Specifications
MIDI Control Surfaces Guide10
Global Modifier Keys
All modifier keys act in a reciprocal fashion,
meaning the modifier can be held down on ei-
ther the control surface or the computer key-
board (such as the SHIFT switch on the Motor-
Mix or the HUI). Similarly, you can use the
keyboard’s modifier keys in conjunction with
control surface switches (such as Mute, Solo, or
Record Ready) for all keyboard modifier opera-
tions.
Disengaging Faders from Mix
Groups
The Control keys on both the computer key-
board and the Mackie HUI serve as a clutch for
disengaging a fader from a Mix group. However,
the Control key on the computer keyboard and
the CONTROL switch on the HUI are not recip-
rocal. You must press the CONTROL switch on
the control surface to move a control surface
fader independently of its Mix group.
Transport Fast Forward/Rewind
Settings
When the Audio During Fast Forward/Rewind
option is selected in the Operation Preferences,
you will hear scanned audio during rewind and
fast forward.
If the Audio During Fast Forward/Rewind op-
tion is not selected, you can continuously re-
wind or fast forward by holding down the corre-
sponding switch. You can also rewind or fast
forward incrementally by repeatedly clicking
the corresponding switch. The size of these in-
crements depends on which Display mode is
currently selected:
◆ Bars/Beats: To start of previous or next bar
◆ Min/Sec: Moves in one-second steps
◆ Timecode: Moves in one-second steps
◆ Feet.Frames: Moves in one-foot steps
◆ Samples: Moves in one-second steps
If your system also includes an external trans-
port video or audio tape machine, be sure to
configure it in the Peripherals page of the Pref-
erences dialog.
Scrolling the Edit and Mix
Windows from a Control Surface
To scroll the Edit or Mix windows:
■ Press and hold the Command key, then press
an arrow key on any hardware control surface.
The arrow keys will then scroll the Edit or Mix
window (whichever is frontmost) one page in
the direction specified by the arrow.
To scroll to session start or end:
1 Make sure the Edit window is the active win-
dow on-screen.
2 Press and hold the Command and Option
keys on your keyboard and then press the Left
arrow on any control surface to scroll to session
start, or press the Right arrow on any control
surface to scroll to session end.
If you use the above commands when the Mix
window is the active window, it will shift to the
first and last bank of faders, respectively.