Control Surfaces

Help with midi controllers and Control Surfaces

• So you have a button controller and it's not on our list of pre-supported controllers, or you want it to work slightly differently?

  If you have a button controller that isn't in the list of control surfaces, or you want to tweak the configuration of an existing one, you can edit a text file and make it work the way you want. Click...

• Mixcraft Remote Control app keeps pausing or momentarily freezing!

  Mixcraft Remote Control requires a realtime connection to your network. If the wi-fi connecton is weak, you might notice that the controls in the app don't work smoothly. The solution is to try to imp...

• Mixcraft is not recognizing any MIDI data from my MIDI controller and I have a Logitech web cam.

  We found that the installation of certain Logitech web cams under Windows XP prevented Mixcraft from recognizing MIDI data. The fix for this problem requires that you edit your Windows Registry, so do...

• Do I need a hardware midi controller in order to use Mixcraft's virtual instruments?

  No you do not need a hardware midi controller to use virtual instruments with Mixcraft. If you're using Mixcraft 5 or above, click on the View menu and select Musical Typing to bring up a virtual keyb...

• Mixcraft doesn't recognize my controller!

  In the Control Surface Details dialog box, make sure that your Device is selected -- or set the Device drop down to Any if you want Mixcraft to receive control surface messages from all devices hooked...

• Mixcraft recognizes some knobs or buttons on my controller, but won't respond to other knobs or buttons.

  Mixcraft's controls can be set to respond to MIDI Continuous Controller (CC) message, or specific notes on your keyboard. Some controllers send MIDI Machine Control (MMC) or other types of System-Excl...