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