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Chapter 4 Mackie Control 81
Mackie Control utilities buttons
The four utilities buttons activate the Save, Undo, Cancel, and Enter commands in Logic Pro.
Utilities buttons
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SAVE button: Press to save the current project le. The rst time you save a project, a Save
dialog appears on your computer screen. Enter a name and location for the le, then click the
Save button in the dialog.
The main LCD displays this message: “There is a le select dialog on the screen.” The Position/
Time display shows “ALERT.” All LEDs are unlit. Once the Save operation has been conrmed
in Logic Pro, the Mackie Control returns all controls to their previous state (before you pressed
the SAVE button).
Once you have named a project and saved it, further presses of the SAVE button store the
current project state without presenting a Save dialog onscreen or showing any alerts on the
LCD. This allows you to quickly save incremental changes you make as your project develops.
The SAVE LED is illuminated as soon as you make (savable) changes to your project.
Holding down the OPTION button while pressing SAVE opens the Save As dialog on the
computer screen. This allows you to rename a project or save it in a dierent location.
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UNDO button: Press to undo the last undoable action. Because Logic Pro supports a nearly
unlimited number of undo/redo steps, the green UNDO LED illuminates to indicate that Redo
is available, not to indicate an undoable step. The LCD provides a warning that performing a
reversible editing step will render all Redo steps unavailable.
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Hold down the SHIFT button while pressing UNDO to perform a Redo.
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Hold down the OPTION button while pressing UNDO to open the Undo History window.
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CANCEL button: Press to cancel or exit an alert that appears on your computer screen. For
information about alerts, see Modal dialog display on page 29.
Pressing the CANCEL button when no alert is visible onscreen does the following:
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It opens the Toolbox at the current pointer position.
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Alternatively, it performs any function currently assigned to the computer keyboard’s Esc
(Escape) key.
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If the Mackie Control currently shows the contents of a folder track, pressing the CANCEL
button exits the folder.
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The CANCEL button also lets you invalidate a (blinking) parameter value preselection.
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ENTER button: Press to activate the default button in an onscreen alert. For information about
alerts, see Modal dialog display on page 29.
If there is no alert onscreen, and the selected track is a folder track, pressing the ENTER button
opens the folder.