Control Surfaces menu. MOTU Track16

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CONTROL SURFACES MENU

CueMix FX can be controlled from an automated control surface such as the Mackie Control™. Use the commands in the

Control Surfaces

menu to enable and configure this feature.

Application follows control surface

When checked, the

Application follows control surface

menu command makes the CueMix FX window scroll to the channel you are currently adjusting with the control surface, if the channel is not visible when you begin adjusting it. The same is true for the bus tabs: if you adjust a control in a bus that is not currently being displayed, CueMix FX will jump to the appropriate tab to display the control you are adjusting.

Share surfaces with other applications

When the

Share surfaces with other applications

menu command is checked, CueMix FX releases the control surface when you switch to another application. This allows you to control your other software with the control surface. Here’s a simple way to understand this mode: the control surface will always control the front-most application. Just bring the desired application to the front (make it the active application), and your control surface will control it. When you’d like to make changes to

CueMix FX from the control surface, just bring

CueMix FX to the front (make it the active application).

When this menu item is unchecked, your control surface will affect CueMix FX all the time, even when CueMix FX is not the front-most application.

In addition, you will not be able to control other host audio software with the control surface at any time (because CueMix FX retains control over it at all times). This mode is useful when you do not need to use the control surface with any other software.

CueMix Control Surfaces

CueMix FX includes support for the following control surface products:

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Mackie Control™

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Mackie HUI™

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Mackie Baby HUI™

Use the sub-menu commands in the

CueMix

Control Surfaces

menu item to turn on and configure control surface support, as described briefly below.

Enabled

Check this menu item to turn on control surface operation of CueMix FX. Uncheck it to turn off control surface support.

Configure…

Choose this menu item to configure your control surface product. Open the help files for specific, detailed instructions on configuring CueMix FX for operation with your control surface product.

Figure 9-57: Refer to the extensive on-line help for details about configuring CueMix FX for operation with your control surface product.

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Other HUI-compatible control surfaces

Any control surface that has the ability to emulate a

HUI should be compatible with CueMix FX. Just add a Mackie HUI to Audio MIDI Setup and put the control surface hardware into HUI emulation mode. Consult the control surface manual for details about how put it into HUI emulation mode.

Other control surface hardware products

If you install other control surface drivers written for CueMix FX, they will appear as separate menu items at the bottom of the Control Surfaces menu, with the same sub-menu items described above.

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