Start here
Name the musical job first: Build, Open, Dirt, Width, Drop, Space, or Tension. Then assign only the destinations needed for that gesture.
Performance Controls
Macros
Build four safe, playable, automatable high-level controls that can fan out to several destinations and become modulation sources themselves.
How This Page Works
The Macros page turns a complex patch into four playable controls. Each macro has its own value, min/max range, target destination slots, and amount sliders. A macro can also appear as a source in the Modulators page and Matrix.
Quick Understanding
Macros turn many small settings into four big performance controls. They are useful when a patch is too complex to automate one parameter at a time.
Listen for
A playable sweep from low to high macro values. The whole range should be useful, not just one tiny spot in the middle.
Avoid this
Do not assign a macro to too many unrelated targets. A good macro feels like one musical move, even if it controls several parameters.
Simple rule: Use macros when you want to perform the patch, automate fewer lanes, or make a preset easier to use later.
Screenshots
Complete Control Reference
Macro 1-4 valueMain performance slider/knob for each macro.Use as the musician-facing control.
Macro Min / MaxConstrains each macro’s usable output range.Prevent hardware or automation from reaching unsafe extremes.
Target 1-4 per macroDestination dropdowns for each macro card.Assign destinations that support the same musical gesture.
Amount 1-4 per macroAmount sliders for each target.Use positive and negative amounts for compound gestures.
Macro statusShows assignment state.Check before assuming a macro is broken.
MIDI Learn EnableArms MIDI learn.Enable only while assigning.
MIDI Learn TargetChooses None, Macro 1, Macro 2, Macro 3, or Macro 4.Select target before moving hardware.
MIDI Learn Macro CCStores learned CC number for each macro.Use one hardware CC per macro.
Macro as Matrix sourceMacro1-4 can drive any Matrix destination.Use macros for broad gestures.
Macro as destinationMatrix destinations include Macro 1-4.Use for grouped meta-control.
Host Parameters On This Page
| Macro values and ranges | |
|---|---|
macro1-macro4 | Macro values. |
macro1Min/macro1Max ... macro4Min/macro4Max | Performance range limits. |
| MIDI learn | |
midiLearnEnable | Arms learn mode. |
midiLearnTarget | None or Macro 1-4. |
midiLearnMacro1CC-midiLearnMacro4CC | Stored hardware CC assignment. |
| Routing helpers | |
modDst rows: Macro 1-4 | Macros can be destinations. |
modSrc rows: Macro1-4 | Macros can be sources. |