MIDI Time Slider Control Setup Dialog

Command entry:Customize menu

Preferences

Preference Settings dialog

Animation tab

MIDI Time Slider Control group

Setup button

With the MIDI Time Slider Control Setup dialog you can specify and set up a MIDI device to control animation playback.

Procedures

To use a MIDI device to control the animation time slider:

Interface

Presets: Specifies the type of MIDI device used. You can choose the Media Control Station 2, which is a MIDI device containing standard VCR-style playback buttons along with a jog wheel, or you can choose Custom, which specifies note events in the spinners. You can also use Custom to customize the buttons used by the Media Control Station.
Channel: Specifies the channel to which your MIDI device is assigned.

Note Number group

With the controls in this group you can specify which note event triggers which function.

Start Frame: Goes to the start frame (the Rewind button in the Media Control Station).
End Frame: Goes to the end frame (the Fast-Forward button in the Media Control Station).
Step Forward: Moves one frame forward (the Fast-Forward button and Option button in the Media Control Station).
Step Backward: Moves one frame back (the Rewind button and Option button in the Media Control Station).
Stop: Stops playback (the square button).
Play: Plays the animation (the arrow button).
Jog Wheel: Controls the time slider with the jog wheel.
Sensitivity: Controls the number of ticks that the time slider moves in response to one unit of movement from the jog wheel. A lower value provides more precise positioning of the time slider, while a higher value makes the time slider move faster. If you set your time display to show ticks and set the sensitivity to 1, you can move one tick at a time with the jog wheel.