AES Session: The Art of Control – Expanding Your Skillset

Stop just pushing buttons. Start designing your workflow.

We are operating in an era of unprecedented software capabilities—but as automation takes over the baseline work, the demand for pure “button pushers” is dropping fast. To stay relevant and become indispensable, audio engineers need to evolve into workflow architects.

Join us for Soft Buttons – Controlling the world of audio, a deep-dive session into the tactile revival of audio engineering. We are moving past the “touchscreen only” era and bringing back the physical connection of hardware, supercharged with the limitless flexibility of modern software.

What We Will Talk About:

• The Language of Control: Demystify the protocols that allow your gear to communicate, including MIDI (the universal standard), OSC (high-resolution network control), and APIs (scripting custom software controls).

• Maximizing Leverage: Learn how to turn everyday interfaces into highly customized mission-control centers.

• Macro Stacking & Cross-Software Control: Trigger complex, multi-step chains of events across Pro Tools, Dante Controller, and your monitor matrix—all from a single physical button press.

• Bitfocus Companion: Discover how this open-source “great unifier” turns devices like the Stream Deck into a universal controller, speaking to hundreds of different APIs and network protocols at once.

The Future is Custom. You are no longer just operating the software; you are designing the control layer that dictates exactly how that software behaves. Level up your skillset, build bespoke workflows, and maximize your production power.