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Chapter 4 Mackie Control 55
Mackie Control displays
Mackie Control displays overview
The displays are located along the top of the Mackie Control. Each shows dierent information:
Displays
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Main Liquid Crystal Display (LCD): The main LCD is divided into eight columns, each with two
lines of text. Each column displays information for the channel strip controls directly below it.
The information displayed changes when you edit dierent parameters and when Mixer view
or Channel view is active. In general, the upper row of each column displays the abbreviated
track (or channel) name, and the lower row displays the abbreviated parameter name and
its value.
In some modes, a long parameter name (or other text) appears briey onscreen while you are
moving the corresponding control. You can set the display and duration of long parameter
names in Control Surfaces preferences. For information on setting preferences, see Open
Control Surfaces preferences on page 26.
Note: On the LCD, 8-bit ASCII characters such as curly quotes and umlauts are replaced with
the best-possible 7-bit ASCII equivalent.
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Assignment display: The Assignment display (also referred to as the mode display), to the right
of the main LCD, shows a two-digit abbreviation for the current assignment state. A period (.)
appears at the bottom-right corner of the display when Channel view is active.
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Time display: The Time display, to the right of the Assignment display, shows the current
playhead position, either in musical time divisions (BEATS) or in SMPTE timecode format
(SMPTE). A small LED to the left of the display indicates the current display format.
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When the format is set to Beats, the four segments of the Time display show the current
playhead position as bars, beats, beat subdivisions, and ticks.
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When the format is set to SMPTE, the four segments of the Time display show the current
playhead position as hours, minutes, seconds, and frames.
Press the SMPTE/BEATS button to switch between formats. You can also set the default format
with the Clock Display parameter in the Control Surfaces Setup window. See Control surface
inspector overview on page 18.
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Solo LED: The Solo LED (Rude Solo on the Mackie Control) is lit when a channel strip is set to
solo or when Solo mode is turned on. It is a helpful reminder in situations where you have
soloed a channel strip, then switched the fader bank, resulting in the Solo LED of the soloed
channel strip being hidden on the control surface.
Mackie Control display control buttons
The control buttons, located just below the left edge of the Time display, aect what you see in
the main LCD and Time display.
Display buttons
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SMPTE/BEATS: Press the SMPTE/BEATS button to switch between the two time formats (SMPTE
time or beats). See Mackie Control displays overview on page 55.
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NAME/VALUE: Press the NAME/VALUE button to switch between the two parameter display
formats (either the parameter name or value is shown) on the main LCD.
Hold down the SHIFT button, then press the NAME/VALUE button to cycle through three level
meter modes on the main LCD: