I have a Novation SL-MK2 25 Midi Controller to use with Cubase 7.5. For some time I have been using Automap, but I have reached a point where I had to admit my workflow was disrupted by having Automap. Dont want to take that discussion in this thread, I have made up my mind. Never going back.
Anyway, when I try to control Cubase transport without using automap it seems that I always have to press two times to start and press two times to stop the transporter. This goes also to rewind, forward and record.
After reading the manual I know there are some flags to put use when making the settings in Generic Remote. First off, I use “Receive” for handling the incoming midi from my controller. Then I use “Push Button” and “Toggle”. Have tried combinations with only “Receive” and “Push Button” and “Receive” and “Toggle” without any luck.
Is there a way to set this up so I onky have to press the “Play” button once instead of two times to make it start playing? (same goes for record, stop, rewind etc…)
Hope one of you can help me with this issue. About to loose my mind here…
No it didnt help. If I have pressed play once(or any other transport controllers) it seems like that distinct function/button is being activated and whenever I press the same button once more it reacts instantly. But if I have already pressed play and if I want to stop it, then I have to press the stop button twice in order to make it actually stop…
I am not familiar with the SL MK2 but many Transport controls on MIDI keyboards are set to MMC by default, this requires a much easier setup ,(no programming needed).
Check to see if your transport controls use MMC if so:
You set this up in Project Synchronization look for it under the Transport section, not in the Device Setup - Generic Remote.
Johngar, looked into it but didnt really understand that synchronization. Will try to read the manual, but hopefully this should be able to do in the device setup? Have been getting really tired of not being able to have a decent setup now, thats one of the reasons why I’ve skipped the automap(conflict with quick controls, non-standard automapping etc).
Just for the heck of it, it is easy to do a quick test, Project Synchronization it is real easy.
You already have your midi controller setup in Device setup, so just open Project synchronization settings and select your controller from the drop down menu, if it works, then your done.
See my settings here: