Comments on: ReMOTE SL v2 Automapping: Mackie HUI, Pro Tools, Combined Auto/Manual Mode

By: SaschaD

SaschaD — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:47:53 +0000

does anyone know if theres anything like an official Novation messageboard? Ive been looking forever…while the sl is cool, im having lots of trouble gettingit all to work…

By: aj

aj — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:36:34 +0000

Got word from Oliver at Focusrite: they’re working on developing official documentation on how to use the SL in HUI mode with Digital Performer (yay!). He forwarded me some in-progress notes towards the eventual tutorial / PDF guide, if anyone would like a copy they can email me at ajkandy at gmail dot com.

By: aj

aj — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:42:14 +0000

ok, I think I’ve cracked it…if you install the OS update via sysex instead of downloading the actual installer app, then you don’t get the ProTools automap templates. You need to download the full installer to get those.

Right now, it seems as if you are correct, the basic HUI functionality is there but there’s no corresponding template for DP, so it looks like someone’s going to have to create one.

By: aj

aj — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:03:24 +0000

It seems to be a mystery all around. All you can do is set the ‘automaps’ to either SLMAPS, None or HUI in the Global edit menu, but there’s no included Template for ProTools or any other way to select a ‘HUI’ mode.

I’ve written to my contact at Focusrite Novation (UK head office) to see if there’s a procedure to follow to use HUI mode or some missing documentation. The whole point of getting this was to avoid tedious manual MIDI mapping…it’s supposed to be easy!

in the meantime, it does work well with Reason.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:13:46 +0000

The official Novation word only mentioned HUI support in conjunction with Pro Tools. So it’s possible it supports the HUI protocol but only mappings for PT. That said, if they’ve done HUI for Pro Tools, it seems possible that it would work for something else … and if the Pro Tools template is missing, then we’re obviously missing something here.

By: aj

aj — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:45:41 +0000

Peter, where exactly is the HUI template if I may ask? I just got a Remote Zero today and updated the OS to the latest version, but I don’t see a ProTools template anywhere when I scroll through the defaults. I use Digital Performer and I am hoping to use them together via HUI emulation (I was assured by someone at Novation that I could do this) and there’s no official word on that beyond creating a custom MIDI controller map in DP itself.

By: hacked

hacked — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:45:31 +0000

@ Peter Kirn
yep was a minor hacked link to the ReMOTE SL V.2 Software
fixed anyways :p

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:57:52 +0000

I’m not sure about HUI support, honestly; I’m researching that. It sounds as though what they did was use the HUI protocol to set up Automapping for Pro Tools (not for anything else via HUI — Ableton Live’s Automap support is in MIDI, even though Live does HUI, as well). Now, theoretically that should still mean you could use manual mapping with HUI. I’m not sure, though.

The faders are not motorized, though, so I’m not sure this would be my top choice for Final Cut, anyway.

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:03:28 +0000

Hi Peter,

I presume with the Mackie HUI support that the Zero will work with Final Cut Pro… and I was wondering if the faders are motorized?

cheers

Simon Kirby

Lunchtime Pro
http://www.digitalzoo.com.au/lunchtime/
Final Cut Pro links and resources all in one spot

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:50:34 +0000

I missed it; what did it say?

It’s pretty hard not to get hacked occasionally in this day and age, I’m afraid.