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+<section id="sn-mackie">
+ <title>Using the Mackie driver for MCU and BCF2000</title>
+ <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>.
+ </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
+<screen>
+ 0 [EWS88MT ]: ICE1712 - TerraTec EWS88MT
+ TerraTec EWS88MT at 0x1140, irq 21
+ 1 [VirMIDI ]: VirMIDI - VirMIDI
+ Virtual MIDI Card 1
+ 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>
+ <para>
+ While ardour is not running, edit your <filename>.ardour2/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:
+<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>
+<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>
+ </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.
+ </para>
+ </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>
+
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