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Hey, guys.
Long time Kronos owner and just got the M8k a few days ago to compliment it. Loving it, but of course I'm still in the RTFM stages and getting a feel for the wheel.
I use Cubase 13 Pro, and after setting it up for Mackie Control the transport buttons work exactly as expected when putting the M in DAW mode. What I'm trying to determine at the moment is how to map a few other common transport features, specifically emulating 1 / 2 (go to beginning / end of song), next bookmark, previous bookmark.
The Montage faces the wall in my office, and when recording my back is to my computer keyboard and monitor. The only things I need to do on the M itself are transport and navigation when recording.
I know that the DAW mode is Mackie Control protocol, but I can't find anywhere in the manual where it talks about these particular mappings. I'm sure I could go into Cubase and set up a Midi Remote panel, and it might come to that, but my current assumption is that I just don't understand how to the M's DAW controls yet.
Would be grateful for any insights you might offer.
Thanks,
Chris
Control Room: Fantom 7 | JV 2080 | Cubase 13 | Windows 10 | Yamaha TF5 | Mackie MCU | CMC AI, QC, TP
Keyboard Station: Kronos 2 88 | Cubase 13 | Windows 10 | Focusrite 18i20 | CMC TP
Editing Station: Montage M8x | Cubase 13 | Windows 10 | Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
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Chris Duncan
Atlanta, GA, USA, Earth
Posted : 28/06/2024 7:26 pm
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Okay, for anyone else who may have this question in the future, here's what I ended up doing.
I couldn't find any particular default integration between the Montage M and Mackie Control regarding next / previous marker, etc. However, the Midi Remote capabilities in Cubase (I believe they became available from Cubase 12 onwards) were very easy to set up, so I just manually created my configuration.
The biggest decision was choosing what buttons on the M to use for this purpose. I didn't want to have competing functionality on the scene buttons, so I ended up using the Part buttons. Button 1, Digital In, appeared to be in use (although I might be mistaken about that) and I only needed six, so I mapped 3 / 4 to begin / end, 5 / 6 to prev / next marker, and 7 / 8 to Nudge Bar -1 / + 1. For those who haven't played with this yet, it's also worth mentioning that I configured the remote panel using Montage Midi in / out 2, which is the port for Mackie Control. Port 1 is for note data, etc.
Everything works as expected in DAW mode. My one concern was that pressing these buttons when not in DAW mode would still move the transport in Cubase. Fortunately, in testing I found that was not the case and the buttons are only active when in DAW mode.
Anyway, very happy with how it worked out. I hope this can be of use to others who want to do similar things with Cubase.
Chris
Control Room: Fantom 7 | JV 2080 | Cubase 13 | Windows 10 | Yamaha TF5 | Mackie MCU | CMC AI, QC, TP
Keyboard Station: Kronos 2 88 | Cubase 13 | Windows 10 | Focusrite 18i20 | CMC TP
Editing Station: Montage M8x | Cubase 13 | Windows 10 | Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
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Chris Duncan
Atlanta, GA, USA, Earth
