Machine Control Page

Machine Control Input Settings

These settings become available if you select MIDI Machine Control as the machine control input. In the Machine Control Input Settings section, you can set up Cubase to follow incoming transport commands and to respond to record-enabling commands for audio tracks. This allows Cubase to integrate into larger studio systems with centralized machine control and synchronization such as theatrical mixing stages.

The following options are available:

MIDI Input

Allows you to select the MIDI input that is connected to the master machine control device.

MIDI Output

Allows you to select the MIDI output that is connected to the master machine control device.

MMC Device ID

Determines the MIDI ID that is used to identify the machine in Cubase.

Machine Control Output Settings

In the Machine Control Output Settings section, the following options are available:

MMC Master Active

Routes transport commands to any device while sync is enabled.

MIDI Input

Determines which MIDI port in your system receives MMC commands. Set this to a MIDI port that is connected to the desired MIDI device.

MIDI Output

Determines which MIDI port in your system sends MMC commands. Set this to a MIDI port that is connected to the desired MIDI device.

MMC Device ID

Set this to the same device ID as in the Machine Control Input Settings section.

Note

If more than one machine is receiving MMC commands or if you do not know the device ID, you can set the ID to All. However, devices that can only listen to their specific IDs do not work if the ID is set to All.

Number of Audio Tracks

Determines how many record-enable buttons are shown in the MMC Master Panel. Set this to the number of available audio tracks in the destination device.