Remote Control Devices
Manual by Anders Nordmark Quality Control: C. Bachmann, H. Bischoff, S. Pfeifer, C. Schomburg The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media except as specifically allowed in the License Agreement.
1 Introduction
About this document As described in the Operation Manual, the mixing functions in Cubase SX/SL can be remote controlled via MIDI. This document lists and describes all currently supported MIDI remote devices. For details on how to select and set up a remote device, please refer to the chapter “Remote controlling the mixer” in the Operation Manual. There you will also find a description of the Generic Remote Device, which allows you to use any MIDI device as a remote controller.
2 CM Automation Motor Mix
Specifications The CM Motor Mix can control any number of channels in groups of 8. • Press the “<“ and “>” buttons (at the top of the View section) to select channels 1-8, 9-16 etc. Hold down Shift and press “<“ or “>” to shift the fader assignment in steps of one channel. • Press F1 to disable/enable the fader motors. • Use the Select buttons (the row of buttons below the display) to select a single track for detailed settings. • The Mute and Solo buttons are used to mute or solo a track.
• Press the Undo button to undo the last action in Cubase SX/SL. Hold down Shift and press the Undo button to “undo the undo”.
Fader Set mode Panning: • • • Page 1 - panning left/right Page 2 - panning front/rear Buttons below dials: monitor Fader Set mode Routing: • • • • • • Page 1 - Output Bus Page 2 - Monitor Page 3 - Input Bus Page 4 - Input Gain Page 5 - Input Phase Buttons below dials: monitor Selected Channel mode Panning: • • Page 1 - panning left/right, panning front/rear Buttons below dials: monitor Selected Channel mode Routing: • • Page 1 - Output Bus, Monitor, Input Bus, Input Gain, Input Phase Buttons below di
F2 button: Selected Channel mode EQ: • • • Page 1 - Gain, Frequency, Q and Enable for the lo band, Gain, Frequency, Q and Enable for the lo mid band Page 2 - Gain, Frequency, Q and Enable for the hi mid band, Gain, Frequency, Q and Enable for the hi band Buttons below dials: bypass EQs Holding down Shift and pressing the F2 button gives you a variation of Selected Channel mode EQ: • • • Page 1 - Gain and Frequency for all bands Page 2 - Q and Enable for all bands Buttons below dials: bypass EQs F3 butto
CUBASE SX/SL 2 – 10 CM Automation Motor Mix
3 Steinberg Houston
About Houston Houston is a MIDI/USB remote control device designed especially for use with VST audio applications such as Cubase SX/SL. With clearly laid out controls (including touch sensitive motorized faders, rotary knobs, transport controls and a jog/shuttle wheel) Houston allows you to control virtually every mixer parameter in Cubase SX/SL, without having to use the computer keyboard or mouse. • For details about parameters and hands-on mixing techniques, please see the Houston documentation.
4 JL Cooper CS-10
Specifications • • • The CS-10 can remote control 32 channels (in groups of 8).
The CS-10 supports “MIDI Feedback”, allowing the mute, solo and selection status of channels in Cubase SX/SL to be indicated on the panel. For this (and the fader position indication described above) to work, you need a two-way MIDI connection between the CS-10 and Cubase SX/ SL.
CUBASE SX/SL 4 – 16 JL Cooper CS-10
5 JL Cooper MCS-3000
Specifications The MCS-3000 can control 32 mixer channels remotely (in groups of 8).
• The MCS-3000 bank keys 1 - 4 are used to select channels 1 - 32 in groups of 8. Bank key 1 selects channels 1 - 8, bank key 2 selects channels 9 - 16 and so on. • You can create markers by pressing the “Set Locate” key on the MCS-3000, typing in a marker ID and pressing [Return]. • To locate to a marker, press “Locate”, type in a marker ID and press [Return]. • The MCS-3000 Play, Stop, Record, Rewind and Fast Forward transport controls will have the equivalent functionality in Cubase SX/SL.
CUBASE SX/SL 5 – 20 JL Cooper MCS-3000
6 Mackie Control
About Mackie Control Mackie Control is an automated touch-sensitive control surface. It is a nine-fader (eight channels and master) MIDI controller that provides in-depth mixing, editing, automation and navigational control for any supported digital audio workstation. A special Lexan overlay that shows all Steinberg-specific key assignments for the Mackie Control device is available to customize the controller for Cubase SX/SL.
7 Mackie HUI
Specifications Mackie HUI can control any number of channels in groups of 8. • Use the left and right Bank buttons to select channels 1-8, 9 -16 etc. • Use the left and right Channel buttons to shift the fader assignment in steps of one channel. • The Fader button in the Auto Enable section is used to disable/enable the motors. • The Mute, Pan, Send, Plug In and Send Mute buttons in the Auto Enable section are currently not supported. • Use the Rec/Rdy buttons to arm a track for recording.
• The SELECT ASSIGN four character display in the Select Assign section displays Send or Pan assignment for V-Pots and V-Sel buttons. • The four character displays above the Select buttons display the assigned track names. • The Bypass button in the Select Assign section is always selected to indicate the bypass function of the Insert buttons. • The Mute, Rec/Rdy All, Input and Output buttons in the Select Assign section are currently not supported.
• The Undo button in the Keyboard Shortcuts section undoes the last performed operation in Cubase SX/SL. Hold down the Shift button and press Undo to redo the last undone operation. • Press the Save button in the Keyboard Shortcuts section to save the current project. Hold down the Shift button and press the Save button to save a backup copy of the current project. • The Edit Mode, Edit Tool, Option/All, Ctrl/Clutch and Alt/Fine buttons in the Keyboard Shortcuts section are currently not supported.
• The Scrub and Shuttle buttons are currently not supported. • Pressing the cursor keys located to the left of the jog wheel is the same as pressing the arrow keys on your computer keyboard. When the Mode button is selected, pressing the cursor keys will control zooming in the Project window. • Use the Scroll control in the DSP Edit/Assign section to scroll through the pages of one parameter group. • Use the Compare button in the DSP Edit/Assign section for page up.
• • • • • • • Use the Locate/Numerics buttons to set the project cursor position. Immediately after you enter a numeric character, the Mackie HUI time display will no longer show the project cursor position, but the new value. You don’t have to enter decimal points, colons, or semicolons for a new value. Use the CLR button to delete the last character. Holding down Shift (in the Keyboard Shortcuts section) and pressing the CLR button will delete the new value.
8 Radikal Technologies SAC-2K
Specifications The SAC-2K can control 32 channels (8 channels at a time). • Press the "17-24" and "25-32" buttons to switch from one set of eight channels to the next. • Use the "1-8" and "9-16" buttons to shift the fader assignment in steps of one channel. • Use the Select button above the master fader to disable/enable the motors. • Press the Mute/Solo button (the button on the far left) repeatedly to cycle through the assignments for the Mute/Solo and Select buttons of every channel.
• The Play, Stop, Record, "<<" and ">>" transport controls control the equivalent functions in Cubase SX/SL. • The jog wheel is used to move the project cursor position in Cubase SX/SL. • The Scrub button is currently not supported.
Pan button in the Mixer-Mode section: Fader Set mode Panning: • • • Page 1 - Pan left/right Page 2 - Pan front/rear Pressing a V-Pot will toggle Monitor for that channel. High button: Fader Set mode EQ High: • • • • • Page 1 - Gain Page 2 - Frequency Page 3 - Q Page 4 - Enable Pressing a V-Pot will bypass EQs for that channel. HiMid, LowMid, Low button: Fader Set mode EQ Mid-High, Mid-Low, Low (same functionality as above).
Dynamics button: Selected Channel mode Routing: • • Page 1 - Output Bus, Monitor, Input Bus, Input Gain, Input Phase Pressing a V-Pot will toggle Monitor. For a description of the functionalities for the MIDI button: Selected Channel mode Inserts, Shift+Inserts/Sends button: Global mode Send Effects, Shift+Dynamics button: Global mode Master Effects, Shift+MIDI button: Global mode Instruments, see the separate pdf document “Mackie Control and Cubase SX/SL”.
CUBASE SX/SL 8 – 34 Radikal Technologies SAC-2K
9 Roland MCR-8
Specifications Before you can initiate remote control operation, the MCR-8 “Mode” switch must be set to “4”. The Roland MCR-8 can control 16 mixer channels, plus transport control. The “A/B switch” is used to switch between controlling channels 1 - 8 and 9 - 16. The following MCR-8 parameters control the equivalent parameters for each channel strip: • Fader level, mute, solo and pan.
10 Tascam US-428
Specifications The US-428 can remote control up to 64 mixer channels and 1 or 2 DSP Factory cards, if installed (Windows version only). • When the Tascam US-428 device is added in the Device Setup dialog, you can open the Remote Status window by selecting “Tascam US-428” from the Devices menu. This indicates which bank (group of eight channels in Cubase SX/SL) is currently being controlled by the remote device.
Cubase SX/SL mixer The following US-428 controls will remote control the following mixer parameter for each channel strip: • Fader: volume • Mute/Solo: mute and solo (selected via the Solo switch) • Select: selects channel for editing • Pan-Dial: pan • EQ-Gain Controls the EQ gain for each band selected with the Low, LoMid, HiMid and High buttons. These correspond to the four EQ bands in Cubase SX/SL, starting from the leftmost band.
DSP Factory (Cubase SX/SL for Windows only) The following US-428 controls will remote control the following DSP Factory parameter for each channel strip: • Fader: volume • Mute/Solo: mute and solo (selected via the Solo switch) • Select: selects channel for editing • Pan-Dial: pan • EQ-Gain Controls the corresponding EQ gain for each band selected with the Low, LoMid, HiMid and High buttons.
11 Yamaha 01V
Specifications The Yamaha 01V can remote control either the Cubase SX/SL mixer or the Yamaha DSP Factory if installed (Windows only; see the separate “Using Cubase SX/SL with DSP Factory” document for details). Before you can initiate remote control operation, the 01V must be set up in the following way: • MIDI Parameter Change and Receive must be enabled. • MIDI Control Change and Receive must be disabled. • Device ID / MIDI Channel Receive must be set to “1”. • Local Control should be set to “Off”.
The following parameters are remote controllable for channels 1-32 in the mixer: The value ranges for the parameters in the 01V may not match the ranges for the corresponding parameters in all cases. • Fader level, mute and pan. 01V controls for these parameters control the equivalent Cubase SX/SL parameters. • Effect sends 1 - 6. 01V Aux 1 - 4 control effect send 1 - 4, 01V effect 1 and 2 control effect send 5 and 6. • EQ Frequency, Gain and Q (4 bands).
CUBASE SX/SL 11 – 44 Yamaha 01V
12 Yamaha DM2000/DM 2000v2
About Yamaha DM2000 The Yamaha DM2000 is a digital mixing console that provides full automation of virtually all console parameters. It is designed to integrate effectively with digital audio workstations such as Cubase SX/SL. • For detailed information about features, parameters, etc., please see the documentation which comes with the Yamaha DM2000.
13 Yamaha DM1000
About Yamaha DM1000 The Yamaha DM1000 is a digital mixing console that provides full automation of virtually all console parameters. It is designed to integrate effectively with digital audio workstations such as Cubase SX/SL. • For detailed information about features, parameters, etc., please see the documentation which comes with the Yamaha DM1000.
14 Yamaha 01v96v2
About Yamaha 01v96v2 The Yamaha 01v96v2 is a digital mixing console that provides full automation of virtually all console parameters. It is designed to integrate effectively with digital audio workstations such as Cubase SX/SL. • For detailed information about features, parameters, etc., please see the documentation which comes with the Yamaha 01v96v2.
15 Yamaha 02r96v2
About 02r96v2 The Yamaha 02r96v2 is a digital mixing console that provides full automation of virtually all console parameters. It is designed to integrate effectively with digital audio workstations such as Cubase SX/SL. • For detailed information about features, parameters, etc., please see the documentation which comes with the Yamaha 02r96v2.
16 Yamaha 01x
About Yamaha 01x The Yamaha 01x is a digital mixing console that provides full automation of virtually all console parameters. It is designed to integrate effectively with digital audio workstations such as Cubase SX/SL. • For detailed information about features, parameters, etc., please see the documentation which comes with the Yamaha 01x.
