EuCon APPLICATION SETUP GUIDE
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1. Qa Mac Network QuickTime Sharing System a li Accounts Date amp Time Software Speech Startup Disk Universal Update Access Other x Fz Fille Apple Euphonix Qmaster Figure 6 1 System Preferences Artist Series professional control surfaces 2 Double click the Euphonix icon in the Other section at the bottom of the window The Euphonix preference pane opens r A 7 ean Euphonix lt gt Show All Q EuCon 1 4 0 Build 51619 Launch Status Success ree Network Interface Network Verification Timeout 30 iv To configure drag applications into the list Built in Ethernet Studio Monitor Express C Application Path Protocol MIDI Ports Delete bad Stop Click Stop to terminate and disable auto launch of EuCon Apps Figure 6 2 Euphonix preference pane 3 Locate the Application you want to control in the Finder This is found in your Applications folder or in the program s own folder at the top level of the hard drive 4 Drag the Application icon into the middle of the Euphonix preference pane and release the mouse button Its name and location appears Application and Path columns respectively 5 Click in the Protocol column and select HUI see Figure 6 3 23 PRO TOOLS HUI 24 PRO TOOLS HUI Artist Series professional control surfaces r ean Euphonix lt gt ShowAll Q a EuCon 1 4 0 Build 51619 SS Launch Status Success Network Interface Networ2. To finish the configuration 1 Open Applications gt Utilities gt Audio MIDI Setup and select the MIDI Devices tab Figure 5 6 e098 Audio MIDI Setup z Gi m y Default E imm m mian ii View Icon Size Configuration Add Device Remove Device Show Info Rescan MID Test Setup Eoy amp es EA E pce VIA wal w al w a MCU1 G MCU2 G MCU3 G McU4 G Figure 5 6 Audio MIDI Setup 2 Click Add Device double click the device that appear in the Audio MIDI Set up dialog and assign a device name such as MCU1 There is no need to modify the manufacturer model or any other fields 3 Repeat so there are four Mackie Controls 4 In Digital Performer select Control Surface Setup from the Setup menu 5 Configure the dialog settings as they appear in Figure 5 7 Artist Series professional control surfaces Control Surface E Listen to control surfaces in background Driver Mackie Control Unit MIDI Mackie Control mcu i E Expander XN mcu2 1 a Fy Expander XT Wel mcu3 1 i Sy Expander XT Mcu4 1 B aw ays Note Top to Bottom Left to Right Figure 5 7 Control Surface dialog 6 Click the OK Button Your Artist Series device should now be controlling Digital Performer If not Make sure Digital Performer is the front most application i e the one re ceiving keystrokes and mouse clicks The Artist Series devices control only the f
3. If a certain channel is available in Nuendo and the corresponding checkbox is selected that channel can be selected to appear on the surface This channel is called EuConized All channels except Input channels are EuConized by default and can appear on the surface This is useful to eliminate tracks from the surface reduce memory usage and reduce the time needed to build the EuCon mixer model when con necting adding or removing tracks from the Nuendo project To enable disable EuConized tracks select the checkbox next to each type Tracks without a checkmark do not appear on the surface This setting applies only to the open project Global Settings The Global Settings section has two parameters Tape machine style transport and Number of knobsets to cache Tape machine style transport Two Nuendo transport control modes are available for the control surface Toggle the modes from the Tape machine style transport option These transport modes affect the operation of the Stop Fast Forward and Rewind buttons in the following manner Tape machine style transport checked Stop The control surface STOP button halts the transport and keeps the play head at the current position even multiple presses independent from Nu endo s preferences Fast Forward Rewind The FF RW buttons always latch independent of the control surface latch time preference Repeatedly pressing the same FF RW button has no effect The current action can
4. be stopped by pressing the op posite wind button STOP or PLAY The FF RW also stops if it reaches the be ginning or end of the project NUENDO 10 NUENDO Artist Series professional control surfaces Tape machine style transport not checked Stop The control surface STOP button copies the Nuendo stop button Fast Forward Rewind The FF RW buttons function as EuCon Momentary Latch Switches If the button is pressed and released quickly the switches do NOT latch but behave momentarily resembling the way these buttons work in the Nuendo GUI If the Artist Series FF RW buttons are held down longer than the latch time set in the Preferences Setup page they latch Number of knobsets to cache Nuendo creates knobsets for EQ Dynamic Inserts Aux sends and other functions A certain number of these knobsets are kept or cached in RAM For large projects ona large control surface increasing the number of knobsets in the cache can access them faster but uses more RAM It is rare to change this value Artist Series professional control surfaces Section 4 Cubase NOTE Cubase is supported in MC Mix version 1 0 1 and higher Cubase version 4 1 2 and higher is required Download the latest version of Cubase from Steinberg s web site To enable Cubase to work with the Artist Series you must obtain an activation code 1 Create a user account in the MySteinberg area of Steinberg s web site If you already ha
5. Control from the Control Surface Type drop down menu 6 Forthe Input and Output Connection drop down menus select the MIDI send and receive ports These will be the same port so if Soundtrack Pro uses ports 5 8 the first controller sends and receives on port 5 7 Click OK to close the Add Control Surfaces dialog 8 Repeat the process to add up to four controllers 19 9 When finished adding controllers click the OK button to close the dialog in Final Cut Pro In Soundtrack Pro click the Close button at the top left to close the Preferences The Artist Series devices connect and update with new track information Your Artist Series device should now be controlling your application If not e Make sure Final Cut Pro or Soundtrack Pro is the front most application i e the one receiving keystrokes and mouse clicks The Artist Series devices control only the front most application e Check that all steps in Setting Up EuCon for Mackie Control on page 15 and in this section have been performed correctly and reboot your Mac e Make sure the Euphonix MIDI device in Audio MIDI Setup is blue active and not grayed out inactive If inactive select it click Remove Device and click Rescan MIDI MACKIE CONTROL 20 MACKIE CONTROL Artist Series professional control surfaces 5 3 Digital Performer Before proceeding you must already have completed the steps described in Setting Up EuCon for Mackie Control on page 15
6. MUSIC AUDIO POST VIDEO FILM Euphonix Artist Series MC Control MC Mix professional control surface professional control surface EuCon Application Setup Guide Document Revision C EuCon APPLICATION SETUP GUIDE Artist Series professional control surfaces MC Control MC Mix Studio Monitor Express Studio Monitor Pro EuControl EuCon and EuCon Powered are trademarks of Euphonix Inc All other product names are trademarks of their respective manufacturers Fuphonix Artist Series Artist Series professional control surfaces Table of Contents Section 1 IMtroduction 0 0 0 cece cccccesccssccssccsseeesecceecssscsssesseeessecsseesssessees 5 Section 2 Logic PEO speci decseesutentacepncostenidlonspiavaneenusalaseaitdeandauiuachbtesinstiadscuindes 5 Section 3 Nuendo ccsciceiteteactimianeirateentee andreas 6 3 1 EuCon Device Setup sessssesssessserssereseessseossceseereseessseoseeeseeeeseeesse 7 3 1 1 EuConized channel types sessseesssesssesseeessersssessseesseesseee 9 3 1 2 Global Settings ooeooeeseeeeeeeesseeseeseeseessessessessesseesesseessee 9 Section 4 Cubase Leip chic erecta es usacenneictin eee neeae ce ries 11 4 1 EuCon Device Setup ssssssessseesserssereseeseseosseeoseeeseessseoseeessereseese 12 4 1 1 EuConized channel types sssessseessseessessseessereseesssesssee 13 4 1 2 Global Settings ooenoseosesseeseeseereesreeesreresseseessessessessees 13 Sect
7. Stop The control surface STOP button copies the Cubase stop button Fast Forward Rewind The FF RW buttons function as EuCon Momentary Latch Switches If the button is pressed and released quickly the switches do NOT latch but behave momentarily resembling the way these buttons work in the Nuendo GUI If the Artist Series FF RW buttons are held down longer than the latch time set in the Preferences Setup page they latch Number of knobsets to cache Cubase creates knobsets for EQ Dynamic Inserts Aux sends and other functions A certain number of these knobsets are kept or cached in RAM For large projects ona large control surface increasing the number of knobsets in the cache can access them faster but uses more RAM It is rare to change this value Artist Series professional control surfaces Section 5 Mackie Control 5 1 Mackie Control Universal is a widely used MIDI based protocol that controls ap plication parameters and supports metering in many DAW applications The ex tent to which Mackie Control can be used depends on the specific application s implementation The Artist Series devices use EuCon to Mackie Control conver sion software along with a special EuCon MIDI Driver These use internal MIDI ports to easily control these programs without external MIDI cables Setting Up EuCon for Mackie Control Before proceeding make sure you have installed and are running EuControl as described in the Installation
8. ction 3 Nuendo Nuendo 4 is a powerful DAW that can handle as many tracks and effects as your workstation s CPU can support It offers multitrack recording editing and monitoring Steinberg s EuCon adapter enables fully integrated control of all of Nuendo s functions from the Artist Series control surfaces NOTE The EuCon Adapter is available in MC Mix version 1 0 1 and later This version of the adapter works with Nuendo version 4 1 2 and later To enable Nuendo to work with the Artist Series you must obtain an activation code 1 Create a user account in the MySteinberg area of Steinberg s web site If you already have a MySteinberg account and have already registered your version of Nuendo 4 continue with Step 4 Check your email and activate your user account by clicking the link in the confirmation email Log into your MySteinberg account click on Product Registration choose Register Product and select Product with Steinberg Key or Soft eLicenser Log into your MySteinberg account if you have not already Click on Activa tion amp Reactivation choose Euphonix Artist Series EuCon Adapter and select Permanent Activation Enter your Artist Series hardware serial number You will receive an email containing the activation code Launch the License Control Center LCC Software from the Applications folder choose Wizards gt License Download enter your activation code and follow the instructions For N
9. e This is useful to eliminate tracks from the surface reduce memory usage and reduce the time needed to build the EuCon mixer model when con necting adding or removing tracks from the Cubase project To enable disable EuConized tracks select the checkbox next to each type Tracks without a checkmark do not appear on the surface This setting applies only to the open project Global Settings The Global Settings section has two parameters Tape machine style transport and Number of knobsets to cache Tape machine style transport Two Cubase transport control modes are available for the control surface Toggle the modes from the Tape machine style transport option These transport modes affect the operation of the Stop Fast Forward and Rewind buttons in the following manner Tape machine style transport checked Stop The control surface STOP button halts the transport and keeps the play head at the current position even multiple presses independent from Nu endo s preferences Fast Forward Rewind The FF RW buttons always latch independent of the control surface latch time preference Repeatedly pressing the same FF RW button has no effect The current action can be stopped by pressing the op posite wind button STOP or PLAY The FF RW also stops if it reaches the be ginning or end of the project 13 CUBASE 14 CUBASE Artist Series professional control surfaces Tape machine style transport not checked
10. evice Setup dialog appears Figure 4 1 4 1 EuCon Device Setup This section discusses the EuCon Device Setup dialog which allows editing track assignment and transport control parameters If the EuCon Device setup dialog is not open From Cubase choose Devices gt Device Setup then select EuCon from the Remote Devices folder in the Devices section Device Setup in EuCon Devices EuConized channel types project setting J MIDI MIDI Port Setup Remote Devices iz Quick Controls I Transport input channels Output channels Audio channels Group channels FX channels MIDI channels Time Display gt Video x Video Player 4 VST Audio System Digidesign HW MBox VST System Link Instrument channels Global settings Tape machine style transport EER Number of knobsets to cache FUCON Version 4 1 2 544 built on Feb 4 2008 14 16 47 Help Reset Apply Carel 2 Figure 4 1 EuCon Device Setup Artist Series professional control surfaces 4 1 1 4 1 2 EuConized channel types The EuConized channel types section contains checkboxes that determine which channel types appear on your control surface If a certain channel is available in Cubase and the corresponding checkbox is selected that channel can be selected to appear on the surface This channel is called EuConized All channels except Input channels are EuConized by default and can appear on the surfac
11. gram s own folder at the top level of the hard drive Drag the Application icon into the middle of the Euphonix preference pane and release the mouse button Its name and location appears in the Application and Path columns respec tively Click in the Protocol column and select Mackie Control see Figure 5 3 Artist Series professional control surfaces 5 2 ean Euphonix lt ShowAll Q D EuCon 1 4 0 Build 51619 X Launch Status Success En n Network Interface Network Verification Timeout 30 te To configure drag applications into the list Built in Ethernet Studio Monitor Express C Application Path Protocol MIDI Ports Digital Performer MOTU DPS Folder Digital Performer 5 11 app MackieControl 1 4 Delete Stop Click Stop to terminate and disable auto launch of EuCon Apps Figure 5 3 Euphonix preference pane with application selected and Mackie Control set 6 Close the Euphonix preference pane and reboot your computer if prompted to do so The next steps configure your specific application to be controlled by Mackie Control This differs for each application and instructions can be found in the ap plication s user manual For your convenience we ve included instructions for several applications in the following sections When Setting up an application to be controlled by Mackie Control use the MIDI ports of the EuCon MIDI Driver that were specified in the Euphonix preference
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13. k Verification Timeout 30 a To configure drag applications into the list Built in Ethernet Studio Monitor Express C Application Path Protocol MIDI Ports Pro Tools LE 7 3 Applications Digidesign Pro Tools Pro Tools LE app Hyi s P Delete Stop Click Stop to terminate and disable auto launch of EuCon Apps Figure 6 3 Euphonix preference pane with application selected and HUI protocol set 6 Close the Euphonix preference pane and reboot your computer if prompted to do so 6 2 Setting up Pro Tools to Control the Artist Series 1 Launch Pro Tools 2 Choose Peripherals from the Operations menu The Peripherals dialog opens 3 Click the MIDI Controllers tab Artist Series professional control surfaces Peripherals lt Synchronization Machine Control MIDI Controllers Ethernet Controllers Type Receive From Send To Ch s 1 a HUI i EphMIDIEP1 B EphMIDIEP1 B 8 B 2 Hu HA EphMIDIEP2 is EphMIDIEP2 3 8 B 3 B nu FP ephmivier3s F ephminiers A 8 9 4 B Hui F Cephmiviers F Ephmioiera FA 8 A Figure 6 4 Pro Tools Peripherals dialog Pro Tools has configuration boxes for the four possible controllers We rec ommend configuring all four HUI controllers 4 Select HUI from the Type drop down box for each controller to configure 5 Configure each controller to have the input and output MIDI ports set for Pro Tools in the Euphonix Preferences Pane Click
14. on the Receive From and Send To drop down menus hover over Predefined then select from the Euphonix MIDI ports For example if you set Pro Tools to use MIDI ports 1 4 your first HUI con troller s receive and transmit ports should be set to EphMIDIEP1 y Euphonix MIDI Euphonix Port 1 Euphonix MIDI Euphonix Port 2 Euphonix MIDI Euphonix Port 3 Euphonix MIDI Euphonix Port 4 Figure 6 5 Excerpt from Pro Tools MIDI menu 25 PRO TOOLS HUI 26 PRO TOOLS HUI Artist Series professional control surfaces Select 8 from the Ch drop down menu as the number of channels for each controller Press OK Pro Tools updates the channel and track information and transmits that to the Artist Series devices Your Artist Series device should now be controlling Pro Tools If not Make sure Pro Tools is the front most application i e the one receiving keystrokes and mouse clicks The Artist Series devices control only the front most application Check that all steps in Setting up EuCon to Control Pro Tools on page 22 and in this section have been performed correctly and reboot your Mac
15. pane Examples are shown in the following sections More than one application can be controlled using Mackie Control by dragging multiple application icons into the Euphonix preference pane Make sure each application has it s own unique set of MIDI ports Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro Configuring Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro to operate with the Artist Series devices is simple Since both are Apple applications their interfaces are similar and instructions may be combined Before proceeding you must already have completed the steps described in Setting Up EuCon for Mackie Control on page 15 17 MACKIE CONTROL Artist Series professional control surfaces To finish the configuration 1 In Final Cut Pro choose Tools gt Control Surfaces The Control Surface dialog opens 2 In Soundtrack Pro choose Soundtrack Pro gt Preferences The Preferences dialog opens EuCon APPLICATION SETUP GUIDE 18 Figure 5 4 Add Control Surface dialog Soundtrack Pro 3 Click the Control Surfaces tab at the top 4 Now both programs can follow the same instructions Click the button l oe The Add Control Surface dialog opens oO _ O Lid YW lt x Fuphonix Artist Series Artist Series professional control surfaces Conolsurace Wp mace Corot Input Connection Euphonix MIDI Euphonix Port 1 5 Output Connection Figure 5 5 Add Control Surface dialog 5 Select Mackie
16. ront most application Check that all steps in Setting Up EuCon for Mackie Control on page 15 and in this section have been performed correctly and reboot your Mac Make sure the Euphonix MIDI device in Audio MIDI Setup is blue active and not grayed out inactive If inactive select it click Remove Device click Rescan MIDI and repeat steps 2 and 3 if the Mackie Control devices are absent 21 MACKIE CONTROL 22 PRO TOOLS HUI Artist Series professional control surfaces Section 6 Pro Tools HUI 6 1 HUI is a control protocol developed by Mackie that works with Pro Tools The Artist Series uses HUI commands and extensive Pro Tools key commands to con trol Pro Tools operations It has the additional advantage of being able to con trol multiple workstations from one surface in a studio with multiple Pro Tools systems Setting up EuCon to Control Pro Tools Before proceeding make sure you have installed and are running EuControl as described in the Installation section of your Quickstart or User Guides To setup HUI to control Pro Tools 1 From the Apple Menu open System Preferences System Preferences lt ShowAll Q Personal z P G e eA U Q Appearance Dashboard amp Desktop amp Dock International Security Spotlight Expos Screen Saver Hardware 4 Gx 0 V V 9 Bluetooth CDs amp DVDs Displays Energy Keyboard amp Print amp Fax Sound Saver Mouse Internet amp Network e
17. section of your Quickstart or User Guides All applications that use Mackie Control must perform the following steps 1 From the Apple Menu open System Preferences System Preferences lt ShowAll Q Personal Ss A a e Q Appearance Dashboard amp Desktop amp Dock International Security Spotlight Expos Screen Saver Hardware D P ae Y w 9 2 va aw Bluetooth CDs amp DVDs Displays Energy Keyboard amp Print amp Fax Sound Saver Mouse Internet amp Network e a p Mac Network QuickTime Sharing System B r mus 7 e Accounts Date amp Time Software Speech Startup Disk Universal Update Access Other x E a Apple Euphonix Qmaster Figure 5 1 System Preferences 15 MACKIE CONTROL 16 MACKIE CONTROL Artist Series professional control surfaces Double click the Euphonix icon in the Other section at the bottom of the window The Euphonix preference pane opens eer Euphonix lt gt are Q EuCon 1 4 0 Build 51619 Launch Status Success Jaz Network Interface Network Verification Timeout 30 iv To configure drag applications into the list Built in Ethernet Studio Monitor Express Application Path Protocol MIDI Ports Delete dE Stop Click Stop to terminate and disable auto launch of EuCon Apps Figure 5 2 Euphonix preference pane Locate the Application you want to control in the Finder This is found in your Applications folder or in the pro
18. uendo to communicate with the Artist Series devices Nuendo s EuCon device must be added in the Device Setup dialog 1 2 Open Nuendo Choose Devices gt Device Setup The Device Setup dialog opens Artist Series professional control surfaces 3 1 3 Click the button add on the top left A drop down list of devices appears with EuCon near the top of the list 4 Select EuCon from the drop down list The EuCon device is added the control surface immediately updates the faders and knobs display track functions and the EuCon Device Setup dialog appears Figure 3 1 EuCon Device Setup This section discusses the EuCon Device Setup dialog which allows editing track assignment and transport control parameters If the EuCon Device setup dialog is not open From Nuendo choose Devices gt Device Setup then select EuCon from the Remote Devices folder in the Devices section NUENDO EuCon APPLICATION SETUP GUIDE 0 0 NUENDO Artist Series professional control surfaces EuCon EuConized channel Digidesign HW MBox VST System Link Version 4 1 2 544 built on Feb 4 2008 14 16 47 e O C Reset Apply Cane CD Figure 3 1 EuCon Device Setup Fuphonix Artist Series Artist Series professional control surfaces 3 1 1 3 1 2 EuConized channel types The EuConized channel types section contains checkboxes that determine which channel types appear on your control surface
19. ve a MySteinberg account and have already registered your version of Cubase 4 continue with Step 4 Check your email and activate your user account by clicking the link in the confirmation email Log into your MySteinberg account click on Product Registration choose Register Product and select Product with Steinberg Key or Soft eLicenser Log into your MySteinberg account if you have not already Click on Activa tion amp Reactivation choose Euphonix Artist Series EuCon Adapter and select Permanent Activation Enter your Artist Series hardware serial number You will receive an email containing the activation code Launch the License Control Center LCC Software from the Applications folder choose Wizards gt License Download enter your activation code and follow the instructions For Cubase to communicate with the Artist Series devices Cubase s EuCon device must be added in the Device Setup dialog 1 Open Cubase but do not open a project If Cubase automatically opens a project close it Choose Devices gt Device Setup The Device Setup dialog opens Click the button add on the top left A drop down list of devices appears with EuCon near the top of the list 11 CUBASE 12 CUBASE Artist Series professional control surfaces 4 Select EuCon from the drop down list The EuCon device is added the control surface immediately updates the faders and knobs display track functions and the EuCon D
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