User guide

Chapter 11: DAW Integration 69
Chapter 11: DAW Integration
One of the most exciting abilities of the MC is dynamically detecting application and workstation switching. All controls on the
surface switch to match the active application on the selected workstation. The MC automatically detects not only the applica-
tion but also if it is EUCON-aware, HUI, Mackie Control, or a generic application, and sets the control mode accordingly.
The MC surface setups can be saved to the MC hard drive as User Sets, which contain Application Sets (referred to as App Sets) for
each application. See “Workstation Control” on page 13 for information on assigning workstations to the Workstation keys.
User and Application Sets
To view the MC User Sets or Application Sets:
 Touch Euphonix Menu > File. The File Menu opens, displaying the User and App Sets tabs.
A User Set is a folder that contains any number of Application Sets. User Sets can be saved and loaded from disk, and may contain
variations of the various App Sets. For example, you might choose to create different User Sets for specific types of Nuendo
projects such as Recording, Editing, Mixing, and Mastering. The relevant controls for each type of project are available on the MC
surface. User Sets can also help if the MC is used by more than one operator by recalling setups for each.
Upon startup, the MC loads the Root User Set, which is the default User Set containing App Sets for many of the most widely used
applications. You can modify and save the Root User Set or create a totally new User Set.
An App Set is an XML file that contains metadata defining Soft Keys assignments for each application, and also includes text, icon,
and Soft Key color. The MC ships with App Sets for many applications, but new App Sets can be easily created for applications
without one. Switching applications causes the MC to automatically load the focused application’s App Set (if it exists).
Because of the flexibility of the MC Soft Key programming, App Sets can also be very useful for sending key commands to generic
applications (such as Adobe Photoshop, Acid, or SoundForge).
An App Set stores all functions specific to an application:
• All banks of 16 Edit Control Left Keys
• All banks of 16 Edit Control Right Keys
• All banks of 24 Soft Keys
A Default Application Set is provided and used in case there is no App Set for the application currently in focus.
Content of an Application Set