Specifications
Chapter 3: Mackie HUI Control Surface 53
Working with Sends and
Plug-Ins
Send and I/O Assignment
The routing of sends and I/Os can be assigned
from HUI. Destinations can be assigned on a
single channel or a group of channels at once.
Assignments cannot be made when Pro Tools is
playing back or recording. If you are in Assign
mode and start playback or recording in
Pro Tools, the Assign process is cancelled.
To assign sends or I/Os on a single channel:
1 Press ASSIGN in the Select/Assign section.
2 Press a SEND switch (A–E) or INPUT/OUTPUT
switch.
3 Rotate the channel V-POT to cycle through a
list of source (or destination) choices, which ap-
pear in the scribble strip display. The V-SEL
switch flashes to indicate that the original as-
signment, if any, has been changed.
4 When a menu choice is reached, you can fi-
nalize the assignment in one of two ways:
◆ Press ASSIGN to confirm all of your assign-
ments at once.
– or –
◆ Press the channel’s V-SEL switch. This con-
firms the assignment for that channel, and
leaves you in Assign mode.
You can cancel at any time by pressing the
F8/Escape switch.
To assign the destinations of sends or I/Os on all
channels:
1 Press ASSIGN in the Select/Assign section.
2 Press a SEND switch (A–E) or INPUT/OUTPUT
switch.
3 Rotate a channel V-POT to cycle through a list
of source (or destination) choices.
4 Press OPTION/ALL+ASSIGN or V-SEL to con-
firm the assignments for all channels.
You can cancel at any time by pressing the
F8/Escape switch.
To assign the destinations of sends or I/Os on a
selection of channels:
1 Press ASSIGN in the Select/Assign section.
2 Press a SEND switch (A–E) or INPUT/OUTPUT
switch.
3 Rotate a channel V-POT to cycle through a list
of source (or destination) choices.
4 Press OPTION/ALL+SHIFT/ADD+ASSIGN or
V-SEL to confirm the assignments for all se-
lected channels.
You can cancel at any time by pressing the
F8/Escape switch.
If a new send or I/O choice has been made
and a channel’s V-SEL switch is flashing,
you cannot swap banks or scroll channels.
Once the new assignment has been con-
firmed or cancelled, you can then do this.b