Steinberg Cubase Essential 4 Mackie Control Manual

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About this chapter
This chapter describes the assignment of the control strip 
to access all VST settings in Cubase Essential: EQ, effect 
sends, effect and VST Instrument parameters and so on. It 
also contains descriptions of the available parameter 
pages, as shown in the display of Mackie Control.
Basic procedures
Selecting a parameter group
To be able to view the settings of a parameter in the dis-
play and edit the values with the V-Pots, you need to se-
lect the...

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Fader Set mode
In this mode, you can view and edit a single parameter for 
eight different channels (the current Fader Set). You can 
think of this as working with a horizontal segment of a mixer 
desk, e.g. the pan controls for eight consecutive channels:
You select which set of eight channels to edit by using 
the buttons in the Fader Banks and/or the Fader Groups 
section, as described on “Selecting which channels to 
control” on page 9.
Global mode
This is where you make...

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About parameter sub-groups
Most of the settings are structured in the following way: a 
parameter group (accessed by pressing a button in the 
Assignment or Action Keys sections) contains one or sev-
eral pages, each holding one or several parameters.
However, in the case of send effects, master effects, in-
struments (Global mode) and inserts (Selected Channel 
mode), there is one more hierarchical level, called a pa-
rameter sub-group. For example, the parameters for mas-...

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Selected Channel: EQ
Accessing the EQ controls for the currently selected 
channel is achieved by pressing the EQ button in the As-
signment section. If you press Shift + EQ one band per 
page will be shown for the selected channel.
Please select a channel by pressing one of the Select but-
tons above the faders.
The controls for the equalizers are divided into 2 pages:
Page 1
Frequency and Gain pairs for the four bands. 
Page 2
Enable and Q controls for the four bands....

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Controls to choose the destination of the FX send signal.Selected Channel: Inserts
Accessing the Insert Effect controls for the currently se-
lected channel is done by pressing the Plug-Ins button in 
the Assignment section.
Please select a channel by pressing one of the Select but-
tons above the faders.
When Page 01 is selected, V-Pot 1 selects which of the 
insert slots is currently being edited (see “About parame-
ter sub-groups” on page 14).
If no effect is...

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Selected Channel: Instruments
Accessing the Instrument controls for the currently se-
lected channel is done by pressing the Instruments button 
in the Action Keys section.
Please select a channel by pressing one of the Select but-
tons above the faders.
Fader Set: Pan
Accessing the Pan controls for the current Fader Set is 
done by pressing the Pan button in the Assignment sec-
tion.
The left/right panning of a channel in the current Fader Set 
is controlled by the...

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Global: Send Effects
Mackie Control can control the parameters of the effects 
that are loaded in the first insert of FX channels. To access 
these effects, press the Sends button in the Action Keys 
section.
When Page 01 is selected, V-Pot 1 selects which ef-
fect of the FX channels is currently being edited (see 
“About parameter sub-groups” on page 14).
If no effect is selected for the current slot, the display will 
show that ‘No Effect’ is selected. 
After a plug-in has...

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Global: Instruments
Mackie Control can control the parameters of the instru-
ments that are loaded in the VST Instruments rack. To ac-
cess these, push the Instruments button in the Action 
Keys section and press Shift.
When Page 01 is selected, V-Pot 1 selects which of the 
VST Instrument slots is currently being edited (see “About 
parameter sub-groups” on page 14).
If no VST Instrument is selected for the current slot the 
display will read ‘No Effect’.After an instrument...

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