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Chapter 4 Mackie Control 85
Large Nudge mode
Hold down the SHIFT button, then press the NUDGE button to show eight functions on the LCD
that are mapped to the corresponding V-Pot buttons. These functions allow you to move the
selected region or events by various amounts or to a specic position. Press the NUDGE button a
second time to turn o Large Nudge mode.
The position of the rst selected region or event is displayed above V-Pots 3 and 4. If nothing is
displayed, either a window that does not allow the selection of regions or events is open or no
regions or events are selected.
Control Label Action
V-Pot 1 Nudge Selects the nudge value used
by the REWIND and FAST FWD
buttons. These buttons move the
selected objects backward/forward
by the dened value.
V-Pot 2 Pickup Moves to the current playhead
position.
V-Pot 3 Bar Moves by one bar.
V-Pot 4 Beat Moves by the current project
denominator value (beats).
V-Pot 5 Division Moves by the current project
division value.
V-Pot 6 Ticks Moves by single ticks.
V-Pot 7 Frames Moves by one SMPTE frame.
V-Pot 8 Fram/2 Moves by half a SMPTE frame.
The cursor buttons emulate the computer keyboard’s arrow keys, allowing easy selection of a
region or event.
Note: Make sure that the ZOOM button is not active when using the cursor buttons.
Temporary Nudge mode
Hold down the NUDGE button and use one or more of the V-Pots to use Nudge temporarily for
one or two small moves. This action executes the selected function, then exits Temporary Nudge
mode as soon as you release the NUDGE button.
In Temporary Nudge mode, the cursor buttons emulate the computer keyboard’s arrow keys,
allowing easy selection of a region or event.
The Nudge value for the REWIND and FAST FWD buttons can also be dened with the
function buttons.
Function button Action
F1 Sets Ticks.
F2 Sets Division.
F3 Sets Beat.
F4 Sets Bar.
F5 Sets Frames.
F6 Sets Half Frames.