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<section id="sn-mackie">
<title>Using the Mackie driver for MCU and BCF2000</title>
<note>
<para>
Mackie support is available only for ardour 2.0 beta12 or newer.
</para>
</note>
<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>
<MIDI-port tag="mcu" device="/dev/snd/midiC2D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/>
</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 <Config> tag:
<programlisting>
<Option name="mackie-emulation" value="bcf"/>
</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>
<MIDI-port tag="mcu_xt_1" device="/dev/snd/midiC3D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/>
<MIDI-port tag="mcu_xt_2" device="/dev/snd/midiC4D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/>
</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> / global solo
</entry>
<entry namest="Buttons 1" nameend="Buttons 2">
LCD display
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
mute
</entry>
<entry>
mute
</entry>
<entry>
shift 1
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
loop
</para>
<para>
shift 1: marker
</para>
<para>
shift 2: punch in
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
rec
</entry>
<entry>
session rec
</entry>
<entry>
shift 2
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
click
</para>
<para>
shift 2: punch out
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry morerows="4" valign="middle">
slider
</entry>
<entry morerows="4" valign="middle">
slider
</entry>
<entry>
rewind
</entry>
<entry>
ffwd
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
home
</entry>
<entry>
end
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>
previous bank
</para>
<para>
shift 1: previous route
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
next bank
</para>
<para>
shift 1: next route
</para>
</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>
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