Steinberg Cubase 4 Mackie Control Manual
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21 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.
23 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. If you press the Scrub button above the jog wheel, the Cubase jog function will be used, i.e. you will hear playback. Working with markers Fast ForwardPlay Stop Record Rewind Jog Wheel Cursor keys, see “Cur- sor keys” on page 27.
24 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 marker position in your project. Adding a marker 1.Navigate the project cursor to the position where you want to add a marker. 2.In the Markers section, press the Add button. A marker is placed at the current cursor position in your project. Switching the time display When you press the SMPTE/Beats button in the Display section, the time display of Mackie Control will switch be- tween “bars and beats” and the timecode format as se- lected in the project setup of Cubase. This change is also reflected on the Transport bar of Cu- base. !If you first change the time display on the Transport bar in Cubase, this change is not reflected by Mackie Control.
26 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. Press the Revert button to go back to the last saved version of the current project. This is the same as selecting “Revert” from the File menu in Cubase. Edit functions The Undo and Redo buttons in the Action Keys section of the panel have the following functionality: Press Undo to undo the last operation in Cubase. Pressing Shift and Undo simultaneously opens the Edit History dialog in Cubase. Press Redo to “undo the undo”. Working with windows The buttons above and to the left of the Markers section allow you to control project functions or to open and close windows in Cubase. Press the Left button to set the project cursor to the po- sition marked by the left locator. Hold down Shift and press the Left button to move the left locator to the current project cursor position. Press the Right button to set the project cursor to the position marked by the right locator. Hold down Shift and press the Right button to move the right locator to the current project cursor position. Press the Cycle button to switch Cycle mode on or off in Cubase. This setting is reflected on the Transport bar in Cubase. Press the Punch button to switch automatic punch in on or off in Cubase. This setting is reflected on the Transport bar in Cubase. Press the Project button to bring the current Project window to the front. Press the Mixer button to open or close the Mixer win- dow. Press the Motors button to switch on or off the faders’ motors – see “Using the faders” on page 10. Press the Solo Defeat button to disable Solo for all channels. Hold down Shift and press the Solo Defeat button to disable Mute for all channels.
27 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 you will find two input jacks for foot pedals, labeled User Switch A and B. The switches and inputs on the rear panel of Mackie Control The procedure for assigning functions to these foot ped- als is the same as for the function keys (see above). Cursor keys Pressing the cursor keys located to the left of the jog wheel is the same as pressing the arrow keys on your computer keyboard. Showing level meters in the parameter display You can show level meters for each channel in the para- meter display. This is done by pressing Shift and the SMPTE/Beats button. Pressing the same buttons again reverts the display back to parameter mode.
29 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 10 N Name/Value button 15 O Overlay 6 P Page Up/Down buttons 14 Pan Fader Set mode 18, 19 Parameter groups 13 Parameter sub-groups 15 Project button 26 Punch button 26 R Read button 11 Rec/Rdy buttons 10 Redo button 26 Revert button 26 Right button 26 S Save button 26 Select buttons Selecting a channel for editing 10 Selected Channel mode 13 Sends Selected Channel mode 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 SMPTE/Beats button 24 Solo buttons 10 T Transport controls 23 U Undo button 26 V V-Pots 14 VST Instruments 19, 20 W Wheel 23 Write button 11