Mackie Control & HUI protocol

ProChannel EQ, Track Compressor & Bus Compressor support

Korg nanoKONTROL Studio support for Select button, Buses/Track selection

HUI Protocol support

Disable Handshake option for surfaces which only support the newer MCU protocol

Automatic Fader assignment based on order added within preferences

Key press support for function buttons / footswitches

Added button mappings

Updated command list to match Sonar internal list

Support for alternative parameter labels

You can specify alternative label names for your parameters within MackieControl.ini (located in C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Surfaces). This may be useful if the automatic abbreviated 6 character label isn’t as readable as you’d like.

The alternative labels are still limited to 6 characters (as this is the limit of characters for each strip on the Mackie devices), but you can now specify your own by adding them to the bottom of each plug-in section in the following format:

VPotLabeln=p,name

Where:

n = the number of the vpot

p = the number of the VST parameter whose label you which to override

name = the new label

e.g.

VPotLabel0=17,HiGain

VPotLabel1=18,HiFreq

M1VPotLabel2=19,Hi Q

 

New compatibility modes

In addition to the recommended Cakewalk/SONAR mode, the Mackie Control surface supports two extra emulation modes that can be used if your control surface does not provide a dedicated Sonar/SONAR mode:

Mackie Control Universal (Universal Mode). Emulates Mackie’s default button layout.

Mackie Control Universal (Cubase Mode). Emulates Mackie’s Cubase/Nuendo button layout.

It is important that both Sonar and your control surface are configured to use the same mode in order to ensure that buttons on the control surface map to the correct functions in Sonar.

Figure 538. Mackie Control Surface.

 

Note: If your control surface provides a Sonar/SONAR mode, we recommend using this mode to provide maximum compatibility.

Disable Handshake enabled by default

Earlier versions of the Mackie Control protocol required a handshake during the initialization of the control surface. Mackie removed this requirement in later versions.

To reflect this change, the Disable Handshake option is now checked by default to bypass the handshake process.

 

Note: You may have to uncheck Disable Handshake on older devices when using the Sonar/SONAR mode.

 

Mackie Control revspread VPot DataType

On the Mackie Control surface, a VPot’s datatype defines the type of control being edited and how it should be displayed on the VPot LED halo.

Currently, the Mackie Control surface supports a spread DataType for the LEDs that surround the VPots. The LEDs start in the middle for small values, then "spread" around the VPot for larger values.

With certain parameter types, such as an equalizer "Q" setting, where a small Q value means a large spread, and a large Q value means a narrow spread, the VPots show the opposite in the LED spread, which is confusing.

To address this, the Mackie Control surface now supports a new revspread VPot DataType that can be assigned in MackieControl.ini (C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Surfaces). With the revspread VPot DataType, high values show a narrow LED spread, and low values show a wide LED spread. This doesn't affect the actual numerical value being shown, just the way the LEDs spread around the VPot.

For details, see the instructions in MackieControl.ini.