Mackie Control enhancements

This release features many significant enhancements to the Mackie Control surface, including:

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 Cakewalk internal list

Support for alternative parameter labels

You can now 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

 

See:

Setting up control surfaces

New features