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0.0: Plug-and-Play

This guide explains how to connect the Grid module(s) to your DAW and configure them once connected.

Out of the box, Grid controllers are set up for seamless DAW control and other applications. Users can easily utilize software-side MIDI mapping or MIDI learn functionality. This default setup allows you to connect multiple Grid modules and immediately configure pots, knobs, sliders, and buttons in your preferred DAW without needing to open Grid Editor.


Connect Grid to your DAW/VJ Software

So in the DAW/VJ Software we'll first have to enable our modules to be able to use them for MIDI mapping.

Let's start up a fresh project in your DAW of choice:

and open up Options/Preferences and under MIDI Ports we'll find all our MIDI gear that's connected to the computer.

Here we should find our Grid module named 'Grid' or 'Intech Studio: AC'.

Now, what we want is to be able to send MIDI messages from Grid to your DAW, for this we have to enable both Track and Remote in the inputs section, like so.

Live preferences: MIDI Ports

MIDI mapping

So after we have Grid enabled as a MIDI device we can send messages to the software and for that we have to choose which settings we'd like to control.

Clicking the MIDI button in the top right turns all the MIDI-mappable settings to a slightly blueish color.

Midi button int the top right
The blue hue shows the MIDI-mappable parameters

When you click on any element, you activate MIDI learn mode in. This mode waits for a MIDI CC message from the controller. After interacting with any control element on your module, Ableton displays the MIDI assignment on the left side.

Map all the other control elements to parameters in Ableton the same way and voilá you're all configured. You can then exit MIDI learn mode safely.

Want to know more?

For anything more complex than just the plug-and-play experience please take a look at Grid Editor!