Setting up Logic Audio for use with the EZbus as a Software Control Surface (Logic V. 4.7 and higher)

Windows Millennium and Windows XP users can send and receive MIDI information via the EZbus/computer USB port. Users of other operating systems (Win 98 SE, Win 2000) will need an additional MIDI interface installed and configured within Logic Audio to send/receive MIDI data between the EZbus and Logic Audio.

Download the EZbus Logic Audio Control Surface Profile (.ebs) and Logic Environment (.LSO) files. Once downloaded, upzip the files to your desktop and copy the Logic Audio Profile (.ebs) to the following location on your hard drive: C:\Program Files\Event\EZbus\Profiles. Copy the EZbus Control Template (.LSO) to: C:\Program Files\Event\EZbus.

Step 1.) Loading the Logic Audio Control Surface Profile into the EZbus
There are two ways to load Profiles into the EZbus. One way is to click on the "EZ" icon located in your Windows System Tray. Scroll up and select the Logic Audio Profile within the Control Surface Profiles directory. This automatically sends the Logic Audio profile to the EZbus via USB.



The second way of loading the Profile into the EZbus is to use the EZbus Profile Editor. Click on the "EZ" icon located in your Windows System Tray and select Profile Editor. Once the editor is open, go to FILE > OPEN. Look in: C:\PROGRAM FILES\EVENT\EZBUS. Select the Logic Audio profile. Click the little yellow arrow to send the Logic Audio profile to the EZbus.


Step 2.) Loading the EZbus Control Template into Logic Audio
Launch Logic Audio. Go to File > Open. Browse to the following directory: C:\PROGRAM FILES\EVENT\EZBUS. Open the file call EZbus Control Template. This file is Logic Environment that has a two-bank setup for managing four audio inputs and mixing down 12 audio tracks.



Step 3.) Setting up the EZbus Audio Drivers
Next we need to set up Logic Audio to recognize and use the EZbus audio drivers. Within Logic, go to Audio > Audio Hardware & Drivers.



Click the tab labeled Audio Driver. Place a checkmark next to PC AV and select EASI Direct Sound. Place a checkmark next to Wave Player and select EZbus.



Now select the tab labeled Audio Driver 2. Place a checkmark next to ASIO and select ASIO EZbus Driver. Click the Control Panel button and select your Sample Size and Latency value.



Step 4.) Operating Logic Audio from the EZbus Front Panel
The EZbus and Logic Audio are now set up to allow you to use the EZbus to control various Logic Audio parameters, such as volume, pan, mute, and solo. To see how this works, we'll open the Logic Audio mixing console. Go to Windows #1 and select Open Track Mixer.



Using the EZbus Transport Control within Logic Audio

The EZbus Transport Controls generate MIDI controller messages. In order to control Logic’s Transport functions, you will need to set up Key Commands to recognize the EZbus MIDI messages. Within Logic, go to Options > Settings, and enable MIDI Remote, as shown below.



Now go to Options > Settings > Key Commands, and select the Global Command Record. Now left mouse-click on Learn MIDI. Press the red record button on EZbus. You will see that Logic's Key Commands window has added information to the list at the left of the Record function, indicating that it can now be controlled by the EZbus transport. Follow the same procedure to map each of the EZbus transport controls to Logic Audio's transport functions.


The chart below shows how the EZbus hardware controls are mapped to the various Logic Audio mixing console parameters.