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26Control Surfaces Support Guide
Mackie Control Instrument button
Mackie Control Instrument button in Logic Pro
Press the INSTRUMENT button to activate Mackie Control Instrument Mixer view in
Logic Pro, unless the Mackie Control is currently in Plug-in edit view. In this case, pressing
the INSTRUMENT button switches to Mackie Control Instrument edit view in Logic Pro.
If you can’t see the software instrument channel strips, use the BANK or CHANNEL buttons
in the Fader Bank zone, or switch to All view by pressing the INSTRUMENT button. (This
assumes that you have created at least one or more software instrument tracks.)
Mackie Control Instrument Mixer view in Logic Pro
In this view, you can edit the Instrument slots of all channels.
In Instrument Mixer view:
• The mode display shows “In” (for instrument).
• The upper LCD row shows channel strip names.
• The lower LCD row shows the currently selected instrument. Muted instrument names
are preceded by an asterisk (*).
• Rotating the V-Pots preselects a new instrument. The preselected instrument name
flashes until activated.
• Rotating another channel’s V-Pot cancels any previous preselection and starts
preselection on the newly chosen channel strip.
• Pressing a V-Pot button:
• Activates the preselected instrument plug-in (assuming that you’ve made your
preselection by rotating the V-Pot).
• Opens a plug-in window, if none is open. If a plug-in window is open and Link mode
is turned on, the selection of another instrument plug-in replaces the existing one.
• Switches to Instrument Edit view.
• Pressing a V-Pot or MUTE button while holding down the SHIFT button mutes/unmutes
the instrument.
Remove an instrument
1. Preselect the “--” value (by rotating the V-Pot fully counterclockwise).
2. Press the V-Pot button.
Mackie Control does not switch to Instrument Edit view, and no plug-in window opens. If
a plug-in window is open, it closes.