<section id="sn-mackie">
<title>Using the Mackie driver for MCU and BCF2000</title>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ Mackie support is available only for ardour 2.0 beta12 or newer.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+
<para>
This will walk you through the process of configuring and using Mackie
- MCU, or a BCF2000 in <ulink url="http://www.behringerdownload.de/BCF2000/BCF2000_Emulation_modes.pdf">Logic Control emulation mode</ulink>.
+ MCU, or a BCF2000 in
+ <ulink url="http://www.behringerdownload.de/BCF2000/BCF2000_Emulation_modes.pdf">Logic
+ Control emulation mode</ulink>.
</para>
<section id="mackie-connecting-device">
<title>Connecting Device</title>
<para>
- Make sure your surface is connected and you know which <filename>/dev/snd/midi</filename>
- entry belongs to the device. You can do this by saying
- <command>cat /proc/asound/cards</command>
- which should result in something like
+ Make sure your surface is connected and you know which
+ <filename>/dev/snd/midi</filename> entry belongs to the device. You
+ can do this by saying <command>cat /proc/asound/cards</command> which
+ should result in something like
<screen>
0 [EWS88MT ]: ICE1712 - TerraTec EWS88MT
TerraTec EWS88MT at 0x1140, irq 21
2 [BCF2000 ]: USB-Audio - BCF2000
BEHRINGER BCF2000 at usb-0000:00:1a.1-1, full speed
</screen>
- in this case the BCF2000 is on <filename>/dev/snd/midiC2D0</filename>.
- </para>
+ in this case the BCF2000 is on <filename>/dev/snd/midiC2D0</filename>.
+ </para>
+
<para>
- While ardour is not running, edit your <filename>.ardour2/ardour.rc</filename> and add at the top, with
- the other ports:
+ While ardour is not running, edit your
+ <filename>.ardour3/ardour.rc</filename> and add at the top, with the
+ other ports:
<programlisting>
<MIDI-port tag="mcu" device="/dev/snd/midiC2D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/>
</programlisting>
- If you have a BCF2000, and you'd like to use <link linkend="mackie-bcf-mode">BCF mode</link>,
- you can also add under the <Config> tag:
+ If you have a BCF2000, and you'd like to use
+ <link linkend="mackie-bcf-mode">BCF mode</link>, you can also add
+ under the <Config> tag:
<programlisting>
<Option name="mackie-emulation" value="bcf"/>
</programlisting>
-
</para>
- <para>
- It is also possible to add MCU extenders, although this is untested
- because nobody we know has access to one right now. To do this, add
- the following lines to <filename>~/.ardour2/ardour.rc</filename>
+
+ <para>
+ It is also possible to add MCU extenders, although this is untested
+ because nobody we know has access to one right now. To do this, add
+ the following lines to <filename>~/.ardour3/ardour.rc</filename>
<programlisting>
<MIDI-port tag="mcu_xt_1" device="/dev/snd/midiC3D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/>
<MIDI-port tag="mcu_xt_2" device="/dev/snd/midiC4D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/>
</programlisting>
- and so on, one for each of your extenders, up to a maximum of 9 extenders.
- </para>
+ and so on, one for each of your extenders, up to a maximum of 9
+ extenders.
+ </para>
</section>
<section id="mackie-connecting-to-ardour">
<title>Connecting to Ardour</title>
<para>
- Start up ardour. Go to Options/Control Surfaces. You should see "Mackie"
- as one of the menu items. Turn it on. The faders on the surface should
- jump to the correct positions. The mackie should work as normal, except
- that any buttons not on the BCF won't work.
+ Start up ardour. Go to Options/Control Surfaces. You should see
+ "Mackie" as one of the menu items. Turn it on. The faders on the
+ surface should jump to the correct positions. The mackie should work
+ as normal, except that any buttons not on the BCF won't work.
</para>
- </section>
+ </section>
<section id="mackie-bcf-mode">
<title>BCF mode</title>
- <para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- 7 of the 8 sliders are used as route sliders, the
- remaining right-hand one is used for the master slider
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- certain buttons have been remapped from the default Behringer
- settings, which required either both hands, or one-handed contortions
- to do simple things like rec-enable or mute a track.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The display shows the number of the first switched-in bank
- or Ar if the first bank is in place.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- BCF mode bindings
- <table id="tbl-mackie-bcf-key-bindings">
- <title>BCF mode bindings</title>
- <tgroup cols = "4">
- <colspec colnum="1" colname="Strip" colwidth="1"/>
- <colspec colnum="2" colname="Master Strip" colwidth= "1"/>
- <colspec colnum="3" colname="Buttons 1" colwidth="1"/>
- <colspec colnum="4" colname="Buttons 2" colwidth= "1"/>
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry>
- Strips 1-7
- </entry>
- <entry>
- Master Strip
- </entry>
- <entry namest="Buttons 1" nameend="Buttons 2">
- Buttons
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>
- pan / solo if pressed
- </entry>
- <entry>
- transport
- <footnote>
- <para>
- Making a pot pretend to be a shuttle wheel doesn't work very well.
- </para>
- </footnote>
- / nothing
- </entry>
- <entry namest="Buttons 1" nameend="Buttons 2">
- LCD display
- </entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>
- mute
- </entry>
- <entry>
- mute
- </entry>
- <entry>
- shift 1
- </entry>
- <entry>
- loop
- </entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>
- rec
- </entry>
- <entry>
- session rec
- </entry>
- <entry>
- shift 2
- </entry>
- <entry>
- click
- </entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry morerows="4" valign="middle">
- slider
- </entry>
- <entry morerows="4" valign="middle">
- slider
- </entry>
- <entry>
- punch in
- </entry>
- <entry>
- punch out
- </entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>
- home
- </entry>
- <entry>
- end
- </entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>
- previous bank
- (shift 1 is previous route)
- </entry>
- <entry>
- next bank
- (shift 1 is next route)
- </entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>
- previous marker
- </entry>
- <entry>
- next marker
- </entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>
- stop
- </entry>
- <entry>
- play
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </para>
- </section>
+ <para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 7 of the 8 sliders are used as route sliders, the remaining
+ right-hand one is used for the master slider
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ certain buttons have been remapped from the default Behringer
+ settings, which required either both hands, or one-handed
+ contortions to do simple things like rec-enable or mute a track.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The display shows the number of the first switched-in bank or Ar
+ if the first bank is in place.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ BCF mode bindings
+ <table id="tbl-mackie-bcf-key-bindings">
+ <title>BCF mode bindings</title>
+ <tgroup cols = "4">
+ <colspec colnum="1" colname="Strip" colwidth="1"/>
+ <colspec colnum="2" colname="Master Strip" colwidth= "1"/>
+ <colspec colnum="3" colname="Buttons 1" colwidth="1"/>
+ <colspec colnum="4" colname="Buttons 2" colwidth= "1"/>
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ Strips 1-7
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry>
+ Master Strip
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry namest="Buttons 1" nameend="Buttons 2">
+ Buttons
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ pan / solo if pressed
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry>
+ transport <footnote>
+ <para>
+ Making a pot pretend to be a shuttle wheel doesn't work
+ very well.
+ </para>
+ </footnote> / global solo
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry namest="Buttons 1" nameend="Buttons 2">
+ LCD display
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ mute
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry>
+ mute
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry>
+ shift 1
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry>
+ <para>
+ loop
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ shift 1: marker
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ shift 2: punch in
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ rec
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry>
+ session rec
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry>
+ shift 2
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry>
+ <para>
+ click
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ shift 2: punch out
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry morerows="4" valign="middle">
+ slider
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry morerows="4" valign="middle">
+ slider
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry>
+ rewind
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry>
+ ffwd
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ home
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry>
+ end
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ <para>
+ previous bank
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ shift 1: previous route
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry>
+ <para>
+ next bank
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ shift 1: next route
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ previous marker
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry>
+ next marker
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ stop
+ </entry>
+
+ <entry>
+ play
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </para>
+ </section>
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