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authorJohn Anderson <ardour@semiosix.com>2007-07-18 21:23:27 +0000
committerJohn Anderson <ardour@semiosix.com>2007-07-18 21:23:27 +0000
commita3411a0af5353f3645c95ceaf4f8fea8ffff6447 (patch)
tree759a2cfe2c165df45466e5037b7579062038c3fa
parent9d4e01efc823c564b287ab7d7cc275760d4ac1fa (diff)
update mackie manual
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/ardour2/branches/2.0-ongoing@2146 d708f5d6-7413-0410-9779-e7cbd77b26cf
-rw-r--r--manual/xml/mackie.xml102
1 files changed, 74 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/manual/xml/mackie.xml b/manual/xml/mackie.xml
index 829ccb4d5d..a4292f3b46 100644
--- a/manual/xml/mackie.xml
+++ b/manual/xml/mackie.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@
<section id="sn-mackie">
<title>Using the Mackie driver for MCU and BCF2000</title>
<para>
- Note: Mackie support is available only for ardour 2.0 beta12 or newer.
- </para>
- <para>
- This will walk you through the process of configuring and using Mackie
+ For Ardour 2, 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>.
@@ -41,18 +38,13 @@
<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>
+ It is also possible to add MCU extenders or other BCF2000 units,
+ 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;
@@ -62,19 +54,33 @@
</para>
</section>
- <section id="mackie-connecting-to-ardour">
- <title>Connecting to Ardour</title>
+ <section id="mackie-mackie-mode">
+ <title>Mackie Mode</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.
+ If you have a Mackie MCU make sure that you have the following under
+ the &lt;Config&gt; tag:
+<programlisting>
+&lt;Option name="mackie-emulation" value="mcu"/&gt;
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ In this mode, the original mappings are used. Note that many of the
+ buttons have not yet been implemented.
</para>
</section>
<section id="mackie-bcf-mode">
<title>BCF mode</title>
<para>
+ If you have a BCF2000 you must add under the &lt;Config&gt; tag:
+<programlisting>
+&lt;Option name="mackie-emulation" value="bcf"/&gt;
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The following are different in BCF mode:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -158,9 +164,17 @@
</entry>
<entry>
- <para>loop</para>
- <para>shift 1: marker</para>
- <para>shift 2: punch in</para>
+ <para>
+ loop
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ shift 1: marker
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ shift 2: punch in
+ </para>
</entry>
</row>
@@ -178,8 +192,13 @@
</entry>
<entry>
- <para>click</para>
- <para>shift 2: punch out</para>
+ <para>
+ click
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ shift 2: punch out
+ </para>
</entry>
</row>
@@ -213,13 +232,23 @@
<row>
<entry>
- <para>previous bank</para>
- <para>shift 1: previous route</para>
+ <para>
+ previous bank
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ shift 1: previous route
+ </para>
</entry>
<entry>
- <para>next bank</para>
- <para>shift 1: next route</para>
+ <para>
+ next bank
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ shift 1: next route
+ </para>
</entry>
</row>
@@ -247,6 +276,23 @@
</table>
</para>
</section>
+
+ <section id="mackie-connecting-to-ardour">
+ <title>Connecting to Ardour</title>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ Currently (as of 18-jul-2007 and ardour-2.0.3) support for alsa/sequencer ports
+ is borked. You're better off using alsa/raw as documented above.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ <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>
+
<!--
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
href="Some_Subsection.xml" />