Five minutes per DAW. Then mostly forget about it.

Step 1 - Local Network permission

Mac asks for permission the first time Logic tries to find another device on your Wi-Fi. If you missed the prompt, grant it manually:

1. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network.
2. Toggle Logic Pro to ON.
3. Restart Logic Pro if it was open.

Step 2 - MMC input

Logic listens for MIDI Machine Control once you enable it in the project’s synchronization settings.

1. Open your project.
2. File › Project Settings › Synchronization › MIDI.
3. Check Listen to MIDI Machine Control (MMC) input.
4. Save the project. Logic stores this per-project, so do it once per template and you’re set.

That’s it. Open the mixaphone plug-in on the master bus, fire up the phone app, and you should see Logic appear in the device list. Play / stop / locate from the phone now drives Logic’s transport.

Step 1 - Local Network permission

1. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network.
2. Toggle GarageBand to ON.
3. Restart GarageBand if it was open.

Step 2 - Transport: not supported

GarageBand was branched from Logic, but Apple removed MMC input from the GarageBand UI. There is no built-in way for the play / stop / locate buttons on your phone to drive GarageBand’s transport.

Audio monitoring still works without any further setup. Open the mixaphone plug-in on the master bus and your mix streams to the phone. You’ll just drive transport from the Mac.

If transport matters to you, Logic Pro is the upgrade path - it runs the same projects with the same plug-ins.

Step 1 - Local Network permission (Mac)

Windows users can skip this. On Mac:

1. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network.
2. Toggle REAPER to ON.
3. Restart REAPER if it was open.

On Windows, REAPER doesn’t need an explicit Local Network grant. The Windows firewall may pop up the first time REAPER opens a UDP socket - allow it for private networks.

Step 2 - MIDI input + control

REAPER treats mixaphone as a MIDI device and needs a one-time right-click to enable transport messages.

1. REAPER › Settings › MIDI Inputs.
2. Find Mixaphone in the list.
3. Right-click › Enable input + control messages.
4. Click OK.

Open the mixaphone plug-in on the master bus and you’re set. Play / stop / record-arm-aware-locate from the phone now drives REAPER. (Record from the phone is intentionally disabled in v1.)

Heads up: Pro tier only

Cubase Pro exposes MMC slave settings in its Project Synchronization Setup. Cubase Elements does not. If you’re on Elements, audio monitoring still works fine via the plug-in - you just won’t get phone-driven transport.

Step 1 - Local Network permission (Mac)

1. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network.
2. Toggle Cubase to ON.
3. Restart Cubase if it was open.

Step 2 - Enable the MIDI input

1. Studio › Studio Setup › MIDI Port Setup.
2. Find Mixaphone in the list.
3. Tick the box in the In column.
4. Click OK.

Step 3 - MMC slave

1. Transport › Project Synchronization Setup.
2. Check MMC Slave Active.
3. Set MMC Input to Mixaphone.
4. Click OK.

Open the mixaphone plug-in on the stereo out bus and you’re done. Play / stop / locate from the phone drives Cubase Pro’s transport.

Step 1 - Local Network permission (Mac)

1. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network.
2. Toggle Studio One to ON.
3. Restart Studio One if it was open.

Step 2 - Add as a new MMC device

1. Studio One › Settings › External Devices.
2. Click Add Device.
3. From the device picker, choose New MMC.
4. Receive From: Mixaphone.
5. Send To: None.
6. Click OK.

Open the mixaphone plug-in on the main out and you’re set. Play / stop / locate from the phone drives Studio One’s transport across every tier, including Studio One Free.

Step 1 - Local Network permission (Mac)

1. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network.
2. Toggle FL Studio to ON.
3. Restart FL Studio if it was open.

Step 2 - Usually automatic

FL Studio detects new MIDI inputs and enables them automatically the first time it sees them. In most cases, play / stop / locate from your phone just work, no setup required.

If transport isn’t responding

1. Options › MIDI settings.
2. Find Mixaphone in the Input list.
3. Confirm Enable is on.
4. Click the lightning-bolt icon if you want to bind specific transport buttons. Default is fine for most users.

Open the mixaphone plug-in on the master mixer track and you’re streaming.

Step 1 - Local Network permission (Mac)

1. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network.
2. Toggle Live to ON.
3. Restart Live if it was open.

Step 2 - Transport: not supported

Ableton Live does not accept MIDI Machine Control input natively. Live’s transport is driven by Link, its own clock, or a Max for Live device. mixaphone does not ship a Max for Live bridge in v1.

Audio monitoring still works without any further setup. Insert the mixaphone plug-in on the Master track’s output and your mix streams to the phone. Drive transport from your keyboard, a controller, or the Push.

We’re tracking demand for a Max for Live transport bridge. If that’s a must-have for you, email support@humpbackaudio.com and tell us - it informs whether we build it.

Step 1 - Local Network permission (Mac)

1. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network.
2. Toggle Bitwig Studio to ON.
3. Restart Bitwig if it was open.

Step 2 - Transport: not supported

Bitwig drives transport through its own controller-script protocol, not MMC. mixaphone presents as a MIDI device, which Bitwig accepts for note input but not for transport.

Audio monitoring still works without any further setup. Insert the mixaphone plug-in on the Master track’s output and your mix streams to the phone. Drive transport from a controller, the keyboard, or Bitwig’s own remote.

A Bitwig controller-script for mixaphone is on the roadmap. If this matters to your studio, email support@humpbackaudio.com.

1. Plug-in not appearing in DAW

   Verify the right format is installed for your DAW. On Mac, AU lives under ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/ and VST3 lives under ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/. On Windows, VST3 lives under C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\. Restart the DAW after the installer finishes; some DAWs cache the plug-in list and only rescan on launch.

2. iPhone or Android doesn't find my computer

   Confirm both devices are on the same Wi-Fi network and the same band. Confirm Local Network permission is on (System Settings on Mac, app permissions on Android). Confirm no VPN or content-filter is intercepting mDNS or UDP broadcast - these block device discovery silently. Office networks with "client isolation" enabled also block this; use a phone hotspot or a guest network as a quick test.

3. Audio dropouts on bad Wi-Fi

   In the phone app's gear menu, switch the buffer preset from Tight to Stable. That trades latency for resilience. If you still get dropouts, switch your phone to the 5 GHz band (most modern routers expose both 2.4 and 5 GHz as separate SSIDs).

4. License says "all 3 devices used"

   Open the mixaphone plug-in on any of your existing devices, click manage license, and deactivate the slot you no longer need. If the old device is lost, sold, or wiped, email support@humpbackaudio.com with your order ID and we'll free up the slot.