Alesis MasterControl manual Digital Performer, Alesis HD24 / HD24XR

DIGITAL PERFORMER

yRow 2 of the MasterControl is not mapped.

yVertical Zoom is not possible from the MasterControl.

yMasterControl’s ZOOM button cycles through three stages (as opposed to two on most other DAWs): unlit, lit, and flashing. It will be lit when it is on and unlit when it is off. When the button is flashing, no zoom functions are possible using the cursor buttons.

yGrouping and ungrouping faders must be done within the Digital Performer software. This cannot be done from the MasterControl.

ALESIS HD24 / HD24XR

yThis preset allows one-way control from the MasterControl to an Alesis HD24 or HD24XR.

yCOMPUTER CONNECTION: This preset requires you to connect the MasterControl to a computer via Firewire, as normal.

yMIDI CABLE CONNECTIONS: MasterControl’s 5-pin MIDI IN. IN.

Using standard MIDI cables, connect the HD24’s MIDI OUT to the Connect the MasterControl’s 5-pin MIDI OUT to the HD24’s MIDI

yUse a MIDI utility application to route the MasterControl’s:

ocontrol surface MIDI OUT data out of the 5-pin MIDI OUT port. o 5-pin MIDI IN data to the control surface’s MIDI IN.

The following illustration shows this routing using the free Windows program MIDI-OX:

yEnsure that your MIDI utility application is set to pass SysEx information in both directions. If you are using MIDI-OX, enable its Pass SysEx feature from the bottom of the Options pull-down menu.

yEnsure that you set the "Send MMC" parameter to "Yes" on the HD24's MIDI01 utility page.

yThis preset allows you to use the transport controls and jog wheel with the HD24.

oThe SELECT buttons exclusively record-arm any one of the HD24’s channels 1- 8.

oThe RECORD buttons exclusively record-arm any one HD24 channel 9-16.

oThe SOLO buttons exclusively record-arm any one HD24 channel 17-24.

oThe MUTE buttons record-arms pairs of channels (1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, or 15-16).

yThe MasterControl’s SELECT/RECORD/SOLO/MUTE buttons and transport control buttons never light. Additionally, the faders and knobs are not operational.

yVia this preset, the HD24 does not respond to disarm messages but rather only to a master message setting the REC ARM status of all 24 tracks at once. So, for example, if you have record enabled tracks 1-8 and you want to "disarm" tracks 1-4, issue a command to "REC ARM 5-8". That will disarm all other tracks except for 5-8, including tracks 1-4. Press EDIT to choose various options for the ASSIGNABLE buttons to arm and disarm multiple specific tracks.

46