Steinberg Cubase Essential 4 Mackie Control Manual

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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 Essential 
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...

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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 Es-
sential.
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...

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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 Essential. Refer to the Cubase Essential opera-
tion manual for information about how to assign program 
functions to remote controller function keys.
On the rear panel...

Index 

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Index
B
Bank buttons 9
C
Channel buttons 9
Control strip 13
Cursor keys 25
Cycle button 24
E
Edit button 9
Effects
Master Effects 18
Sends 18
EQ
Selected Channel mode 15
F
Fader Set mode 13
Faders 9
Flip button 9
FX Send
Selected Channel mode 15
G
Global mode 13
I
Inserts
Selected Channel mode 16
Instruments 19
Selected Channel mode 17
J
Jog wheel 21
L
Left button 24
Level meters 25
M
Mackie Control XT 7
Markers 21
Master Effects 18
Mixer button 24
Motors button 9
Mute buttons 10
N
Name/Value button...