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FBV MkII Advanced User Guide: Controlling 3rd Party Software

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Note that if you are using Windows® 7 or Vista®, your MIDI Out Ports will appear as “FBV Shortboard

MIDI Out” or “FBV Express MkII MIDI Out”.

Use FBV MkII as a Surface Controller in SONAR

SONAR includes its own ACT MIDI Controller Plug-In feature, which allows you to easily create,

customize and save mappings for any MIDI surface controller. The SONAR ACT feature is very

powerful and it is recommended that you read the SONAR documentation. We’ll show you how to

create your own mappings for FBV’s Footswitch or Pedal controllers. Open or create a new project in

SONAR, and then follow these steps:

• Go to the SONAR Options > Controllers/Surfaces.

• In the Controllers/Surfaces dialog, click the “Add new Controller/Surface” button. For

Controllers/Surfaces, choose “ACT MIDI Controller”, and for Input Port choose your ﬁrst FBV

MIDI Out port . You can set the Output Port option to “None”, then click “OK”. Your settings

should now look like this:

• Close the Controllers/Surfaces dialog when done.

• Next, go to Views > Toolbars and ensure the Controllers/Surfaces box is selected, then close the

window. You’ll see this adds some handy ACT options to your SONAR Toolbar.