Specifications

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Mackie Extender
This section describes using the Extender as a stand-alone control surface. If you
use it together with the Mackie Control (as a single unit), please use one of the
“Combo” control surface options, as described on the previous pages.
Requirements/Setting up:
To use the Mackie Extender with Reason, you need to select the "Mackie Con-
trol" mode of operation: Hold down the SELECT buttons for Ch 1 and Ch 2 and
turn on the Extender - you are then asked which mode of operation to use. Select
"Mackie Ctrl" by pressing the corresponding V-Pot.
You must connect the Mackie Extender using two-way MIDI (both MIDI In and
Out should be connected).
Reason will automatically find the Mackie Extender if you click the Auto-detect
button on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page in the Preferences.
About the default mapping:
D Global functions
The Solo and Mute buttons for channel 8 moves the master keyboard input up
or down in the track list, respectively.
The mapping for the Extender makes use of global “Keyboard Shortcut Varia-
tions” for many devices - this means that you can change variation by using
keyboard shortcuts in Reason. You can also use the Record buttons for chan-
nel 1 and 2 to select the previous or next keyboard shortcut variation.
For devices with patches, the Record buttons for channel 7 and 8 select the
previous or next patch.
D Mixer 14:2
The Extender can control seven mixer channels at a time - press Select but-
ton 8 to choose channel 1-7 or 8-14.
Fader 8 controls the master level.
The rotary encoders can control Pan, Treble, Bass, Aux Send 1 or Aux Send 2.
This is selected by using keyboard shortcut variations in Reason (See the
note above about using the Record 1-2 buttons to step through keyboard
shortcut variations).
Alternatively you can press the Select button for a channel - the rotaries will
then control all sends, EQ and pan for the selected channel only. The assign-
ment display shows the number of the selected channel. To return to normal
mixer mode, press the Select button again.
D Line Mixer 6:2
The rotary encoders can control Pan or Aux Sends. You select this by using
keyboard shortcut variations.
D Thor
There are two keyboard shortcut variations, “Filters” and “Osc & Mod”.
D Combinator
The first four rotary encoders and Select buttons are mapped to the Combina-
tor controls. Record button 4 controls the Run Pattern Devices button.
D Subtractor
There are two keyboard shortcut variations, "Filter" and "Amp & Osc".
D Redrum
Use the Select 8 button to select which drum channels should be controlled
(1-7 or 8-10).
The Mute, Solo and Select buttons can either control pattern and bank selec-
tion or serve as mute, solo and audition buttons for the drum sounds. This is
selected using keyboard shortcut variations.
The rotaries can either control drum pitch or length, depending on the se-
lected keyboard shortcut variation. In “length” mode, the rotary buttons switch
between decay/gate mode for the drum sounds.
Record button 4 is always mapped to the Run button.
D Malström
There are three keyboard shortcut variations, “Filter”, “Osc/Mod A” and “Osc/
Mod B”.
D NN19
There are two keyboard shortcut variations, “Filter&LFO” and “Osc”.
D BV-512 Vocoder
The faders control the band levels - use keyboard shortcut variations to select
which vocoder bands to control.
D Matrix
Solo 1-4 and Mute 1-4 control pattern selection; Select 1-4 control bank se-
lection.
Record button 4 controls the Run button.
D ReGroove
Faders 1-8 control A1-A8 Groove amount
Rotaries 1-8 control A1-A8 Slide (in keyboard shortcut variation 1)
Rotaries 1-8 control A1-A8 Shuffle (in keyboard shortcut variation 2)