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professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE ii In the interest of continued product development, Euphonix reserves the ri ght to make improvements to this manual and the product it describes at any ti me, without notice or obligation. Artist Series, MC Mix, MC Control, MC Pro, System 5-MC, and EuCon are trademarks of Euphonix, Inc. ©20[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE iii Canada Eur o pean Union Australia Japan This Class B digital apparatus complies wi th Canadian ICES-003 Cet appareil numérique de la clas se B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada ABN 91 051 557 905[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE iv IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lighting flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulate d “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of suff icient ma gnitude to consti tute a risk of electr[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE v 13) Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unus ed for long periods of time. 14) Refer all servicing to qualif ied service personnel. Servicin g is required when the appa- ratus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled [...]

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professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS vii Table of Contents List of Figures .................................................................................... .................... ix Chapter 1: Introduction to the Artist Series ..................................................... 11 Chapter 2: Setup and Instal[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS viii 4.5 Knobs ................ ........................................................................ 33 4.5.1 Basic Knob Use .. ............................................................ 33 4.5.2 Knob Modes ................. .............................................[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE LIST OF FIGURES ix List of Figures 1-1 MC Control and MC Mix ....... ............................. ............................................. 11 2-1 Foldout leg (left); riser bracket (right) .................... ........................ ............... 13 2-2 Removing side panels (left); re[...]

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professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE INTRODUCTION TO THE ARTIST SERIES 11 Chapter 1: Introduction to the Artist Series The MC Mix and MC Control comprise the Artist Series desktop control surfaces. They use a 100 Mbs Ethernet EuCon connection to control aud io/video applications running on a workstation computer. EuCon is a high-[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE INTRODUCTION TO THE ARTIST SERIES 12 Conventions Used in this User Guide The User Guide refers to all functions labeled on the MC Mix surface and rear panel with all caps in bold t ype (i.e., NUDGE X , PA N , SEL , SOLO ). The Shift key is used in co njunction with other keys to access seconda[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SETUP AND INSTALLATION 13 Chapter 2: Setup and Installation Euphonix is dedicated to making your MC Mix exper ience enjoyable and trouble- free so we will periodic ally update the following software and documentation: • EuControl : T h i s s o f t w a r e r u n s y o u r M C M i x a n d c o [...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SETUP AND INSTALLATION 14 Two larger, detached riser brackets elevate and angle the unit more than the foldout legs. Use mode rate force to snap them in to the bottom panel as shown in Figure 2-1. To remove the riser brackets: 1. Slide the side panels off (Figure 2-2 left). Figure 2-2 Removing[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SETUP AND INSTALLATION 15 To join two MC Mixes: 1. On one of the MC Mixes, use a #2 Phillip s screwdriver to remove the two silver screws (Figure 2-3). The screws may be ti ght, so you may have to use some force. Figure 2-3 Removing screws from the bottom panel 2. Lift the black plastic c onne[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SETUP AND INSTALLATION 16 2.2 Installation 1. Insert the installation CD into your Macintosh or, if you downloaded the latest software from the web, double-click on the installer. Follow the instructions to install the software. If prompted to download the most cu rrent version of EuControl, f[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SETUP AND INSTALLATION 17 5. Plug one end of the Eth ernet crossover cable into the Ethernet jack (labeled with ) on the rear panel of the MC Mix (F igu re 2 -8 ). Figure 2-8 Ethernet cable and re ar panel jack 6. Plug the other end of the Ethernet cr ossover cable into an open Ethernet jack o[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SETUP AND INSTALLATION 18 8. Press and release the POWER switch on your MC Mix. Look at the top-right of your screen an d wait up to 60 seconds. A green icon in the menu bar indica tes correct installation. If you did not see the green icon : •S e e My Surfaces on page 42 and add the MC Mix [...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SETUP AND INSTALLATION 19 Connecting a Footswitch The MC Mix has a ¼-in FOOTSWIT CH input on the rear pane l. The footswit ch can be used to punch in and out of recording. Plug the footswitch in before powering on the MC Mix. See page 47 for details. Figure 2-10 FOOTSWITCH input on rear panel[...]

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professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE COMMON TASKS 21 Chapter 3: Common Tasks If you completed the steps in Chapter 2: Setup and Installation , you are ready to start learning about your MC Mix. We recommend performing these simple tutorials of c om mon tasks in the order presented. Fader Strip 1. Press the MC Mix’s strip 1 fade[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE COMMON TASKS 22 4. Press the NUDGE X key to move all eight tracks over one strip (Figure 3-2). If tracks 1–8 were assigned to strips 1–8, tracks 2–9 are now assigned to strips 1–8. Figure 3-2 NUDGE and BANK keys 5. Press the HOME key (Figure 3-2) to restor e tracks 1–8 to strips 1–[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE COMMON TASKS 23 Inserts 1. Add a plug-in on track 1 of your application. 2. If tracks 1–8 are not assigned to strips 1–8, press the HOME key (Figure 3-2) to restore tracks 1–8 to strips 1–8. 3. Press the MC Mix’s strip 1 fader SEL key (Figure 3-4). 4. Press the CHAN key to enter chan[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE COMMON TASKS 24 8. Press the PAGE keys to access more parameters (Figure 3-5). Figure 3-5 BACK and PAGE keys 9. Press the BACK key to exit that plug-in (Figure 3-5). 10. Press the CHAN key to exit channel mode (Figure 3-4). SEL ON BACK TOP CFG PAG E CFG PAG E SOLO ON[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SURFACE CONTROLS 25 Chapter 4: Surface Controls Figure 4-1 MC Mix surface controls REC PLAY NEXT FF STOP PREV R TZ REW SEL ON END BANK HOME W ORK S T A T ION A P PL ICATION INSERTS INPUT BANK CLOSE NUDGE MIXER NUDGE POWER CHAN FLIP EQ DYN AUX GROUP PAN MIX BACK TOP SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON [...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SURFACE CONTROLS 26 4.1 Power Switch Press and release the POWER switch to turn the MC Mix on/off. • All displays shows a Euphonix logo upon power up. • All activity on the displays an d LEDs ceases upon power down. 4.2 Shift Key The Shift key is used in co njunction with other keys to acc[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SURFACE CONTROLS 27 4.3 Fader Strips The MC Mix provides eight fader strips , each with a touch- sensitive fader and a touch-sensitive knob, that control tracks in an audio or video application. 4.3.1 Display Screens At the top of each fader strip is a 128 x 64 pixel Organic Light Emitting Dio[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SURFACE CONTROLS 28 4.3.2 Fader The fader controls the track assigned to this strip. It is motorized so it reflects changes made in the applicat ion, such as automation. It is also touch sensitive, which some applications use when automating. Figure 4-3 Fader strip When the Select by Touch Gen[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SURFACE CONTROLS 29 4.3.5 Transport Controls Figure 4-4 Transport Controls RTZ Press RTZ ( R eturn T o Z ero) to move to the beginning of the project. PREV Press PREV to move to the previous marker. Not all applications support markers. NEXT Press NEXT to move to the next marker. No t all appl[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SURFACE CONTROLS 30 STOP Press STOP to stop all other functions. PLAY Press PLAY to play the project fr om the current location. REC Press REC begin recording at the current loca tion. All tracks armed for recording are punched into record. 4.3.6 SEL Pressing a fader’s SEL key selects that t[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SURFACE CONTROLS 31 4.4 Fader Navigation Controls Scroll through the application’s tracks using the BANK and NUDGE keys. HOME and END are shortcuts to the first an d last banks, respectively. Figure 4-5 Fader navigation controls 4.4.1 BANK and NUDGE The BANK and NUDG E keys change which trac[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SURFACE CONTROLS 32 BANK W Moves the win dow one bank (eight tracks) to the left. If strips 1–8 had the bank starting at track 9, they now have the bank starting with track 1. Pressing BANK W again does nothing because the first bank is already shown. BANK X Moves the window one bank (eight [...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SURFACE CONTROLS 33 4.5 Knobs Each fader strip has one t ouch-sensitive, continuously rotating knob that adjusts parameters such as pan and aux send levels. The knob has a built-in switch allow ing it to be pressed from the top. This is called the Knob Top key and is ty pica ll y used to acces[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SURFACE CONTROLS 34 4.5.2 Knob Modes The eight knobs can be in normal or channel modes. Normal Mode Each knob controls the same parame ter for every track on the strips. Figure 4-8 Normal mode Channel Mode Channel mode is useful for editing EQs and plug-ins th at have many parameters. The eigh[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SURFACE CONTROLS 35 4.5.3 Knob Set Selector Keys A knob set is an array of knobs used by E uCo n applications to control plug-ins, EQs, dynamics, aux sends, etc. One of the eight Knob Set Selector keys is always selected and lit and displays its knob set until another Knob Set Selector key is [...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SURFACE CONTROLS 36 INSERTS Pressing the INSERTS key displays the inserts knob set for editing plug-ins. In normal mode, the first plug-in is displa yed on the knob. Pressing one of these Knob Tops in normal mode toggles the MC Mix into channel mode and displays the first eight plug-in paramet[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SURFACE CONTROLS 37 4.5.4 Dual-Function Knobs Some knobs have two functions that are toggled by pr essing the knob’s SEL key (i.e., EQ Frequency and Q). The knob na me changes in the display to show the cu rr e nt f un ct i on . Dual-function knobs are supported in normal mode. 4.5.5 Knob Se[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SURFACE CONTROLS 38 NOTE: Configuration pages work only in channel mode.[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SURFACE CONTROLS 39 BACK Press the BA CK key once to return to the previous knob set. Press the BACK key repeatedly to back out of all sub-menus and display th e top of the current knob set. TOP Press the TOP key to immediately ba ck out of all sub-menu s and display the top of the current kno[...]

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professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE EuControl 41 Chapter 5: EuControl EuControl is launched automatically upon starting your Mac and runs in the background. EuControl is responsible for finding, linking, and communicating with all MC Mixes and MC Controls on the network. EuControl’s configuration tasks are accessed by clicking[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE EuControl 42 Figure 5-2 Surfaces tab All Surfaces All Surfaces shows all MC Mixes on the ne twork. An MC Mix shown in light gray is already connected either to your ow n or another instance of EuControl run- ning on a different work station. In both cases, it is not selectable. My Surfaces My [...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE EuControl 43 Add B is disabled if all MC Mixes in All Surfaces are connected to any instance of EuControl. Remove Click Remove to remove the selected surface from My Surfaces and make it available to other instances of EuControl. Remove is disabled if no surface is selected. Show Info Select a[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE EuControl 44 All Workstations All Workstations lists all EuCon-enabled workst ations on the network. If the workstation is already in the My Workstatio ns list, it is show n in gray and cannot be selected. My Workstations My Workstations lists the workstations that can be attached to by pressi[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE EuControl 45 5.3 General This tab controls how the MC Mix and application software work together. Figure 5-4 General tab 5.3.1 General Preferences Workstation tracks knob set changes The workstation is aware of which knobse t is selected and di splays appropriate controls. Open plug-ins on wor[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE EuControl 46 Auto-bank to selected track Selecting a track in the application caus es the MC Mix to display the bank con- taining that track. This keeps the selected track assigned to the surface. Display track numbers on sur face The track number is included with th e track name in the channe[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE EuControl 47 5.4.1 MC Mix display screen dim time Drag the slider to set the amount of in active time before the MC Mix display screens dims to half intensity. 5.4.2 Footswitch The footswitch punches in an d out of recording. It is useful when r ecording and getting ready to play an instrument[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE EuControl 48 5.5 Assign Figure 5-6 Assign tab This tab manages how tracks are assigned to the MC Mix’s strips. B y default, tracks are automatically assigned in banks of eight. NOTE: When a project is reopened, the first ei ght tracks are assign ed to the strips. Click in the Assigned To col[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE EuControl 49 5.5.1 Display application’s track numbers Select this checkb ox to display the tr ack number in addition to the name. 5.5.2 Clear All Click Clear All to set all strips to be ing automatically assigne d. 5.6 Layouts Figure 5-7 Layouts tab The tracks assigned to the MC Mix strips [...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE EuControl 50 5.6.3 Clear Highlight a name in the Name column and click Clear to delete that Layout. 5.6.4 Clear All Click Clear All to clear all Layouts. A dialog appears to con firm that you wish to delete all existing Layouts.[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SETTING THE IP ADDRESS 51 Appendix A: Setting the IP Address Most MC Mix users will never have to set a static Internet Protocol (IP) address but in the rare cases that require it, the MC Mix does allow for it. Normally the MC Mix uses D ynamic H ost C onfiguration P rotocol (DHCP) to obtain i[...]

professional contr ol surface Ar tist Series USER GUIDE SETTING THE IP ADDRESS 52 3. Press the PAGE X key to move the cursor to th e next screen, in this case the first field of the IP Address screen (Figure A-2 left). The Knob Top key can also be used to perform the same function as the PAGE X key. Press the PAGE W key to move the cursor back to t[...]