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AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Canada This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003 Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada European Union Australia ABN 91 051 557 905 Japan...
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lighting flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electrical shock to persons.
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AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 13) Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time. 14) Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing 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 or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Table of Contents List of Figures ......................xi Chapter 1: Introduction to the Artist Media Controller ........13 Chapter 2: Setup and Installation ..............15 Setting Up the MC Control ............15 2.1.1 Elevating the MC Control..........15 2.1.2 Physically Linking Artist Media Controllers .....
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AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 4.4.6 Navigating Among Multiple Artist Media Controllers..33 Knobs ..................33 4.5.1 Knob Set Selection ............33 4.5.2 Knob Functions.............. 35 4.5.3 Knob Set Navigation Keys ..........35 Soft Keys..................37 Jog Wheel and Transport Controls..........38 4.7.1 Jog Wheel Functions ............
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AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Preferences................55 6.4.1 MC Mix and MC Transport display screen dim time ..55 6.4.2 Footswitch..............55 6.4.3 MC Control Display ............56 Assign..................57 6.5.1 Display application’s track numbers....... 58 6.5.2 Lock to application ............58 6.5.3 Clear All Assignments ............
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AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 7.13.1 Key................64 7.13.2 EuCon................65 7.13.3 Page................66 7.13.4 MC ................66 7.13.5 Create a New Soft Key............ 67 7.14 Wheel Commands............... 68 7.14.1 Custom Jog Command............ 68 7.14.2 Assignable Knob ............72 Appendix A: Setting the IP Address ..............
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AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER List of Figures Artist Series media controllers ................ 13 Foldout leg (left); riser bracket (right) ............. 16 Removing side panels (left); removing riser brackets ........16 Removing screws from the bottom panel ............17 Removing connecting part and side panel ............17 MC Mix and MC Control attached by connecting at side panel ......
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AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Surfaces tab ....................48 Workstations tab .................... 51 General tab ....................53 Preferences tab ....................55 Assign tab ...................... 57 Layouts tab ....................59 Soft Keys tab ....................61 Command Editor .................... 64 Key Command dialog ..................65 Jump to Page dialog configured to jump to page 1 of the Surface Soft Keys ..
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Chapter 1: Introduction to the Artist Media Controller The MC Control, MC Mix, and MC Transport comprise the Artist Series family of media controllers. They use a 100 Mbs Ethernet EuCon connection to control audio/video applications running on a workstation computer. EuCon is a high- speed communication protocol and enables control of virtually every applica- tion feature.
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AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Conventions Used in this User Guide The User Guide refers to all functions labeled on the MC Control surface and rear panel with all caps in bold type (i.e., NUDGE , PAN, SEL, SOLO). The Shift key is used in conjunction with other keys to access secondary functions labeled in blue above the primary function.
EuControl: This software runs your MC Control and communicates to your audio/ video application. Always download the new version if prompted to do so when you launch EuControl. MC Control User Guide (PDF): This is the complete user guide for your MC Control • and the document you are currently reading.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Foldout Riser bracket Figure 2-1 Foldout leg (left); riser bracket (right) Two larger, detached riser brackets elevate and angle the unit more than the foldout legs. Use moderate force to snap them into the bottom panel as shown in Figure 2-1.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER To join an MC Control to an MC Mix: 1. On the MC Mix, use a #2 Phillips screwdriver to remove the two silver screws (Figure 2-3). The screws may be tight, so you may have to use some force. Figure 2-3 Removing screws from the bottom panel 2.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Installation 1. If you downloaded the latest software from the web, double-click the installer. Otherwise, insert the installation CD into your Macintosh. NOTE: Be sure to eject the installation CD in your Mac if you downloaded the latest software from the web.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 6. Plug one end of the Ethernet crossover cable into the Ethernet jack (labeled with ) on the rear panel of the MC Control (Figure 2-8). Ethernet cable Figure 2-8 Ethernet cable and rear panel jack 7.
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Ethernet cable (instead of the crossover Ethernet cable supplied) from a computer store. • See www.euphonix.com/artist/support for the most current trouble- shooting information 10. If you downloaded the latest software from the web, you may need to up- date the firmware on your Artist media controllers.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Connecting a Footswitch The MC Control has a ¼-in FOOTSWITCH input on the rear panel. The footswitch can be used to punch in and out of recording. Plug the footswitch in before pow- ering on the MC Control. See page 55 for details. FOOTSWITCH input Figure 2-10 FOOTSWITCH input on rear panel...
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Chapter 3: Common Tasks If you completed the steps in Chapter 2: Setup and Installation, you are ready to start learning about your MC Control. We recommend performing these simple tutorials of common tasks in the order presented. The following important user interface items and terms are used in the tasks: •...
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Fader Strip 1. Press strip 1’s fader SEL key on your MC Control (Figure 3-2). The corresponding track is selected in your application and highlighted on the Touchscreen. 2. Move strip 1’s fader up and down. You are now controlling the level of your application’s first track with your MC Control.
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AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 7. Press the BANK key (Figure 3-2) to shift tracks over four at a time. If tracks 1–4 were assigned to strips 1–4, tracks 5–8 are now assigned to strips 1–4. NUDGE and BANK keys perform similar operations but in the opposite direction.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Transport Keys and Jog Wheel 1. Use the PLAY, STOP, FF, and REW buttons to navigate the timeline of the edit window of your application. 2. Press the JOG key. 3. Spin the Jog Wheel clockwise and counterclockwise to move forward and backward, respectively, on the timeline.
2. Press and release the Shift key quickly again to restore normal operation. If you have another Euphonix Artist media controller connected to the same in- stance of EuControl as your MC Control, you can also lock the Shift key by press- ing two Shift keys down simultaneously.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Fader Strips The MC Control provides four fader strips, each with a touch-sensitive fader, that control tracks in an audio or video application. 4.3.1 Fader The fader controls the track assigned to this strip. It is motorized, so it reflects changes made in the application, such as automation.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 4.3.3 SOLO The SOLO key lights red when that strip’s track is soloed and is unlit otherwise. 4.3.4 Pressing a fader’s SEL key selects that track in the application and attentions it on the MC Control. The SEL key lights yellow when the track is selected and is unlit otherwise.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Navigation Controls Scroll through the application’s tracks using the BANK and NUDGE keys. HOME are shortcuts to the first and last banks, respectively. PAGE PAGE CLOSE MIXER NUDGE NUDGE HOME BANK BANK Figure 4-3 Fader navigation controls 4.4.1 BANK and NUDGE The BANK and NUDGE keys change which tracks are assigned to the strips.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER BANK Moves the window one bank (four tracks) to the left. If strips 1–4 had the bank starting at track 5, they now have the bank starting with track 1. Pressing again does nothing because the first bank is already shown. BANK BANK Moves the window one bank (four tracks) to the right.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 4.4.5 WORKSTATION The MC Control can control applications running on a second computer, referred to in this guide as a workstation. Press the WORKSTATION key to attach the MC Control to another workstation. You must first use EuControl to create a list of workstations that this key switches between (see Workstations on page 51).
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AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER INSERTS Pressing the INSERTS key displays the inserts knob set for editing plug-ins. The first plug-in is displayed on the knob. Pressing one of these Knob Tops displays the first eight plug-in parameters for editing. Pressing a plug-in’s Knob Top displays its parameters for editing.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 4.5.2 Knob Functions Each knob has the following controls: • Touching the knob’s image on the Touchscreen toggles the state of its pri- mary parameter, such as EQ Band 1 on/off. When on, a small green LED lights on the lower left.
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AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Configuration Pages (CFG) Many knob sets have a configuration page to set up that knob set. The configu- ration page for the Inserts knob set, for example, is used to assign plug-ins to a track. The configuration page for the Aux knob set assigns aux sends to a track. Some applications use the configuration page to recall plugins and EQs.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Soft Keys The MC Control supports Surface Soft Keys (discussed in this section) and Touchscreen Soft keys (Soft Key View on page 43). This is one of the MC Con- trol’s most powerful features so be sure to read Chapter 7: Soft Keys to learn how to best work with and customize these powerful keys.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Jog Wheel and Transport Controls The Jog Wheel controls jog, shuttle, zooming, and other functions. Surrounding it are keys that control Jog Wheel functions and transport keys. Many EuCon applications control far more functions with the Jog Wheel, such as trimming clip head and tail, setting clip gain, making cross fades, etc.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 4.7.2 Transport Controls Press REW to rewind. This function varies with the application. Implementations include: Rewind until STOP or another key is pressed. • • Rewind a fixed amount. • Rewind while the REW key is pressed until it is released. Press FF to fast forward.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER CONTROL ROOM/MONITOR Knob Turn the CONTROL ROOM knob to adjust the volume of the control room. The knob controls either Studio Monitor Express or an application that supports a EuCon monitor section. Press the CONTROL ROOM Knob Top key to mute the control room volume. Press it again to unmute.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Chapter 5: Touchscreen and Controls The MC Control has a wide aspect ratio Touchscreen mounted in its center. Channel Strip Display Info Area knob knob displays displays menu Surface Soft Key Labels Figure 5-1 Touchscreen The Touchscreen always shows the following: Knob Displays: There are four on each side of the Touchscreen.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Menu Bar: Displays the Tracks view, Soft Key view, or Setup Screens on the Touchscreen. The center of the screen changes to reflect the selected Menu view. Tracks View Tracks view shows 32 tracks at a time so it allows quickly muting, soloing, arm- ing, and selecting tracks that are not assigned to the faders.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Mute: A dark grey button shows the track is muted. Sel: The track’s rectangle is highlighted in yellow to show it is selected. The last track selected is attentioned. : Scrolls down/up one line of eight tracks, if there are more lines of tracks in the project.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Setup Screens Less commonly used functions are found on the following Setup Touchscreens. The Soft Keys navigate through them. The top-right Soft Key is Exit, which re- turns to the Touchscreen last used. 5.3.1 Control Room The Control Room Touchscreen selects the source of the control room volume knob, and provides talkback, dim, and mute functions.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Dim: Dims the control room volume (lit when dim is active). Cut: Mutes the control room volume (lit when cut is active). 5.3.2 Monitor The Monitor Touchscreen selects the source of the monitor volume knob or mutes monitor A.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Chapter 6: 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 Controls and MC Mixes on the network. EuControl’s configuration tasks are accessed by clicking the green icon on the Mac taskbar and selecting EuControl Settings.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Surfaces The Surfaces tab shows all Artist media controllers on your network and those connected to your instance of EuControl. Figure 6-2 Surfaces tab All Surfaces All Surfaces shows all Artist media controllers on the network. A device shown in light gray is already connected either to your own or another instance of EuCon- trol running on a different workstation.
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AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Click Add to add the selected All Surfaces entry to My Surfaces. This connects this Artist media controller to your instance of EuControl. You can also click and drag an Artist media controller from All Surfaces to My Surfaces. is disabled if all Artist media controllers in All Surfaces are connected to any instance of EuControl.
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AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Follow the instructions in the EuControl dialog box. • The Artist media controllers must be plugged into a working power source. • Do not power off any Artist media controllers during the update or attempt to interrupt the update.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Workstations An Artist media controller can control applications running on a second comput- er, referred to in this guide as a workstation. The Workstations tab establishes the list of workstations that the WORKSTATION key cycles through. Any work- station running EuCon software can be in this list, including those controlled by the System 5-MC, MC Pro, and MC Control.
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AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER It is possible to put a workstation in the My Workstations list that is already attached to another instance of EuControl running on another computer. It cannot be attached here until it is unattached from the other instance of EuControl. This was done to allow multiple users to share workstations without having to frequently edit their My Workstation list.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER General This tab controls how the Artist media controller and application software work together. Figure 6-4 General tab 6.3.1 Workstation tracks knob set changes The workstation is aware of which knobset is selected and displays appropriate controls.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 6.3.5 Auto-bank to selected track Selecting a track in the application causes the MC Control to display the bank containing that track. This keeps the selected track assigned to the surface. 6.3.6 Display track numbers on surface The track number is included with the track name in the channel display.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Preferences Figure 6-5 Preferences tab 6.4.1 MC Mix and MC Transport display screen dim time Drag the slider to set the amount of inactive time before the display screens of any MC Mix(es) or MC Transport in your system dims to half intensity. 6.4.2 Footswitch The footswitch punches in and out of recording.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Operation This category selects what happens when the footswitch is pressed. Choose the option that best suits your application. Record | Record: Pressing the footswitch presses the RECORD button, which punches in to record. Releasing the footswitch does nothing. Pressing the foot- switch again also presses the RECORD button, which punches out.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Assign Figure 6-6 Assign tab This tab manages how tracks are assigned to the MC Control’s strips. By default, tracks are automatically assigned in banks of four. NOTE: When a project is reopened, the first four tracks are assigned to the strips. Click in the Assigned To column to pop up a menu with the following options: •...
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 6.5.1 Display application’s track numbers Select this checkbox to display the track number in addition to the name. NOTE: Not all applications support track number display. 6.5.2 Lock to application This feature allows the transport controls, the monitor and control room, or the entire surface to stay locked to the application listed at the top-left of the dialog (Logic Pro in Figure 6-6), even when that application is not top-most.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Layouts Figure 6-7 Layouts tab The tracks assigned to the MC Control strips can be saved as a Layout. A Layout is created from the current strip assignments and can receive a name. It can then be recalled at a later time.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Soft Keys This tab controls assignments and programming for MC Control’s Surface and Touchscreen Soft Keys. Since this is a very detailed subject and showcases the MC Control’s most innovative functions, the Soft Keys tab has its own chapter (Chap- ter 7: Soft Keys).
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Chapter 7: Soft Keys Figure 7-1 Soft Keys tab This tab controls Surface and Touchscreen Soft Key assignments. The only dif- ference between them is that the Surface Soft Keys are accessed by the 12 cir- cular buttons below the Touchscreen (see Soft Keys on page 37) while the Touchscreen Soft Keys are accessed from the Soft Keys Setup Touchscreen (see Soft Key View on page 43).
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Save Click Save to permanently store any changes in assignment and/or function to the Soft Keys. Changes are retained even without clicking Save until you quit EuControl. Revert Click Revert to revert to the Soft Key assignments since the last Save command. This discards any changes made since EuControl was last started.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Soft Key Label Select a Soft Key (its outline highlights yellow) and type a label in this text field. Layout Select Text Only, Icon Only, or Text and Icon from the Layout popup menu. 7.10 Icon Click the Icon button and select an icon from the standard Mac dialog.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Figure 7-2 Command Editor Figure 7-2 shows a EuCon Key Command that sets a right locator marker. The type of command is set in the left column (under Details). The center column shows the type of Key Command (Global Command). The specific Global Com- mand is selected in the right column (Set Right Locator).
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Figure 7-3 Key Command dialog Type keystrokes into the text field in the Details pane. Use the Control, Shift, Alt/ Opt, and Win/Cmd modifiers along with the Insert Special menu to finish creat- ing the key command. Select Repeat to allow the command to be repeated if the Soft Key is held down.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 7.13.3 Page The Page command configures a Soft Key to jump to a specific Soft Key page. Select Touchscreen or Surface from the Section menu, and then select Next Page, Previous Page, or Jump to Page from the Action menu. The Page field, ac- tive only when Jump to Page is selected, specifies the Page number.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 7.13.5 Create a New Soft Key The Record command is created in the default application set for most, if not all, applications. This section shows how to create a new Soft Key using the Record command as an example.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 7.14 Wheel Commands The Jog Wheel can be assigned different commands than the typical jog and shuttle functions using additional Wheel Commands. It is important to note that there are two steps: • The desired Wheel Command must be selected and assigned to a Soft Key. •...
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 2. Double-click the Jog label. The Jog Wheel Command Editor dialog opens. Figure 7-8 Jog Wheel command editor 3. Click the + and enter arrow keys as the name for the command. Note that the lower popup is set to Turn Jog Right. The Jog Wheel must be programmed to turn right and left.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 1. Select the MC Control Surface from the Section popup. The Soft Keys dialog opens. Figure 7-9 Soft Keys dialog 2. Find a blank Soft Key and double-click it. You may need to select a different (or new) page to find a blank key. The Soft Key Command Editor dialog opens.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 4. Select MC Control’s Jog from the Wheel popup menu. Make sure to select MC Control’s Jog (bottom) and not MC Transport’s (top). Icons beside their labels make this clear. 5. Select Function->Custom->arrow keys. Figure 7-11 shows the Function menu after selecting the arrow keys Custom Wheel Command.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 7.14.2 Assignable Knob In some applications, the Jog Wheel can control knobs and sliders. Some appli- cations require clicking on the control while others allow the cursor to hover over it. 1. Select the MC Control’s Surface from the Section popup. The Soft Keys dialog in Figure 7-12 opens.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER 3. Select MC Control’s Jog from the Wheel popup menu. Make sure to select MC Control’s Jog (bottom) and not MC Transport’s (top). Icons beside their labels make this clear. 4. Select Assignable Knob from the Function popup menu. Figure 7-14 shows the Function menu after selecting the Assignable Knob Wheel Command.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Appendix A: Setting the IP Address Although most MC Control users will never have to set a static Internet Proto- col (IP) address, the MC Control does allow it in the rare cases that require it. Normally the MC Control uses Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to obtain its IP address, typically from a router.
AUDIO | VIDEO MEDIA CONTROLLER Figure 7-16 Network Setup Touchscreen with IP Address and Subnet Mask fields 3. Touch the first box of the IP Address field. Adjust its value by turning any of the eight knobs or the Jog Wheel. 4.
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