Custom Consoles Video or Tips or Whatever?

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JSmith1234567
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Custom Consoles Video or Tips or Whatever?

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Does anyone know of any videos or guides or tips for DP's Custom Consoles?

Thanks!
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Re: Custom Consoles Video or Tips or Whatever?

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Here’s my tip, partly in jest: unless you have a very specific need that nothing but the consoles will fill, don’t go there. It’s like the Logic Environment page. Best kept hidden from the kids until they’re of drinking age.
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Re: Custom Consoles Video or Tips or Whatever?

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bayswater wrote: Tue May 23, 2023 2:54 pm Here’s my tip, partly in jest: unless you have a very specific need that nothing but the consoles will fill, don’t go there. It’s like the Logic Environment page. Best kept hidden from the kids until they’re of drinking age.
I agree!

I do get allot of use out of the feature, but I can't figure out how it actually works.

I just keep trying things trial & error until something does what I want it to do.
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Re: Custom Consoles Video or Tips or Whatever?

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It would help if you indicated what you want to accomplish, what was tried and worked, and what didn't work.

Are you using software or hardware instruments or both?

DP's MIDI Learn Mode largely supersedes Consoles for parameter manipulation operations. Consoles are still handy if you need to convert one type of MIDI data to another in real time.
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Re: Custom Consoles Video or Tips or Whatever?

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60s Pop Man wrote: Mon May 29, 2023 8:16 am It would help if you indicated what you want to accomplish, what was tried and worked, and what didn't work.

Are you using software or hardware instruments or both?

DP's MIDI Learn Mode largely supersedes Consoles for parameter manipulation operations. Consoles are still handy if you need to convert one type of MIDI data to another in real time.
Hi thanks.

Mainly I use them to have a small custom mixing board on-screen.

DP does not allow multiple mixing-boards, but I keep some always on-screen for effects-bus returns.
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