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Mackie Control Channel buttons
You can use the CHANNEL LEFT and CHANNEL RIGHT buttons to move up or down by a single
channel strip. Pressing the CHANNEL RIGHT button shifts the active channel strips up by a single
channel strip, while pressing CHANNEL LEFT shifts them down by a single channel strip. For
example, if you are viewing channel strips 1 to 8 and press the CHANNEL RIGHT button, channel
strips 2 to 9 are displayed.
Notes on using the Bank or Channel buttons
Hold down the OPTION button, then press the BANK or CHANNEL LEFT button to jump to the
rst set of channel strips in the project. Pressing the BANK or CHANNEL RIGHT button jumps to
the last set of channel strips in the project. For example, if your project has 64 channel strips,
pressing BANK or CHANNEL LEFT jumps to channel strips 1 through 8, and pressing BANK or
CHANNEL RIGHT jumps to channel strips 57 through 64.
For views where one type of channel strip is displayed (such as audio, instruments, or busses),
Logic Pro remembers the last group of eight channel strips shown in the view and returns to it
when you switch back from another view. For example, if you start in a view with audio channel
strips 4 through 11 visible, switch to an instruments view, scroll to instruments 6 through 13, and
then switch back to the audio Channel view, you will return to audio channel strips 4 through 11
(not 6 through 13). Switching to the Instrument Channel view displays instruments 6 through 13.
Mackie Control Flip button
Press the FLIP button (alone, or in combination with a modier key) to activate or deactivate one
of the following modes: Flip, Swap, or Zero.
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Flip mode: In Flip mode, the current assignments of the eight V-Pots are mirrored by the eight
channel faders, so that both control the same parameter. Rotating one of the V-Pots causes
the corresponding fader to move, and vice versa. When you activate Flip mode, the LED next
to the FLIP button illuminates. Pressing the FLIP button again turns o Flip mode. Flip mode
oers the following advantages:
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You can edit any type of parameter with a fader, which allows more precise editing control.
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Unlike the V-Pots, the faders are touch-sensitive. This allows you to overwrite existing
controller automation movements with a constant value.
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Swap mode: Hold down the SHIFT button while pressing the FLIP button to activate Swap
mode. In Swap mode, the encoder assignments are swapped with the fader assignments, so
that the faders control the parameter previously assigned to the V-Pots, and vice versa. The
LED next to the FLIP button ashes when Swap mode is active.
When Swap mode is active, pressing FLIP again reverts to Flip mode. Holding down the SHIFT
button and pressing FLIP turns o Swap mode, and returns the V-Pot and fader assignments to
the state they were in before you activated Flip or Swap mode.
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Zero mode: Hold down the CONTROL button while pressing the FLIP button to activate Zero
mode. In Zero mode, the faders are set to the zero position and do not move. This is useful in
situations where the Mackie Control is located close to microphones, and you want to make
sure that you don’t capture the mechanical noise of the faders moving.
When Zero mode is active, pressing FLIP again reverts to Flip mode. Holding down the
CONTROL button while pressing FLIP turns o Zero mode, and reactivates the faders.