<p>
Ardour 2.X supported
- <a href="/using-control-surfaces/generic-midi/midi-learn/"><dfn>MIDI learning</dfn></a>
+ <a href="@@generic-midi-learn"><dfn>MIDI learning</dfn></a>
for more or less any control. This was a nice feature that quite a few other
DAWs are providing by now, but it didn't allow Ardour to work "out of the
box" with sensible defaults for existing commercial MIDI
<dfn>remote control ID</dfn>. This ID uniquely identifies a track or bus
so that when messages arrive from elsewhere via MIDI or OSC , we can determine
which track or bus they are intended to control. See
- <a
- href="/working-with-tracks/controlling-track-ordering/track-ordering-and-remote-control-ids/">
+ <a href="@@controlling-track-ordering">
remote control IDs</a> for more information.
You just need to know that there is a "first track" and its remote control
ID is 1, and so on.
offsets rather than values. These accept Continuous Controller messages
but treat them as offsets. These are good for banked controls as they are
always at the right spot to start adjusting. (
- <a href="/using-control-surfaces/generic-midi/working-with-encoders/">
+ <a href="@@generic-midi-and-encoders">
Learn more about working with encoders
</a>)
</p>
A <dfn>control address</dfn> defines what the binding will actually control.
There are quite a few different things that can be specified here:
</p>
-<dl class="wide-table">
-<dt>/route/gain</dt>
-<dd>the gain control ("fader") for the track/bus</dd>
-<dt>/route/trim</dt>
-<dd>the trim control for the track/bus (new in 4.1)</dd>
-<dt>/route/solo</dt>
-<dd>a toggleable control for solo (and listen) of the track/bus</dd>
-<dt>/route/mute</dt>
-<dd>a toggleable control to mute/unmute the track/bus</dd>
-<dt>/route/recenable</dt>
-<dd>a toggleable control to record-enable the track</dd>
-<dt>/route/panwidth</dt>
-<dd>interpreted by the track/bus panner, should control image "width"</dd>
-<dt>/route/pandirection</dt>
-<dd>interpreted by the track/bus panner, should control image "direction"</dd>
-<dt>/route/plugin/parameter</dt>
-<dd>the Mth parameter of the Nth plugin of a track/bus
-</dd>
-<dt>/route/send/gain</dt>
-<dd>the gain control ("fader") of the Nth send of a track/bus</dd>
-</dl>
+<table class="dl">
+<tr><th>/route/gain</th>
+<td>the gain control ("fader") for the track/bus</td></tr>
+<tr><th>/route/trim</th>
+<td>the trim control for the track/bus (new in 4.1)</td></tr>
+<tr><th>/route/solo</th>
+<td>a toggleable control for solo (and listen) of the track/bus</td></tr>
+<tr><th>/route/mute</th>
+<td>a toggleable control to mute/unmute the track/bus</td></tr>
+<tr><th>/route/recenable</th>
+<td>a toggleable control to record-enable the track</td></tr>
+<tr><th>/route/panwidth</th>
+<td>interpreted by the track/bus panner, should control image "width"</td></tr>
+<tr><th>/route/pandirection</th>
+<td>interpreted by the track/bus panner, should control image "direction"</td></tr>
+<tr><th>/route/plugin/parameter</th>
+<td>the Mth parameter of the Nth plugin of a track/bus
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th>/route/send/gain</th>
+<td>the gain control ("fader") of the Nth send of a track/bus</td></tr>
+</table>
<p>Each of the specifications needs an address, which takes various forms too. For track-level controls (solo/gain/mute/recenable), the address is one the following:</p>
-<dl class="wide-table">
-<dt>a number, eg. "1"
-</dt>
-<dd>identifies a track or bus by its remote control ID
-</dd>
-<dt>B, followed by a number
-</dt>
-<dd>identifies a track or bus by its remote control ID within the current bank (see below for more on banks)
-</dd>
-<dt>S, followed by a number
-</dt>
-<dd>identifies a selected track in order they have been selected, S1 should be the same track as the Editor Mixer
-</dd>
-<dt>one or more words
-</dt>
-<dd>identifies a track or bus by its name
-</dd>
-</dl>
+<table class="dl">
+<tr><th>a number, e.g. "1"
+</th>
+<td>identifies a track or bus by its remote control ID
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th>B, followed by a number
+</th>
+<td>identifies a track or bus by its remote control ID within the current bank (see below for more on banks)
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th>S, followed by a number
+</th>
+<td>identifies a selected track in order they have been selected, S1 should be the same track as the Editor Mixer
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th>one or more words
+</th>
+<td>identifies a track or bus by its name
+</td></tr>
+</table>
<p>
For send/insert/plugin controls, the address consists of a track/bus
address (as just described) followed by a number identifying the plugin/send
In this case, a NoteOn message for note number 13 (on channel 1) will
start the transport rolling. The following function names are available:
</p>
-<dl class="narrower-table">
-<dt>
+<table class="dl">
+<tr><th>
<code>transport-stop</code>
-</dt>
-<dd>stop the transport
-</dd>
-<dt>
+</th>
+<td>stop the transport
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th>
<code>transport-roll</code>
-</dt>
-<dd>start the transport "rolling"
-</dd>
-<dt>
+</th>
+<td>start the transport "rolling"
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th>
<code>transport-zero</code>
-</dt>
-<dd>move the playhead to the zero position
-</dd>
-<dt>
+</th>
+<td>move the playhead to the zero position
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th>
<code>transport-start</code>
-</dt>
-<dd>move the playhead to the start marker
-</dd>
-<dt>
+</th>
+<td>move the playhead to the start marker
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th>
<code>transport-end</code>
-</dt>
-<dd>move the playhead to the end marker
-</dd>
-<dt>
+</th>
+<td>move the playhead to the end marker
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th>
<code>loop-toggle</code>
-</dt>
-<dd>turn on loop playback
-</dd>
-<dt>
+</th>
+<td>turn on loop playback
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th>
<code>rec-enable</code>
-</dt>
-<dd>enable the global record button
-</dd>
-<dt>
+</th>
+<td>enable the global record button
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th>
<code>rec-disable</code>
-</dt>
-<dd>disable the global record button
-</dd>
-<dt>
+</th>
+<td>disable the global record button
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th>
<code>next-bank</code>
-</dt>
-<dd>Move track/bus mapping to the next bank (see Banks below)
-</dd>
-<dt>
+</th>
+<td>Move track/bus mapping to the next bank (see Banks below)
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th>
<code>prev-bank</code>
-</dt>
-<dd>Move track/bus mapping to the previous bank (see Banks below)
-</dd>
-</dl>
+</th>
+<td>Move track/bus mapping to the previous bank (see Banks below)
+</td></tr>
+</table>
<h4>Binding to Ardour "actions"</h4>
<p>
You can also bind a sysex or arbitrary message to any of the items
that occur in Ardour's main menu (and its submenus). The <a
- href="/appendix/menu-actions-list/">
+ href="@@list-of-menu-actions">
list of actions</a> shows all available values of <em>action-name</em>.
<p>
To create a binding between an arbitrary MIDI message (we'll use a
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