Steinberg Cubase Essential 4 Mackie Control Manual

Mackie Control and Cubase Essential 

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Table of Contents 

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Table of Contents
5Introduction
6The Steinberg layout for Mackie Control
7About Mackie Control XT
8Basic mixing
9About this chapter
9Selecting which channels to control
9Using the faders
10Rec/Rdy
10Mute and Solo
10Using the Select buttons
10A note about automation
11Control strip assignment
12About this chapter
12Basic procedures
14About the symbols used in this chapter
15Selected Channel: EQ
15Selected Channel: FX Send
16Selected Channel: Inserts
17Selected Channel: Instruments
17Fader Set: Pan...

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Introduction 

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Introduction
The Steinberg layout for Mackie 
Control
This chapter describes the Steinberg-specific layout for 
Mackie Control, and also provides information regarding 
the Mackie Control XT 8 channel extender unit.An overlay is included with your Mackie Control that shows 
all Steinberg-specific key assignments for this device. The 
overlay can be placed over the top right part of Mackie 
Control, above the transport controls. These key assign-
ments are used to remote control Cubase Essential.
You...

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Introduction
About Mackie Control XT
Mackie Control XT 8 channel extender units are also sup-
ported. All faders and encoder/displays are combined into 
one continuous surface. The following applies:
•When the encoder section is used to display the data 
for one channel (channel strip mode, or for plug-ins), the 
parameters are presented over the encoder section of all 
devices, from left to right. 
Fader bank navigation and encoder section assignment 
is controlled by the Mackie Control unit. 
For...

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Basic mixing 

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Basic mixing
About this chapter
This chapter describes how to work with the faders and 
the rows of buttons above them (Solo, Mute, Select and 
Rec), and how to select which channels are affected by 
the fader settings.
Selecting which channels to control
Mackie Control’s fader section controls eight different 
channels in Cubase Essential (plus the master level, which 
has its own fader). You select which channels to control 
with the aid of the Fader Banks section of Mackie Control.
The Fader Banks...

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Basic mixing
Rec/Rdy
The buttons directly underneath the row of V-Pots are 
used to arm a track for recording. The LEDs indicate the 
record arming state for a particular track.
The Signal LEDs underneath the Rec/Rdy buttons indi-
cate signal activity on the channels. The LED lights up as 
soon as the level meter for a channel shows any activity.
Mute and Solo
The two rows of buttons underneath the Rec/Rdy buttons 
allow you to mute or solo channels. The following rules 
apply:
You can mute or solo...