WiseMix MCmu

System Requirements

- PC / Windows 2000/XP;
- MIDI Yoke (free) or similar virtual MIDI patch-bay;
- MCU compatible DAW / sequencer;
- At least one MIDI controller / control surface.

Supported devices and applications

You'll need an MCU compatible sequencer / DAW to get any benefit from using MCmu. These software audio tools have been tested successfully with MCmu:
- Ableton Live,
- Mackie Traktion,
- Steinberg Cubase SX and Nuendo,
- CakeWalk Sonar. This list is not exhaustive. Most modern sequencers can be remote-controlled via Mackie Control Universal / MCU. Consult your sequencer's manual, or refer to the official MCU website.

Provided your controller can send MIDI Control Change messages, it can be used with MCmu, and so far we don't know of any MIDI controller that can't do that! Several control surfaces can even be used at once, to mimic a single, larger unit. Also, remember that you do not need to sacrifice a control surface to MCmu: most controllers have several patches available, so you can decide to emit MCU or plain remote commands or a mix of both, at the touch of a button!

MCmu can print-out MCU parameters status to the following devices:
- Mackie Control and its expansion,
- Logic Control and its expansion,
- Yamaha 01x,
We'll soon release LCD support for:
- CM MotorMix,
- Korg MicroKontrol.
...Then name yours, if it has an LCD and understands MIDI, we will print to it!

enables any MIDI controller to "speak" Mackie Control Universal (a.k.a. MCU). Actually, even if your control surface has already an MCU / Cubase compatibility mode, MCmu will make riddance of the compromises associated with it.
With MCmu, you will decide how to do things:

1. Visually select any MCU command...

All of the MCU commands are shown graphically (including footswitches), MCmu displays the "real thing". So with just one click, you can popup the mapping details for a chosen MCU command. Note that you can rename any MCU command according to how your DAW / sequencer interprets it, so the menus and hints will always reflect your environment (virtual overlay). We provide several mapping and overlay templates, and you can always find more and share your own via our community forums.

2. Map it to your own controller...

Thanks to MCmu's MIDI learn function, just tweak your MIDI controller and the mapping is done. Now the switch / fader / knob you have chosen will send the designated MCU command. MCmu supports Control Change messages, Note on/off, Pitch Bend, and four different Relative Control Change protocols to suit your endless rotary encoders. MIDI messages are translated as needed (ie. Control Change to Pitch Bend and vice-versa), or you are alerted if they cannot be (ie. Note on/off to Relative CC). Mapping the whole set of MCU commands (100+) takes as little as 5mn with the Auto Next function.

3. Take Control!

Nevertheless you don't need one hundred switches, faders and knobs on your control surface in order to take most benefits of the MCU command set. For many DAW / sequencer setups, with as little as -EIGHT- knobs, faders, or endless encoders, plus five to eight switches, you can already remote-control every channel of your mix including plug-ins parameters. And all with visual feedback to your PC screen with MCmu's virtual LCD, and/or directly to your controller's display (watch the supported LCD devices list, we'll be adding more).

Take control! It sounds at the end...

Product Highlights
	Turn any MIDI controller into a Mackie Control Universal compatible device.
	Fool-proof graphical user interface, easy MIDI learn function.
	Print-out to small virtual on-screen LCD, and directly to supported LCD devices.
	Map just the MCU commands you need, send other "raw" controllers thru, or to auxiliary MIDI port.
	Customizable command names (virtual overlay).
	Support for Mackie and Logic "X"-pansion modes.
	Motorfaders protection.
	Tiny RAM/CPU footprint. No need for MS DotNet.

Device "Hacks"

If you have a Yamaha 01x, you can enable the relevant MCmu option. With this device specific "hack", you can switch to the GENERAL remote mode of the 01x, which will enable you to use all the 01x switches, including the STEREO channel ON, SOLO, RECRDY, and SEL switches, AUTO R/W for all channels, all of the PAGE, MIXER/LAYER, FUNCTION keys, and the MARKER set of switches (WRITE, PREV, NEXT). Whichever DAW you prefer, no other 01x remote mode will give you as much control!

The next hack to be released addresses the Novation ReMOTE series: it will enable true relative control changes with the endless encoders, as well as fader bank and parameter page navigation with the prog/page and data/value controllers.

We await your own feature wishes in our forum, so we can design new hacks for your favorite controller... We strive to give MCmu users always more control!