User guide

MC Pro User Guide84
HUI Applications
HUI is a control protocol developed by Mackie that works with most DAWs. The HUI protocol is limited by the original HUI spec-
ification, and thus the MC must emulate the physical controls of the actual HUI hardware. The original HUI had a two-line
60-character display, which is displayed as a black box with white characters on the top-right of the MC Touchscreen when con-
trolling a HUI application. The four left-most Soft Knobs act as the HUI V-Pots. The Soft Keys emulate the other buttons of the
HUI hardware.
Avid Pro Tools 8 and Lower
Pro Tools 8.x and lower uses the HUI protocol to communicate with the MC. Starting with version 9, Pro Tools supports the EU-
CON protocol.
Setup and Configuration (Mac)
To configure EuPreferences on Mac:
1 Go to System Preferences and open Euphonix Preferences.
2 Open a Finder window and locate the Pro Tools application inside the Digidesign folder. Drag Pro Tools into the Euphonix
Preference Pane.
• The protocol should be set to HUI by default. If not, change it to specify HUI.
• Make a note of which MIDI ports are set here also. EuPreferences automatically configures groups of four ports, and will in-
crement them if other entries exist.
3 When you exit you will be notified to restart.
• After you have configured or changed Euphonix Preferences, the system will need to be rebooted. This will relaunch
MIDIServer and also start ExHUI.
For troubleshooting, it is important to know that ExHUI and MIDIServer both need to be running on your system. To verify this,
check Activity Monitor on your Mac.
Setup and Configuration (Win)
To configure EuPreferences on Windows:
1 Open the EUCON Control Panel from the Control Panel in Windows.
2 Click ADD and Browse to the Digidesign program folder.
3 Select ProTools.exe.
4 Make sure the Protocol is set to HUI (default) and define the ports (1-4 default).
For Pro Tools 9.x, see “Avid Pro Tools” on page 72.