Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Mackie Control Manual

							 
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Fader Set: Pan
 
Accessing the Pan controls for the current Fader Set is done by pressing the Pan button in the 
Assignment section.
The left/right panning of a channel in the current Fader Set is controlled by the corressponding 
V-Pot. 
In Cubase SL, Page 02 of the Pan parameters is not available.  
						

							 
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Global: Send Effects
 
Mackie Control can control the parameters of the effects that are loaded in the send effects rack. 
To access these effects, press the Sends button in the Action Keys section. 
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When Page 01 is selected, V-Pot 1 selects which of the effect slots is currently being edited (see 
page 16).
If no effect is selected for the current slot, the display will show that ‘No Effect’ is selected. 
After a plug-in has been selected in Cubase SX/SL, the display will change to show the currently 
selected plug-in this effect slot and the ‘number of pages’ indicator will be updated to show the 
amount of pages necessary to display all the plug-in’s declared parameters.
Here the Reverb32 plug-in has been selected.  
						

							 
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Global: Master Effects
 
Mackie Control can control the parameters of the effects that are loaded in the master effects sec-
tion of the main stereo output. To access these effects, press the Master button in the Action Keys 
section. 
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When Page 01 is selected, V-Pot 1 selects which of the master effect slots is currently being 
edited (see page 16).
If no effect is selected for the current master effect slot, the display will show that ‘No Effect’ is 
selected. 
After a plug-in has been selected in Cubase SX/SL, the display will change to show the currently 
selected plug-in this effect slot and the ‘number of pages’ indicator will be updated to show the 
amount of pages necessary to display all the plug-in’s declared parameters.
Here the Symphonic plug-in has been selected.  
						

							 
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Global: Instruments
 
Mackie Control can control the parameters of the instruments that are loaded in the VST Instruments 
rack. To access these, push the Instruments button in the Action Keys section. 
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When Page 01 is selected, V-Pot 1 selects which of the VST Instrument slots is currently being 
edited (see page 16).
If no VST Instrument is selected for the current slot the display will read ‘No Effect’.
After an instrument plug-in has been selected in Cubase SX/SL, the display will change to show 
the currently selected instrument in this effect slot and the ‘number of pages’ indicator will be up-
dated to show the amount of pages necessary to display all the plug-in’s declared parameters.  
						

							 
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4
 
Transport control 
						

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About this chapter
This chapter describes how to control playback, recording, positioning and the time display in
Cubase SX/SL 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 wheel is used for moving the project cursor position in Cubase SX/SL. The Scrub button 
above the jog wheel is reserved for future use.
Fast ForwardPlay
Stop Record Rewind
Jog Wheel
Cursor keys, 
see page 31.  
						

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Working with markers
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 Controls), press the Prev or Next button to jump 
from the current 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 between “bars and beats” and the timecode format as selected in the project setup of 
Cubase SX/SL.
This change is also reflected on the Transport bar of Cubase SX/SL.
If you first change the time display on the Transport bar in Cubase SX/SL, this change is not reflected 
by Mackie Control. For the time display to be correct in Mackie Control, the Frame Rate and the Display 
Format in the Project Setup dialog in Cubase SX/SL should be identical.  
						

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5
Other functions 
						

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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 SX/SL.
•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 SX/SL.
•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 SX/SL.
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 SX/SL.
•Pressing Shift and Undo simultaneously opens the Edit History dialog in Cubase SX/SL.
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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 SX/SL.
•Press the Left button to set the project cursor to the position 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 SX/SL. This setting is reflected 
on the Transport bar in Cubase SX/SL.
•Press the Punch button to switch automatic punch in on or off in Cubase SX/SL. This setting is 
reflected on the Transport bar in Cubase SX/SL.
•Press the Project button to bring the current Project window to the front.
•Press the Mixer button to open or close the Mixer window.
•Press the Motors button to switch on or off the faders’ motors – see 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.
In the top right corner of Mackie Control, next to the display, you will find an LED labeled Rude 
Solo. This LED lights up as soon as any channel has been soloed.
The Rude Solo LED