DAW IT User manual

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Introduction

Thank you for purchasing DAW IT^® app.
We encourage you to contact us with questions or comments regarding this product.

Also, we suggest that you create a Free Account in our website and get access to the Forum and the Members Directory.
We suggest that you spend some time with this manual before starting to work with DAW IT application, in order to get familiar with its features and workflow.
This will help your setup process go as smoothly as possible.

Some points to consider:

The screenshots come from a tablet running Android 7.0 with screen resolution lower than Full High Definition (FHD) and from Windows 10 PC running Cubase Pro 10.5
The documentation applies to “Android” operating system
Every Android device has a BACK button. Its symbol is:

System Requirements

DAW IT requires Android 6.0 or greater operating system on your tablet or mobile phone device.
Also, your Android device must provide a MIDI connection option when connected to a computer USB port.
However, we recommend Android 7.0 as a minimum version to avoid incompatibilities.

In order to confirm these, do the following steps on your Android device:

Open your device Settings, select System and tap About phone/tablet. Then scroll down to Android version. Check for version 6.0 or greater. If the version is smaller than 6.0, then your phone or tablet doesn’t provide MIDI option, so you cannot use DAW IT.
Connect your device to a computer USB port (USB 2.0 or greater) and check your notifications tab on the top of the screen. Usually, you ‘ll see the message “Settings – Charging via USB” or something similar. Tap 1 or 2 times on this notification to open the “more options” screen. Find and select MIDI.
See the 2 screenshots below:

Please note:

If there is no MIDI option available then you cannot use DAW IT application on this particular phone or tablet because your device manufacturer didn't include MIDI connectivity.
Also have in mind that Google introduced MIDI for the 1st time on Android 6.0, therefore some devices may not support MIDI protocol.

Please note:

In some cases, for example on "Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e", the MIDI option is not directly available.
You must open device settings and enable "Developer options". Click here to learn how to do it.
Once "Developer mode" is active, you must find "USB configuration” or “USB configuration by default” or “Select USB settings”. Then find and select MIDI.

With your Android device connected successfully, you are ready to open your DAW software on your computer and make sure that a new MIDI port is available.
Next launch DAW IT on your Android device.
Then tap the Settings button on the Main Menu and choose the available MIDI Port from its respective field.

Caution:

Unofficial Android distributions are not supported. This means that they have not been tested with DAW IT.
We do not encourage the use of such devices because of possible incompatibility issues.

What's new & Links bar

On top of Main screen there is the What’s new area.
Several links are displayed there in succession.
Tap on a link to open your default browser to read more.
– An internet connection is required.
– If there is no internet connection available, only the WELCOME message will appear.

Main Menu

Useful Tip !

Tap and hold any icon from Main menu to open its functions on the Auxiliary Panel.
This panel appears on top of the main functions and works simultaneously.
Please note that there are not editing capabilities available inside the Auxiliary Panel.