Q: Is the HyperControl personality the same as or part of the Axiom Pro Driver?

 

A: The Axiom Pro driver is what enables the Axiom Pro to communicate and work with your computer’s operating system. The Axiom Pro is class-complaint on Windows and Mac OS X, which means there are MIDI drivers for the device that are part of the operating system. There is an optional Windows driver that enables advanced functionality including multi-client support, and support for larger SysEx transfers. This optional driver is not required for HyperControl. There are no drivers that can be installed for Mac OS X.

 

The HyperControl personalities are the control surface profiles that automatically map the Axiom Pro’s controls to parameters in the supported DAW applications. HyperControl is built into Pro Tools 8 and Ableton Live 7.0.15 and higher; there are no HyperControl personalities to install for these applications. The HyperControl personalities for the other supported applications must be installed to use the automatic mapping functionality of HyperControl.

 

Click here for a list of software and versions that support HyperControl.