Steinberg Cubase 4 Mackie Control Manual

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Basic mixing
A note about automation
The Read and Write buttons in the top row of the Action 
Keys section control the status of the Read and Write but-
tons in the Mixer of Cubase, allowing remote control of 
Mixer automation.
Press the Read button to enable or disable the reading 
of automation data for the selected channel.
Hold down the Shift button and press the Read button 
to enable or disable the reading of automation data for all 
channels.
Press the Write button to enable or disable the...

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Control strip assignment
About this chapter
This chapter describes the assignment of the control strip 
to access all VST settings in Cubase: EQ, effect sends, 
effect and VST Instrument parameters and so on. It also 
contains descriptions of the available parameter pages, as 
shown in the display of Mackie Control.
Basic procedures
Selecting a parameter group
To be able to view the settings of a parameter in the dis-
play and edit the values with the V-Pots, you need to se-
lect the corresponding...

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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...

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To view the parameter values without making any 
changes, press the Name/Value button in the Display 
section.
This makes the display switch to showing parameter values. Click the 
Name/Value button again to go back to parameter names.
The parameter values are also indicated by the LED 
rings around the V-Pots.
About parameter sub-groups
Most of the settings are structured in the following way: a 
parameter group (accessed by pressing a button in the 
Assignment or Action Keys...

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Selected Channel: EQ
Accessing the EQ controls for the currently selected 
channel is achieved by pressing the EQ button in the As-
signment section. If you press Shift + EQ one band per 
page will be shown for the selected channel.
Please select a channel by pressing one of the Select but-
tons above the faders.
The controls for the equalizers are divided into 2 pages:
Page 1
Frequency and Gain pairs for the four bands. 
Page 2
Enable and Q controls for the four bands....

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Page 4
Controls to choose the destination of the FX send signal.Selected Channel: Inserts
Accessing the Insert Effect controls for the currently se-
lected channel is done by pressing the Plug Ins button in 
the Assignment section.
Please select a channel by pressing one of the Select but-
tons above the faders.
When Page 01 is selected, V-Pot 1 selects which of the 
insert slots is currently being edited (see “About parame-
ter sub-groups” on page 15).
If no effect is...

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Selected Channel: Studio Sends
Accessing the Studio Sends controls for the currently se-
lected channel is done by pressing the Sends and the 
Shift button in the Action Keys section.
Please select a channel by pressing one of the Select but-
tons above the faders.
The controls for the Studio sends are divided into 4 
pages:
Page 1
Send Levels for each of the Studio Sends.
Page 2
Enable switches for each of the Studio Sends.
Page 3
Switches to change between pre/post fader...

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Fader Set: Pan
Accessing the Pan controls for the current Fader Set is 
done by pressing the Pan button in the Assignment sec-
tion.
The left/right panning of a channel in the current Fader Set 
is controlled by the corressponding V-Pot.
Global: Send Effects
Mackie Control can control the parameters of the effects 
that are loaded in the first insert of FX channels. To access 
these effects, press the Sends button in the Action Keys 
section.
When Page 01 is selected, V-Pot 1...

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Global: Master Effects
Mackie Control can control the parameters of the effects 
that are loaded in the master effects section of the main 
output. To access these effects, press the Master button 
in the Action Keys section.
When Page 01 is selected, V-Pot 1 selects which of the 
master effect slots is currently being edited (see “About 
parameter sub-groups” on page 15).
If no effect is selected for the current master effect slot, 
the display will show that ‘No Effect’ is...