Does Pro Come With Layouts?

Question

Question from user:

I've tried out Midi Designer Lite, and wanted to check if the pro
version comes with any layouts. While I know I can sit down and map everything out (I'll do this for some funky Motion parameters rigs and animation stuff), I figure that you (and probably everybody who has the App) has already created the common DAW layouts, to shortcut the time spent fiddling with parameters etc. Specifically I'm looking at Apple Logic Pro for quick transport, track control, and instrument/effect parameters.

The few posts on the QA site seem to be people creating layouts that control or mimic specific hardware.

Thanks for any info on this that you can provide.

Answer 1

Shared Layouts

The short answer is "no." As MIDI Designer doesn't do Mackie Protocol (or any similar protocol where it can figure out what the active track is on your DAW, for instance) a "standard layout" for a DAW doesn't make that much sense. You would use MIDI Designer because you want to design your own layout. And in that sense (and most others), the Lite version is identical to the Pro version.

That said, there are a lot of opportunities for sharing layouts for specific hardware/software, which is what is coming up on the MIDI Designer Q&A site (this morning I was helping a user with a hardware synth and controlling it with MIDI Designer through NRPN).

 

That said, I'm going to put up a call for templates for common DAWs like Logic right now.  

 

Shared Layouts

Answer 2

Shared Layouts

The short answer is "no." As MIDI Designer doesn't do Mackie Protocol (or any similar protocol where it can figure out what the active track is on your DAW, for instance) a "standard layout" for a DAW doesn't make that much sense. You would use MIDI Designer because you want to design your own layout. And in that sense (and most others), the Lite version is identical to the Pro version.

That said, there are a lot of opportunities for sharing layouts for specific hardware/software, which is what is coming up on the MIDI Designer Q&A site (this morning I was helping a user with a hardware synth and controlling it with MIDI Designer through NRPN).

 

That said, I'm going to put up a call for templates for common DAWs like Logic right now.  

 

Shared Layouts