Native Mac driver for the Digidesign Control 24

Your Control 24.
Back in charge.

This is a real Control 24, filmed on a phone, being driven end to end by Keep Recordin'. Nothing staged, no render. Watch what the software does.

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Desk online

Cable the Control 24 to any Ethernet port. Keep Recordin' finds it, brings it online and takes over every lamp, strip and meter.

Logic ProPro ToolsMackie ControlHUI24 strips, two-wayApple Silicon nativeNo iLok
Close-up of a Control 24: mic preamp knobs, encoders, button columns and the fader bank
What it does

Everything on the desk, live. Not a MIDI fader box.

Keep Recordin' speaks the Control 24's own Ethernet protocol, then talks to your DAW in the deepest language it understands. Track names on the scribble strips. Meters at desk rate. Motorised faders that follow the mix.

  • Faders, mutes, solos, record arms, selects, encoders, jog wheel and transport reach the DAW
  • Fader moves, LEDs, rings, meters, the counter and scribble text come back to the desk
  • Logic Pro as Mackie Control with two extenders. Pro Tools as three HUI units.

Follows the DAW you open

Open Logic, it's a Mackie Control rig. Open Pro Tools, it's three HUI units. It detects the DAW and switches on the fly. Ports stay open, the desk stays online.

Open mapping layer

Every button is remappable from a plain JSON file. Key-command mapping for the buttons your DAW has no name for. Share presets with other Control 24 owners.

Simulated desk

Build and test your DAW setup on a virtual Control 24 before the hardware is even cabled. Same ports, same behaviour, zero risk.

The Hub

A live 3D view of your desk on screen: faders, meters, names, channel lamps, transport and which DAW is connected. See the desk from anywhere in the room.

Zero-config

Menubar app. Desk auto-detected on any Ethernet port, built-in or USB. One Start button. No switch, no router, no IP addresses.

Apple Silicon native

Swift and C++. No Electron, no Rosetta, no background CPU. Meters at full desk rate and fader echo suppression done right.

Shaun's Control 24 mid light show: SOUND OF DEEZ across the scribble strips, encoder rings sweeping, meters lit
Light Show

When the session's over, the desk puts on a show.

Power the desk on and it pulses SOUND OF DEEZ across the strips for three seconds, then hands over to your session. Hit Light Show after the mix and the whole console becomes Vegas: meter waves, ring sweeps, fader choreography, LED chases. Then it goes right back to the DAW, picture intact.

The commercial

Seventy seconds. Real desk, real app, real session.

The same desk, the app on screen, and a session in Logic Pro through Keep Recordin'.

  • Track names landing on the scribble strips as the session loads
  • Mutes and solos pressed on the desk, lighting up in the DAW
  • The Hub mirroring the desk live
  • Light Show, then straight back to the mix
The app

A menubar app that stays out of the way.

Desk status, DAW, Ethernet port, the Hub. One Start button. It finds the desk by itself and brings it online.

A Control 24 showing OFFLINE on its display, amber scribble strips and encoder rows
From OFFLINE to onlineEvery Control 24 boots to this. Keep Recordin' is what turns it into a working desk again.
Keep Recordin' control window with the desk online
Desk onlineThree HUI ports up, frames in and out, zero dropped. Setup Guide and Mappings one click away.
Why this one

Own it. Don't rent it.

The other way to keep a Control 24 alive is a yearly subscription with iLok and lowest-common-denominator HUI for every DAW. We built the opposite.

Keep Recordin'

  • ✓ $100 once. Updates for life.
  • ✓ No iLok, no account server in the loop. Activate and go.
  • ✓ Native depth per DAW: Mackie Control for Logic, HUI for Pro Tools.
  • ✓ Open JSON mapping. Remap anything.
  • ✓ Apple Silicon native, meters at full desk rate.
  • ✓ Hub, simulator, light show, power-on greeting.

Subscription bridges

  • ✕ Pay every year or the desk goes dark.
  • ✕ iLok licence management.
  • ✕ Closed mappings.
  • ✕ One generic surface profile for every DAW.
  • ✕ No simulator. No show.
Setup

Three steps. One time per Mac.

No switch, no router, no drivers to hunt down. A straight Ethernet cable from the desk to the Mac.

Install

Run the installer, enter your password once. That enables raw Ethernet access and adds the login item so the bridge is up whenever the Mac is.

Cable and power

Plug the Control 24 into any Ethernet port, built-in or a USB adapter. Power the desk. Keep Recordin' finds it by itself and plays the greeting.

Open your DAW

Logic Pro auto-scans the ports. Pro Tools takes three HUI rows in Peripherals, once. The in-app Setup Guide walks every click.

Pick your board

Which surface are you running?

One $100 licence covers every board here. Pick yours to see what it needs, how far it has been tested, and buy for that board. Your installers and setup steps follow your pick.

Keep Recordin' licence
$100
One payment. One perpetual licence. Updates for life.
  • Logic Pro and Pro Tools adapters
  • Any Mackie Control or HUI DAW
  • Hub and simulated desk
  • Open JSON mapping
  • Light Show and power-on greeting
  • Every future update, free
Buy for Control|24$100

macOS 13 or newer, Apple Silicon. One licence, one Mac. Secure checkout by Stripe. You download straight after paying, and your licence and download link land in your inbox. Questions first? Email ddonald@builtondreams.llc.

FAQ

Straight answers.

Which boards does it work with?

The Digidesign Control|24 is verified on real hardware, on the desk's final firmware v1.08. The ProControl, Digi 002 and 003, PreSonus FaderPort family and ioStation, and Mackie Control style boards are in beta: built and tested against simulated units, not yet on real ones. The C|24, D-Command, D-Control and Command|8 are in development. Pick your board for the details.

Which DAWs?

Logic Pro and Pro Tools have dedicated adapters and are verified end to end. Anything that accepts a Mackie Control or HUI surface will see the desk too: Cubase, Nuendo, Studio One, Reaper, Live, Digital Performer. If your DAW needs a tweak, mail us and we'll map it.

Do I need a switch or a special network?

No. The desk talks raw Ethernet, not IP. A single cable from the Control 24 straight into any Ethernet port on the Mac, built-in or a USB adapter, is the whole network.

Does it need an iLok?

No. One licence tied to your Mac. No dongle, no yearly renewal, no account server standing between you and your desk.

What Mac do I need?

Any Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 13 or newer. The bridge is a small menubar app and a background service. It uses next to nothing while it runs.

Can I remap the buttons?

Yes. Mappings are plain JSON files in your Application Support folder: per-channel buttons, global buttons, Shift combos. Map any desk button to any DAW action or key command.

Is it affiliated with Avid?

No. Keep Recordin' is an independent product by Built on Dreams LLC. It works with the Control 24 by speaking its wire protocol, written from our own packet captures. No Avid or third-party code is inside.

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