DM-3200 Steinberg

DM-3200 DAW Control

Mackie Control emulation for

Steinberg Cubase SX & Nuendo (2.2 & higher)

Version 1.10

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1. Summary ............................................................................................................................................................ 3

2. Setting up the DM-3200..................................................................................................................................... 3

2.1 Setting up the Steinberg app........................................................................................................................... 3

3. LCD screen ........................................................................................................................................................ 5

4. Channel Strip...................................................................................................................................................... 5

5. Top panel buttons ............................................................................................................................................... 6

Ch sends ............................................................................................................................................................. 6

5.1 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 6

5.2 EQ control ...................................................................................................................................................... 6

5.2.1 EQ parameters .................................................................................................................................... 6

6. Transport ............................................................................................................................................................ 7

6.1 F1-8 ................................................................................................................................................................ 7

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1. Summary
This manual describes using the DM-3200’s 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.

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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.

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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 Modifier Steinberg function Note

Ring encoder Encoder Controls operations such as Pan, EQ and Aux send.
Ring LED Ring LED Turns on the LED according to data sent by the app in
response to Ring encoder operation.
Select Select Selects tracks.
The SELECT LED turns on for the selected tracks.
Select Rec Rec ready Arms tracks (making them ready for recording).
The REC LED turns on for the armed tracks.
Solo Solo Switches the track solo on and off.
The SOLO LED turns on when a track is soloed.
Not soloed tracks are muted.
Mute Mute Switches the track mute on and off.
The MUTE LED turns on when a track is muted.
Track fader touch Track fader touch Sends out a touch-sense Track fader message.
Track fader Track fader Controls the Track fader.
Master fader touch Master fader touch Sends out a touch-sense Master track message.
Master fader Master fader 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 Modifier Steinberg Note
function
Pan Pan Sets parameters to be controlled by the Ring
encoder to Pan.
Ch sends Ch sends Controls send 1-8 level of a single selected track.
Flip Flip Flips between a parameter value assigned to a
track's Ring encoder and a fader level.
EQ EQ Controls the EQ on a single selected track.
Data wheel Activates the Shuttle function.
Scrub Scrub 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 Target Note.
Ring encoder1-8 Channel Send1-8 level control
Ring encoder9-16 Channel send 1-8 On/Off 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 Target Note.
Ring encoder 1 Low gain control
Ring encoder 2 Low frequency control
Ring encoder 3 Low Q control
Ring encoder 4 Low band On/Off On: Ring LED all lit
Off Ring LED all off
Ring encoder 5 Low mid gain control
Ring encoder 6 Low mid frequency control
Ring encoder 7 Low mid Q control
Ring encoder 8 Low mid band On/Off On: Ring LED all lit
Off Ring LED all off
Ring encoder 9 High mid gain control
Ring encoder 10 High mid frequency control
Ring encoder 11 High mid Q control
Ring encoder 12 High mid band On/Off On: Ring LED all lit
Off Ring LED all off
Ring encoder 13 High gain control
Ring encoder 14 High frequency control
Ring encoder 15 High Q control
Ring encoder 16 High band On/Off 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.

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