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Euphonix MC Control Artist Series Setup Manual

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  • Page 1 MUSIC | AUDIO POST | VIDEO | FILM Artist Series professional control surface professional control surface EuCon Application Setup Guide Document Revision: F...
  • Page 2 Artist Series professional control surfaces MC Control, MC Mix, Studio Monitor Express, Studio Monitor Pro, EuControl, EuCon and EuCon Powered are trademarks of Euphonix Inc. All other product names are trademarks of their respective manufacturers. Artist Series...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Artist Series professional control surfaces Table of Contents Section 1: Introduction ..................5 Section 2: Logic Pro ....................5 Section 3: Nuendo ....................6 EuCon Device Setup ..............7 3.1.1 EuConized channel types ..........9 3.1.2 Global Settings ..............9 Section 4: Cubase ....................

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Artist Series professional control surfaces Section 1: Introduction The EuCon Application Setup Guide helps you setup EuControl to work with your specific application. EuControl must be installed before proceeding to your ap- plication’s section in this Guide. See the Installation section in the Quickstart or User Guides to install EuControl if you have not already done so.

  • Page 6: Nuendo

    Register Product and select Product with Steinberg Key or Soft-eLicenser. 4. Log into your MySteinberg account if you have not already. Click on Activa- tion & Reactivation, choose Euphonix Artist Series EuCon Adapter and select Permanent Activation. Enter your Artist Series hardware serial number.

  • Page 7: Eucon Device Setup

    Artist Series professional control surfaces 3. Click the + button (add) on the top-left. A drop-down list of devices appears with EuCon near the top of the list. 4. Select EuCon from the drop-down list. The EuCon device is added, the control surface immediately updates, the faders and knobs display track functions, and the EuCon Device Setup dialog appears (Figure 3-1).
  • Page 8 Artist Series professional control surfaces Figure 3-1 EuCon Device Setup Artist Series...

  • Page 9: Euconized Channel Types

    Artist Series professional control surfaces 3.1.1 EuConized channel types The EuConized channel types section contains checkboxes that determine which channel types appear on your control surface. If a certain channel is available in Nuendo and the corresponding checkbox is selected, that channel can be selected to appear on the surface.
  • Page 10 Artist Series professional control surfaces Tape machine style transport not checked Stop: The control surface STOP button copies the Nuendo stop button. Fast Forward/Rewind: The FF/RW buttons function as EuCon Momentary/ Latch-Switches. If the button is pressed and released quickly, the switches do NOT latch but behave momentarily, resembling the way these buttons work in the Nuendo GUI.

  • Page 11: Cubase

    Register Product and select Product with Steinberg Key or Soft-eLicenser. 4. Log into your MySteinberg account if you have not already. Click on Activa- tion & Reactivation, choose Euphonix Artist Series EuCon Adapter and select Permanent Activation. Enter your Artist Series hardware serial number.

  • Page 12: Eucon Device Setup

    Artist Series professional control surfaces 4. Select EuCon from the drop-down list. The EuCon device is added, the control surface immediately updates, the faders and knobs display track functions, and the EuCon Device Setup dialog appears (Figure 4-1). EuCon Device Setup This section discusses the EuCon Device Setup dialog which allows editing track assignment and transport control parameters.

  • Page 13: Euconized Channel Types

    Artist Series professional control surfaces 4.1.1 EuConized channel types The EuConized channel types section contains checkboxes that determine which channel types appear on your control surface. If a certain channel is available in Cubase and the corresponding checkbox is selected, that channel can be selected to appear on the surface.
  • Page 14 Artist Series professional control surfaces Tape machine style transport not checked Stop: The control surface STOP button copies the Cubase stop button. Fast Forward/Rewind: The FF/RW buttons function as EuCon Momentary/ Latch-Switches. If the button is pressed and released quickly, the switches do NOT latch but behave momentarily, resembling the way these buttons work in the Nuendo GUI.

  • Page 15: Mackie Control

    Artist Series professional control surfaces Section 5: Mackie Control Mackie Control Universal is a widely used MIDI-based protocol that controls ap- plication parameters and supports metering in many DAW applications. The ex- tent to which Mackie Control can be used depends on the specific application’s implementation.
  • Page 16 Artist Series professional control surfaces 2. Double-click the Euphonix icon in the Other section at the bottom of the window. The Euphonix preference pane opens. Figure 5-2 Euphonix preference pane 3. Locate the Application you want to control in the Finder.
  • Page 17 When setting up an application to be controlled by Mackie Control, use the MIDI ports of the EuCon MIDI Driver that were specified in the Euphonix preference pane (i.e., 1–4 in Figure 5-3). Examples are shown in the following sections.

  • Page 18: Final Cut Pro And Soundtrack Pro

    Artist Series professional control surfaces Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro Configuring Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro to operate with the Artist Series devices is simple. Since both are Apple applications, their interfaces are similar and instructions may be combined. Before proceeding, you must already have completed the steps described in Setting Up EuCon for Mackie Control on page 15.
  • Page 19 Mac. • Make sure the Euphonix MIDI device in Applications->Utilities->Audio MIDI Setup is blue (active) and not gray (inactive). If inactive, select it, click Re- move Device, and click Rescan MIDI.

  • Page 20: Digital Performer

    Artist Series professional control surfaces Digital Performer Before proceeding, you must already have completed the steps described in Setting Up EuCon for Mackie Control on page 15. To finish the configuration: 1. Open Applications->Utilities->Audio MIDI Setup and select the MIDI Devices tab (Figure 5-6).
  • Page 21 Mac. • Make sure the Euphonix MIDI device in Audio MIDI Setup is blue (active) and not gray (inactive). If inactive, select it, click Remove Device, click Res- can MIDI, and repeat steps 2 and 3 if the Mackie Control devices are absent.

  • Page 22: Ableton Live

    Artist Series professional control surfaces Ableton Live Before proceeding, you must already have completed the steps described in Setting Up EuCon for Mackie Control on page 15. To finish the configuration: 1. Choose Live->Preferences. The Preferences dialog opens. 2. Click the MIDI tab on the left (Figure 5-8). Figure 5-8 Live MIDI Preferences dialog 3.
  • Page 23 6. Repeat steps 3 and 5 for each additional Artist Series control surface in your network. The MIDI ports selected here should match those specified in the Euphonix Preferences Pane. 7. Close the Preferences dialog. Your Artist Series device should now be controlling your application. If not: •...

  • Page 24: Reason

    2. Choose Keyboards and Control Surfaces from the dialog box at the top. 3. Press the Auto-Detect Surfaces button. Reason scans to find the Mackie-enabled Euphonix MIDI ports from the Eu- phonix Preferences pane. 4. Select the Use with Reason checkbox for each MC Mix on your network that you wish to use with Mackie Control.
  • Page 25 Artist Series professional control surfaces 5. Double-click on each MC Mix instance and select the same Euphonix MIDI ports that were assigned in the Euphonix Preferences pane. Figure 5-10 Assigning MIDI ports 6. Right-click a module in your Reason project and select Lock Mackie Control to this Device to lock it to the MC Mix instance you wish to use.

  • Page 26: Pro Tools (Hui)

    Artist Series professional control surfaces Section 6: Pro Tools (HUI) HUI is a control protocol developed by Mackie that works with Pro Tools. The Artist Series uses HUI commands and extensive Pro Tools key commands to con- trol Pro Tools operations. It has the additional advantage of being able to con- trol multiple workstations from one surface in a studio with multiple Pro Tools systems.
  • Page 27 Artist Series professional control surfaces 2. Double-click the Euphonix icon in the Other section at the bottom of the window. The Euphonix preference pane opens. Figure 6-2 Euphonix preference pane 3. Locate the Application you want to control in the Finder.

  • Page 28: Setting Up Pro Tools To Control The Artist Series

    Artist Series professional control surfaces Figure 6-3 Euphonix preference pane with application selected and HUI protocol set 6. Close the Euphonix preference pane and reboot your computer if prompted to do so. Setting up Pro Tools to Control the Artist Series 1.
  • Page 29 5. Select HUI from the Type drop-down box for each controller to configure. 6. Configure each controller to have the input and output MIDI ports set for Pro Tools in the Euphonix Preferences Pane. Click on the Receive From and Send To drop-down menus, hover over Predefined, then select from the Euphonix MIDI ports.
  • Page 30 Artist Series professional control surfaces 7. Select 8 from the Ch # drop-down menu as the number of channels for each controller. 8. Press OK. Pro Tools updates the channel and track information and transmits that to the Artist Series devices. Your Artist Series device should now be controlling Pro Tools.

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