Remote Control Devices

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Mackie Control
About the three modes
Mackie Control operates in one of three modes: Selected
Channel, Fader Set or Global. Which mode is used de-
pends on which parameter group is selected. For exam-
ple, pushing the Pan button in the Assignment section
p
uts Mackie Control in Fader Set mode.
The functionality of the three modes is described on the
following pages.
Selected Channel mode
This mode gives you access to up to eight different pa-
rameters at the same time for a single, selected channel.
You can
think of this as working with a single, vertical
channel strip on a mixer desk, having access to pan, EQ,
sends, etc. for a single channel.
When you have selected a parameter group in this mode,
the display
shows the following information:
• You select which channel to edit in Selected Channel
mode by pressing one of the eight Select buttons directly
above the faders.
See “Using the Select buttons” on page 22.
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 20.
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 upper row shows the names of the available parameters. Each
parameter can be controlled with the corresponding V-Pot. In this ex-
ample, V-Pot 1 would control the “Freq1” parameter, V-Pot 2 would
control “Gain1” and so on.
The name of the
selected para-
meter group.
The selected
channel.
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 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 para-
meter 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.