Steinberg V-Stack Operation Manual

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Roland MCR-8
❐Before you can initiate remote control operation, the MCR-8 “Mode” switch 
must be set to “4”.
The Roland MCR-8 can control 16 Mixer channels. The “A/B switch” 
is used to switch between controlling channels 1 - 8 and 9 - 16. The 
following MCR-8 parameters control the equivalent parameters for 
each channel strip:
•Fader level, mute, solo and pan.
❐The MCR-8 does not support “MIDI feedback”, that is, the current status of 
parameters in V-STACK...

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Radikal Technologies SAC-2K
The SAC-2K can control 32 channels (in groups of 8). The following 
SAC-2K parameters control the equivalent parameters for each chan-
nel strip:
•Fader: volume
•Solo and Mute: solo and mute (depending on the solo/mute state 
switch)
•Select: select channel for editing in Channel Strip mode
Encoder operation modes and display layout
The SAC-2K supports two operation modes for the encoder dials and 
the display. Mixer Mode will assign...

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When pressing an encoder dial the currently selected band of EQ or 
FX-Send will be activated or deactivated.
Assignment mapping for the Mixer mode buttons:
Assignment mapping for the Channel Strip buttons:
•The buttons “1-8”, “9-16”, “17-24” and “25-31” will switch to the ac-
cording channels.
•The following buttons of the Mixer-Mode section have no assignment: 
“Snd/Ins”, “MIDI”, “Input”, “Inst”, “Group” and “Bus”.
•The following buttons of the Channel Strip...

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Tascam US-428
The US-428 can remote control up to 64 Mixer channels. 
•When the Tascam US-428 device is added in the Device Setup dia-
log, you can open the Remote Status window by selecting “Tascam 
US-428” from the Devices menu.
This indicates which bank (group of eight channels in V-STACK) is currently being 
controlled by the remote device. To select another bank, use the pop-up menu in the 
window or use the Bank Left/Right buttons on the remote device....

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• EQ-Freq
Controls the EQ frequency for each band selected with the Low, LoMid, HiMid and 
High buttons. These correspond to the four EQ bands in V-STACK, starting from the 
leftmost band.
• EQ-”Q”
Controls the EQ “Q” for each band selected with the Low, LoMid, HiMid and High but-
tons. These correspond to the four EQ bands in V-STACK, starting from the leftmost 
band.
• Aux 1 to Aux 4 and shuttle wheel: 
The effect send levels for sends 1 to 4. 
• Holding down...

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The following parameters are remote controllable for Channels 1-32 
in the Mixer:
❐The value ranges for the parameters in the 01V may not match the ranges 
for the corresponding parameters in all cases.
•Fader level, mute and pan.
01V controls for these parameters control the equivalent V-STACK parameters.
•Effect sends 1 - 6.
01V Aux 1 - 4 control effect send 1 - 4, 01V effect 1 and 2 control effect send 5 and 6.
•EQ Frequency, Gain and Q (4 Bands).
01V...

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The Generic Remote device
If you have a generic MIDI controller, you can use this for remote con-
trol of V-STACK by setting up the Generic Remote device:
1.Open the Device Setup dialog on the Devices menu.
If the Generic Remote device isn’t on the Devices list, you need to add it:
2.Click the “Add/Remove” tab and select the “Generic Remote” device 
in the list to the right.
3.Click the Add button.
•When the Generic Remote device is added in the Device Setup...

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5.Use the MIDI Input and Output pop-up menu to select the MIDI 
Port(s) to which your remote device is connected.
6.Use the pop-up menu to the right to select a bank.
The concept of banks is based on the simple fact that most MIDI devices can control a 
limited number of channels at a time (often 8 or 16). For example, if your MIDI control 
device has 16 volume faders, and you are using 32 Mixer channels in V-STACK, you 
would need two banks of 16 channels...

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•If you find that the upper table holds too many or too few controls, you 
can add or remove controls with the Add and Delete buttons to the 
right of the upper table.
•If you are uncertain of which MIDI message a certain controller sends, 
you can use the Learn function:
Select the control in the upper table (by clicking in the Control Name column), move the 
corresponding control on your MIDI device and click the Learn button to the right of the 
table. The...

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9.If needed, select another bank and make settings for this.
Note that you only need to make settings in the lower table for this – the upper table is 
already set up according to the MIDI remote device.
•If you need, you can add banks by clicking the Add button below the 
Bank pop-up.
Clicking the Rename button lets you assign a new name to the currently selected bank, 
and you can remove an unneeded bank by selecting it and clicking the Delete button.
10.When...