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Mackie Control: Modifier Buttons
The four Modifier buttons correspond to the modifier keys on your computer keyboard
(but function independently from them). You can use these buttons, along with the
appropriate key on your computer keyboard (or with the mouse), in place of using the
corresponding modifier key. This also applies to modified Mackie Control commands.
A generic description of each button follows:
• SHIFT: Provides an alternate function or meaning for a button.
• OPTION: The function applies to all channel strips. For relative value changes, sets the
value to its minimum, default, or maximum, depending on whether you’re increasing
or decreasing it.
• CONTROL: While held down, the group clutch is engaged, and channel strip groups
are temporarily disabled.
• CMD/ALT: Allows fine-tuning, or another variation, of the function.
Mackie Control: Automation Buttons
The Automation buttons activate the corresponding automation modes in Logic Pro:
Read/Off, Touch, Latch, and Write. You use the Automation buttons in conjunction with
the channel strip SELECT buttons, as follows:
To set the automation mode for a channel
1 Press the SELECT button on the channel strip that you want to automate.
2 Press the appropriate Automation mode button.
3 Move the channel strip’s fader, turn the V-Pot, or use the Solo or Mute button.
The automation modes are outlined below:
• READ/OFF: If no automation mode is active, pressing the READ/OFF button switches
between Read mode and Off.
• Read: The fader reads (follows) any existing automation data, but does not record
any new automation data.
• Off: Automation is off. The fader neither sends nor receives automation data. Existing
automation data is not changed. The fader still adjusts the volume or pan position
as usual, when moved.
• TOUCH: Writes new data when the fader is touched or the V-Pot is turned during
playback. Any existing automation data (of the current fader type) is replaced with new
data, for as long as the control is active (while the fader is being touched or the V-Pot
is being turned).
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