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24 Chapter 1 Basic Control Surface Setup
Note: The exact elements displayed, and thus their positions, depend on the selected
SMPTE or bar/beat display option defined in the Logic Pro Preferences.
 Channel Strip View Mode:
 Arrange: The channel strips on the device correspond to Logic Pro channel strips
as they appear in the Mixer window. The layout of channel strips matches the way
tracks are laid out in the Arrange window. Channel strip 1 in the Mixer window is
equivalent to channel 1 on the control surface, channel strip 2 in the Mixer is
equivalent to channel 2, and so on. Instruments/channels used by multiple tracks
are merged into one channel. This is the default mode of most devices, including
the Mackie Control.
 All: The channel strips on the device correspond to Logic Pro channel strips of
certain type, such as MIDI or aux channels, independent of their use in tracks.
Control surfaces that support this view mode generally allow you to define which
channel types you want to display. The Mixer window contents automatically
follow the state of the control surface, provided that the View > Follow Control
Surface option is enabled in the Mixer window).
 Tracks: Similar to Arrange view mode, but individual channel strips are shown
when multiple Arrange tracks address the same channel. Typically, an instrument
channel, with several tracks routed to it.
 Single: This mode shows a single channel (and its routing to auxes and so on). You
can determine which parameters the channel strip controllers (on the control
surface) will edit.
Note: Keep in mind that the View mode is a property of the control surface group,
not a global setting. One group can display busses, while the other shows tracks, for
example.
 Fader Bank for Tracks View: Drag vertically, or enter an integer value to offset which
tracks are controlled by the channel strips of the device in Tracks view. For example, if
your device has eight channel strips, these might normally be assigned to audio
channel strips 1–8 in Logic Pro. If you set this parameter to 2, the device channel
strips would control Logic Pro Mixer channel strips 3–10 (1 + 2 = 3).
 Fader Bank for All View: Drag vertically, or enter an integer value to offset which
Logic Pro channel strips are controlled by the device in All view. This parameter is
only available when multiple channel strip types are displayed in the Mixer. When
single channel strip types are displayed, there are separate fader bank parameters
(these aren’t displayed in the parameter list).
 Channel Strip Parameter: Choose which function is controlled by the channel strip
encoders on the device. The choices are:
 Volume: Encoders adjust channel volume.
 Pan: Encoders adjust channel panorama position.
 Format: Encoders adjust/select channel format.