Universal

Master Section

9. V-POT ASSIGN

These six buttons are used to assign different functions to the V-Pots. These usually include Pan, Aux Send, EQ, Plug-In Effects, and Track level.

16. MODE LED DISPLAY

This indicates the current mode of operation for the channel strips.

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10. BANKS and CHANNELS

Pressing the left or right BANK button jumps

over to the next adjacent eight channels on either

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the left or right side of the current location.

 

 

 

SMPTE

 

HOURS

MINUTES

SECONDS

FRAMES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RUDE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOLO

 

 

 

 

BEATS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

 

BARS

BEATS SUB DIVISION

TICKS

 

 

If one or more MCU XT Pros are present, the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BANK buttons may jump over by 8 times the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

number of devices present. For example, if two

VPOT ASSIGN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MCU XT Pros are present in addition to the MCU

 

 

 

DISPLAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro, the BANK buttons may jump 8 x 3 or

 

 

 

NAME

SMPTE

 

UNIVERSAL CONTROL SURFACE

 

24 channels at a time.

TRACK

 

SEND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VALUE

BEATS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAN/

 

PLUG-IN

 

 

FUNCTION SELECT

 

 

 

 

SURROUND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pressing the left or right CHANNEL button

EQ

 

INSTRUMENT

F1

F2

F3

F4

F5

F6

F7

F8

jumps over to the next adjacent channel on either

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FADER BANKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the left or right side of the current location.

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL VIEW

 

 

 

 

 

BANK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIDI

INPUTS

AUDIO

AUDIO

AUX

BUSSES

OUTPUTS

USER

11. FUNCTION SELECT

 

 

 

TRACKS

 

TRACKS INSTRUMENT

 

 

 

 

CHANNEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MODIFIERS

 

AUTOMATION

 

UTILITIES

The function of these buttons vary depending on

FLIP

 

VIEW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the DAW application being utilized. Place the

 

GLOBAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MASTER

SHIFT

OPTION

READ/OFF

WRITE

TRIM

SAVE

UNDO

overlay for the DAW application over this section

 

 

dB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to provide the correct labeling for these buttons,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

CONTROL

/ALT

TOUCH

LATCH

GROUP

CANCEL

ENTER

and refer to the documentation for the DAW

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

application that describes how it operates with

 

 

U

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MCU Pro.

 

 

5

MARKER

NUDGE

CYCLE

DROP

REPLACE

CLICK

SOLO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. TRANSPORT

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These standard transport control buttons are

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REWIND

FAST FWD

STOP

 

PLAY

RECORD

fairly universal in their operation: Rewind, Fast

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward, Stop, Play, and Record.

 

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCRUB

 

 

 

 

 

ZOOM

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. JOG / SHUTTLE WHEEL

Use the button to toggle between Jog and Shuttle functions for the large wheel. Use the wheel for editing audio in the DAW application.

14. ZOOM AND NAVIGATION BUTTONS

These four arrow buttons and the zoom button are used to navigate around the graphic editor in the DAW application.

15. TIME DISPLAY

This display shows the time location of the project in either SMPTE or BBT (bar.beat.ticks) format.

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