How to disable automatic control surface detection?

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How to disable automatic control surface detection?

I have a Korg Kontrol 49 controller which I use as a simple controller. Everytime I start Logic it detects it as a control surface and I have to go and delete it as such so that it will behave like a normal controller. Why is this is an issue? When Logic considers it as a control surface, the sustain pedal triggers sequencer play/stop instead of sending a normal MIDI sustain. Similar with the mod wheel and pitch wheel, no longer sending the appropriate MIDI information.

So, does anyone know how to get Logic to stop detecting the Korg as a control surface?

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G5 Dual 2G, Mac OS X (10.4.3), Digi 002 interface

Posted on Dec 12, 2007 12:07 PM

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Answer 1

Bee Jay

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Dec 12, 2007 12:18 PM in response to kelbobmusic

Simply go into the Logic application package and remove the microKontrol MIDI device plugin.

When Logic considers it as a control surface, the sustain pedal triggers sequencer
play/stop instead of sending a normal MIDI sustain

No, that's nothing to do with control surface handling - you've probably go an accidental MIDI learn there...

Note - LCXmu is *by far* the best way to use a microKontrol with Logic as a control surface, with all of the cool stuff and none of the crap stuff on Logic's native microKontrol support. Recommended.

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kelbobmusic Author

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Dec 19, 2007 10:13 AM in response to Bee Jay

I think you missed my point. Logic automatically detects the Kontrol 49 upon launch and configures it as a control surface. I then have to delete it as a control surface, afterwhich it behaves like any keyboard midi controller. If I don't delete it as a control surface, then the sustain pedal triggers stop/start on the sequencer.
I have to delete the Kontrol 49 as a control surface every time I launch Logic and was wondering if there was a way to tell Logic once and for all to stop this auto detection.

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Answer 3

Dec 19, 2007 10:22 AM in response to kelbobmusic

Have you tried Preferences -> Control Surfaces -> Bypass all Control Surfaces?

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Answer 4

Jan 14, 2008 7:14 PM in response to John Alcock

I had a similar issue with my PODxt Live. It insisted on mapping the effect pedals to the selected channels fader. And worse yet because of this every time I switched effects on the pedal it would send a signal cranking whatever bank I had to maximum volume; sometimes making me go deaf!!! I couldn't stop logic from seeing this thing either. So I fooled it, I went into preferences->control surfaces->Controler Assignments with it plugged in and remapped it to keyboard input "" blank. That should be a completely useless setting (i hope). So far it has no longer bugged me. Though I have other issues, in that it seems to want to use the same channel as my keyboard and when I switch it on the keyboard changes ports mucking up all the mapped inputs. Ack. But thats another bug.

Cheers

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