Re: Shuttle Pro V2 working in SONAR or CbB?
2018/08/25 16:49:10
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The Contour Shuttle Pro V2 (CSP) simply participates in your computer as a keyboard. You use the included Contour utility to assign particular buttons to particular functions in the app (Cakewalk in this case) as you prefer. There is no need for any specific control surface support within Cakewalk to make the CSP work.
I acquired mine about 2 months ago, and I've been kicking myself for not getting it about a decade sooner! The two main things it does for me is to make Cakewalk more comfortable/faster, and allows me to much more easily jump over into another DAW and get things done because the same assigned button does markers, vertical zoom, etc., no matter what DAW is active. The CSP utility is agile in that once configured, the app that has focus automatically invokes the appropriate button mapping.
Since I feel like writing now, I'll give you the layout:
Across the top row of four buttons: Clips/Automation | LoopOn/Off | Set Loop Points | All-Custom-Mix-FX-I/O
Across the next row of five buttons: Process>Effects>Gain | Prev Marker | Start/Stop | Next Marker | New Marker
Buttons Left/Right of Ring = Horizontal Zoom Out/In
First Buttons PairBelow Ring = Vertical Single Track Zoom Out/In
Second Button Pair Below Ring = Vertical All Tracks Zoom Out/In
Ring is variable speed playback head positioning rewind/forward
Jog wheel is parameter value up/down with rotation. Parameter select is by flying the mouse cursor over the plugin
Some buttons have 5x-per-second repeats assigned so I can hold them down and manage navigation that way.
HTH
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