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Q:
How to configure a JLCooper Fadermaster Professional MIDI Control Surface for use with Pro Tools.
 
A:
If using a Mac, create a device for the Fadermaster in OMS and enable the Fadermaster in the MIDI>Input Devices window (within Pro Tools).In Pro Tools, open the Setups>Peripherals>MIDI Controllers window and enable the JL Cooper CS-10 profile, and assign 8 faders.On the Fadermaster:-Make sure it is not protected by pressing shift/null and the button above the third fader. The display should read "Off". To change it to "Off", slide one fader (does not matter which one) while holding the shift/null and the protect-button.-Select a programmable bank by pressing the up button until it shows "P 1".-Set it into fader programming mode by pressing the "prog" button until the fader-led steadily lights. (If it blinks, you will program the foot-pedal instead of the fader....)-Selectable parameters are: notes(No), continues controller(Co), program change(pc), after-touch(at) and pitch bend(Pb).. Set the parameter by pressing button #1 and sliding the fader you wish to change. This should be set to continues-controller. Repeat this for each fader.-Press button #2 and assign a channel to each fader. this should be set at 16.-Press button #3 and assign a parameter number (64 for channel 1, 65 for channel 2 etc.). This info can be found in the midi controller surface guide by Digidesign. It usually is available from within PT LE by choosing help.-Exit the program mode by pressing the prog-button until no lights are on.-Now you have to decide how to program the buttons. Or you can make separate programs to have them control mutes, solo's, transport control, or fader-bank switching...you can even assign a fader as the jog-wheel, though I can tell you it is not that practical. You can easily calculate the Hexadecimal numbers used in the Pro Tools manual to decimal to use with the Fadermaster by using the windows (or Mac)-calculator. If you set it to scientific, you can switch from hex to bin to oct.... Now you just have to set the calculator in hex-mode, type in a hex-number like f0d, and set it back to dec. and it gives you the decimal number back (3853).-Lets program 2 buttons as right and left-cursors, so we can change banks. That is change the faders that you will control with the Fadermaster.-Buttons are programmed in the same manner as he faders, except that you have to be in fader-mode. You will get there by pressing the prog button until button steadily lights.-In the midi control surface guide you'll find that the left cursor switch has 1Ch next to it. That's your hex-number. Type it in the calculator when it is in hex-mode (and leave out the "h" because it is meant to tell you that it is a hex-number, so type in 1C, press the Dec button, and it will show 28 for left, and 1Dh (29) for right.-Now for the programming: button #1 to "co", #2 to "16", #3 to 28 (that is what you found in the guidebook), #4 to 0, #5 to 127, #6 to "---" I think(you can switch to "---", fader and latch, just experiment what is the one you need. The numbers I gave correspond with the buttons to press, the number of the fader you move will assign it to a button, so moving fader 1 while programming will affect button 1 and so on. Of course, make sure you have a midi-cable running from the Fadermasters midi-out to your Digi 001 midi in (or some other midi-in connected to your computer). If you have a Mac you also need to do something with OMS (you can find that in the controller-guide too).