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Mackie Control
About the Shift button
In the Action Keys section, to the right in the second row
of buttons, you will find the Shift button. The Shift button is
always used in combination with another button to extend
that button’s functionality. Pressing the Shift button alone
has no effect.
About Mackie Control XT
Mackie Control XT 8 channel extender units are also sup-
ported. All faders and encoder/displays are combined into
one continuous surface. The following applies:
• When the encoder section is used to display the data
for one channel (channel strip mode, or for plug-ins), the
parameters are presented over the encoder section of all
devices, from left to right.
• Fader bank navigation and encoder section assignment
is controlled by the Mackie Control unit.
• For each Mackie Control and Mackie Control XT unit, a
new device needs to be added in the Device Setup.
For each device select the appropriate MIDI ports.
• In the Device List, the top-most device represents the
right-most channels, and vice versa.
Please make sure that the used MIDI ports are deactivated in the “All
MIDI Inputs” device.
Basic mixing with Mackie Control
This section describes how to work with the faders and
the rows of buttons above them (Solo, Mute, Select and
Rec), and how to select which channels are affected by
the fader settings.
Selecting which channels to control
Mackie Control’s fader section controls eight different
channels in your application (plus the master level, which
has its own fader). You select which channels to control
with the aid of the Fader Banks section and the Fader
Groups section of Mackie Control.
The Fader Banks section
The Fader Groups section
Using the controls in the Fader Banks section
In the Fader Banks section, press the left or right Bank
button to switch from one set of eight channels to the
next. For example, if you are currently controlling Mixer
channels 1 to 8, pressing the right Bank button will switch
to the next eight channels, i.e. channels 9 to 16. To go
back to the previous eight channels, press the left Bank
button.
• If you press the left or right Channel button in the Fader
Banks section, the fader assignment will shift in steps of
one channel instead.
Let’s say the faders currently control audio channels 9–16. If you press
the left Channel button, the faders will shift one step to the left and con
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trol audio channels 8–15.
• Pressing the Flip button in the Fader Banks section
switches the parameter assignment between the faders
and the V-Pots, i.e. what was controlled with a fader is
now controlled with the corresponding V-Pot and vice
versa.
Selects the
previous eight
channels.
Selects the
next eight
channels.