Own  

a  Mackie  Control?
Do  you  want  to  know  what  it's  saying  to  your  computer?

I  am  the  happy  owner  of  a  Mackie  Control,  control  surface.  

I  use  mine  for  Mark  of  the  Unicorn's  Digital  Performer

Mackie  provided  no  MIDI  implementation  chart,  or  any  other  hints  about  remapping  the  controls.    

Imagine  my  frustration,  when  I  wanted  to  map  a  couple  of  control  pedals  in  for  specific  DP  functions  (Play
and  Punch).

Having  mapped  out  what  MIDI  messages  it  sends  for  all  the  knows  and  buttons,  I  though  I  would  share.  
So....  

I  have  divided  the  control  surface  into  areas  in  an  attempt  to  simply  locating  a  particular  control's
information.  
The  positional  data  is  (more  or  less)  starting  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner  of  an  area.

Notes:  
CW  =  ClockWise  rotation  of  a  rotary  encoder  (VPot  or  Scrub  Wheel).  Translation:  message  sent  when
turning  it  "up"  
CCW  =  Counter  ClockWise  rotation  of  a  rotary  encoder  (VPot  or  Scrub  Wheel).    Translation:  message  sent
when  turning  it  "down."  
When  the  VPots  are  rotated  rapidly  CW,  a  message  equal  to  the  number  of  clicks  is  sent.  
When  the  VPots  are  rotated  rapidly  CCW,  a  "65"  is  sent  followed  by  a  message  equal  to  the  number  of  clicks
is  sent.  Think  of  65  as  "sign  indicator."

The  Zero  label  at  middle  of  fader  travel  =  zero  in  Pitch  Wheel  Position  data.

The  Red  Area  has  different  labels  (lexan  overlays)  depending  on  the  DAW  to  which  the  Mackie  Control  is
attached.  See  the  note  at  the  Red  Area  table.
Orange  Area  -­  VPots
Item   Position  left/right Position  up/down Type CW CCW Channel
Vpot  1 1 n/a Gen.  purpose  1   1 65 1
Vpot  2 2 n/a Gen.  Purpose  2 1 65 1
Vpot  3 3 n/a Gen.  Purpose  3 1 65 1
Vpot  4   4 n/a Gen.  Purpose  4 1 65 1
Vpot  5   5 n/a Controller  20 1 65 1
Vpot  6   6 n/a Controller  21 1 65 1
Vpot  7   7 n/a Controller  22 1 65 1
Vpot  8 8 n/a Controller  23 1 65 1
Item Position  left/right Position  up/down MIDI  "note"   value/On value/Off   Channel

Vpot  switch  1 1 n/a G#  1 127 0 1

Vpot  switch  2 2 n/a A  1 127 0 1
Vpot  switch  3 3 n/a A#  1 127 0 1
Vpot  switch  4 4 n/a B  1 127 0 1
Vpot  switch  5 5 n/a C  2 127 0 1
Vpot  switch  6 6 n/a C#  2 127 0 1
Vpot  switch  7 7 n/a D  2 127 0 1
Vpot  switch  8 8 n/a D#  2 127 0 1

Yellow  Area  -­  Channel  switches

Item Position  left/right Position  up/down MIDI  "note"   value/On value/Off   Channel
Rec/Rdy  1 1 1 C  -­1 127 0 1
Rec/Rdy  2 2 1 C#  -­1 127 0 1
Rec/Rdy  3 3 1 D  -­1 127 0 1
Rec/Rdy  4 4 1 D#  -­1 127 0 1
Rec/Rdy  5 5 1 E  -­1 127 0 1
Rec/Rdy  6 6 1 F  -­1 127 0 1
Rec/Rdy  7 7 1 F#  -­1 127 0 1
Rec/Rdy  8 8 1 G  -­1 127 0 1
Solo  1 1 2 G#  -­1 127 0 1
Solo  2 2 2 A  -­1 127 0 1
Solo  3 3 2 A#  -­1 127 0 1
Solo  4 4 2 B  -­1 127 0 1
Solo  5 5 2 C  0 127 0 1
Solo  6 6 2 C#  0 127 0 1
Solo  7 7 2 D  0 127 0 1
Solo  8 8 2 D#  0 127 0 1
Mute  1 1 3 E  0 127 0 1
Mute  2 2 3 F  0 127 0 1
Mute  3 3 3 F#  0 127 0 1
Mute  4 4 3 G  0 127 0 1
Mute  5 5 3 G#  0 127 0 1
Mute  6 6 3 A  0 127 0 1
Mute  7 7 3 A#  0 127 0 1
Mute  8 8 3 B  0 127 0 1
Select  1 1 4 C  1 127 0 1
Select  2 2 4 C#  1 127 0 1
Select  3 3 4 D  1 127 0 1

Select  4 4 4 D#  1 127 0 1
Select  5 5 4 E  1 127 0 1
Select  6 6 4 F  1 127 0 1
Select  7 7 4 F#  1 127 0 1
Select  8 8 4 G  1 127 0 1
Lavender  Area  -­  Faders
Item Position  left/right Position  up/down MIDI  "note" value/On value/Off   Channel
fader  touch  1 1 n/a G#  7 127 0 1
fader  touch  2 2 n/a A  7 127 0 1
fader  touch  3 3 n/a A#  7 127 0 1
fader  touch  4 4 n/a B  7 127 0 1
fader  touch  5 5 n/a C  8 127 0 1
fader  touch  6 6 n/a C#  8 127 0 1
fader  touch  7 7 n/a D  8 127 0 1
fader  touch  8 8 n/a D#  8 127 0 1
fader  touch  Master 9 n/a E  8 127 0 1
Continuous  (level) Position  left/right Position  up/down Controller Value/Max Value/Min Channel
fader  one 1 n/a Pitch  Wheel 8176 -­8192 1
fader  two 2 n/a Pitch  Wheel 8176 -­8192 2
fader  three 3 n/a Pitch  Wheel 8176 -­8192 3
fader  four 4 n/a Pitch  Wheel 8176 -­8192 4
fader  five 5 n/a Pitch  Wheel 8176 -­8192 5
fader  six 6 n/a Pitch  Wheel 8176 -­8192 6
fader  seven 7 n/a Pitch  Wheel 8176 -­8192 7
fader  eight 8 n/a Pitch  Wheel 8176 -­8192 8
Master  fader 9 n/a Pitch  Wheel 8176 -­8192 9

Blue  Area  -­  General  Controls

Item Position  left/right Position  up/down MIDI  "note" value/On value/Off   Channel
I/O 1 1 E  2 127 0 1
Sends 2 1 F  2 127 0 1
PAN 1 2 F#  2 127 0 1
Plug-­ins 2 2 G  2 127 0 1
EQ 1 3 G#  2 127 0 1
Dyn 2 3 A  2 127 0 1
Fader  Bank  Left 1 4 A#  2 127 0 1
Fader  Bank  Right 2 4 B  2 127 0 1
Channel  Left 1 5 C  3 127 0 1
Channel  Right 2 5 C#  2 127 0 1
Flip 1 6 D  2 127 0 1
Edit 2 6 D#  2 127 0 1

Red  Area  -­  DAW  specific  switches  

First  Column  is  as  labelled  by  the  lexan  overlay  for  Digital  Perfromer.    Last  column  is  the  default  label  on
the  surface.
Position Position MIDI
Item value/On value/Off Channel Default  names
left/right up/down "note"
Level  Meters 1 1 E  3 127 0 1 Name/Value
Time  Format 2 1 F  3 127 0 1 SMPTE/Beats
Enter 1 2 F#  3 127 0 1 F1
Escape 2 2 G  3 127 0 1 F2
Group 3 2 G#  3 127 0 1 F3
Ungroup 4 2 A  3 127 0 1 F4
Suspend 5 2 A#  3 127 0 1 F5
Seq  Ed. 6 2 B  3 127 0 1 F6
Tracks
7 2 C  4 127 0 1 F7
Overview
Mixing  board 8 2 C#  4 127 0 1 F8
Click 1 3 D  4 127 0 1 F9
Countoff 2 3 D#  4 127 0 1 F10
Overdub 3 3 E  4 127 0 1 F11
Patch-­thru 4 3 F  4 127 0 1 F12
Clear  clip 5 3 F#  4 127 0 1 F13
Slave  to  ext
6 3 G  4 127 0 1 F14
sync
Memory  Link 7 3 G#  4 127 0 1 F15
Pre/Post  Roll 8 3 A  4 127 0 1 F16
Shift 1 4 A#  4 127 0 1 Shift
Control 2 4 B  4 127 0 1 Option
Option 1 5 C  5 127 0 1 Control
Command 2 5 C#  5 127 0 1 Alt
Read/off 3 4 D  5 127 0 1 On
Touch 4 4 D#  5 127 0 1 Rec/Rdy
Trim  Touch 5 4 E  5 127 0 1 Undo
Overwrite 3 5 F  5 127 0 1 Snapshot
Latch 4 5 F#  5 127 0 1 Touch
Trim  Latch 5 5 G  5 127 0 1 Redo
Save 6 4 G#  5 127 0 1 Cancel
Audible  Mode 7 4 A  5 127 0 1 Enter
Undo 6 5 A#  5 127 0 1 Marker
Redo 7 5 B  5 127 0 1 Mixer
RTZ 1 6 C  6 127 0 1 <  Frame
Marker 2 6 C#  6 127 0 1 Frame  >
Edit  Grid 3 6 D  6 127 0 1 Loop
Cycle 4 6 D#  6 127 0 1 PI
Punch 5 6 E  6 127 0 1 PO
Select 6 6 F  6 127 0 1 Home
Solo 7 6 F#  6 127 0 1 End

Green  Area  -­  Transport  and  Navigation  controls

Item Position  left/right Position  up/down MIDI  "note" value/On value/Off Channel
Rewind 1 7 G  6 127 0 1
Fast  Forward 2 7 G#  6 127 0 1
Stop 3 7 A  6 127 0 1
Play 4 7 A#  6 127 0 1
Record 5 7 B  6 127 0 1
Cursor  Up 1 8 C  7 127 0 1
Cursor  Down 1 10 C#  7 127 0 1
Scrub  Button 1 9 D  7 127 0 1
Zoom 3 9 D#7 127 0 1
Cursor  Left 2 9 E  7 127 0 1
Cursor  Right 4 9 F  7 127 0 1
Item   type   CW CCW  
Scrub  Wheel n/a Controller  60 1 65 1

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