Click lets you use the buttons on Wave to send MIDI and Key commands to your DAW. Using the buttons on Wave to send commands opens up a lot of possibilities, for example you can use them to hit record, play and stop, to launch clips or to control switches in your plugins.
- Use the arrows to cycle between the buttons.
Each button has an icon shown in the picture below. - Next select how the button behaves. There are 6 types of behaviors you can choose from;
- Click Trigger
- Click Latching
- Long Press Trigger
- Long Press Latching
- Momentary
- Momentoggle.
- Attach a CC value, a note or a key command to the Click function.
- To attach a CC value or a note press the MIDI icon and select a number from the list.
- To attach a key command press "key" and write the key command you want to use.
You can choose between 6 types of behaviors for each button:
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Click
Click is when you press a button once to send a command.
Click allows you to choose between Trigger and Latching. A drop down menu is available in the bottom left corner of the Click function window when either Click or Long Press is chosen.
Trigger
Sends a short pulse with each click.
Latching
Toggles the output, like a toggle switch. -
Long Press
Long Press is when you press a button and hold it to send a command. The command mapped to Long Press is activated after half a second
Long Press allows you to choose between Trigger and Latching. A drop down menu is available in the bottom left corner of the Click function window when either Click or Long Press is chosen.
Trigger
Sends a short pulse with each click.
Latching
Toggles the output, like a toggle switch. -
Momentary
Momentary activates a command while you press the button down. -
Momentoggle
Momentoggle is basically Click and Momentary combined. Clicking once toggles while holding the button down activates the momentary function.
- To map a Click to your DAW you need to tie a CC number or a Note to each function. Press the MIDI icon in the bottom right corner of the Click and select a CC number or Note of choice.
- Solo the Click you want to map in order for Softwave to only send the signal for that particular function to your DAW.
- When the parameter you want to map has been selected in your DAW toggle or hold the button for the MIDI message to register.
- Press "Key" in the lower right corner of the Click Function window.
- Now use your computer keyboard to type in the key command you want to register.
- For Key Commands to work the DAW window has to have focus.
First time you use Key Commands on a Mac computer Softwave will ask for permission to "control this computer using accessibility features". Enabling this is essential for key commands to work.
- Press "Open system preferences".
- Click the lock in the lower left corner of the System Preferences window.
- Enable Softwave.
- Lock again.
If you've got a new version of Softwave you might need to do this again.
Note that Click functions automatically override the button configuration actions set in settings.
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