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Mackie Control: FAST FWD Button
The FAST FWD button lets you fast forward through your project. Pressing FAST FWD
repeatedly while fast forwarding accelerates the shuttle speed. Pressing the REWIND
button repeatedly while fast forwarding slows down, stops, and eventually reverses the
shuttle direction. Pressing the STOP button halts the fast forward process. Turning the
Jog/Scrub Wheel also exits forward shuttle mode.
When one of the Marker modes is active, pressing the FAST FWD button moves the
playhead to the next marker.
When one of the Nudge modes is active, pressing the FAST FWD button moves the
selected regions or events forward by the value defined 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.
Mackie Control: STOP Button
Pressing the STOP button stops project playback (or recording, if active), and stops all
other Transport functions. Pressing the STOP button a second time returns the playhead
to the project start point, or the beginning of the nearest cycle area, if Cycle mode is
active. Pressing STOP repeatedly switches between these two functions.
Mackie Control: PLAY Button
Pressing PLAY starts playback from the current playhead position. Pressing PLAY repeatedly
jumps to the beginning of the nearest cycle area, if Cycle mode is active.
Pressing SHIFT and PLAY simultaneously works as a Pause command.
Mackie Control: RECORD Button
Pressing RECORD activates recording on the selected MIDI, audio, or software instrument
channel strip (if it is armed for recording).
It is possible that the first 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
filename (and a save location) in the dialog, then press Save. The Mackie Control LCD
display shows “There is a file select dialog on the screen.” The Position/Time display shows
“ALERT.” All LEDs are unlit.
Once you enter the filename (and press Save), all controls on the Mackie Control return
to their previous state.
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