1. Locate “Panorama_Mainstage_Support” installer in the zip file you downloaded from your Nektar account page, then run it.
2. If the installer displays a “can’t be opened because it’s from an unidentified developer” dialog, right-click on the Installer and select ‘Open’. You will see the same warning but you will be given the option to continue anyway.
3. With installation complete, make sure your Panorama controller is connected to your computer and switched on.
4. Launch MainStage.
5. When you open a concert, Instrument Mode will be activated automatically and the name of the first patch in the concert will appear on Panorama’s display.

For an example of how Panorama should be configured in Mainstage try creating a concert based on the Keyboard Quickstart template. Panorama’s encoders will automatically map to Smart Controls in that concert and you can look at the settings for those controls to get a better idea of how things should be mapped in your custom concert.

When using Panorama in Mixer, Instrument modes, with Mainstage, you will need to send and receive data via the ‘Instrument PANORAMA‘ ports. In these modes control data is transmitted on MIDI Channel 1. If you hover your mouse over an assignment, you will see a downward facing arrow. Click on that arrow to see the ‘Hardware Input’ settings as shown on the right.

Here is a list of CCs for Panorama’s controls in Mixer/Instrument Modes:

2×4 group of encoders:

• 1 – CC64 (make sure that when you use this control, it’s not part of the ‘All Devices’ group or the group which sends note data to your instruments)
• 2 – CC65
• 3 – CC66
• 4 – CC67
• 5 – CC68
• 6 – CC69
• 7 – CC70
• 8 – CC71

Encoders above faders

• 1 – CC48
• 2 – CC49
• 3 – CC50
• 4 – CC51
• 5 – CC52
• 6 – CC53
• 7 – CC54
• 8 – CC55

Black faders

• 1 – CC8
• 2 – CC1
• 3 – CC2
• 4 – CC3
• 5 – CC4
• 6 – CC5
• 7 – CC6
• 8 – CC7

Buttons below faders (only use these in Mixer Mode, in instrument mode they are used for patch/set navigation, by default)

• 1 – CC16
• 2 – CC17
• 3 – CC18
• 4 – CC19
• 5 – CC20
• 6 – CC21
• 7 – CC22
• 8 – CC23

Motorized fader

• MSB – CC15 (use this for full range control)
• LSB – CC47
• Touch – CC13

Buttons next to motorized fader

• Mute – CC30
• Solo – CC31
• Fader – CC105

Transport buttons

• Loop – CC80
• Rewind – CC81
• Forward – CC82
• Stop – CC83
• Play – CC84
• Record – CC85
• |<< – CC86
• >>| – CC87
• Undo – CC88
• Click – CC89
• Mode – CC90

Display buttons

• 1 – CC106
• 2 – CC107
• 3 – CC108
• 4 – CC109
• 5 – Do not use

Nav Buttons

• Shift – CC96
• Track- – CC91
• Track+ – CC92
• Patch- – CC93
• Patch+ – CC94
• View – CC95

When making control assignments for the encoders make sure that the ‘Type’ is set to ‘Relative (2’s complement)’.

When setting up feedback for a control, make sure the MIDI Thru is set to ‘Do not pass through’ and ‘Send Value to’ is set to ‘Instrument PANORAMA’.

See the ‘Encoder Configuration’ image for an example of a encoder assignment with feedback and the ‘Fader Configuration’ image for a fader assignment with feedback.

If you find that fader 2 acts as a Modulation Wheel or the first encoder in the 2×4 encoder group acts as a Sustain Pedal, it’s because those controls are set to receive data from all ports, rather than from a specific port. The images on the right show how to setup Modulation and Sustain functions.

If Panorama does not switch to Instrument Mode when you open a concert, first check that Panorama’s MIDI ports appear correctly in Audio MIDI Setup, as described here: Troubleshooting Panorama in OSX in MacOS 10.11 and later

If you recently updated to macOS 10.13 (High Sierra), you may have encountered the problem described on this page: Small warning when updating to macOS 10.13 High Sierra

Take a look in this directory: ~/Music

1. Open a Finder window
2. Open the ‘Go’ menu from the top of your screen
3. Select ‘Home’
4. Open the ‘Music’ folder

If the ‘Audio Music Apps’ folder appears as an alias (with a small curved arrow at the bottom-left of the folder icon), as shown in the image below, delete the alias and then run the Mainstage support installer again.

Panorama products are set up the same way in FL Studio. In our example here, we use a P6 but just substitute the model number with the Panorama model number of the unit you own and you’ll be fine.

You’ll need to have completed the driver installation and firmware update for you unit as described in the Panorama installation instructions.

• In FL Studio go to Options/MIDI Settings. See MIDI Settings images on the right.
  
• In the output section set the ‘MIDIOUT2 (Panorama P*)’ to port 160, in MacOS the port is called ‘PANORAMA P* Instrument’.
  
• In the input section, enable the ‘Panorama P*’ Input port and set it to Generic Controller, with no port number. In MacOS this port is called ‘PANORAMA P* Internal’
  
• Enable the ‘MIDIIN2 (Panorama P*)’ Input port and select “Nektar Panorama P4” from the Controller Type drop down list. Set this input to Port 160. In MacOS this port is called ‘PANORAMA P* Instrument’.
  

Panorama should now be connected to FL Studio and the controllers display will appear as shown in the ‘Mixer’ image on the right.

With Panorama and FL Studio now up and running, let’s take a look at the functionality. It works quite different from our integration for other DAWs but it’s pretty powerful. The ‘Control Surface Functions’ image on the right provides a brief overview of what each control does. You will notice that all 16 encoders and 9 faders are freely assignable to your liking but the main navigational buttons are configured so you don’t have to worry about it. Let’s take a look at what each button does:

First press the [Track -] and [Track +] buttons. This will bring up the mixer in FL Studio and for each press, either move forward or backwards one mixer insert/send depending on which button you press. 

The info-bar updates showing Mixer insert name/Song Position Meter/Blank (see the ‘Mixer Control’ image).

Next press the [Patch-] and [Patch+] buttons. This time you are navigating the FL Studio channels with associated instruments and you will notice that the mixer follows the selection also. 

You can also press [Shift]+[Track+] (Bank>) to jump 8 mixer insert/send forward from your current position or [Shift]+[Track-] (<Bank) to go 8 channels backwards. Note: This does not change the assignments of the 8 faders. 

If your Panorama has a motorized fader, now try moving it. This will change the mixer volume for the current mixer insert/send. When you select a new mixer insert/send (using either the mouse or the navigation buttons on Panorama) the motorized fader will move the fader volume position to correspond with that insert/send. The solo and mute buttons associated with the motorized fader will similarly update with mixer insert/send selection. The Fader button allows you to record arm the selected track.

The 5 buttons below the display are currently labeled Pan/Stereo/EQ1/EQ2/EQ3 (again, see the ‘Mixer Control’ image).

By default, Pan is selected so you can now control pan for the selected Mixer insert/send using Panorama’s Data Control. Parameter feedback is displayed in the top info-line. 

Pressing any of the other display buttons will change the assignment of the Data Control encoder to control Stereo (separation), EQ1 Gain, EQ2 Gain, EQ3 Gain.

1. Once you’ve downloaded the template, unzip the file and locate the ‘live_template.syx’ file for your Panorama model. This file needs to be transmitted to the Panorama and to do that you’ll need to download a sysex tool. We recommend Send SX:

• Send SX

1. Open Send SK and set the MIDI Output to ‘Panorama P*’ as shown in the ‘Send SX’ image on the right.
2. Load the.syx file associated with you Nektar controller into Send SX.
3. Click the ‘Send’ button.
4. The P-series controller’s page will now say ‘Loading Memory Bank Via Sys ex’

2. With the transfer complete it’s now time to copy the ‘Panorama’ folder you unzipped to the following location:

C:\\Users\\\\AppData\\Roaming\\Ableton\\Live \\Preferences\\User Remote Scripts

(See the ‘File Path’ Image on the right).

Note:This is a hidden directory. To access this directory you will need to configure Windows to ‘Show Hidden Files and Folders’ and deactivate ‘Hide Protected Operating System files’. Please follow the instructions on this page: Show hidden files.

3. Launch Ableton Live and open the mapping template file you unzipped ‘mapping_template_1.2.als’. In order for this mapping to be recalled each time you restart Live, you must save the Live set as your default. To do this, go to the ‘File’ menu and select ‘Save Live Set as default set…’. See the ‘Default Set’ image on the right.

4. With the preferences window still open select the MIDI Tab. Select ‘Panorama’ from the list of Control Surfaces and set the Input port to Panorama. See the ‘Link/Tempo/MIDI’ image on the right.

1. Once you’ve downloaded the template, unzip the file and locate the ‘live_template.syx’ file for your Panorama model. This file needs to be transmitted to the Panorama and to do that you’ll need to download a sysex tool. We recommend Sysex Librarian:

• Sysex Librarian

Next, open your Sysex tool of choice and transmit the data to the Panorama. Below is how its done using Sysex Librarian.

• Drag the file ‘live_template.syx’ into the window as shown in the ‘Sysex Librarian’ image on the right.
• Choose ‘Internal’ as the destination (in older versions of OSX, you may see a port called ‘Panorama’, instead)
• Click play

2. With the transfer complete it’s now time to copy the ‘Panorama’ folder you unzipped to the following location:

 ~/Library/Preferences/Ableton/Live**/User Remote Scripts

(See the ‘File Path’ image on the right.

Note:This is a hidden directory, to access this directory do the following:

• Open a Finder window
• Open the ‘Go’ menu at the top of the screen
• With the Go menu open, hold the Alt/Option key on your keyboard
• Select ‘Library’ from the Go menu
• In the Finder window, open the ‘Preferences’ folder
• Open the ‘Ableton’ folder
• Open the folder for the most recent version of Live

Open the ‘User Remote Scripts’ folder and copy the ‘Panorama’ folder into this directory.

3. Launch Ableton Live and open the mapping template file you unzipped ‘mapping_template_1.2.als’. In order for this mapping to be recalled each time you restart Live, you must save the Live set as your default. To do this, go to the ‘File’ menu and select ‘Save Live Set as default set…’. See the ‘Default Set’ image on the right.

4. With the preferences window still open select the MIDI Tab. Select ‘Panorama’ from the list of Control Surfaces and set the Input port to Panorama. See the ‘Link/Tempo/MIDI’ image on the right.