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Controlling
CHAPTER CueMix from an iPad
using TouchOSC
The CueMix mixer in your MOTU audio interface controlled by TouchOSC running on your iPad,
can be controlled from an iPad using an iPad app which is wirelessly communicating with your
called TouchOSC. From your iPad, you can computer. Therefore, the following conditions are
perform all CueMix mixing functions using the required:
on-screen faders, knobs, and buttons in
■ Your MOTU interface must be connected to
TouchOSC.
(and working successfully with) your computer.
This document explains how to set up and use
■ The latest version of the CueMix FX software
TouchOSC to control CueMix.
must be running on the computer.
Compatible MOTU interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 ■ The TouchOSC app (with CueMix FX layout)
How it works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 must be installed and running on your iPad.
About TouchOSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
■ Your iPad must be successfully communicating
Installing TouchOSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Downloading the TouchOSC Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 wirelessly with your computer.
Obtaining the CueMix FX TouchOSC layout. . . . . . . . . . . .3
Loading the CueMix FX layout into TouchOSC . . . . . . . . .3
Configuring the TouchOSC client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 iPad running
TouchOSC app
Configuring the CueMix FX host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Using TouchOSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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Support for both Mac and Windows MOTU has created a custom TouchOSC iPad
iPad control of CueMix FX is supported on both layout for controlling CueMix FX (Figure 2). When
Mac and Windows. The instructions in this guide you load it into TouchOSC, your iPad becomes a
apply to both computer platforms. customized Wi-Fi control surface for CueMix FX.
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You can also use the editor to modify the CueMix 8 Tap Add.
FX layout to your liking. You can change colors,
controls, and arrangement as desired. The name of your computer should appear as a
host.
OBTAINING THE CUEMIX FX TouchOSC
LAYOUT 9 Tap the name of the host.
From your computer, obtain the CueMix FX
TouchOSC layout from the motu web site by Doing so loads the CueMix FX layout into
downloading and running the latest MOTU TouchOSC.
Universal Audio Installer found here:
10 Choose the CueMix FX layout that applies to
http://www.motu.com/downloads your MOTU audio interface and return to the main
setup screen.
LOADING THE CUEMIX FX LAYOUT INTO
TouchOSC CONFIGURING THE TouchOSC CLIENT
Now you are ready to load the CueMix FX Now you need to link TouchOSC to your host
TouchOSC layout into the TouchOSC app on your computer, as follows:
iPad. To do so:
1 On your computer, launch CueMix FX.
1 On your computer, launch the TouchOSC
Editor. 2 On your iPad, launch TouchOSC, go to the
setup screen, and under Connections, tap the
2 Open the CueMix FX TouchOSC layout file on current host, which is labeled OSC followed by
your hard drive that applies to your MOTU audio some numbers (an IP address).
interface.
5 On your iPad, launch the TouchOSC app. 3 Tap the name of the audio interface you want to
control.
6 Go to the Setup screen (the i button in the top
right-hand corner). 4 Go back to the main setup screen and tap Done.
7 Tap the current layout. 5 Now you should see the CueMix FX layout on
your iPad.
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USING TouchOSC
The TouchOSC CueMix FX template operates
almost identically to the CueMix FX software. The
following sections discuss navigation features and
other elements that are unique to the TouchOSC
interface.
Post-effects
meters
Bi-directional communication
Communication is bi-directional. For example, if
you move a fader on your computer, it will move on
your iPad, and vice versa. Changing tabs (Mixes,
Inputs, Outputs, etc.) is an exception to this rule.
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