Configuring a controller fader for CC#11 in Logic Pro
As many folks know, in the MIDI protocol, there is actually a particular control number for volume which is CC#11. However, in MIDI-speak this is called expression so as not to confuse anyone with the volume of a fader in a sequence. However, in order to add life to your arrangements, it is often very practical to embed this expression information within the recording in real-time and then use the volume faders of your sequence to “balance” things later on in mix-down.
For a lot of folks, this is a mind-numbing process of drawing various shapes in some sort of editor. For the luckier among us, our controller keyboard may have a port to plug in a continuous pedal of some kind. Or, our keyboard may have some moveable faders that are hard-coded to transmit certain MIDI signals. The question is: are any of these CC#11? And if not, how can you “re-purpose” one to do this?