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Chapter 3 Mackie Control 67
SELECT Button
Pressing the Select button chooses (activates) the channel for channel-based editing or
assignment commands. Each Select button features a green LED which is lit when the
channel is selected.
Holding down the SHIFT button while pressing a channel’s SELECT button sets the
channel volume to unity level (0 dB).
Note: While holding down SHIFT, the SELECT button LED indicates if the channel
volume is set to 0 dB.
Holding down the OPTION button while pressing the SELECT button of any channel
creates a new track—assigned to the same channel strip as the selected track—and
switches to Arrange view.
Holding down the SHIFT and OPTION buttons while pressing a channel’s SELECT button
creates a new track—with the next channel strip (the one following the selected
track)—and switches to Arrange view.
Touch-Sensitive Motorized Fader
The motorized fader of each channel strip is generally used to control the channel
level, just like a volume fader on a mixing console. You can, however, also assign the
fader to control other parameters.
Using Flip Mode
Flip mode is activated by pressing the FLIP button, just above the MASTER fader. When
Flip mode is activated, you can control the parameter which is currently assigned to the
channel’s V-Pot with the fader. This allows you to more easily control pans, aux returns,
MIDI track options, EQs, effect, software instrument, or other channel parameters. You
can switch between channels being controlled with the eight faders, by pressing one
of the CHANNEL or FADER BANK buttons (more on these a little later).
Fader Behavior in Other Modes
 In Flip mode: Duplicates or swaps parameters with the V-Pot on the same channel.
 In EQ Frequency/Gain view: Adjusts the gain of the selected EQ band.
 In Send Destination/Level Mixer view: Adjusts the send amount of the selected send.
 In Send Destination/Level Channel view: Adjusts the send amount of the send—on
the selected channel strip.