Line 6 POD Studio & TonePort MIDI Setup Guide ... - zZounds.com
Line 6 POD Studio & TonePort MIDI Setup Guide ... - zZounds.com
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Digidesign Pro Tools ® LE - Transport Control<br />
<strong>MIDI</strong> <strong>Setup</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>: <strong>MIDI</strong> Control with 3rd Party Applications<br />
Here we’ve provided a step-by-step tutorial for how to configure a <strong>Line</strong> 6 <strong>POD</strong> <strong>Studio</strong> or <strong>TonePort</strong><br />
KB37, UX2 or UX8 device to remotely control the Transport of the Digidesign Pro Tools ® LE 8 software.<br />
(The steps are similar for other recent Pro Tools ® versions as well.) Configuring a <strong>MIDI</strong> Controller<br />
device for this task in Pro Tools is not too obvious, but pretty simple once you know the steps, and<br />
it can be very helpful to have remote “foot control” over your Transport functions for recording and<br />
punch-ins!<br />
Note: For the following steps, we’re running a Mac®, but the steps are the same if you are using Windows®<br />
XP, Windows® 7 or Windows Vista®, unless otherwise noted.<br />
<strong>MIDI</strong> Control Assignment Configuration<br />
The first step, before even launching Pro Tools, is to configure a set of <strong>MIDI</strong> assignments for the<br />
footswitches and pedals of our KB37/UX2/UX8 device. Pro Tools utilizes <strong>MIDI</strong> Machine Control<br />
(MMC) <strong>com</strong>mands to access its Transport functions remotely. We can assign these MMC <strong>com</strong>mands<br />
to our <strong>Line</strong> 6 device using the <strong>Line</strong> 6 <strong>MIDI</strong> Controller Settings dialog - follow the steps for your specific<br />
device.<br />
KB37<br />
Since KB37 has onboard transport buttons, we’ll configure these buttons to control the Pro Tools<br />
transport.<br />
• With your KB37 connected to your USB port, go to:<br />
• (Mac ® ) System Preferences > <strong>Line</strong> 6 Audio-<strong>MIDI</strong> Settings dialog<br />
• (Windows ® ) Control Panel > <strong>Line</strong> 6 Audio-<strong>MIDI</strong> Settings dialog<br />
• Select the <strong>MIDI</strong> Default preset, then click on the Settings button to launch the <strong>MIDI</strong> Controller<br />
Settings dialog so that we can view the settings.<br />
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