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When no master channel strip exists in the project, the Mackie Control Master fader is
mapped to output channel strip 1–2.
If you use multiple audio systems simultaneously, the Master fader only controls the
master channel strip of the first device (matching the order shown in the Audio Preferences
window).
Mackie Control: Assignment Zone
Directly below the Assignment LED are six ASSIGNMENT buttons.
Press one of the ASSIGNMENT buttons to select the type of parameter that you want to
control or edit with the channel strip V-Pots, faders, and switches. The corresponding LED
is lit to indicate the currently active assignment, and the Assignment display shows a
two-digit abbreviation of the assignment type.
The ASSIGNMENT buttons work in both Single and All views. View modes are discussed
in Control Surface Group Parameters.
Mackie Control: Assignment Modes
Each ASSIGNMENT button has two views: Mixer view and Channel view. These views
provide two ways to edit parameters in your project.
• Mixer view: Displays, and allows you to edit, a single parameter in multiple channels.
• Channel view: Displays, and allows you to edit, multiple parameters for a single channel.
The mode display shows a period (.) in the lower-right corner when Channel view is
active.
Pressing an ASSIGNMENT button once selects it, and switches to the Mixer view, except
when switching between Instrument Edit view and Plug-in Edit view. In this case, the
mode remains in Channel view.
Note: For each of the ASSIGNMENT buttons, the parameters you can edit will change,
depending on the active view mode.
The NAME/VALUE button also affects what is shown on the main LCD when in the Mixer
and Channel views. For more information, see Mackie Control: Function Key Zone.
Mackie Control: TRACK Button
Pressing the TRACK button selects Channel view, and assigns the channel strip controls
to edit channel strip parameters.
• Press the TRACK button once to edit a single parameter in multiple channel strips, and
to activate Mixer view.
• Press the TRACK button again to edit multiple parameters for a single channel strip,
and switch to Channel view.
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