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58 Chapter 3 Mackie Control
4 Edit the project with the channel strip controls. See “Channel Strip Controls” on page 61
for more information.
Display Zone
The display zone, located along the top of the Mackie Control, features four displays.
Each shows different information:
 Main Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
 Assignment display
 Time display
 Solo LED
Main Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
The main LCD is divided into eight sections (or columns, if you prefer), each with two
lines of text. Each section displays information for the channel strip controls directly
below it. The information displayed on the main LCD changes—dependent on the
parameters you are editing—and whether Mixer view or Channel view is active. In
general, the upper row of each section displays the (abbreviated) track (or channel)
name, and the lower row displays the (abbreviated) parameter name and/or its value.
In some modes, a long parameter name (or other text) appears briefly onscreen while
you are moving the corresponding control. You can set the display and duration of long
parameter names in the Control Surfaces preferences. For information on setting
preferences, refer to “Basic Control Surface Setup” on page 15.
Note: On the LCD, 8-bit ASCII characters such as curly quotes and umlauts are replaced
with the best-possible 7-bit ASCII equivalent.
Assignment Display
The Assignment display (also referred to as the mode display), to the right of the main
LCD, shows a two-digit abbreviation for the current assignment status. A period (.)
appears at the bottom-right corner of the display when Channel view is active.
Time Display
The Time display, to the right of the Assignment display, shows the current playhead
position, either in musical time divisions (BEATS) or in SMPTE time code format
(SMPTE). A small LED to the left of the display indicates the current display format.
 When the format is set to Beats, the four segments of the Time display show the
current playhead position as bars, beats, beat sub-divisions, and ticks.
 When the format is set to SMPTE, the four segments of the Time display show the
current playhead position as hours, minutes, seconds, and frames.