manual/xml/mackie.xml

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   7 <section id="sn-mackie">
   8   <title>Using the Mackie driver for MCU and BCF2000</title>
   9   <para>
  10     This will walk you through the process of configuring and using Mackie
  11     MCU, or a BCF2000 in
  12     <ulink url="http://www.behringerdownload.de/BCF2000/BCF2000_Emulation_modes.pdf">Logic
  13     Control emulation mode</ulink>.
  14   </para>
  15
  16   <section id="mackie-connecting-device">
  17     <title>Connecting Device</title>
  18     <para>
  19       Make sure your surface is connected and you know which
  20       <filename>/dev/snd/midi</filename> entry belongs to the device. You
  21       can do this by saying <command>cat /proc/asound/cards</command> which
  22       should result in something like
  23 <screen>
  24  0 [EWS88MT        ]: ICE1712 - TerraTec EWS88MT
  25                       TerraTec EWS88MT at 0x1140, irq 21
  26  1 [VirMIDI        ]: VirMIDI - VirMIDI
  27                       Virtual MIDI Card 1
  28  2 [BCF2000        ]: USB-Audio - BCF2000
  29                       BEHRINGER BCF2000 at usb-0000:00:1a.1-1, full speed
  30 </screen>
  31       in this case the BCF2000 is on <filename>/dev/snd/midiC2D0</filename>.
  32     </para>
  33
  34     <para>
  35       While ardour is not running, edit your
  36       <filename>.ardour2/ardour.rc</filename> and add at the top, with the
  37       other ports:
  38 <programlisting>
  39 &lt;MIDI-port tag="mcu" device="/dev/snd/midiC2D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/&gt;
  40 </programlisting>
  41       If you have a BCF2000, and you'd like to use
  42       <link linkend="mackie-bcf-mode">BCF mode</link>, you can also add
  43       under the &lt;Config&gt; tag:
  44 <programlisting>
  45 &lt;Option name="mackie-emulation" value="bcf"/&gt;
  46 </programlisting>
  47     </para>
  48
  49     <para>
  50       It is also possible to add MCU extenders, although this is untested
  51       because nobody we know has access to one right now. To do this, add
  52       the following lines to <filename>~/.ardour2/ardour.rc</filename>
  53 <programlisting>
  54 &lt;MIDI-port tag="mcu_xt_1" device="/dev/snd/midiC3D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/&gt;
  55 &lt;MIDI-port tag="mcu_xt_2" device="/dev/snd/midiC4D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/&gt;
  56 </programlisting>
  57       and so on, one for each of your extenders, up to a maximum of 9
  58       extenders.
  59     </para>
  60   </section>
  61
  62   <section id="mackie-connecting-to-ardour">
  63     <title>Connecting to Ardour</title>
  64     <para>
  65       Start up ardour. Go to Options/Control Surfaces. You should see
  66       "Mackie" as one of the menu items. Turn it on. The faders on the
  67       surface should jump to the correct positions. The mackie should work
  68       as normal, except that any buttons not on the BCF won't work.
  69     </para>
  70   </section>
  71
  72   <section id="mackie-bcf-mode">
  73     <title>BCF mode</title>
  74     <para>
  75       <itemizedlist>
  76         <listitem>
  77           <para>
  78             7 of the 8 sliders are used as route sliders, the remaining
  79             right-hand one is used for the master slider
  80           </para>
  81         </listitem>
  82
  83         <listitem>
  84           <para>
  85             certain buttons have been remapped from the default Behringer
  86             settings, which required either both hands, or one-handed
  87             contortions to do simple things like rec-enable or mute a track.
  88           </para>
  89         </listitem>
  90
  91         <listitem>
  92           <para>
  93             The display shows the number of the first switched-in bank or Ar
  94             if the first bank is in place.
  95           </para>
  96         </listitem>
  97       </itemizedlist>
  98     </para>
  99
 100     <para>
 101       BCF mode bindings
 102       <table id="tbl-mackie-bcf-key-bindings">
 103         <title>BCF mode bindings</title>
 104         <tgroup cols = "4">
 105           <colspec colnum="1" colname="Strip" colwidth="1"/>
 106           <colspec colnum="2" colname="Master Strip" colwidth= "1"/>
 107           <colspec colnum="3" colname="Buttons 1" colwidth="1"/>
 108           <colspec colnum="4" colname="Buttons 2" colwidth= "1"/>
 109           <thead>
 110             <row>
 111               <entry>
 112                 Strips 1-7
 113               </entry>
 114
 115               <entry>
 116                 Master Strip
 117               </entry>
 118
 119               <entry namest="Buttons 1" nameend="Buttons 2">
 120                 Buttons
 121               </entry>
 122             </row>
 123           </thead>
 124           <tbody>
 125             <row>
 126               <entry>
 127                 pan / solo if pressed
 128               </entry>
 129
 130               <entry>
 131                 transport <footnote>
 132                 <para>
 133                   Making a pot pretend to be a shuttle wheel doesn't work
 134                   very well.
 135                 </para>
 136                 </footnote> / nothing
 137               </entry>
 138
 139               <entry namest="Buttons 1" nameend="Buttons 2">
 140                 LCD display
 141               </entry>
 142             </row>
 143
 144             <row>
 145               <entry>
 146                 mute
 147               </entry>
 148
 149               <entry>
 150                 mute
 151               </entry>
 152
 153               <entry>
 154                 shift 1
 155               </entry>
 156
 157               <entry>
 158                 loop
 159               </entry>
 160             </row>
 161
 162             <row>
 163               <entry>
 164                 rec
 165               </entry>
 166
 167               <entry>
 168                 session rec
 169               </entry>
 170
 171               <entry>
 172                 shift 2
 173               </entry>
 174
 175               <entry>
 176                 click
 177               </entry>
 178             </row>
 179
 180             <row>
 181               <entry morerows="4" valign="middle">
 182                 slider
 183               </entry>
 184
 185               <entry morerows="4" valign="middle">
 186                 slider
 187               </entry>
 188
 189               <entry>
 190                 punch in
 191               </entry>
 192
 193               <entry>
 194                 punch out
 195               </entry>
 196             </row>
 197
 198             <row>
 199               <entry>
 200                 home
 201               </entry>
 202
 203               <entry>
 204                 end
 205               </entry>
 206             </row>
 207
 208             <row>
 209               <entry>
 210                 previous bank (shift 1 is previous route)
 211               </entry>
 212
 213               <entry>
 214                 next bank (shift 1 is next route)
 215               </entry>
 216             </row>
 217
 218             <row>
 219               <entry>
 220                 previous marker
 221               </entry>
 222
 223               <entry>
 224                 next marker
 225               </entry>
 226             </row>
 227
 228             <row>
 229               <entry>
 230                 stop
 231               </entry>
 232
 233               <entry>
 234                 play
 235               </entry>
 236             </row>
 237           </tbody>
 238         </tgroup>
 239       </table>
 240     </para>
 241   </section>
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