Geezus wrote:
Ugh geezus some people. AUtomap 2.0 is a godsend for anybody with an SL. Here's why I like it:
Makes it tons easier to create your own custom automaps. Quick learn mode, plus the HUD lets you see where everything is mapped out on your controller so you can arrange everything easier.
Gives you UNLIMITED pages for each custom automap. Can span a single parameter across multiple pages, so for instance with each page you can set up the controls for different oscillators but still have a nob that maps to filter one cutoff.
Saves and organizes your custom automaps on your hard drive so you aren't limited to storing your custom automap templates on the device. This means I can create custom automaps for hundreds of plugins, organize them, and have them automatically load when I load the plugin without having to swap the template out for another one already on the device. The SL only has 40 template spots, and each page counts as a template. Now you can have a simple template that uses 40 pages and it only wastes space on your HD, so you can have a tons of them without worrying about using up space on the device
I happen to like the transparent screen quite a bit. Lets you see where all the parameters are on the device without having to fiddle with selecting and scrolling with the device and its lcd screen. I dont have to select the row and then cycle through multiple pages to find out where the parameter I need is, I can just look at the automap screen and see where it is and change it quickly if I want to.
Theres also strait MIDI CC shit you can play with but I haven't gotten into that yet.
The documentation is on the beta testing site.
http://mail.focusrite.com/beta/index.php
wow, that sounds very nice.
please please, tell me something before i dive again into the automap madness: can i create a map that will for example have:
- each fader (auto)mapped to the cutoff of several autofilters that are inside racks, accross 8 trakcs
- knob 1 mapped to the 2nd macro of a the 3rd rack on track 5
- on page 2 of the map, knob 1 mapped to 5th macro of the 2nd rack of track 6
you get the idea. what i want to know is if that can be used almost like the midi map mode of live, except that i'll deal only with the remoteSL.
i tried to install it during the beta, but i didn't even manage to get the automap server to detect Live.