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This chapter describes how to use your Mackie C4 with Logic Express.
This chapter covers the following:
• Setting Up Your Mackie C4 (p. 189)
• Mackie C4: Using V-Pots and V-Select Buttons (p. 189)
• Mackie C4: View Modes (p. 190)
• Mackie C4: Function Buttons (p. 196)
• Mackie C4: Assignment Buttons (p. 197)
• Mackie C4: Modifier Buttons (p. 200)
• Mackie C4: Parameter, Track, and Slot Buttons (p. 201)
Setting Up Your Mackie C4
A connected and powered Mackie C4 unit will be detected automatically when you open
Logic Express. You can use the C4 in an independent control surface group (with other
control surface icons placed above or below the C4 icon), or combined in a group with
one or more control surfaces (such as the Mackie Control—place the icon to the right or
left of the existing icons).
Although the C4 can be used independently, it is most useful when combined with other
control surfaces, particularly the Mackie Control. In this scenario, the C4 adds eight channels
in Mixer view. Using the C4 in its own control surface group allows you to edit instruments
and effects independently, while performing mixing and other tasks on the Mackie Control
or other control surface.
Mackie C4: Using V-Pots and V-Select Buttons
The C4 provides 32 V-Pots, laid out in four horizontal rows.
• The top row (row 1) consists of V-Pots 1 to 8.
• Row 2 consists of V-Pots 9 to 16.
• Row 3 consists of V-Pots 17 to 24.
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