Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Mackie Control Manual

 
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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 indicate 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: 
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You can mute or solo...

 
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Using the Select buttons
 
In the rows of buttons above the faders you will find the Select buttons. These are used for select-
ing a single channel for detailed settings (Selected Channel mode, see page 14).  
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Only one channel at a time can be selected. 
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When you solo a channel, it is automatically selected as well. 
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If you select a channel and then select another set of eight channels for fader control, the Select 
button will go dark. 
This is because the channel is still selected,...

 
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3
 
Control strip assignment 

 
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About this chapter
 
This chapter describes the assignment of the control strip to access all VST settings in Cubase 
SX/SL: EQ, effect sends, effect and VST Instrument parameters and so on. It also contains de-
scriptions 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 display and edit the values with the V-Pots, you 
need to select the corresponding parameter...

 
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When you have selected a parameter group in this mode, the display shows the following informa-
tion: 
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You select which channel to edit in Selected Channel mode by pressing one of the eight Select 
buttons directly above the faders. 
See page 12.
 
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...

 
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Using the control strip
 
When you have selected a parameter group (or parameter sub-group - see below), you need to 
go to the page containing the desired parameter. This is done by pressing the two buttons labeled 
I/O for Page Down and Sends for Page Up at the top of the Assignment section. 
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Holding down the Shift button (on the right in the second row of buttons in the Action Keys sec-
tion) and pressing Page Up or Page Down takes you to the first or last available parameter page.
Once...

 
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About the symbols used in this chapter
 
On the following pages, all the different parameter groups are described. The parameter groups 
are divided according to the three modes, Selected Channel, Fader Set and Global. 
For quick navigation in this manual, an icon at the top of each manual page shows to which mode 
it belongs:
When a group of parameters has more than one page of parameters in the Mackie Control display, 
this is indicated by the following symbol:
This corresponds to the Page...

 
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Selected Channel: EQ
 
Accessing the EQ controls for the currently selected channel is achieved by pressing the EQ but-
ton in the Assignment 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 buttons 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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Selected Channel: FX Send
 
Accessing the FX Send (auxiliary) controls for the currently selected channel is done by pressing 
the DYN button in the Assignment section. Pressing Shift+ DYN will step through Fader Set 
mode “FX Send 1” to “FX Send 8”.
Please select a channel by pressing one of the Select buttons above the faders.
The controls for the sends are divided into 4 pages:
Page 1 - Send Levels for each of the 8 FX Sends.
Page 2 - Enable switches for each of the 8 FX Sends.
Page 3 -...

 
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Selected Channel: Inserts
 
Accessing the Insert Effect controls for the currently selected channel is done by pressing the 
Plug Ins button in the Assignment section.
Please select a channel by pressing one of the Select buttons above the faders. 
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When Page 01 is selected, V-Pot 1 selects which of the insert slots is currently being edited (see 
page 16).
If no effect is selected for the current insert slot, the display will show that ‘No Effect’ is selected. 
After a plug-in has been...