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href="generic_midi_control_surface.xml" />
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
href="configuring_usb_device_access.xml" />
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
href="mackie.xml" />
</chapter>

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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
]>
<section id="sn-mackie">
<title>Using the Mackie driver for MCU and BCF2000</title>
<para>
This will walk you through the process of configuring and using Mackie
MCU, or a BCF2000 in <ulink url="http://www.behringerdownload.de/BCF2000/BCF2000_Emulation_modes.pdf">Logic Control emulation mode</ulink>.
</para>
<section id="mackie-connecting-device">
<title>Connecting Device</title>
<para>
Make sure your surface is connected and you know which <filename>/dev/snd/midi</filename>
entry belongs to the device. You can do this by saying
<command>cat /proc/asound/cards</command>
which should result in something like
<screen>
0 [EWS88MT ]: ICE1712 - TerraTec EWS88MT
TerraTec EWS88MT at 0x1140, irq 21
1 [VirMIDI ]: VirMIDI - VirMIDI
Virtual MIDI Card 1
2 [BCF2000 ]: USB-Audio - BCF2000
BEHRINGER BCF2000 at usb-0000:00:1a.1-1, full speed
</screen>
in this case the BCF2000 is on <filename>/dev/snd/midiC2D0</filename>.
</para>
<para>
While ardour is not running, edit your <filename>.ardour2/ardour.rc</filename> and add at the top, with
the other ports:
<programlisting>
&lt;MIDI-port tag="mcu" device="/dev/snd/midiC2D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/&gt;
</programlisting>
If you have a BCF2000, and you'd like to use <link linkend="mackie-bcf-mode">BCF mode</link>,
you can also add under the &lt;Config&gt; tag:
<programlisting>
&lt;Option name="mackie-emulation" value="bcf"/&gt;
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
It is also possible to add MCU extenders, although this is untested
because nobody we know has access to one right now. To do this, add
the following lines to <filename>~/.ardour2/ardour.rc</filename>
<programlisting>
&lt;MIDI-port tag="mcu_xt_1" device="/dev/snd/midiC3D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/&gt;
&lt;MIDI-port tag="mcu_xt_2" device="/dev/snd/midiC4D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/&gt;
</programlisting>
and so on, one for each of your extenders, up to a maximum of 9 extenders.
</para>
</section>
<section id="mackie-connecting-to-ardour">
<title>Connecting to Ardour</title>
<para>
Start up ardour. Go to Options/Control Surfaces. You should see "Mackie"
as one of the menu items. Turn it on. The faders on the surface should
jump to the correct positions. The mackie should work as normal, except
that any buttons not on the BCF won't work.
</para>
</section>
<section id="mackie-bcf-mode">
<title>BCF mode</title>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
7 of the 8 sliders are used as route sliders, the
remaining right-hand one is used for the master slider
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
certain buttons have been remapped from the default Behringer
settings, which required either both hands, or one-handed contortions
to do simple things like rec-enable or mute a track.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The display shows the number of the first switched-in bank
or Ar if the first bank is in place.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
BCF mode bindings
<table id="tbl-mackie-bcf-key-bindings">
<title>BCF mode bindings</title>
<tgroup cols = "4">
<colspec colnum="1" colname="Strip" colwidth="1"/>
<colspec colnum="2" colname="Master Strip" colwidth= "1"/>
<colspec colnum="3" colname="Buttons 1" colwidth="1"/>
<colspec colnum="4" colname="Buttons 2" colwidth= "1"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>
Strips 1-7
</entry>
<entry>
Master Strip
</entry>
<entry namest="Buttons 1" nameend="Buttons 2">
Buttons
</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
pan / solo if pressed
</entry>
<entry>
transport
<footnote>
<para>
Making a pot pretend to be a shuttle wheel doesn't work very well.
</para>
</footnote>
/ nothing
</entry>
<entry namest="Buttons 1" nameend="Buttons 2">
LCD display
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
mute
</entry>
<entry>
mute
</entry>
<entry>
shift 1
</entry>
<entry>
loop
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
rec
</entry>
<entry>
session rec
</entry>
<entry>
shift 2
</entry>
<entry>
click
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry morerows="4" valign="middle">
slider
</entry>
<entry morerows="4" valign="middle">
slider
</entry>
<entry>
punch in
</entry>
<entry>
punch out
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
home
</entry>
<entry>
end
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
previous bank
(shift 1 is previous route)
</entry>
<entry>
next bank
(shift 1 is next route)
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
previous marker
</entry>
<entry>
next marker
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
stop
</entry>
<entry>
play
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
</section>
<!--
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
href="Some_Subsection.xml" />
-->
</section>