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Chapter 15 Mackie C4 181
Use C4 views
The C4 provides a number of views that display a particular parameter type on the V-Pots/
V-Select buttons.
Use Pan/Surround Mixer view
1 Hold down the CHAN STRIP button.
The channel strip overlay labels appear on the C4 displays.
2 Press V-Select 18 (labeled Surrnd Mixer).
In Pan/Surround Mixer view:
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Row 1 edits pan/surround parameter 1.
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Row 2 edits pan/surround parameter 2.
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Row 3 edits pan/surround parameter 3.
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Row 4 edits pan/surround parameter 4 (in this order: pan/angle, diversity, LFE, spread, X, Y).
SINGLE Left/Right changes the parameter edited in row 1, thus aecting the parameters shown
(and edited) in rows 2 to 4.
Use Pan/Surround Channel view
1 Hold down the CHAN STRIP button.
The channel strip overlay labels appear on the C4 displays.
2 Press V-Select 26 (labeled Surrnd).
In Pan/Surround Channel view, row 1 edits all eight surround parameters of a surround channel.
If a stereo or mono channel is selected, V-Pot 1 edits the Pan (or Balance) parameter.
Use Channel Strip Mixer view
1 Hold down the CHAN STRIP button.
The channel strip overlay labels appear on the C4 displays.
2 Press V-Select 17.
3 Press the BANK Left/BANK Right or SINGLE Left/SINGLE Right buttons to change the parameter
shown, and edited, in row 4.
The parameters shown in rows 1 to 3 are adjusted accordingly.
In Channel Strip Mixer view, the row order is reversed, so that the lowest row edits parameter 1.
V-Pot row 4 (bottom row) edits the currently chosen channel parameter. Row 3 edits channel
parameter 2, row 2 edits channel parameter 3, and row 1 (at the top) edits channel parameter 4.
The V-Pots edit the following channel parameters in this order: volume, pan/angle,
input format, input assignment, output assignment, automation mode, group, displayed
automation parameter.