M-AUDIO iControl User Manual

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Introduction

iControl

Congratulations on your purchase of the M-Audio iControl for GarageBand, a control interface
designed for use with Apple’s GarageBand music software. With iControl, you will be able to
control all the various aspects of GarageBand from an intuitive control surface, maximizing your
working speed. While the operation of the iControl is very simple, we recommend that you read
once through this manual to familiarize yourself with all of the controls and functions available to
you.

What’s In the Box

Inside your iControl package, you will find:

< The iControl controller
< Printed Quick Start Guide
< Six foot USB cable

Product Features

< Eight endless rotary encoders
< Master Volume slider
< Six Transport buttons
< Select, Mute, Solo, and Record Enable buttons
< Jog wheel
< Powered from USB bus
< Fully configured—no additional setup is necessary

Minimum System Requirements

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NOTE: The below requirements are necessary to obtain MIDI communication between iControl
and the computer. These requirements do not reflect the additional or higher requirements of
GarageBand software.

< GarageBand 2.0.1 or later
< Mac OS X 10.3.4 or higher
< Available USB port

About This Manual

This manual is broken down into sections to cover the various aspects of iControl. Installation is
covered first, followed by an overview of the controls. Last is an in-depth look at the operation of
iControl.

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Installation Procedure

Basic Installation

Because it is a class-compliant device, installing iControl on your Mac OS X computer is simple
and straightforward:

< Use the supplied USB cable to connect iControl to a USB port on your computer and you’ll

be ready to go. You can do this while the computer is on or off, and no driver installation is
necessary.

Using iControl With GarageBand

iControl was designed to work exclusively with Apple’s GarageBand software version 2.0.1 or
higher. Once you connect iControl to your computer, GarageBand will identify it and make it active.
There are no additional preferences to change.

Hardware Controls and Indicators

This section will familiarize you with the interface of iControl. Please reference the image below
when reading about each control.

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iControl

1. Option Button: This button changes the functionality of other iControl buttons. All modified

iControl commands are covered in each function’s description.

2. Track/Parameter Buttons: When working on All Tracks (either Volume or Pan is selected),

these buttons will move up or down through the tracks in GarageBand eight at a time,
allowing you to control other tracks from iControl. When working on a single track (i.e. to edit
an effect), these buttons will move the rotary encoder assignments by eight parameters.
Lastly, with the Track Info Button pressed, the Track/Parameter Buttons will be inactive.

3. Volume Button: Pressing this button will make the rotary encoders adjust the volumes of

the selected tracks.

4. Pan Button: When active, the eight rotary encoders will control the pan position of the

selected tracks.

5. Generator Button: Pressing this button allows for parameter editing of the selected Track’s

Generator, via the iControl’s rotary encoders.

6. Track Info: Pressing this button allows for parameter editing of the selected Track’s

instrument via the iControl’s rotary encoders.

7. EQ Button: Pressing this button allows for parameter editing of the selected Track’s Equalizer,

via the iControl’s rotary encoders. Pressing the EQ button while holding down the Option
button will enable or disable the EQ for this track.

8. Effect 1 Button: Pressing this button allows for parameter editing of the selected Track’s first

insert effect, via the iControl’s rotary encoders. Pressing the Effect 1 button while holding
down the Option button will enable or disable the Effect 1 for this track.

9. Effect 2 Button: Pressing this button allows for parameter editing of the selected Track’s

second insert effect, via the iControl’s rotary encoders. Pressing the Effect 2 button while
holding down the Option button will enable or disable the Effect 2 for this track.

10. Select Buttons: These buttons are used to select the track you wish to edit. When in Track

Info mode, the select buttons are used to turn specific functions of the selected track on and

off. These are from top to bottom:
< SEL 1—enables or disables the Noise Gate (if it is a Real Instrument track)
< SEL 2—enables or disables the Compressor
< SEL 3—enables or disables the first effect
< SEL 4—enables or disables the second effect
< SEL 5—enables or disables the EQ
< SEL 6—enables or disables Echo
< SEL 7—enables or disables Reverb
< SEL 8—not assigned

11. Record Enable Buttons: Pressing this button will enable the corresponding track for

recording. Pressing any Record Enable button while holding down the Option button will

disable recording for all tracks.

12. Mute Buttons: Use this button to turn the output of the corresponding track on and off.

Pressing any Mute button while holding down the Option button will unmute all tracks.

13. Solo Buttons: When pressed, you will listen to the track (and other soloed tracks) exclusively.

Pressing any Solo button while holding down the Option button will disable Solo for all

tracks.

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