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Macros and automation

Eight bipolar macros that each move many settings at once, with MIDI learn, and 16 automation pads that put any control in your DAW's automation.

The MACROS tab

#Macros

The MACROS tab has eight knobs. Each one can move many settings at once, by different amounts and in different directions.

  • Drag a macro to turn it. Shift-drag for fine steps.
  • Double-click a macro to reset it.
  • Click a macro to show its destinations.
  • Double-click its name to rename it.

#Add destinations

  1. Select the macro and click ASSIGN.
  2. Click any control in DYSEKT. It becomes a destination of the macro.

For each destination:

  • AMOUNT sets how far the macro moves it. It's bipolar: a negative amount moves the control the other way. Double-click to reset it.
  • CURVE sets the response curve. Click to cycle through the curves.
  • The remove key takes the destination off.

CLEAR removes every destination from the macro. Esc cancels an assignment you've started.

#MIDI learn

  1. Select a macro and click MIDI LEARN.
  2. Move a knob or fader on your MIDI controller.

The macro now follows that control. CLEAR MIDI forgets it.

#Automation

The AUTOMATION tab

DYSEKT gives your DAW 48 automation parameters, set up from the 16 automation pads on the AUTOMATION tab.

#Assign a control

  1. Click an empty slot (SLOT A01 and so on), or select one and click ASSIGN.
  2. Click any control in DYSEKT. The slot now controls it.

Then:

  • Drag a slot to set its value.
  • REASSIGN links a different control to the selected slot.
  • CLEAR unassigns the selected slot; CLEAR ALL unassigns every slot.
  • SELECTED SLOT shows what the selected slot controls.
  • HOST PARAMETER shows the slot's name in your DAW. Find it in your DAW's automation list by this name.

#Chord and arp settings

The CHORDS and ARP settings are host parameters of their own, so you can automate them directly from your DAW without assigning a slot.