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Remote controlling the mixer
8. If necessary, select another bank and make settings
for it.
Note that you only need to make settings in the bottom table for this bank
– the table at the top is already set up according to the MIDI remote de-
vice.
• If necessary, you can add banks by clicking the Add
button below the Bank pop-up.
Clicking the Rename button allows you to assign a new name to the cur-
rently selected bank, and you can remove an unneeded bank by select-
ing it and clicking the Delete button.
9. When you are finished, close the Device Setup window.
Now, you can control the specified Cubase AI parameters from the MIDI
remote device. To select another bank, use the pop-up menu in the Re-
mote Status window (or use a control on the MIDI remote device, if you
have assigned one for this).
Importing and exporting remote setups
The Export button in the top right corner of the Generic
Remote Setup window allows you to export the current
setup, including the Control configuration (the table at the
top) and all banks. The setup is saved as a file (with the
Windows file extension “.xml”). Clicking the Import button
allows you to import saved remote setup files.
• The last imported or exported remote setup will auto-
matically be loaded when the program starts or the Ge-
neric Remote control is added in the Device Setup dialog.
The supported remote control
devices
In the following sections, the remote control devices sup-
ported by Cubase AI are listed along with a brief descrip-
tion of the corresponding feature set.
Steinberg Houston
Houston is a MIDI/USB remote control device designed
especially for use with VST audio applications such as
Cubase AI. With clearly laid out controls (including touch
sensitive motorized faders, rotary knobs, transport con-
trols and a jog/shuttle wheel) Houston allows you to con-
trol virtually every mixer parameter in Cubase AI, without
having to use the computer keyboard or mouse.
• For details about parameters and hands-on mixing tech-
niques, please see the Houston documentation.
Mackie Control
Mackie Control is an automated touch-sensitive control
surface. It is a nine-fader (eight channels and master) MIDI
controller that provides in-depth mixing, editing, automa-
tion and navigational control for any supported digital au-
dio workstation.
A special Lexan overlay that shows all Steinberg-specific
key assignments for the Mackie Control device is available
to customize the controller.
Mackie HUI
Specifications
Mackie HUI can control any number of channels in groups
of 8.
• Use the left and right Bank buttons to select channels
1–8, 9 –16 etc.
• Use the left and right Channel buttons to shift the fader
assignment in steps of one channel.
• The Fader button in the Auto Enable section is used to
disable/enable the motors.
• The Mute, Pan, Send, Plug In and Send Mute buttons in
the Auto Enable section are currently not supported.
• Use the Rec/Rdy buttons to arm a track for recording.
Value/Action Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allow-
ing you to select the parameter of the channel to be con-
trolled (typically, if the “VST Mixer” Device option is
selected you can choose between volume, pan, send lev-
els, EQ, etc.).
If the “Command” Device option is selected, this is where
you specify the “Action” of the category.
Flags Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allow-
ing you to activate or deactivate three flags:
Push Button – When activated, the parameter is only
changed if the received MIDI message shows a value un-
equal to 0.
Toggle – When activated, the parameter value is
switched between minimum and maximum value each
time a MIDI message is received. The combination of
Push Button and Toggle is useful for remote controls
which do not latch the state of a button. One example is
controlling mute status with a device on which pressing
the Mute button turns it on, and releasing the Mute button
turns it off. If Push Button and Toggle are activated, the
Mute status will change between on and off whenever
the button is pressed on the console.
Not Automated – When activated, the parameter will not
be automated.
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