# Remote Control

A remote control is a hardware device that can be used to control MultitrackStudio's transport, mixer, and effects.
Traditional "control surfaces" use MIDI to communicate with the computer. MultitrackStudio can also be controlled using the MultitrackStudio Remote app (for iPad), or a web browser (on a phone or tablet).

### MIDI Remotes

The Studio menu's Remote Control option opens the Remote Control window. Ready-to-use presets are provided for the FaderPort (PreSonus), Keystage (Korg), TranzPort and AlphaTrack (Frontier Design Group), BCF2000 (Behringer), and UC33 (Evolution). There are also generic Mackie Control and HUI presets, as well as a basic MMC (MIDI Machine Control) preset.

If there's no suitable preset for your device, you can assign remote control knobs to specific actions using the Learn function (see Remote Control Settings).

Use the MIDI In box to select the MIDI In device to be used for the remote. The MIDI Out device should also be specified if the remote has LEDs or motorized faders.

The MIDI In device used by the remote can also be selected as a regular MIDI In device (for recording a MIDI keyboard). In this case, the remote functions will have the highest priority, i.e., only MIDI messages that aren't mapped to a remote control action will be passed to MIDI tracks. This mechanism makes it possible to map some keys of a MIDI keyboard to remote control actions. You can, for instance, use a key to invoke the "Alternate Take" action.

Use the Show Remote Control Bar button to enable the Remote Control Bar. It shows the names of the mixer sections that are mapped to the remote control channels, along with the names and values of effect knobs.

Note: the MIDI In/Out and Remote Control Bar options are only available if the selected remote control uses MIDI.