Mackie Control and Cubase

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Control strip assignment
Fader Set mode
In this mode, you can view and edit a single parameter for
eight different channels (the current Fader Set). You can
think of this as working with a horizontal segment of a
mixer desk, e.g. the pan controls for eight consecutive
channels:
• You select which set of eight channels to edit by using
the buttons in the Fader Banks and/or the Fader Groups
section, as described on “Selecting which channels to
control” on page 9.
Global mode
This is where you make global settings, i.e. settings that
are not related to the individual channels. Examples in-
clude parameter settings for the send effects, master ef-
fects and VST Instruments.
The contents of the display depend on the selected pa-
rameter group. Here, the “Instruments” group is selected,
and the display shows settings for one of the active VST
Instruments:
Using the control strip
When you have selected a parameter group (or parameter
sub-group – see below), you need to go to the page con-
taining the desired parameter. This is done by pressing
the two buttons labeled I/O for Page Down and Sends for
Page Up at the top of the Assignment section.
• Holding down the Shift button (on the right in the sec-
ond row of buttons in the Action Keys section) and press-
ing Page Up or Page Down takes you to the first or last
available parameter page.
Once the parameter is shown in the display, you can ad-
just its value by moving the corresponding V-Pot.
• When you move the V-Pot, the display will switch to
show the parameter values instead of the parameter
names.
After you have moved a V-Pot, the display will keep the values shown for
a short while before switching back to parameter names.
The lower row shows the names of the eight channels in the current
Fader Set. You can control the selected parameter for each one of the
eight channels by using the corresponding V-Pot. In this example, V-
Pot 1 would control the Pan parameter for the channel “Ch1”, V-Pot 2
would control the same parameter for the channel “Ch2” and so on.
The name of the
selected pa-
rameter group.
The parame-
ter available
for editing.
This indicates which page is
shown, and how many pages there
are in the selected parameter
group. In this example, the display
shows page 1 out of 2 pages.
The upper row shows the names of the available parameters. As you
can see, only four parameters are shown on one page, allowing longer
parameter names. Each parameter can be controlled with any of the
two V-Pots above it. Here, the “Octave” parameter would be controlled
with V-Pot 1 or 2, “Semitone” would be controlled with V-Pot 3 or 4
and so on.
The name of the selected
parameter sub-group.
See “About parameter
sub-groups” on page 15
for an explanation of
parameter sub-groups.
The name
of the VST
Instrument.
This indicates which page is
shown, and how many pages
there are in the selected pa-
rameter group. In this exam-
ple, the display shows page
2 out of 8 pages.