Steinberg Cubase 4 Mackie Control Manual

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Control strip assignment
After an instrument plug-in has been selected in Cubase, 
the display will change to show the currently selected in-
strument in this effect slot and the ‘number of pages’ indi-
cator will be updated to show the amount of pages 
necessary to display all the plug-in’s declared parameters. 

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Transport control 

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Transport control
About this chapter
This chapter describes how to control playback, record-
ing, positioning and the time display in Cubase from 
Mackie Control.
The transport controls
The transport controls of Mackie Control are located in 
the lower right corner of the panel:
Note that pressing Shift while pressing Rewind or Fast 
Forward will move the project cursor to the beginning or 
the end of the project.
About the jog wheel
The jog wheel will only move the project cursor position in 
Cubase....

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Transport control
You can use Mackie Control to move directly to particular 
positions defined in your project with the aid of markers. 
Also, you can place such a marker at the current position in 
the project. The most common use for this is probably to 
move to the L and R markers – the left and right locators.
Jumping to a marker
In the Markers section (directly above the Transport Con-
trols), press the Prev or Next button to jump from the cur-
rent project cursor position to the previous or next...

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Other functions 

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Other functions
About this chapter
This chapter describes the remaining functions available 
on the Mackie Control panel.
Project functions
The Save and Revert buttons in the Action Keys section of 
the panel have the following functionality:
Press the Save button to save the current project.
This is the same as selecting “Save” from the File menu in Cubase.
Hold Shift and press Save to save a backup copy of the 
current project.
This is the same as using the “Save New Version” command in Cubase....

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Other functions
In the top right corner of Mackie Control, next to the dis-
play, you will find an LED labeled Rude Solo. This LED 
lights up as soon as any channel has been soloed.
The Rude Solo LED
Function keys
You can use the function keys F1 to F8 and function key 
combinations with the Shift button to access functions in 
Cubase. Refer to the Cubase operation manual for infor-
mation about how to assign program functions to remote 
controller function keys.
On the rear panel of Mackie Control...

Index 

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Index
B
Bank buttons 9
C
Channel buttons 9
Control strip 14
Cursor keys 27
Cycle button 26
E
Edit button 9
Effects
Insert Effects 17, 18, 19
Master Effects 20
EQ
Selected Channel
mode 16, 18, 19, 20
F
Fader Set mode 14
Faders 10
Flip button 9
FX Send
Selected Channel
mode 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
G
Global mode 14
I
Inserts 17, 18, 19
Instruments 19, 20
J
Jog wheel 23
L
Left button 26
Level meters 27
M
Mackie Control XT 7
Markers 23
Master Effects 20
Mixer button 26
Motors 10
Motors button 10
Mute buttons...