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The Mixer Section
This chapter discusses how to assign and use the motorized,
touch sensitive faders, their associated channel switches above
the faders, their associated Select buttons and Rotary Encoders.
Page buttons and Bank buttons.
Before proceeding, it is important to briefly restate the Basic
Modes of Operation: User Assignable Mode vs. Special Mode.
In the User Assignable Mode, (the way the unit normally
powers-up), you, the user, can set it up how you want,
determining what kind of commands the controls send, and
how it controls your audio or video system.
In Special Mode, the audio or video system "takes over" the
MCS controller. The designers of the system (that is, the makers
of your audio or video system) have pre-determined how the
MCS works with your system.
This chapter relates to User Assignable Mode Only.
If your system switches the MCS Controller into Special Mode,
you will need to refer to the documentation included with the
system for operation instructions.
Attributes of the Mixer Section
The eight faders, their touch sensors, the encoders, and the
buttons above the faders, are all Bank Switchable.
There are four banks, selected with the Bank Switches.
The most obvious use for bank switching is to control software
with more audio channels than there are hardware faders.
That is, with Bank 1 selected, faders and mutes 1 through 8
control audio channels 1 through 8.
With Bank 2 selected, the same faders and mutes control audio
channels 9 through 16, etc.
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F and M Button Command Types
• Off (that is, sends no command)
• Note
• Ctrl (Controller)
• P Change (Program Change)
• Query (Puts MCS Controller nto Query Mode.)
• Jog (Turns Jog /Shuttle Wheel On and Off)
• GMaster (Turns Grand Master Fader On and Off)
• Play (MMC and or 9 Pin Play)
• Stop (MMC and or 9 Pin Stop )
• REW (MMC and or 9 Pin Rewind)
• FF (MMC and or 9 Pin Fast Forward)
• REC (MMC and or 9 Pin Record)
• RTZ (MMC and or 9 Pin Return to Zero)
• SLOPLAY (MMC and or 9 Pin 1/2 speed play)
• RV PLAY (MMC and or 9 Pin Reverse Play)
• EJECT (MMC EJECT)
• CHASE (Puts MMC or 9 Pin machine into Chase Mode.)
In addition, the M Buttons menu is a little longer, to allow for
assigning the M Buttons to their Machine Enable feature.
In one of these settings, the M Buttons do not actually send
commands. Rather, they modify the commands sent by the
Transports, Jog / Shuttle, and Locates.
Additional M Buttons Command Menu Items:
• MMC (that is, turn MMC Commands on or off)
• CS-10 (that is, turn CS-10 Emulation on or off.)
If 9 Pin or GPI cards are present
• 9 Pin 1 (that is, turn 9 Pin card in Slot 1 on or off.)
• 9 Pin 2 (that is, turn 9 Pin card in Slot 2 on or off.)
• GPI 1 (that is, turn GPI card in Slot 1 on or off.)
• GPI 2 (that is, turn GPI card in Slot 2 on or off.)