Automation and macros SD3 and Pro Tools 12

[John OKelly]

This has probably been asked before or covered in a tutorial that I cannot seem to find.

What I want to be able to do is simple automate different channels with SD3 and be able to control this automation in Pro Tools. So I assign a macro to whatever it is I want to automate. Then I’m unsure what I do. If I assign a cc number to this macro, I can’t find where I’m supposed to be able to control it in Pro Tools. I figured it would be somewhere on the instrument track but I can’t see it. What am I missing?

 

Thanks

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

You would assign a cc number to a macro within SD3. You can do this by right-clicking the macro and either binding it to a cc or selecting MIDI learn. Most DAWs also have automation lanes, allowing you to either manipulate the control by mouse or drawing in the automation directly.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

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[John OKelly]

Thanks. I did this but for some reason the cc automation wasn’t controlling the macro. I’ll play about with it again perhaps I set something up wrong. Does it make a difference if the midi notes are in Pro Tools or have imported the midi track into SD3? I wouldn’t think it would make a difference but unsure where I am going wrong.

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