BCF2000 + Mackie mode + DYN + Sonitus Compressor sorted at last

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2010/01/25 20:30:32 (permalink)

BCF2000 + Mackie mode + DYN + Sonitus Compressor sorted at last

Don't know if this has been posted before, a search didn't turn it up, and I've asked several times on here, with only Jesse G suggesting CompressorX as the way to go, so apologies if this has been said before
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I've often wondered why the Dynamics mode on the BCF doesn't operate the Sonitus Compressor in the same way that the EQ mode does the track EQ and finally I've managed to sort it out.
 
I was having a poke around in the MackieCS ini file (as you do ) and with a bit of trial and error edited it so the DYN button is now mapped to the Sonitus Compressor (assuming you have it loaded in the FX bin of course). I'm also guessing that you could map any other type of compressor this way as well.
 
If you'd like to do the same here's how I done it.
 
  1. Navigate to your Cakewalk->Shared Surfaces folder and for peace of mind rename the MackieControl.ini file to somethin like MackieControlBack.ini then copy & paste it and rename the copy MackieControl.ini
  2. Open it with a text editor such as notepad
  3. At the top of the file where it defines the plugins change the line 5=CompressorX (Sonar XL) to 5=Compressor
  4. Scroll down the file until you get to the compressor plugin entry which reads

    [CompressorX (Sonar XL)]
    PluginType=2
    NumVPots=11
    VPot0=7,level,0.5   ; In Gain
    VPot1=8,level,0.5   ; Out Gain
    VPot2=0,level,1.0   ; Threshold
    VPot3=6,switch    ; Knee Soft/Hard
    VPot4=2,level,0.672112   ; Attack
    VPot5=3,level,0.491792   ; Release
    VPot6=1,level,0.473197   ; Ratio
    VPot7=10,level,0.397   ; Limiter Threshold
    VPot8=5,switch    ; Out Peak/RMS
    VPot9=4,switch    ; Auto Release
    VPot10=9,switch    ; Limiter Enable
    M2VPot1=5,switch   ; Out Peak/RMS
    M2VPot5=4,switch   ; Auto Release
    M2VPot7=9,switch   ; Limiter Enable
  5. .....and change it to the following (or you can of course cut & paste from here)

    [Compressor]
    PluginType=2
    NumVPots=10
    VPot0=0,level,1.0   ; Threshold
    VPot1=1,level,0    ; Ratio
    VPot2=2,level,0    ; Knee
    VPot3=3,level,0.5   ; Gain
    VPot4=4,level,0.01   ; Attack
    VPot5=5,level,0.05   ; Release
    VPot6=6,switch    ; TCR On/Off
    VPot7=8,switch    ; Limiter On/Off
    VPot8=7,switch    ; Type Normal/vintage
    VPot9=9,switch    ; Output Audio/Sidechain
  6. Save the file (you may need to set permissions) and that's it. Fire up Sonar load the Sonitus Compressor into a track or buss FX bin and then access it via the BCF using the "Dynamics mode". If that doesn't make sense have a look at the recent guide I wrote for more detail. HERE (I will get round to updating that part soon now it works)
 
You can of course change the order of the assignments by playing with the ini file. It's fairly well explained at the top of the file. You may well wish to play around with the defaults as well as they are set to my preference.
 
PS. Why is the search function so useless on this forum? I've just searches for BCF posts by myself and turned up one post. I must make more posts on the BCF than everything else
 I post on put together!!!! I've had to search through manually to find it...........



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    trevorst
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    Re:BCF2000 + Mackie mode + DYN + Sonitus Compressor sorted at last 2010/01/26 07:36:39 (permalink)
    Great work again ......
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    Re:BCF2000 + Mackie mode + DYN + Sonitus Compressor sorted at last 2010/01/26 08:30:39 (permalink)
    im giving it a shot thanks

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    Re:BCF2000 + Mackie mode + DYN + Sonitus Compressor sorted at last 2010/03/14 15:07:55 (permalink)
    I modifed the Mackie mapping for Sonitux Plugins  in a more logical way.

    Just insert them in your MackieControl.ini file and enjoy!

    At the top of the file, insert this:
    9=Compressor
    10=Equalizer
    11=Modulator
    12=Delay
    13=Lexicon Pantheon
    14=Multiband






    In the body, insert this:
    [Compressor]
    PluginType=2
    NumVPots=10
    VPot0=0,level,1.0   ; Threshold
    VPot1=1,level,0    ; Ratio
    VPot2=2,level,0    ; Knee
    VPot3=3,level,0.5   ; Gain
    VPot4=4,level,0.01   ; Attack
    VPot5=5,level,0.05   ; Release
    VPot6=8,switch    ; Limiter On/Off
    VPot7=6,switch    ; TCR On/Off


    [Equalizer]
    PluginType=1
    NumVPots=30
    VPot0=24,boost/cut,0.5   ; Band 1 Gain
    VPot1=25,boost/cut,0.5   ; Band 2 Gain
    VPot2=26,boost/cut,0.5   ; Band 3 Gain
    VPot3=27,boost/cut,0.5   ; Band 4 Gain
    VPot4=28,boost/cut,0.5   ; Band 5 Gain
    VPot5=29,boost/cut,0.5   ; Band 6 Gain
    VPot7=30,boost/cut,0.5   ; Gain
    VPot8=12,freq,0.11   ; Band 1 Freq
    VPot9=13,freq,0.24   ; Band 2 Freq
    VPot10=14,freq,0.45   ; Band 3 Freq
    VPot11=15,freq,0.65   ; Band 4 Freq
    VPot12=16,freq,0.84   ; Band 5 Freq
    VPot13=17,freq,0.95   ; Band 6 Freq
    VPot16=18,spread,0.2   ; Band 1 Q
    VPot17=19,spread,0.2   ; Band 2 Q
    VPot18=20,spread,0.2   ; Band 3 Q
    VPot19=21,spread,0.2   ; Band 4 Q
    VPot20=22,spread,0.2   ; Band 5 Q
    VPot21=23,spread,0.2   ; Band 6 Q
    VPot24=0,switch            ; Band 1 On/Off
    VPot25=1,switch           ; Band 2 On/Off
    VPot26=2,switch            ; Band 3 On/Off
    VPot27=3,switch           ; Band 4 On/Off
    VPot28=4,switch            ; Band 5 On/Off
    VPot29=5,switch           ; Band 6 On/Off

    [Modulator]
    PluginType=0
    NumVPots=10
    VPot0=1,level,0.01   ; Rate
    VPot1=6,level,0      ; Phase
    VPot2=2,level,0.16   ; Depth
    VPot3=3,level,0.13   ; Delay
    VPot4=4,level,0.1    ; Feedback
    VPot5=5,level,0.1    ; Crossmix
    VPot6=7,level,0.2    ; Mix
    VPot7=8,level,0.86   ; Output
    VPot8=0,level,0.2    ; Mode
    VPot9=9,level,0.2    ; LFO



    [Delay]
    PluginType=0
    NumVPots=16
    VPot0=0,level,0.11   ;  Delay Left
    VPot1=2,level,0.15   ;  Feedback Left
    VPot2=3,level,0.15   ;  Cross Feed Left
    VPot3=4,level,0.2    ;  Mix Left
    VPot4=5,level,0.11   ;  Delay Left
    VPot5=7,level,0.15   ;  Feedback Left
    VPot6=8,level,0.15   ;  Cross Feed Left
    VPot7=9,level,0.2    ;  Mix Left
    VPot8=1,level,0.06   ;  Factor Left
    VPot9=6,level,0.06   ;  Factor Right
    VPot10=10,level,0.4  ;  Diffusion Time
    VPot11=11,level,0    ;  Diffusion Amount
    VPot12=12,level,0    ;  Low Freq
    VPot13=13,level,0    ;  Low Q
    VPot14=14,level,1    ;  High Freq
    VPot15=15,level,0    ;  High Q



    [Lexicon Pantheon]
    PluginType=0
    NumVPots=10
    VPot0=0,level,0.1   ;  Dampening
    VPot1=6,level,0.2   ;  Mix
    VPot2=7,level,1     ;  Level
    VPot3=4,level,0.5   ;  Regeneration
    VPot4=5,level,0.03  ;  Delay
    VPot5=3,level,0.6   ;  Diffusion
    VPot6=1,level,0.05  ;  Bass Boost
    VPot7=2,level,0.01  ;  Bass Freq
    [Reverb]
    PluginType=0
    NumVPots=16
    VPot0=0,level,0.85   ;  Input Level
    VPot1=1,level,0.01   ;  Low Cut
    VPot2=2,level,0.16   ;  High Cut
    VPot3=3,level,0      ;  Pre Delay
    VPot4=4,level,0.5    ;  Room Size
    VPot5=5,level, 0.5   ;  Diffusion
    VPot6=6,level,0.28   ;  Bass Multiplier
    VPot7=7,level,0.24   ;  Cross over
    VPot8=8,level,0.07   ;  Decay Time
    VPot9=9,level,0.16   ;  High Dampening
    VPot10=10,level,0.85 ;  Dry
    VPot11=11,level,0.77 ;  E.R. 
    VPot12=12,level,0.57 ;  Reverb
    VPot13=13,level,1    ;  Stereo Spread
    VPot14=15,switch     ;  Dry Mute
    VPot15=17,switch     ;  Reverb Mute

    [Multiband]
    PluginType=0
    NumVPots=56
    VPot0=4,level,0.2   ;  Freq 1
    VPot1=18,level,1    ;  Threshold 1
    VPot2=23,level,0.5  ;  Ratio 1
    VPot3=28,level,0.3  ;  Knee 1
    VPot4=33,level,0.5  ;  Gain 1
    VPot5=38,level,0.4  ;  Attack 1
    VPot6=43,level,0.05 ;  Release 1
    VPot7=48,switch     ;  Type 1
    VPot8=5,level,0.4   ;  Freq 2
    VPot9=19,level,1    ;  Threshold 2
    VPot10=24,level,0.5  ;  Ratio 2
    VPot11=29,level,0.3  ;  Knee 2
    VPot12=34,level,0.5  ;  Gain 2
    VPot13=39,level,0.4  ;  Attack 2
    VPot14=44,level,0.05 ;  Release 2
    VPot15=49,switch     ;  Type 2
    VPot16=6,level,0.6   ;  Freq 3
    VPot17=20,level,1    ;  Threshold 3
    VPot18=25,level,0.5  ;  Ratio 3
    VPot19=30,level,0.3  ;  Knee 3
    VPot20=35,level,0.5  ;  Gain 3
    VPot21=40,level,0.4  ;  Attack 3
    VPot22=45,level,0.05 ;  Release 3
    VPot23=50,switch     ;  Type 3
    VPot24=7,level,0.8   ;  Freq 4
    VPot25=21,level,1    ;  Threshold 4
    VPot26=26,level,0.5  ;  Ratio 4
    VPot27=31,level,0.3  ;  Knee 4
    VPot28=36,level,0.5  ;  Gain 4
    VPot29=41,level,0.4  ;  Attack 4
    VPot30=46,level,0.05 ;  Release 4
    VPot31=51,switch     ;  Type 4
    VPot33=22,level,1    ;  Threshold 5
    VPot34=27,level,0.5  ;  Ratio 5
    VPot35=32,level,0.3  ;  Knee 5
    VPot36=37,level,0.5  ;  Gain 5
    VPot37=42,level,0.4  ;  Attack 5
    VPot38=47,level,0.05 ;  Release 5
    VPot39=52,switch     ;  Type 5
    VPot43=8,switch    ; Solo1
    VPot44=9,switch    ; Solo2 
    VPot45=10,switch   ; Solo3
    VPot46=11,switch   ; Solo4
    VPot47=12,switch   ; Solo5
    VPot51=13,switch   ; Bypass1
    VPot52=14,switch   ; Bypass2
    VPot53=15,switch   ; Bypass3
    VPot54=16,switch   ; Bypass4
    VPot55=17,switch   ; Bypass5
    post edited by jacksonkelly1 - 2010/03/14 15:10:13
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    Re:BCF2000 + Mackie mode + DYN + Sonitus Compressor sorted at last 2010/03/22 09:10:15 (permalink)
    Thanks for the Compressor info thats great
    BTW have you seen
    http://forum.cakewalk.com...84&mpage=1#1976334
    which is a gui to edit the Mackie ini file.
    I guess the entries it creates will work on the BCF2000 too.
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