Remote Control Settings


Remote Control window (Details expanded)
The Remote Control window defines the functionality of the remote control device being used. The Preset button can be used to load predefined presets or to create new ones. The Info button shows information about the current settings if available. Use the MIDI In and MIDI Out boxes to select the MIDI devices corresponding to the remote control device.

Note: the MIDI Out box value is ignored if the selected MIDI In device is a bidirectional MIDI 2.0 endpoint.

The Clear Action button clears the highlighted action. The None preset can be used to clear all actions. If the Learn button is engaged, any incoming MIDI messages will be mapped to the highlighted action. Custom mappings can be created easily this way.

Conversions are applied to remote controls that use SysEx messages, for example. Several Controller Types can be selected:

Controlling Mixer Sections

The Mixer Sections setting will typically match the number of channel strips the remote provides. The highest possible value is 64.
The Effect Sends setting determines how many Effect Send knobs can be controlled using the remote.

There can be multiple Modes. This is typically used to control multiple actions with a single rotary knob (Mode 1 = Pan, Mode 2 = Effect Send 1, etc.). The All Modes button makes the highlighted action appear in all modes. You'll probably want volume faders, transport buttons, etc. to be in all modes.

Controlling Effects/Instruments

The Effect Knobs setting determines the number of physical knobs available for controlling effects.
An effect can only be controlled while its user interface is visible on screen. The knobs used to control effects will often also be used to control mixer sections (e.g., pan knobs). MultitrackStudio handles this automatically (there's no need to use modes for this).

Effect parameter counts may exceed the number of available physical knobs. In this case, there will be multiple pages of parameters. You can assign the Effect Page Up and Effect Page Down actions to buttons, allowing you to step through the pages. Alternatively, you can assign the Effect Page Up/Down action to a rotary knob, so turning the knob steps through the pages.

Tip: You can right-click a rotary knob in an effect/instrument window and choose Find on Remote Control. This will:

  1. Move to the page that contains the knob.
  2. Flash the corresponding cell on the Remote Control Bar.
  3. For Mackie Control or HUI devices, the LED ring around the physical knob will flash.
CLAP/VST3 plugins have right click menus too, if the plugin supports this.For other plugins, you can click (or even move) a control, then right click the right hand area and choose "Find last clicked on Remote Control".

Actions

The following actions can be controlled by the remote. Actions marked (cc) should be controlled by a continuous controller (rotary knob or fader), all other actions are meant to be controlled by a button.

The following actions control the Transport:

These actions allow for opening songs:

Note: MultitrackStudio takes care that things work smoothly if "Save 'everything' in song" (see Preferences) is enabled. It won't show "save?" prompts for unimportant changes like transport position. After loading a song, transport will go to zero and looping will be turned off automatically.

These actions control a couple of recording related things:

These actions control mixer sections:

These actions control modes and banks:

The following actions are used to control Effects and Instruments. These actions can share knobs with non-effect actions (eg. Effect Knob and Section Pan can be on the same knob, Effect Page Up and Mode Up can be on the same button etc.).

The following actions are used to select effects, sampler patches etc. These actions can share knobs with actions which are not in this group (eg. Selector Accept can be on the same button as Effect Close).

Other actions: