# Virtual Addressing

Vitrual Addressing allows Mimic to automatically assign new output addresses based on what's actually available so you don't have to think about it. \
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The one area where this features are not automated, is understanding the full range of device-programmed addresses, at least not implicitily.\
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However the sheer volume of addresses available (16\*128\*2) per-device means all you need to know is which channels your device is using. Let's say it's all of Channel 1 and a bit of Channel 2.

Just toggle off Channel 1 and Channel 2 to be safe and still have 14 channels of CC and Note addresses free for Mimic to use.\
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Mimic will loop back from Channel 16/127 to Channel 1/0 and give you a prompt to let you know this is happening, useful if you've not toggled off those device-used Channels yet.\
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Mimic will skip ahead in auto-addressing any outputs that have been Macro'd, or added via Custom MIDI, or used already by VCC/VNote, OR skipped by the channel toggles in Device settings.\
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TLDR: Toggle off the channels your device already uses, and crack on.

#### **How it works:**

* Set a Global Start Address for CC and Note which all Devices use unless manually configured:

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* Alternatively, right-click your Device and choose Set AutoMapping:

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/RQAg2o1mlGbtQpU0AGqX" alt="" width="398"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

* In the Popup, choose specific start place and ideally, toggle-off channels the device already uses:

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/Hcp3XnptjTX1MLVjjSZo" alt="" width="357"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

{% hint style="success" %}
Note that in this example the Note Channel 2 is toggled off, but the start Channel is 2, all that will happen here is the actual first available address is now Channel 3 C-2 for Notes.
{% endhint %}

#### Result

Each time you select +Next Virtual CC or +Next Virtual Note on an Action, the registry assigns the next unused address above your start point.

* Virtual Addressing skips used addresses and continues from the next available. Custom MIDI addressing warns you if you choose an already used address, but you can still use it. **So use Custom MIDI if you intentionally want to map 2 haptics to the same address.**
* Addresses are assigned sequentially and persist with your session file

**In Macro Groups:** when a group uses Next VCC output, each member gets the next sequential address automatically. For example, an 8-fader group starting at CH14 CC0 would assign CH14 CC0 through CH14 CC7.


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