DM-3200 Steinberg

DM-3200 DAW Control Mackie Control emulation for Steinberg Cubase SX & Nuendo (2.2 & higher)

Version 1.10

DM-3200 Steinberg 1/7

1. 2. 2.1 3. 4. 5.

Summary..... 3 Setting up the DM-3200..... 3 Setting up the Steinberg app..... 3 LCD screen..... 5 Channel Strip..... 5 Top panel buttons..... 6 Ch sends..... 6 5.1...... 6 5.2 EQ control..... 6 EQ parameters.... 6

5.2.1 6. 6.1

Transport..... 7 F1-8..... 7

DM-3200 Steinberg 2/7

1. Summary
This manual describes using the DM-3200s control surface features with Steinberg apps Cubase SX 2.2 & higher and Nuendo 2.2 and higher. The protocol is compatible with both Cubase SX 2.2 & higher and Nuendo 2.2 & higher, but the following descriptions refer only to Cubase SX for simplicity. Set up with Nuendo is the same.
2. Setting up the DM-3200
Add two MC Steinberg devices at the DM-3200 REMOTE > EXT.CTRL screen. Similarly, add one MC Steinberg device at the REMOTE > MACHINE CTRL.
2.1 Setting up the Steinberg app
Click Cubase SX3 > Device Setup and the device setting window opens.

DM-3200 Steinberg 3/7

Click the + (Add) button at upper right to add control surface devices and add two Mackie Control devices.
Select Mackie Control and then select Port 6 for MIDI Input/MIDI Output.
Click Apply (if Apply is not clicked, your setting will have no effect). In a similar way, select Mackie Control 2 and then select Port 5 for MIDI Input/MIDI Output.
!! NOTE !! Mackie Control 2 must be set to Port 5, and Mackie Control to Port 6 for correct operation. The device setting is now completed.

DM-3200 Steinberg 4/7

3. LCD screen
The Steinberg-ready Mackie Control screen looks like this:

4. Channel Strip

The table below provides an overview of the channel strip-related Steinberg-ready functions.
DM-3200 Ring encoder Ring LED Select Select Solo

Modifier

Steinberg function Encoder Ring LED Select

Rec ready Solo

Mute Track fader touch Track fader Master fader touch Master fader
Note Controls operations such as Pan, EQ and Aux send. Turns on the LED according to data sent by the app in response to Ring encoder operation. Selects tracks. The SELECT LED turns on for the selected tracks. Arms tracks (making them ready for recording). The REC LED turns on for the armed tracks. Switches the track solo on and off. The SOLO LED turns on when a track is soloed. Not soloed tracks are muted. Switches the track mute on and off. The MUTE LED turns on when a track is muted. Sends out a touch-sense Track fader message. Controls the Track fader. Sends out a touch-sense Master track message. Controls the Master fader.

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5. Top panel buttons
The table below provides an overview of the top panel buttons-related Steinberg-ready functions. DM-3200 Pan Ch sends Flip EQ Data wheel Scrub Modifier Steinberg function Pan Ch sends Flip EQ Scrub Note Sets parameters to be controlled by the Ring encoder to Pan. Controls send 1-8 level of a single selected track. Flips between a parameter value assigned to a track's Ring encoder and a fader level. Controls the EQ on a single selected track. Activates the Shuttle function. Shifts the data wheel in the Scrub mode. When the data wheel is in Scrub mode, the SCRUB switch in the LCD is displayed inverted.

5.1 Ch sends

The send 1-8 level can be controlled per selected track. The operation items are assigned as follows: Item Ring encoder1-8 Ring encoder9-16 Target Channel Send1-8 level control Channel send 1-8 On/Off Note. On: Ring LED all lit Off Ring LED all off

5.2 EQ control 5.2.1 EQ parameters
By pressing the Encoder mode EQ key, the EQ on each track can be controlled. The operation items are assigned as follows: Item Ring encoder 1 Ring encoder 2 Ring encoder 3 Ring encoder 4 Ring encoder 5 Ring encoder 6 Ring encoder 7 Ring encoder 8 Ring encoder 9 Ring encoder 10 Ring encoder 11 Ring encoder 12 Ring encoder 13 Ring encoder 14 Ring encoder 15 Ring encoder 16 Target Low gain control Low frequency control Low Q control Low band On/Off Low mid gain control Low mid frequency control Low mid Q control Low mid band On/Off High mid gain control High mid frequency control High mid Q control High mid band On/Off High gain control High frequency control High Q control High band On/Off Note.
On: Ring LED all lit Off Ring LED all off
!! NOTE !! If the EQ on a band is not turned on, all other parameters on that band are not activated. DM-3200 Steinberg 6/7

6. Transport

The table below provides an overview of the transport-related Steinberg-ready functions. DM-3200 Rewind Fast forward Stop Play Record <BANK BANK> <LOCATE LOCATE> F1-8 CTRL Modifier Steinberg function Rewind Fast forward Stop Play Record < BANK BANK> <CHANNEL CHANNEL> F1-8 Note Activates the Rewind function. Activates the Fast Forward function. Activates the Stop function. Activates the Play function. Activates the Record function. Moves control target tracks leftwards in groups of 8 tracks. Moves control target tracks rightwards in groups of 8 tracks. Moves control target tracks leftwards by one track. Moves control target tracks rightwards by one track. Controls functions assigned to the F1-8 keys.

6.1 F1-8

Holding down the CTRL key and pressing the F1-8 keys allows you to control the functions assigned to those keys. Click Device > Device Setting and select Mackie Control. At the resulting screen you can set up functions to assign to the F1-8 keys and Shifted F1-8 keys.

Cubase SX setup screen

!! NOTE !! The same settings must be made for Mackie Control and Mackie Control 2 for correct operation.

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CUBASE SX tutorial
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What is Cubase SX? Setting up and getting around in the program. Introduction Cubase SX is the Steinbergs top-of-the-range music production and sequencing application aimed for the studio and home musician market. There are two other Cubase versions available today, current versions named SL and SE which are obviously more budget conscious versions of the program with some limitations Cubase SX being the biggest of them. If you would be into post production (mainly working with sound-to-picture) theres also post-production-aimed application called Nuendo which adds video and advanced time code functionality. In this tutorial we show how to get around the programs main features and setting up your system after installing. Setting up Setting up Cubase SX program on your computer is simple and fast forward - just follow up the installation instructions to get it completed. Usually you set the program to C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Cubase SX\. It is important that you have a decent amount of RAM and HD space in your computer to get the most out of the program. For your convenience and maintainance its recommended to have a completely separate hard drive for Cubase sessions. Audio tracks always spin off from the hard drive and as you get more tracks in, your hard drive will get a bigger work load and after a while the drive gets more fragmentated and slows down. To reduce this its easier to go and buy a separate audio drive than to keep the data on the program drive. Running samplers and effects in Cubase also eat up your RAM so its good to have at least 1GB to start with. Its also good to have a decent sound card in the computer to make the most of the application. Current sound cards usually offer multimedia drivers as well as ASIO drivers, latter being more suitable for audio work giving you better latency times when using the program. Productionwise, you should look after a sound card that is aimed to the music making instead of an all-around card as you get better playability, recordability and more features with the card, usually including MIDI connectors and better connectivity (digital and outboard). First time you open up the Cubase SX program you need to set up your sound drivers to get started. You will find the device settings in Devices menu-> Device setup. (Picture 1).
(Picture 1) Device settings can be easily found in the Devices menu.
In the device setup utility you will find MIDI connectivity, sound drivers and options for setting up the system. Selecting the proper sound driver is done from the VST Multitrack panel, if you have ASIO driver for your sound card, selecting it will give you faster (better) latency times meaning faster input and output inside the program and also better playability with MIDI keyboard and VST instruments. If you experience problems with your sound in the Cubase application (clicks and drop-outs during recording and playback) you can select bigger latency times and different drivers from here. (Picture 2). Its good to setup default MIDI ports if you have a controller keyboard at hand by selecting your sound cards MIDI input active. This way, whenever you create a new MIDI track, youll get your keyboard always selected as MIDI input device by default. (Picture 3).
(Picture 2) The VST Multitrack panel. This is where the sound card madness happens
(Picture 3) If you have a MIDI keyboard you use all the time, connect it here by default!
First views, setting up the project Getting started making music you always need to make a new project. You can make a new project by selecting new project from the File menu. By default it gives you multiple options to select from template session setups for different applications but usually you want to start fresh with just a new empty template. Creating a new project means also that you need to select a project folder where Cubase will put your audio and session files. Always create a new folder for your project and set it up to your audio hard drive. (Picture 4 and 5).
(Picture 4 & 5) The New Project selector view and creating a new directory on your audio hard drive
After creating a new folder and selecting it you will get to the project main window. This is where all of the action happens. It might look a bit awkward first but it is quite logical after you get to know whats where. Looking at the main view you see a sequencer window opened titled untitled and below there will be the transport panel. At the transport you can select recording modes (including automatic recording quantize which is a nice feature to get your MIDI notes together automatically during recording), select locators positions, use jog wheel, see the selected time base, handle the usual play, stop, rev, ff, rec, loop play functions, select click, tempo, synchronizing modes, markers and main volume. This panel will become very very handy The main project window might look a bit scary on the first look but youll get used to it after a while. On the top of the window youll see lots of small buttons, which are mainly editing tools for the projects sequencer. Looking from the top left you can find delay compensation button (turning it off will cause audible delay in your project), view utility for project main window (including inspector, infoline, overview, pool and mixer buttons), fader automation modes, mini transport buttons, object manipulation tools (all the usual plus some more exotic), grid settings, quantize and colour selector. (Picture 6).

(Picture 6 ) Transport panel and project main window. The main tools shown focused.
Views and menus, hidden and dangerous Depending on what view you have selected on the top left, youll see some info and track functions appear below the view selector (three buttons from the left). All the data that youll see down there is depending on what type of track you choose to create. You might find that (for example) creating an audio track and selecting the inspector view active gives you a whole lot of audio track parameters to choose from - like track volume, panning, input and output routing, channel automation etcthen again if you create a MIDI track youll find theres a similar view but there are MIDI track parameters instead. In this column you will always find more and more tools and options to choose from if you see and click on a small + marker in front of a setting. You can get lost here pretty soon so its better not to mess around with those quite yetyou just need to know its there and accessible. Notice that you can bring up a nice menu there also by just right-clicking on the track view and a different menu is accessible through right-clicking on the track lane (Pictures 7 and 8). There are also zoom tools and settings available for the sequencer window at the low right corner, you can zoom and size the view by clicking and dragging the sliders there (Picture 9).
(Picture 7 & 8) Access the Project main window and all the power beneath
(Picture 9 ) The main zooming tools. You can also zoom inside a window holding the left mouse button down and rolling horizontal or vertical.
If you browse through the Cubase top menus, youll find extensive loads of different kind of tools and settings, categorized under the menus that they represent. Most of the menus are aimed at different editing and setting while some of them are for project and general setting up. Some of the things available in the categorized menus can also be available by right-clicking on a certain objectif you (for example) create a MIDI object, you can manipulate the object by selecting it on a sequencer lane, right-clicking on it and finding the proper MIDI editing tool from the menu. In Cubase there are loads of key shortcuts to help you. Four of the most important are transport (F2), mixer (F3), VST instruments (F11) and play-stop (separator key). The usual editing commands like cut-copy-paste, open-save, delete are also there but it will take some time to find most of them so its better not to get too deep learning key shortcuts instead of the program itself
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