I was thinking about mapping the 8 rotary pots to the track or vst quick controls. However, it seems like there would be undesirable side effects, e.g. if I have the first rotary mapped to the first quick control slot, what happens when I turn that knob to change the pan on a track? My guess is that either pan would stop working or turning the knob would change both pan and the quick control at the same time.
Has anyone mapped their MCU or X-Touch rotaries to quick controls? If so, were there any gotchas, or did it work out okay?
on my MCU quick controls are accessible via a shift -
i have stickers on it… function row first line most right button…
then you get quick controls…
ah it is shift - master (or shift - plug-in) track vst quick controls or for vst quick control choose focus in vst instruments window.
better explained in the manual:
it is here, the full layout, and the special cubase implementation, i.e. how cubase “listens” to the MCU… on page 45:
and there you see the complete immplementation by the way.
i have an old MCU by the way (2003 version), but it works as explained.
According to p45 of this official guide to the remote control devices -
“If Set Remote-Control Focus for VST Quick Controls is not activated for
any VST Instrument, you can control the Track Quick Controls for the
selected channel in the Inspector. To set the parameters in the Track Quick
Controls, use the corresponding V-Pots or press the FLIP button and use the
faders.”
But I’ve tried unticking that option in my project, and my Mackie Control (actually a Yamaha 01X) still doesn’t show me the track quick controls.
The first page it shows me (whether the above option is enabled or not) is for turning the plugin on or off and selecting the instrument, and then the second page is the first page of focus quick controls.