PRESS RELEASE: The power behind Novation's award-winning SL Mk. II, SL Compact, and Nocturn MIDI
controllers is now available for your iPhone / iPod Touch, providing an instant and
intelligent, wireless, palm-sized MIDI controller. Now you can use iPhone / iPod Touch to
control all of your music making software.
Whenever you want to control music software and the mouse is out of reach, Automap
for iPhone / iPod Touch delivers. And the possibilities are endless – remotely control
transport functions; give your artist remote control of reverb levels; a hand-held cross-
fader for laptop DJ'ing; controlling multi-effects whilst tracking guitar; switching drum
kits whilst you’re sat at your V-drums…
The Automap for iPhone / iPod Touch app will be available to buy from the Apple
app store mid July. Combined with Novation's free Automap 3 Standard software, or
Automap 3 PRO, it provides two horizontal faders and eight buttons per page, displayed
on a single iPhone / iPod Touch screen. However, the number of pages – and thus the
number of controls – is unlimited.
Automap lets you see at a glance how every control on your iPhone / iPod Touch is
assigned, both on the iPhone / iPod Touch itself, and across your computer screen.
Combining all this visual feedback with intelligent software browsing also helps you get
to the right software fast! Control maps are automatically placed into categories
depending on type (instrument, effects, mixer and so on) for quick and easy browsing and
selection.
Although Automap automatically and intelligently maps to all major music making
software, you will inevitably have your own unique way of working. Consequently,
editing maps and re-assigning controls in Automap is extremely quick and easy. Simply
click a parameter in learn mode, then touch a control on your iPhone / iPod Touch to
assign it. Double-clicking 'learn' allows you to 'Click-Touch-Assign' in quick succession.
Using your iPhone / iPod Touch with Automap 3 PRO (available to buy from
www.focusrite-estore.com) delivers some extremely powerful additional features…
Firstly, it harnesses the shortcut power of your QWERTY keyboard. It then allows you to
assign almost any computer keyboard shortcut, and combinations thereof, to any of the
controls on your iPhone / iPod Touch. Editing maps is also improved, allowing you to
simply drag parameters in the Automap Heads-up GUI from one control to another.
Finally, with PRO you can use your iPhone / iPod Touch alongside any other Automap
compatible hardware controller – and it’s all perfectly integrated for seamless control.
With Automap for iPhone / iPod Touch, Novation has placed the power of your music
making software into the palm of your hand to use and abuse in ways we couldn't even
imagine!