M-Audio HyperControl [21/23] Instrument mode

HyperControl for Logic Pro

User Guide

Instrument Mode

Axiom Pro can operate in two different modes when using HyperControl: Mixer Mode and Instrument Mode. The previous

sections of this User Guide have covered Mixer Mode. This section covers Instrument mode and describes how HyperControl

and Axiom Pro can be used to give you “hands-on” control over your virtual instrument plug-ins.

To use Instrument Mode, you must ﬁrst:

1. Create an Instrument Track within Logic Pro.

2. Load a virtual instrument into the track’s I/O slot.

3. Make sure that the track containing your virtual instrument is selected within Logic Pro (for example by using the F2 and

F3 “Track” keys on Axiom Pro or by clicking the name of the track that contains your virtual instrument).

4. Finally, press the F1 “Mode” button to enter Instrument mode. (Pressing Mode again will return you to Mixer Mode).

✓ NOTE: If you are in Instrument Mode and select a track that is not assigned to a virtual

instrument, the Axiom Pro display will appear mostly blank. For example if you select

an audio or auxiliary track (or an instrument track that does not have a virtual instrument

loaded), you will see a screen similar to the following:

Instrument Mode cannot be used to control these tracks; to use Instrument Mode, you

must select an instrument track that has a virtual instrument loaded into its I/O slot.

The name of the currently selected

Logic Pro track is displayed at the

top-left of the screen.

The name of the virtual instrument is

displayed at the top-right of the screen.

The center of the

screen displays the

various parameters

contained by the

virtual instrument. The

listed parame-ters can

be modified by the

Encoder Knobs of

Axiom Pro.

The bottom row lists menus and

options that can be accessed using

Soft-Keys 1-4. These options are

described in detail below.