again to turn off bypass for all 10 insert slots inserted in the channel The inserted effects are now active again in the audio path Automation Mode Touch the A button of a channel to display the automation mode popup window which allows selection of the following different automation modes e Off Turns automation for the channel off e Read Switches the channel to automation
58. g them and then using the key command Control T Known Issues with V Control 1 7 and Logic If Ney Fi is updated to fix problems or add features it will be necessary to manually remove V Control from Logic s controller setup window in preferences then re perform the initial setup procedure see setup section for details 62 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Using V Control with Final Cut 5 6 or 7 Setting up V Control in Final Cut To set up V Control for use with Final Cut for the first time perform the following steps Launch the Ney Fi application Launch the V Control app on your Ipad It is very important to launch V Control before launching Final Cut Launch Final Cut In the tools menu select control surfaces Use the symbol to add a new control surface In the list of options select a Mackie Control Select V Control as the MIDI input and output ports for your selected control surface Close the Control Surface configuration window In the settings screen of V Control select the computer tab and then select the computer that Logic is running on In the D A W tab select Final Cut 7 Since V Control acts as a native Logic control surface Logic should automatically detect the V Control app as a valid control surface once it has finished launching At this point the computer running Ney Fi will be available to choose from in the computer table that is located in the se
59. gured as shown The yellow ones are the default settings and most likely do not need to be changed The green one labeled Plug in must be mapped to the Audio EQ window and the Mix button must be mapped to the Composer window These are not the default settings and most likely need to be changed These green and yellow highlighted buttons must be set as shown The yellow ones are the default settings The green ones must be set manually MODIFIER SHIFT V Control 1 7 User s Guide 73 74 Next press the COMMAND key on your computer keyboard and the Command 8 Controller Settings window will display the commands mapped to the buttons for the COMMAND key Make sure the buttons highlighted in yellow are configured as shown The yellow ones are the default settings and most likely do not need to be changed These yellow highlighted buttons must be set as shown which are the default settings MODIFIER COMMAND Next press the CONTROL key on your computer keyboard and the Command 8 Controller Settings window will display the commands mapped to the buttons for the CONTROL key Make sure the buttons highlighted in yellow are configured as shown The yellow ones are the default settings and most likely do not need to be changed V Control 1 7 User s Guide These yellow highlighted buttons must be set as shown which are the default settings MODIFIER CONTROL Click OK in the Command 8 Controller Settings window to
60. hen select the computer that Sonar is running on e Inthe D A W tab select Sonar e Launch Sonar on your computer e In Sonar select Edit gt Preferences gt Control Surfaces Then set up a Mackie Control controller as seen in the following screen shot Audio Select any control surface s you want to use in SONAR Devices import ACT Data x 4 Driver Settings Connected Controllers Surfaces Controller Surface In Port Out Port A N WAI color Mackie Control 1 VControl VControl 7 Vv MY Playback and Recording Audio Profiles Configuration File Sync and Caching MIDI Devices Instruments control Surtaces Refresh Frequency milliseconds 75 Playback and Recording WAI Display Control Strips Visible in Drum Map Manager V Track View V Console View Track View Console View All Strips File Folder Locations Audio Data VST Settings Initialization File Advanced Project Record MIDI Basic Advanced V Control 1 7 User s Guide 10 e Sonar provides optional settings for the Macke Control controller To adjust the optional settings select the Utilities menu and then select Mackie Control 1 Be sure to enable metering if you want to see meters displayed in V Control E Mackie Control 1 Function Buttons Jog Wheel Resolution F1 Measures Beats Ticks F2 Transport Resolution
61. hird control in the window to scroll through all available stock and third party insert effects available to 48 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Cubase Nuendo The display above the rotary control will show which insert effect is currently selected Parameter Adjustment Swipe the top of the popup window to navigate to additional pages where the parameters of the selected insert can be adjusted 4 at atime The number of pages available to swipe to will depend on the particular effect that is selected An insert effect with a large number of parameters will have more pages of parameters to adjust Toggle Button When adjusting inserts with the popup window the toggle button has no effect Known Issues with V Control 1 7 and Cubase Nuendo e The pan controls are not updated by Cubase when it is reset in the HUI Setup if already set to pan mode To better reset it tap the Send 1 control before resetting e Cubase does not set V Control s counter when first launching or resetting Cubase will refresh the counter when it changes to a new value V Control 1 7 User s Guide 49 Using V Control with Logic IMPORTANT NOTE Make sure that you have updated Logic to the latest version of 9 1 6 or higher Logic 9 1 6 and above have corrected various bugs related to the Open Sound Protocol OSC the control surface language that V Control uses to communicate with Logic Among other fixes version 9 1 6 corrects an issue where V Contro
62. ick on Device Setup The device setup window will appear n MIDI Port Setup Devices I O _ Port System Name Show As Visible State In All Input Qj mo C Remote Devices Quick Controls Transport SyncStation Time Base Time Display Video n Video Player VST Audio System Built in Audio VST System Link x In V Control V Control Ix Active Pe Al V Pan 1 Active V Pan 2 V Control Active Inactive V Pan 1 Inactive V Pan 2 Inactive Is V Control 1 7 User s Guide 35 e In the device setup window click on Remote Devices in the left hand column and then click on the plus sign n Devices Qj mo _ MIDI Port Setup a PL Quick Controls E Transport SyncStation Time Base Time Display E Video n Video Player S VST Audio System Built in Audio VST System Link Bi P Help Reset Apply e A drop down list of remote devices will appear Select Mackie HUI from the drop down list e A device named Mackie HUI will now appear in the device list with settings for it shown on the right hand side Click on the fields for MIDI Input and MIDI Output and select V Control as the choice for both fields n Mackie HUI Devices MIDI Input mun A E mo
63. ide 77 Bottom of Screen Controls The buttons on the bottom of the screen offer various controls and work as follows Settings Touch the gear button to bring up the settings screen Touch the button again to return to the main interface Go To Start IL Touch this button to move the play head to the start point of the project Play Reverse Touch this button play the current project in reverse Touch the button multiple times to speed up the reverse playback speed Play Forward Touch this button play the current project forward Touch the button multiple times to speed up the reverse playback speed Play Touch this button to start playback of the current session If the session is currently stopped touch the button begin playback If the session is currently playing touch the button to stop Record Touch this button to begin recording automation data for any channels that have their channel automation button A active Rewind Touch this button to move the play head backwards within project Fast Forward Touch this button to move the play head forwards within the project Go to Mark In Touch this button to move the session to the currently set mark in point Go to Mark Out Touch this button to move the session to the currently set mark out point Step back 10 frames Touch this button to move the play head backwards by 10 frames Step forward 10 frames Touch this button to move the play head forwards by
64. ke on a real hardware mixer Double tap the fader cap to move the fader level to O dB unity gain Level Meter The channel strip contains a detailed level meter that displays the signal level of the channel s audio Bank Increment Decrement Using two fingers swipe the surface in the fader area but not in the area of a fader cap in a left or right motion Each swipe will bank left or right eight channels at a time Channel Increment Decrement Using one finger touch the surface in the fader area but not in the area of a fader cap and drag in a left or right motion Each swipe will bank left or right one channel at a time Keep your finger down and keep dragging to increment more than one channel Right Hand Side Controls The buttons on the right hand side of the iPad screen control various additional functions and work as follows Pan Touch this button to switch the channel pan aux controls to panning mode 1 4 Touch any of these 4 buttons puts to switch the channel pan aux controls into auxiliary send control for sends 1 4 5 Touch this button to cycle through controlling aux sends 5 6 7 and 8 The display will change to show which aux send is currently being controlled by the channel level controls Pre Post Touch this button to toggle the channel send button between two different functions V Control 1 7 User s Guide 39 Pre Post In this mode the master pre post button is lit orange and the channel sen
65. l s meters did not work correctly when using Logic in 64 bit mode To make sure you have the latest version of Logic select the software update option in the Apple menu Any available updates to Logic will be presented for download and installation Setting up V Control in Logic To set up V Control for use with Logic for the first time perform the following steps e Launch the Ney Fi application e Launch Logic e Launch the V Control app on your Ipad e Inthe settings screen of V Control select the computer tab and then select the computer that Logic is running on e Inthe D A W tab select Logic e Since V Control acts as a native Logic control surface Logic should automatically detect the V Control app as a valid control surface once it has finished launching e Logic will then display a message that it has detected a new control surface called V Control and will offer to add it to its list of supported control surfaces Click OK e At this point the computer running Ney Fi will be available to choose from in the computer table that is located in the settings window V Control and Logic will now have complete bi directional control of each other 50 V Control 1 7 User s Guide IMPORTANT NOTE When Logic presents the dialog box that it has detected a new control surface It will offer a checkbox option that says Do not display this window again Checking this box will turn o
66. me in the list e The list will disappear and you will now see that custom name assigned to the function key Important Note Editing the button s icon and label in V Control does NOT change the key command assignment itself within SONAR You MUST edit the key command assignment within SONAR to match the function that you have assigned an icon label to within V Control V Control 1 7 User s Guide Using V Control with Studio One Follow the steps below to set up V Control with Studio One e Launch the Ney Fi application e Launch the V Control app on your Ipad e Inthe settings screen of V Control select the computer tab and then select the computer that Studio One is running on e Inthe D A W tab select Studio One e Launch Studio One on your computer e Open the Studio One gt Preferences window and select External Devices Audio Setup External Devices Advanced Ck Tc In ee gt oe os oo Notify me if devices are unavailable when Studio One starts cancel x e Click the Add button e Set up acontrol surface as show in the following screen shot V Control 1 7 User s Guide 10 9 Mackie Control Manufacturer Mackie Device Name Control Please select Mackie Control operating mode hold down Chi Ch2 SELECT while turning on Receive From V Control Send To V Control e Click OK When using V Control with SONAR the controls work as follows Clear Solo Tou
67. n real estate as possible V Control 1 7 User s Guide 13 Using the Jog Shuttle Scrub Wheel V Control has a jog scrub shuttle wheel that can be optionally displayed in all DAW modes except Audition Final Cut 7 and Media Composer The wheel is permanently placed in the user interface for Audition Final Cut 7 and Media Composer For the other DAW modes you can show hide the wheel by double tapping the mixer channel strip area The wheel can optionally be made partially transparent so you can see all meters and fader underneath it To set it transparent go to the Setup popover select Preferences and set the Transparent Wheel Off On control 14 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Using V Control with Pro Tools Setting up V Control as a control surface in Pro Tools To set up V Control for use with Pro Tools perform the following steps Launch the Ney Fi application In Pro Tools select Setup gt MIDI gt Input Devices Options Window Help Hardware Playback Engine Disk Allocation Peripherals 1 0 Video Sync Offset Session Current Feet Frames Position Current Time Code Position External Time Code Offset MIDI Studio MIDI Beat Clock Input Filter Input Devices Click Countoff Preferences e Enable the V Control and both V panner MIDI inputs by selecting their respective check boxes MIDI Input Enable M v Control M v Pan 1 M v Pan 2 C Cancel E ow Select
68. n status for various channel parameters Volume Touch this button to toggle all volume automation on off in the current session Pan Touch this button to toggle all panning automation on off in the current session Mute Touch this button to toggle all mute automation on off in the current session Send Volume Touch this button to toggle all aux sends volume automation on off in the current session Plug In Touch this button to toggle all plug in parameter automation on off in the current session Solo Touch this button to toggle all solo parameter automation on off in the current session Command Section This section contains various editing commands Cut Touch this button to cut the currently selected audio clip removing it from the session but also copying it into the copy buffer memory Copy Touch this button to copy the currently selected audio clip into the copy buffer memory Paste Touch this button to paste the audio clip that is currently residing into the memory buffer into the session at the current location of the play head V Control 1 7 User s Guide 57 Delete Touch this button to delete the currently selected audio clip removing it from the session Select All Touch this button to select all clips residing on the currently selected track Window Section This section contains buttons for toggling various Logic windows on off Arrange Touch this button to toggle the Logic arrange window on o
69. nd controlled touch the Adjust button which allows you to e Drag the window in V Control to see the desired content e Pinch to enlarge or reduce the size of the window display When this action has been completed touch the Done button Note that when using V Window not only is the selected window displayed but also all windows above it allowing windows such as popup messages to be seen can be seen This means that sometimes you may select a window but will actually see a different window above If this occurs simply tap on a section of the desired window to bring it forward in the V Window V Window Tips Although V Window is particularly useful for adjusting plug ins it can be used to control and adjust ANY open window on the target computer Thus it can be used for any mouse based action that must be performed in a remote location 12 From a plug in window in Pro Tools apply various inserts to the tracks directly to switch to a different plug in Control the Automation panel in Pro Tools Control a separate application altogether such as an audio sampler From a plug in window in Logic select various inserts and tracks directly to change to a different plug in V Control 1 7 User s Guide e Control the entire computer desktop to select various menu bar functions As with all other content of the MultiPanel the V Window can be viewed in full screen mode letting you work with as much scree
70. nterface To toggle the MultiPanel on off tap the MultiPanel icon which is located in the lower right hand corner of the V Control interface The MultiPanel window will appear displaying a blank interface if it has not yet been used To select a specific set of content to display within the MultiPanel tap the second MultiPanel button located in the upper left hand corner of the MultiPanel window Choices for the MultiPanel window include e The V Window see next section for details e Edit Panel specific to each D A W mode e V Control User s Guide e Plug In Logic mode only e Instrument Logic mode only e Surround Panner Pro Tools mode only Touch the full screen icon at the top of the MultiPanel window to switch the MultiPanel can be toggled in and out of full screen mode by tapping on the icon looks like a double sided arrow Touch the MultiPanel icon again to close the MultiPanel window and return to the normal V Control interface 10 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Using the V Window V Control has the ability to natively display and control D A W plug in windows as well as other computer application windows directly within V Control itself Using this function users are free to adjust an effect or instrument plug ins directly from within V Control using a finger to drag and or tap the assorted controls This process offers powerful new capabilities for adjusting a mix and tweakin
71. ntrol features for Pro Tools and works as follows Note that Pro Tools must be the foreground app on the computer and will not receive the keypad commands if it is in the background Clear Touch this button to clear any previously entered values from the counter Capture Time Code Touch this button to capture the value of any time code currently entering the session and enter it into the session s time code window Enter Start End Length Touch this button in conjunction with the numbers keys to assign a start and end time to the session Enter Main Counter Touch this button in conjunction with the number keys to enter a time code value into the main session counter window Nudge Back Touch this button to nudge a selected audio clip backwards in time by the assigned nudge value Nudge Forward Touch this button to nudge a selected audio clip forwards in time by the assigned nudge value Enter Create Memory Location Touch this button to create a new memory location at the current location of the play head 1 Rewind Touch this button to move the playback cursor backwards within the project 2 Fast Forward Touch this button to move the play head forward within the project 3 Record Touch this button to begin recording in the current session 4 Loop Playback Touch this button to toggle the loop playback function on off 5 Loop Record Touch this button to toggle the loop record fun
72. o bring up the banking popup window which contains 4 buttons that allow banking the displayed channels left or right either 1 or 8 channels at a time These buttons serve as an alternate interface for bank channel increment decrement for users who prefer this method to the one finger two finger swiping method V Control 1 7 User s Guide 21 Time counter This display reflects the ongoing session time counter from Pro Tools It can display the session counter as SMPTE minutes seconds or bars and beats as selected in the Pro Tools session Big Counter Display Touch the left area of the counter display to show or hide the big counter which will show the scrolling time value at a much larger size Touch the same spot on the counter again to close the big counter window Note that you can still touch the faders with this display active Pre Roll Touch the pre roll area of the counter to toggle the Pro Tools pre roll function on when playing or recording Touch the pre roll area again to turn pre roll off Post Roll Pressing the post roll area of the counter to toggle the Pro Tools post roll function on when playing or recording Touch the post roll area again to turn post roll off Return to Zero Touch this button to move the playback cursor to the Start point of the project Rewind Touch this button to move the play head backwards within project Fast Forward Touch this button to move the play head forwards within the p
73. oders to sends mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to adjust auxiliary send levels Effects Touch this button to switch the encoders to effects mode In this mode the encoders are used to edit various parameters of the channel effects plug ins EQ Touch this button to switch the encoders to EQ mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to adjust the equalizer of the currently selected channel Free Touch this button to switch the encoders to free mode Flip Touch this button to flip the functionality of the rotary encoders to the channel faders When flip mode is engaged any parameters that are normally controlled by the rotary encoders are not controlled by the channel faders Touch the flip button again to return the faders to their normal operation Smooth Touch this button to activate FL Studio s smoothing function 96 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Using V Control with Live Follow the steps below to set up V Control with Live Launch the Ney Fi application Launch the V Control app on your Ipad In the settings screen of V Control select the computer tab and then select the computer that Live is running on In the D A W tab select Live Launch Live on your computer Open the Live gt Preferences window Select the MIDI Sync tab Set up a control surface and configure it as seen in the screen shot below C mee gt Preferences V Control
74. on parameter on off when any channels are in automation write mode Pan Touch this button to toggle the channel pan automation parameter on off when any channels are in automation write mode Send Vol Touch this button to toggle the channel send volume automation parameter on off when any channels are in automation write mode Plug in Touch this button to toggle the channel plug in automation parameter on off when any channels are in automation write mode Mute Touch this button to toggle the channel mute automation parameter on off when any channels are in automation write mode Send mute Touch this button to toggle the send mute automation parameter on off when any channels are in automation write mode Mode Shuffle Touch this button to switch the editing grid to shuffle mode Spot Touch this button to switch the editing grid to spot mode Slip Touch this button to switch the editing grid to slip mode Grid Touch this button to switch the editing grid to grid mode Zoom Preset Store Touch this button to store the current zoom settings into a zoom preset when used in conjunction with one of the 1 4 buttons Recall Touch this button to recall one of the four stored zoom settings when used in conjunction with one of the 1 4 buttons V Control 1 7 User s Guide 25 1 4 Used in conjunction with the store and recall buttons as described above Tool Trim Switches the compute
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76. ontrol various additional functions and work as follows EQ Touch this button to display the EQ window and make it the frontmost app Composer Touch this button to display the Composer window and make it the frontmost app Timeline Touch this button to display the Timeline window and make it the frontmost app Mixer Touch this button to display the Mixer window and make it the frontmost app 76 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Undo Touch this button to undo the last performed action of the session Redo Touch this button to redo the last undone action of the session Mode Touch this button to toggle between Source Record and Trim mode Add Edit Touch this button to issue the add edit command in Media Composer Clear Mark In Touch this button to clear the currently set mark in point Clear Mark Out Touch this button to clear the currently set mark out point Set Audio Mark In Touch this button to set an audio mark in point at the current location of the play head Set Audio Mark Out Touch this button to set an audio mark out point at the current location of the play head Set Mark In Touch this button to set a mark in point at the current location of the play head Set Mark Out Touch this button to set a mark out point at the current location of the play head MultiPanel Touch this button to display the MultiPanel interface Touch the button again to close the MultiPanel V Control 1 7 User s Gu
77. orrectly the 16 V Control 1 7 User s Guide computer running Ney Fi will be available to choose from in the computer table in the settings window V Control and Pro Tools should now have complete bi directional control of each other The above steps are a one time process and do not need to be repeated again V Control 1 7 User s Guide 17 Channel Strip Interface The channel strip interface is the area that allows adjusting levels and panning adjusting sends and working with mute and solo controls It contains the following controls going from top to bottom Channel Name V Control will automatically display the name of your Pro Tools track at the top of the channel in an abbreviated form Channel Select Touch the scribble strip at the top of channel to select a channel Use the modifier buttons to manage selection and operations on multiple channels Fader Touch the fader and drag it up and down to adjust the signal level of the channel Since the iPad uses a multi touch interface multiple faders can be adjusted at once just like on a real hardware mixer Double tap the fader cap to move the fader level to O dB unity gain You can disable the double tap feature in the Preferences section of the Setup Bank Increment Decrement Using two fingers touch the surface in the fader area away from a fader cap and swipe left or right Each swipe will bank left or right eight channels Channel Increment Decrement Usin
78. otary Controls The function of the four rotary controls changes depending on which mode has been selected See below for details Display Button Touch this button to toggle the displays located above the rotary controls between displaying parameter names and parameter values For example pressing this button when the popup window is displaying a reverb time on one of the rotary controls would toggle between displaying revtime and 2 5sec Toggle Button The function of the toggle button changes depending on which mode has been selected See below for details The functions of the channel popup window will always follow the currently selected channel If a user selects a different channel using either the V Control interface or within Cubase Nuendo itself then the contents of the popup window will update to reflect the new channel the user has selected 46 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Adjusting EQ When the popup window s EQ button is pressed the popup window displays EQ in the upper left hand corner and the window works as follows Band Selection Swipe the top of the popup window to select among the 4 bands of EQ that can be adjusted Each band of EQ has its own page of controls as follows e Page 1 Low Band e Page 2 Low Mid Band e Page 3 High Mid Band e Page 4 High Band Gain Rotate this control to adjust the boost cut of the currently selected EQ band Frequency Rotate this control
79. ou to select a track while the cursor left right keys allow selection of audio regions within a track V Control 1 7 User s Guide 27 Modifiers Popup Window This popup window offers several modifier keys duplicating the modifier keys found on a standard computer keyboard These keys provide variant functions when used in conjunction with other commands e Touch the modifiers button at the lower left side of the app to display the modifier keys popup window e Touch each modifier key you want to be active the modifier keys will hold their current state so you don t have to keep a finger on them while you re using them e All modifier keys will be deactivated when you close the modifier buttons display e The four modifier keys behave the same way as when used from a computer keyboard within Pro Tools o Shift emulates the Shift key on a computer keyboard o Control emulates the Control key on a computer keyboard o Option emulates the Option key on a computer keyboard o Command emulates the Command key on a computer keyboard Pressing the default key disengages any previously activated modifier keys NOTE The commands issued by the modifier window are sticky which allows them to be used in combination with any commands used in the channel automation popups 28 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Keypad Popup Window The keypad popup window provides a numeric keypad that provides many co
80. panel offering many handy shortcuts and functions To use the edit panel touch the MultiPanel button and then select edit from the list of choices The edit panel includes the following groups of controls I O Controls Input Touch this button to temporarily switch the channel displays to show the currently assigned hardware input feeding each channel Output Touch this button to temporarily switch the channel displays to show the currently assigned hardware output fed by each channel Assign Touch this button to use each channel s rotary control to assign an input or output to the appropriate channel Group Controls Status Touch this button to show the group status for each channel in its corresponding channel display Create Touch this button to create a group from any currently selected channels Window Edit Touch this button to switch the Pro Tools main interface to the edit window Mix Touch this button to switch the Pro Tools main interface to the mix window Memory Touch this button to toggle the Pro Tools memory locators window on off Transport Touch this button to toggle the Pro Tools transport window on off Ins pl Touch this button to toggle the Pro Tools insert in place function on off 24 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Setup Touch this button to toggle the Pro Tools session setup window on off Auto Write Vol Touch this button to toggle the channel volume automati
81. r cursor to the trim tool Zoom Switches the computer cursor to the zoom tool Select Switches the computer cursor to the select tool Scrub Switches the computer cursor to the scrub tool Grab Switches the computer cursor to the grab tool Pencil Switches the computer cursor to the pencil tool Command Capture Touch this button to issue the capture command in Pro Tools Separate Touch this button to issue the separate command in Pro Tools dividing the selected audio clip into two separate ones at the current location of the play head Cut Touch this button to cut the currently selected audio clip removing it from the session but also copying it into the copy buffer memory Copy Touch this button to copy the currently selected audio clip into the copy buffer memory Paste Touch this button to paste the audio clip currently residing into the memory buffer into the session at the current location of the play head Delete Touch this button to delete the currently selected audio clip removing it from the session Cursor Diamond Nav Zoom Select Touch this button to toggle the use of the cursor diamond between 26 V Control 1 7 User s Guide e Zoom Mode In this mode the cursor up down keys adjust the waveform height of the tracks while the cursor left right keys adjust the zoom level of the edit timeline e Nav Mode In this mode the cursor up down keys allow y
82. roject End Touch this button to move the play head to the end point of the project Stop Touch this button to stop the transport of the current session Play Touch this button to start playback of the current session Record Touch this button to begin recording in the current session Transport Popup Window The buttons in the transport popup window offer additional transport related commands and work as follows Loop Touch this button to toggle the transport s loop function on off The button illuminates when the loop function is active 22 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Quick Punch Touch this button to toggle the quick punch function on off which allows for real time punching in the Pro Tools software The button illuminates when the quick punch function is active Online Touch this button with the clock icon to toggle the Pro Tools session s online chase status on off Memory Locations 1 8 Touch any of the buttons 1 8 to quickly navigate to the respective memory location Create Touch the create button in conjunction with one of the 8 buttons to create a new memory location from the current play head position and assign it to that number Audition Touch this button to perform the audition function ona selected audio clip Wheel Button Touch this button to display the Jog Shuttle Wheel V Control 1 7 User s Guide 23 Edit Panel V Control s Pro Tools mode offers a comprehensive edit
83. rs V Control 1 7 User s Guide 59 e To adjust the plug ins for a different channel in Logic simply select a different channel in the V Control mixer interface which can be done without having to close the plug in window e Note that although Logic will allow more than 12 plug ins to be inserted into a track V Control only allows adjustment of the first 12 plug ins NOTE Logic requires a track to be in the Arrange window for a control surface to access the plug in inserts By default aux output and master tracks do not get placed in the Arrange window which means that plug ins for these tracks will not be controllable by V Control To eliminate this restriction simply move these tracks to the arrange window by selecting them and then using the key command Control T 60 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Instrument Panel V Control s Logic mode offers an instrument plug in editing panel To use the Plug In panel touch the MultiPanel button and then select Instrument from the list of choices The instrument panel allows you to adjust parameters of an inserted instrument It works as follows Touch the channel name at the top of a channel to select the channel whose instrument you wish to highlight In Logic select the specific instrument plug in you wish to edit so that it s interface window appears on the computer Navigate to the V Control instrument panel within the MultiPanel The panel will display 2
84. rs swipe the surface in the fader area but not in the area of a fader cap in a left or right motion Each swipe will bank left or right eight channels at a time 64 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Right Hand Side Controls The buttons on the right hand side of the V Control interface work as follows Master Fader Touch this button to toggle on off a master fader window where you can adjust the master audio level of your session Save Touch this button to save the current session Undo Touch this button to undo the last performed action of the session Enter Touch this key to issue an enter command similar to the enter return key on the computer keyboard Cancel Touch this key to cancel out any onscreen dialog similar to pressing the escape key on a computer keyboard Cursor Up Down buttons Touch these keys to navigate left right among available audio clips Cursor Left Right Buttons Touch these keys to navigate up down among available audio clips MultiPanel Button Touch this button to toggle the MultiPanel window on off V Control 1 7 User s Guide 65 Bottom of Screen Controls The buttons on the bottom of the V Control interface work as follows Settings Touch this button to bring up the V Control settings screen Touch it again to return to the main interface Banking Popup Window Touch this button to bring up the banking popup window which contains two buttons that allow banking the displa
85. s pressed the popup window displays Routing in the upper left hand corner and the window works as follows Output Bus Rotate this control to select among the available audio outputs offered by the audio interface hardware The display above the rotary control shows all input connections as the control is rotated Monitor Rotate this control to toggle input monitoring on off for the Monitor destination Input Bus Rotate this control to select among the available audio inputs offered by the audio interface hardware The display above the rotary control shows all output connections as the control is rotated Swipe the top of the popup window to navigate to the 2 page of controls which includes Phase Rotate this control to invert the phase of the channel s audio by 180 Gain This control has no effect in current versions of Cubase Nuendo Adjusting Inserts When the popup window s Inserts button is pressed the popup window displays Inserts in the upper left hand corner and the window works as follows FX Rotate this control to select which of the 8 channel insert slots to adjust The display above the rotary control will show which insert slot is currently being adjusted On Off Rotate this control to toggle the bypass state on off for the currently selected insert slot The control reads on when the insert is active and off when the insert is bypassed Selected Effect Rotate the t
86. s various transport related controls easing navigation among your Logic session The controls include Punch Touch this button to turn on Logic s auto punch feature which will automatically punch the transport in and out of record based on the auto punch in and auto punch out points Touch the button again to turn auto punch off Bars Touch this button to switch the counter display to show bars beats SMPTE Touch this button to switch the counter display to display SMPTE units displayed in hours minutes seconds and frames Big Touch this button to show or hide the Big Counter which displays the counter at a much larger size Touch the button again to hide the Big Counter display Note that you can still touch the faders with the big counter display active Marker 1 8 Buttons Touch any of the 8 marker buttons to move the play head to the appropriately numbered marker Previous Marker Button Touch this button to move the play head to the previous marker Next Marker Button Touch this button to move the play head to the next marker 56 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Edit Panel V Control s Logic mode offers a comprehensive edit panel offering many handy shortcuts and functions To use the edit panel touch the MultiPanel button and then select Edit from the list of choices The buttons in the Edit Panel work as follows Automation Write Section This section allows the user to filter automatio
87. screen area emulates the hardware panner joystick ona Pro Tools surround panner NOTE Due to limitations of the surround panner protocol the screen will not show any indication of the current position of the audio signal within the sound field One workaround to this limitation would be to use the V Window feature to display and control a panner window so you can see the pan position Cursor Left Button Touch this button to move panner focus to the track above if the Pro Tools Edit window is active or to the left if the Pro Tools Mix window is active Cursor Right Button Touch this button to move panner focus to the track below if the Pro Tools Edit window is active or to the right if the Pro Tools Mix window is active Cursor Up Button Touch this button to step upwards through the main output and send panners on the focused track so that you can select a panner to control V Control 1 7 User s Guide 31 Cursor Down Button Touch this button to step downwards through the main output and send panners on the focused track so that you can select a panner to control Window Button Touch this button to toggle on off the panner window of the targeted main output or send in your Pro Tools session Right Button Touch this button to toggle focus between panners ona stereo track allowing you to choose between surround panning of the left or right side of the track in a single surround pan screen 32 V Control 1 7 User
88. slightly differently when edit is selected In all encoder modes except the plug in mode the behavior of the cursor controls is determined by the object that currently has focus in Tracktion e If aclip is selected the cursor buttons can be used to navigate through the clips in an edit The left and right buttons move to the previous or next clips on the current track The up and down buttons move to clips in the preceding or subsequent tracks e If atrack is selected the up and down buttons can be used to move focus up or down within the track list The left and right buttons are ignored e If the plug in assignment mode is active or a filter is currently selected in Tracktion the cursor controls will navigate between plug ins in the filter section 11 V Control 1 7 User s Guide 4
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90. t into the copy buffer memory Copy Touch this button to copy the currently selected audio clip into the copy buffer memory Paste Touch this button to paste the audio clip that is currently residing into the memory buffer into the session at the current location of the play head Delete Touch this button to delete the currently selected audio clip removing it from the session V Control 1 7 User s Guide 43 Window Section This section contains buttons for toggling various Cubase windows on off Marker Touch this button to toggle the markers window on off Transport Touch this button to toggle the transport window on off CPU Touch this button to toggle the session CPU percentage window Navigation Section This section contains buttons for navigating among the session as well as changing zoom levels Cursor Diamond The cursor diamond works in two modes Select and Zoom Select Mode In this mode the cursor center key is not illuminated and the cursor keys work as follows e The cursor up down buttons navigate which channel is selected e The cursor left right buttons navigate among the selected channel s audio clips selecting each clip in series as the cursor buttons are pressed Zoom Mode In this mode the cursor center key is illuminated green and the cursor keys work as follows e The cursor up down buttons zoom the height of the session tracks to be taller shorter e The cursor left right
91. t sequence 66 V Control 1 7 User s Guide Shortcut Keys V Control s Final Cut mode offers a comprehensive set of 80 separate customizable shortcut keys These shortcut keys can be assigned within Final Cut to the functions of your choices and the keys can be assigned custom labels as well as preset labels and icons on the V Control interface The shortcut keys work as follows e The shortcut keys are set up as a group of 16 keys which correspond to the F1 F16 keys on a computer keyboard e Alternate sets of 16 keys can be accessed by pressing one of the four latching modifider buttons which will then switch the interface to a separate set of 16 keys e To assign custom functions to the keys select Tools Keyboard Layout Customize from within Final Cut e Use the custom keyboard layout window that appears in Final Cut to map your desired functions to the 16 functions keys as well as the modofier key variant sets Assigning A Preset Icon and Function Name to the Shortcut Keys e Press and hold a shortcut key e A popup menu will appear with different menu categories of Final Cut functions Tap on a category name e The popup menu will switch to a list of icons and names for functions within that category Select a specific entry in the list e The icon is displayed on the button and the label is changed Assigning A Custom Name to the Shortcut Keys e To apply a custom label to any of the keys in the
92. te Location button in V Control Pro will not operate correctly if Pro Tools has the setting Use Separate Play and Stop Keys enabled You may instead use the keypad to create a memory location by typing period and enter The Grab Tool button in V Control Pro will only cycle you through the Separation and Object Grab tools You must select the Time Grab Tool directly in Pro Tools The Zoom Preset buttons 1 4 will not operate correctly unless you press Recall or Store before you select them Loop Record mode is not indicated The HUI protocol that V Control uses does not provide the ability to display it but does allow it to be switched using the keypad Pro Tools must be in the foreground to receive commands via the Keypad popup window Pro Tools must be in the foreground to use the zoom presets memory locations tool select edit mode select features in the Edit popover V Control 1 7 User s Guide Using V Control with Cubase Nuendo Setting up V Control in Cubase Nuendo To use V Control with the Macintosh OS X or Windows versions of Cubase or Nuendo perform the following steps Launch the Ney Fi application Launch the V Control app on your Ipad In the settings screen of V Control select the computer tab and then select the computer that Cubase is running on In the D A W tab select Cubase Launch Cubase on your computer Click on the Devices menu at the top of the screen then cl
93. ttings window V Control and Final Cut will now have complete bi directional control of each other Note that V Control does not work with the latest version of Finalcut Final Cut X due to changes in the control surface protocols that Final Cut X supports V Control 1 7 User s Guide 63 Channel Strip Interface The channel strip interface allows adjustment of channel levels adjusting of panning and working with mute and solo controls It contains the following controls from top to bottom Channel Name Display This display at the top of each channel displays the name of the channel as set in the Final Cut software itself Channel Select Touch the track name at the top of a channel to select that channel The selected channel changes to light grey to show it has been selected Pan Controls These virtual knobs adjust panning for each channel when they are swiped in an up down motion or side to side Mute M Touch the mute button to mute corresponding audio channel Press it again to unmute the channel Solo S Touch the solo button to solo the corresponding audio channel Press it again to un solo the channel Fader Touch the fader and drag it up and down to adjust the signal level of the channel Since the iPad uses a multi touch interface multiple faders can be adjusted at once just like on a real hardware mixer Double tap the fader cap to return it to OdB unity gain Bank Increment Decrement Using two finge
94. tton to switch the encoders to pan mode In this mode the channel encoders are used to adjust left right panning for their corresponding channel EQ Touch this button to switch the encoders to EQ mode In this mode the rotary encoders are used to adjust the equalizer of the currently selected channel Undo Touch this button to undo the last performed action of the session Redo Touch this button to redo the last performed action of the session Zoom Button Touch this button to toggle the function of the adjacent arrow keys between two different modes e Zoom Mode The up down arrow keys adjust the height of the tracks while the left right arrow keys adjust the zoom level of the session timeline e Track Mode The up down arrow keys select a specific track in the session while the left right arrow keys select a specific clip in the currently selected track Function Keys V Control offers two sets of 16 soft keys To access the second set press the shift button located on the left The soft keys correspond to certain buttons on a Mackie Control Universal which V Control emulates In Audition you can assign specific commands to these buttons by selecting the Button Assignments window from Preferences gt Control Surface The 16 button functions for the default set are as follows 90 V Control 1 7 User s Guide F1 F8 Assignable MIDI Tracks Escape Audio Tracks Audio Instrument Aux Busses Outputs
95. udio track Plug ins that resides on an auxiliary return or master fader cannot be edited Navigate to the V Control plug in panel within the MultiPanel A vertical row of buttons on the left hand side of the window will display the names of any plug ins that have been inserted into the channel s 12 available plug in slots Each of these buttons can be touched to allow adjustment of that specific plug in s individual parameters A second row of vertical buttons allow you to toggle on off the bypass status of any individual plug in The button illuminates to show if a plug in is currently bypassed As you select a specific a plug in from the 12 buttons on the left the names and parameter values of the various plug in s parameters are displayed on 16 separate rotary controls Adjust the rotary controls to change the setting of a specific plug in parameter A rotary control can be double tapped to change the control to its minimum position A 2 double tap will then change the control to its maximum position This approach is particularly useful for parameters that only have a 2 position state such as on off Instead of rotating the control to select between the two states it can simply be double tapped repeatedly to toggle between the two states of the parameter If more than 16 parameters are present for the select plug ins tap the lt page and page gt buttons to navigate to the different pages of paramete
96. ue a jog shuttle command to the transport This allows you to move the play head and jog shuttle the session audio Transport Popup Button Touch the transport popup button to display the transport popup window which offers additional transport related controls Touch the transport popup button again to close the popup window See section entitled Transport Popup Window for details Loop Touch this button to turn on the loop playback function in Logic Touch it again to turn the loop function back off Metronome Touch this button to turn on Logic s internal metronome Touch it again to turn the metronome back off Go To Left Touch this button to move the play head to the current mark in point of the session Go To Right Touch this button to move the play head to the current mark out point of the session Rewind Touch this button momentarily to rewind the play head backwards by one beat Fast Forward Touch this button momentarily to advance the play head forward by one beat V Control 1 7 User s Guide 55 Stop Touch this button to stop the transport of the current session Play Touch this button to start playback of the current session Pause Touch this button to pause playback of the session Touch it again to un pause the playback Record Touch this button to punch in to record in the current session Touch the play button to punch out of record Transport Popup Window The Transport Popup Window offer
97. ug ins When a plug in is selected the first two channel slots show the track name and the plug in name The next six encoders are assigned to the first six parameters of the plug in If the plug in has more than six plug ins the Page Left and Page Right buttons can be used to scroll through them Marker Touch this button to switch the encoders to marker mode In this mode the scribble strip will display various markers that have been created for the project and the encoders can be touched to instantly move the play head to the corresponding marker Page Left Touch this button to page left on the scribble strip display when the encoders are controlling plug in parameters and there are more parameters present than will fit on a single page Page Right Touch this button to page right on the scribble strip display when the encoders are controlling plug in parameters and there are more parameters present than will fit on a single page Flip Touch this button to flip the functionality of the rotary encoders to the channel faders When flip mode is engaged any parameters that are normally controlled by the rotary encoders are not controlled by the channel faders Touch the flip button again to return the faders to their normal operation V Control 1 7 User s Guide 11 3 Edit Touch this button to put the four cursor keys into edit mode Depending on the current cursor key mode the cursor keys work
98. ured in the D A W software itself Depending on which of the six modes has been selected for the rotary encoders the scribble strip may also display other data such as e Plug in parameters that are currently being edited using the rotary controls e Level metering for each of the 8 channels e Aux send levels for each of the 8 channels Channel Select Touch the track name at the top of a channel to select that channel The selected channel changes to light grey to show it has been selected Channel Rotary Control Located near the top of each channel strip this rotary control adjust different parameters such as channel panning channel auxiliary send levels or plug in parameters For most of the additional D A W modes the rotary controls perform up to six different functions and these specific functions vary from mode to mode The six specific functions for each of the rotary control modes are described in detail in each D A W mode s specific section of the user s manual Fader Touch the fader and drag it up and down to adjust the signal level of the channel Since the iPad uses a multi touch interface multiple faders can be adjusted at once just like on a real hardware mixer Double tap the fader cap to return the fader to OdB unity gain Level Meter This multi segment meter displays the level of the channel signal Note that some D A W s do not communicate metering information to V Control in which case the m
99. yed channels left or right eight channels at a time These buttons serve as an alternate interface for the bank increment decrement function for users who prefer this method to the two finger swiping method described above Big Button Touch this button to show hide the Big Counter which displays the counter at a much larger size Touch the left area of the counter to hide the Big Counter display Note that you can still touch the faders with the big counter display active Time Counter This display displays the current time location in Logic It can display the session counter in SMPTE format hours minutes seconds frames It also acts as a jog control Drag your finger across the counter in a left or right motion to jog the play head along the timeline Previous Marker Touch this button to move the play head to the previous marker position Next Marker Touch this button to move the play head to the next marker position Go To Start Touch this button to move the play head to the current mark in point of the sequence Rewind Fast Forward Touch these buttons to change the playback speed forwards or backwards Tapping a button multiple times will increase the speed in that direction Go To End Touch this button to move the play head to the current mark out point of the sequence Stop Touch this button to stop the transport of the current sequence Play Touch this button to start playback of the curren

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