Sequential Subcontrols allow you to use more than variable control -- knob, slider, or crossfader -- in a contiguous range. This allows you to combine different MIDI messages and control them with one master control (the supercontrol).

Set It Up
We have three knobs called Distortion, Cab and Reverb. We have another knob called Big Sound. What we want is to have Big Sound spin up Distortion first, then Cab, and lastly, Reverb.


  1. Make Big Sound a Supercontrol
  2. Add Distortion, Cab and Reverb to Big Sound's subcontrols in order
  3. Make Big Sound use Sequential Subcontrols (Relationships -> Options as Super -> Sequential)





But Now I'm Skipping Values and Several Knobs Are Sending at Once!

All the adjustments for precise control of the subcontrols happens in the supercontrol. Basically we need to:
  • Provide a MIDI type that has enough granularity to handle all the ticks of the subcontrols (probably 128x3 in this case)
    NOT NECESSARY
  • Give the supercontrol the right number of ticks to correspond to one value on the subcontrols

So in this example we will:
  1. Let's also make a new button for testing: it's a MOMENTARY button that is a SUPERCONTROL of Big Sound. This creates a Stepper which we need to test if we're working.




  2. The number of ticks for the supercontrol is calculated as follows:

    The sum of the ticks in the subcontrols minus the number of subcontrols minus one (number of subcontrols minus one is the number of overlaps, really)

    So in this case, # of Ticks for the supercontrol is 382.
  3. Change the Display Min -> Max to 0 -> 381 (subtract one because we start at zero)...


  4. That's it