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| author | John Anderson <ardour@semiosix.com> | 2007-12-23 19:08:02 +0000 |
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| committer | John Anderson <ardour@semiosix.com> | 2007-12-23 19:08:02 +0000 |
| commit | b1a83acd2217564b7c9e2be0fbefbe43535026e5 (patch) | |
| tree | 5fb4456b152989010a5c6c29d79afe73107b317d /manual | |
| parent | 2fca66be816ceeddb9b0278230eefa7372659290 (diff) | |
small but important Mackie MCU manual updates
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/ardour2/branches/2.0-ongoing@2812 d708f5d6-7413-0410-9779-e7cbd77b26cf
Diffstat (limited to 'manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/xml/mackie.xml | 21 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/manual/xml/mackie.xml b/manual/xml/mackie.xml index 55a64408ae..d819076151 100644 --- a/manual/xml/mackie.xml +++ b/manual/xml/mackie.xml @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ <para> While ardour is not running, edit your - <filename>.ardour2/ardour.rc</filename> (and for now + <filename>~/.ardour2/ardour.rc</filename> (and for now <filename>etc/ardour2/ardour_system.rc</filename> and <filename>etc/ardour2/ardour.rc</filename>) and add at the top, with the other ports: @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ KERNEL=="midiC[0-9]D0", ATTRS{product}=="BCF2000", SYMLINK+="midi-bcf2000" <title>Mackie Mode</title> <para> If you have a Mackie MCU make sure that you have the following under - the <Config> tag: + the <Config> tag in <filename>~/.ardour2/ardour.rc</filename>: <programlisting> <Option name="mackie-emulation" value="mcu"/> </programlisting> @@ -110,15 +110,19 @@ KERNEL=="midiC[0-9]D0", ATTRS{product}=="BCF2000", SYMLINK+="midi-bcf2000" </note> <para> - In this mode, the original mappings are used. Note that many of the - buttons have not yet been implemented. + In this mode, the button mappings from + <ulink url="http://www.mackie.com/products/mcu/pdf/MCU_MCU_Overlay.pdf">MCU + Overlay</ulink> are used. Note that many of the buttons have not yet + been implemented, mainly because I have no idea what they should do. + Suggestions welcome. </para> </section> <section id="mackie-bcf-mode"> <title>BCF mode</title> <para> - If you have a BCF2000 you must add under the <Config> tag: + If you have a BCF2000 you must add under the <Config> tag in + <filename>~/.ardour2/ardour.rc</filename>: <programlisting> <Option name="mackie-emulation" value="bcf"/> </programlisting> @@ -343,8 +347,11 @@ KERNEL=="midiC[0-9]D0", ATTRS{product}=="BCF2000", SYMLINK+="midi-bcf2000" <title>Connecting to Ardour</title> <note> <para> - Currently, support for the mackie using alsa/sequencer ports is - borked. You're better off using alsa/raw as documented above. + Currently (in 2.0.x and 2.0-ongoing), support for the mackie using + alsa/sequencer ports is not working properly. That is, some MIDI + messages get through, but some don't. So it's not reliable enough + for use. Until that's fixed, you're better off using alsa/raw as + documented above. </para> </note> |