Using the Control Surface Toolbar

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Using the Control Surface Toolbar

The Control Surface Toolbar appears near the top of the Wwise interface when a Control Surface Session is active. You can open and close the toolbar by clicking the activation icon in the Control Surface Bindings view or in a Control Surface Session Object Tab.

	Control Surface Toolbar
	Activate/Deactivate Control Surface Session

The Control Surface Toolbar contains the following elements, arranged from left to right:

Interface element	Description
Active Control Surface Session	Shows the currently active Control Surface Session. Double-click to open the session in an Object Tab.
	Opens a list of Control Surface Sessions. Switch to a different session by selecting one from the list.
Current Selection Object	Shows the currently selected object.
Last Property Changed	Shows the last object, property, and value (as a slider) modified with a control surface's binding.
Loaded Binding Groups	These buttons show which groups, from among the following, are active and inactive: Global: The target object is defined in binding. Current Selection: The target object is the last selected one. View Group: The target object is loaded in the specified group via the specified view. For example, the button might be written `YourGroup:Soundcaster`, which indicates that your project has a defined View Group called "YourGroup" that is used within the Soundcaster. There can be multiple View Groups defined in different views, so more than one button might be visible. Click a group name to activate or deactivate the group. Colors change to indicate the group status: Active: orange Inactive: gray
	Deactivates the Control Surface Session and closes the Control Surface Toolbar.

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