Steinberg V-Stack Operation Manual

V-STACKAudio effects 8 – 121
Managing and selecting DirectX plug-ins (Windows only)
To see which DirectX plug-ins are available in your system, click the 
“DirectX Plug-ins” tab at the top of the window.
•To enable a plug-in (make it available for selection), click in the left 
column.
Only the currently enabled plug-ins (shown with a check sign in the left column) will ap-
pear on the Effect menus.
The idea here is that there could be a variety of DirectX plug-ins in your 
system, many of which are not...

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9
Remote controlling the Mixer 

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Background
It is possible to control the V-STACK Mixer via MIDI. Currently, the fol-
lowing MIDI control devices are supported:
• Steinberg Houston (see page 127)
• Mackie Control (see page 127)
• CM Automation Motor Mix (see page 128)
• JL Cooper CS-10 (see page 129)
• JL Cooper MCS-3000 (see page 130)
• Radikal SAC-2k (see page 132)
• Roland MCR8 (see page 131)
• Tascam US-428 (see page 134)
• Yamaha 01V (see page 135)
• Yamaha DM2000 (see page 127)
There is...

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4.Now click the Setup tab and select your MIDI control device model 
from the Devices list.
Depending on the selected device, either a list of programmable function commands 
or a blank panel is shown in the right half of the dialog window.
A JL Cooper MCS-3000 selected as remote control device.
5.Select the correct MIDI input from the pop-up menu.
6.If necessary, select the correct MIDI output from the pop-up menu.
7.Click OK to close the dialog.
You can now...

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Assigning remote key commands
For some of the supported remote devices, you can assign V-STACK 
functions to generic buttons, wheels or other controls. As of this writ-
ing, these devices are:
• JL Cooper MCS 3000
• JL Cooper CS-10
• CM Automation Motor Mix
Proceed as follows:
1.Open the Device Setup and select one of the remote devices that 
support this feature.
On the right side of the window there are three columns. This is where you assign 
commands.
2.Use...

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Remote control device specifics
Steinberg Houston
Houston is a MIDI/USB remote control device designed especially for 
use with VST audio applications such as V-STACK. With clearly laid 
out controls (including touch sensitive motorized faders, rotary knobs, 
transport controls and a jog/shuttle wheel) Houston allows you to con-
trol virtually every Mixer parameter in V-STACK, without having to use 
the computer keyboard or mouse.
•For details about parameters...

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CM Automation Motor Mix
The CM Motor Mix can control any number of channels in groups of 8.
•Fader level, mute, solo control the equivalent V-STACK functions.
•Left and right View buttons: select channels 1-8, 9 -16 etc.
•Top button row (above the rotary knobs) selects channel.
•The two rows of buttons on each side of the faders can be assigned 
functions in the Device Setup dialog.
All except the Shift button, which acts like [Shift] on your computer...

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JL Cooper CS-10 
The CS-10 can remote control 32 channels (in groups of 8). The fol-
lowing CS-10 controls will remote control the following parameter for 
each channel strip:
• Fader: volume
• Solo and Mute: solo and mute
• Sel: select channel for editing
The following parameters can be remote controlled for each selected 
channel using the six rotary knobs on the CS-10:
•The CS-10 function keys 1 - 4 are used to select channels 1 - 32 in 
groups of 8....

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JL Cooper MCS-3000
The MCS-3000 can control 32 Mixer channels remotely (in groups of 
8). The following MCS-3000 controls will remote control the following 
Mixer parameter for each channel strip:
•Fader: volume
•Solo and Mute: solo and mute
•Sel: Select channel for editing
These parameters can be remote controlled for each selected channel using the dials 
on the MCS-3000 and switching between Pages 1 - 4:
•The MCS-3000 bank keys 1 - 4 are used to select...