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Media Application Controller Operation Guide DAW Integration
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• A general rule of thumb is to create 1 HUI for each CM408T module in a S5MC,
or for each Surface module in an Artist Series configuration.
Understanding Banking & Surface Mapping
Layers and Banking:
Banking (and nudging) the surface in HUI mode behaves differently than standard Eu-
Con surface banking. In standard EuCon applications, all tracks are directly available,
and banking simply slides the surface left/right thus exposing other tracks on the surface.
In HUI mode, however, EuCon sees only the HUI layer (see image below). Standard
surface banking would simply move the location of the HUI tracks on the surface, and
would not expose other tracks in Pro Tools. To do that, you must HUI Bank. Current
Bank and Nudge buttons from the EuCon surfaces has been set to provide HUI-Banking
in order to simplify this.
Figure 11-19 Pro Tools - HUI - Surface layers
In the example above, 2 HUI modules have been assigned in Pro Tools. By default, Pro
Tools maps channels 1- 16 to the 16 available HUI strips. These HUI strips are then seen
by the EuCon surface and are mapped respectively to surface strips 1-16.
Pressing BANK (or nudge) from the surface, will move the HUI layer left or right. Bank-
ing will move the HUI layer by the number of HUI banks assigned: in this case 2 (16
tracks) resulting in Pro Tools channels 17 - 32 being mapped to the HUI layer and thus
updating the data sent to the surface.
In HUI mode, Surface Banking is disabled. This means can not move the surface map-
ping of HUI strips using Bank or Nudge as you would in standard EuCon applications.