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Chapter 4 Mackie Control 82
Mackie Control transport buttons
Mackie Control transport buttons overview
The transport buttons provide standard control bar functions.
Transport buttons
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REWIND button: Rewinds through your project. Press repeatedly while rewinding to accelerate
the rewind speed. Press the FAST FWD button repeatedly while rewinding to slow down, stop,
and eventually reverse the shuttle direction. Press the STOP button to halt the rewind process
at the current playhead position. Rotating the Jog/Scrub Wheel also exits rewind shuttle mode.
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When one of the Marker modes is activated, pressing the REWIND button moves the
playhead to the previous marker.
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When one of the Nudge modes is activated, the REWIND button moves the selected regions
or events backward by the value dened in Large Nudge mode.
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FAST FWD button: Fast forwards through your project. Press FAST FWD repeatedly while fast
forwarding to accelerate the shuttle speed. Press the REWIND button repeatedly while fast
forwarding to slow down, stop, and eventually reverse the shuttle direction. Press the STOP
button to halt the fast forward process. Rotating the Jog/Scrub Wheel also exits forward
shuttle mode.
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When one of the Marker modes is active, pressing the FAST FWD button moves the playhead
to the next marker.
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When one of the Nudge modes is active, pressing the FAST FWD button moves the selected
regions or events forward by the value dened in Large Nudge mode.
Tip: You can combine markers with cycle areas by pressing the respective buttons on the
Mackie Control. This, in conjunction with navigation between markers (using the REWIND and
FAST FWD buttons), moves the playhead, and automatically sets a cycle area between adjacent
markers. Try this, and other options, with various button combinations.
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STOP button: Stops project playback or recording and stops all other Transport functions. Press
the STOP button a second time to return the playhead to the project start point or to the
beginning of the nearest cycle area if Cycle mode is active. Press STOP repeatedly to switch
between these two functions.
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PLAY button: Starts playback from the current playhead position. Press PLAY repeatedly to
jump to the beginning of the nearest cycle area if Cycle mode is active. Press SHIFT and PLAY
simultaneously to pause playback.
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RECORD button: Starts recording on the selected MIDI, audio, or software instrument channel
strip if it is armed for recording.
Note: It is possible that the rst time you arm an audio channel strip (by pressing the REC/RDY
button for the channel), a Save dialog will appear on your computer screen. Enter a lename
(and a save location) in the dialog, then press Save. The Mackie Control LCD display shows
“There is a le select dialog on the screen.” The Position/Time display shows “ALERT.” All LEDs
are unlit. Once you enter the lename (and press Save), all controls on the Mackie Control
return to their previous state. After the default audio lename has been entered, you can
select and arm any audio channel strip, then press the RECORD button. No alert messages and
le save dialogs will appear onscreen.