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<section id="sn-behringer-ddx3216">
- <title>Behringer DDX3216</title>
- <para>
- The Behringer DDX3216 isn't actually a dedicated control surface, it is a
- digital mixer. However it does have the capability to control ardour using
- it's faders and the pan pots, through it's midi I/O. Unfortunately for some
- bizzare reason, the protocol for mute toggling changes on the Behringer and
- is not compatible with ardour. Most commonly you would setup ardour so the
- mixer and panning was reflected by the Behringer, however you can control
- other elements of ardour such as plugin controls/automation. This can
- potentially save a lot of time given you can control a lot more than just
- one level at a time, as opposed to one when using a mouse. The DDX3216 can
- also receive MTC (MIDI Time Code) from ardour and control ardours transport
- via MMC (Midi Machine Control), making it a very useful go between for any
- other external devices that can also receive MTC. On top of that, any other
- software synced to JACK will be controlled via the DDX3216 as well!
- </para>
+ <title>Behringer DDX3216</title>
+ <para>
+ The Behringer DDX3216 isn't actually a dedicated control surface, it is
+ a digital mixer. However it does have the capability to control ardour
+ using it's faders and the pan pots, through it's midi I/O. Unfortunately
+ for some bizzare reason, the protocol for mute toggling changes on the
+ Behringer and is not compatible with ardour. Most commonly you would
+ setup ardour so the mixer and panning was reflected by the Behringer,
+ however you can control other elements of ardour such as plugin
+ controls/automation. This can potentially save a lot of time given you
+ can control a lot more than just one level at a time, as opposed to one
+ when using a mouse. The DDX3216 can also receive MTC (MIDI Time Code)
+ from ardour and control ardours transport via MMC (Midi Machine
+ Control), making it a very useful go between for any other external
+ devices that can also receive MTC. On top of that, any other software
+ synced to JACK will be controlled via the DDX3216 as well!
+ </para>
- <para>
- The setup is quite simple as follows:
- </para>
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- On the DDX3216 select the MMC/MIDI button. Press the Previous/Next buttons
- to move to the RX/TX page. Make sure that you have both RX and TX selected
- for 'Control Change', and TX selected for 'Machine Control'. Under the
- menu 'RX/TX Only', make sure Fader and Pan is selected.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- To receive MTC do the following. Press the Previous button to get to the
- Setup page. Select MTC as your source. Make sure the receive channel is
- set to OMNI so it will listen on all channels, and the MMC device is set
- to 7F (all). Save a new Preset on the DDX3216, something like MMC/MTC.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Connect your midi in and out cables to your sound card, and to the
- Behringer DDX3216. Start <application>qjackctl</application>, and then
- start ardour. In qjackctl go to the connections dialog, and select the
- <guilabel>midi</guilabel> tab. Select the Midi output on the left window
- and the ardour input on the right window, and press connect. Select the
- ardour output on the left window and the midi input on the right window,
- and press connect.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- I suggest making a template in ardour so you don't have to do these
- following steps each time. Load a new session with your desired amount of
- tracks (I used 16). Go to menu <menuchoice> <guimenu>Windows</guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>Options Editor</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> and select the
- <guilabel>MIDI</guilabel> tab. Select all the options and make sure the
- midi port you have connected to in qjackctl is 'online'.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Open the mixer window
- (<keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>M</keycap></keycombo>) and then
- hold down <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> and click the middle button of your mouse,
- on the fader control for track 1. A dialog will appear over the fader
- asking you to <literal>operate MIDI control now</literal>. Move the fader
- on the Behringer that you want to control track 1 ardour fader - and
- whalla! I use fader 17 (fader 1 in page 2) as it isn't used for analog
- inputs and saves confusion. Now do the same thing for the panning, ctrl
- and middle click on the pan control in ardour, and move the pan pot on the
- DDX3216. Repeat the Step for as many tracks as you have. Then save the
- template as 'MIDI controlled' or something similar. Next time you create a
- session, select this template from the drop down list and you are ready to
- cruise.
- </para>
- <para>
- Remember you can assign the DDX3216 pan pots or even faders if you want,
- to the plugin controls, send levels, inserts etc etc.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- You can also operate the ardour transport and have ardour transmit MTC
- back to your DDX3216 (it is only capable of receiving timecode, not
- transmitting it). Go to the ardour menu
- <menuchoice><guimenu>Windows</guimenu><guisubmenu>Option
- Editor</guisubmenu></menuchoice> and the <guilabel>Sync</guilabel> Tab.
- Set <guimenuitem>Positional Sync</guimenuitem> to Sync with Jack. Select
- <guimenuitem>Send MTC</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Jack time
- master</guimenuitem>. Set your SMPTE to the appropriate frame rate for
- your region (PAL - 25 frames, NTSC 30 frames/drop frames). On the DDX3216
- in the MMC/MIDI screen, select the <guilabel>Machine Control</guilabel>
- Tab and you can now press play and watch ardour begin playback, and the
- time code start rolling! Of course if you have
- hydrogen/rosegarden/muse/whatever also running, then they will begin with
- ardour as well.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- <note>
- <para>
- With ardour set to sync with JACK you cannot rewind from the transport
- control, because JACK does not support global varispeed. If you are just
- working with ardour and nothing else, then you can change the Sync option
- to internal. You also will want to enable the -12dB gain reduction for
- ff/rew in the <guilabel>Misc</guilabel> tab for sanity reasons.
- </para>
- </note>
+ <para>
+ The setup is quite simple as follows:
+ </para>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ On the DDX3216 select the MMC/MIDI button. Press the Previous/Next
+ buttons to move to the RX/TX page. Make sure that you have both RX
+ and TX selected for 'Control Change', and TX selected for 'Machine
+ Control'. Under the menu 'RX/TX Only', make sure Fader and Pan is
+ selected.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To receive MTC do the following. Press the Previous button to get to
+ the Setup page. Select MTC as your source. Make sure the receive
+ channel is set to OMNI so it will listen on all channels, and the
+ MMC device is set to 7F (all). Save a new Preset on the DDX3216,
+ something like MMC/MTC.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Connect your midi in and out cables to your sound card, and to the
+ Behringer DDX3216. Start <application>qjackctl</application>, and
+ then start ardour. In qjackctl go to the connections dialog, and
+ select the <guilabel>midi</guilabel> tab. Select the Midi output on
+ the left window and the ardour input on the right window, and press
+ connect. Select the ardour output on the left window and the midi
+ input on the right window, and press connect.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ I suggest making a template in ardour so you don't have to do these
+ following steps each time. Load a new session with your desired
+ amount of tracks (I used 16). Go to menu <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Windows</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Options Editor</guisubmenu>
+ </menuchoice> and select the <guilabel>MIDI</guilabel> tab. Select
+ all the options and make sure the midi port you have connected to in
+ qjackctl is 'online'.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Open the mixer window
+ (<keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>M</keycap></keycombo>) and
+ then hold down <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> and click the middle button of
+ your mouse, on the fader control for track 1. A dialog will appear
+ over the fader asking you to <literal>operate MIDI control
+ now</literal>. Move the fader on the Behringer that you want to
+ control track 1 ardour fader - and whalla! I use fader 17 (fader 1
+ in page 2) as it isn't used for analog inputs and saves confusion.
+ Now do the same thing for the panning, ctrl and middle click on the
+ pan control in ardour, and move the pan pot on the DDX3216. Repeat
+ the Step for as many tracks as you have. Then save the template as
+ 'MIDI controlled' or something similar. Next time you create a
+ session, select this template from the drop down list and you are
+ ready to cruise.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Remember you can assign the DDX3216 pan pots or even faders if you
+ want, to the plugin controls, send levels, inserts etc etc.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ You can also operate the ardour transport and have ardour transmit
+ MTC back to your DDX3216 (it is only capable of receiving timecode,
+ not transmitting it). Go to the ardour menu
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>Windows</guimenu><guisubmenu>Option
+ Editor</guisubmenu></menuchoice> and the <guilabel>Sync</guilabel>
+ Tab. Set <guimenuitem>Positional Sync</guimenuitem> to Sync with
+ Jack. Select <guimenuitem>Send MTC</guimenuitem> and
+ <guimenuitem>Jack time master</guimenuitem>. Set your SMPTE to the
+ appropriate frame rate for your region (PAL - 25 frames, NTSC 30
+ frames/drop frames). On the DDX3216 in the MMC/MIDI screen, select
+ the <guilabel>Machine Control</guilabel> Tab and you can now press
+ play and watch ardour begin playback, and the time code start
+ rolling! Of course if you have hydrogen/rosegarden/muse/whatever
+ also running, then they will begin with ardour as well.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ With ardour set to sync with JACK you cannot rewind from the transport
+ control, because JACK does not support global varispeed. If you are
+ just working with ardour and nothing else, then you can change the
+ Sync option to internal. You also will want to enable the -12dB gain
+ reduction for ff/rew in the <guilabel>Misc</guilabel> tab for sanity
+ reasons.
+ </para>
+ </note>
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