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MCS5

USB Media Control Station

User Manual

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Page 1: ...MCS5 USB Media Control Station User Manual...

Page 2: ...2014 2014 JLCooper Electronics 142 Arena St El Segundo CA 90245 USA Phone 1 310 322 9990 Fax 1 310 335 0110 web www jlcooper com email info jlcooper com MCS5 is a trademark of JLCooper Electronics Al...

Page 3: ...CD Display 38 Display Button Labels Tab Built In Tab Display Text Tab Display MIDI Tab Display Emulation Tab Keyset Summary Window 44 Final Cut Pro Support 45 Final Cut Pro and Control Surfaces Using...

Page 4: ...Nuendo Support 52 The Nuendo Keyset Uninstalling 53 JLCooper Limited Warranty 55 MCS5 User Manual 4...

Page 5: ...er downloading and double clicking the Install_MCS5_USB dmg file you should see the following window Drag the icon labeled MCS5 USB Software over the icon labeled Applications alias then release the m...

Page 6: ...e you are installing this software or if you are installing a newer version an installation dialog will appear Click on Continue to finish the installation or Cancel if you want to finish it the next...

Page 7: ...re components have been installed click on the Finish button At this point a connection will be established between the MCS5 software and the MCS5 hardware and you can start working with the software...

Page 8: ...use of Universal Access features This setting is now found in the Security Privacy pane in System Preferences under the Privacy tab When you click on Accessibility in the left hand column the applica...

Page 9: ...MCS5USBBackground It will actually appear in the list as launchproxyls It will be added to the list the first time the MCS5 software tries to perform a mouse action or certain Built in Commands MCS5 U...

Page 10: ...Access to perform mouse emulation In order for the MCS3 software to work correctly under Mac OS X 10 7 and 10 8 you must open System Preferences and go to the Universal Access pane Make sure Enable a...

Page 11: ...buttons B 1 to B 8 The banks are switched by the Bank buttons on either side off the LCD display Both buttons behave identically The first time either one is pressed the MCS5 switches to Bank 2 When...

Page 12: ...lled the Default keyset To create or edit MCS5 keysets open the application MCS5 To create a new keyset choose New Keyset in the File menu and navigate to the application that will use the new keyset...

Page 13: ...itself that control is selected and information about it appears in the floating Inspector window You can choose which keyset to edit within the MCS5 application using the Keysets menu The menu lists...

Page 14: ...commands Bank Buttons Change Banks and Bank Buttons Send Messages The default setting is Bank Buttons Change Banks When it is chosen the MCS5 software handles bank switching If Bank Buttons Send Mess...

Page 15: ...t information The Label text box allows you to give a control a descriptive name In the example above App Button 6 has been assigned the action that Go to Previous Edit in Final Cut Pro and the button...

Page 16: ...ntrol is pressed or turned while the target application is active Below that is the area where this action can be edited There are a series of tabs representing the different kinds of actions that can...

Page 17: ...ese assignments are set up in the Keystrokes Tab Select a control to edit place the cursor in the Keystroke field and type a key If you hold down any modifier keys command shift option or control whil...

Page 18: ...nce with the Next and Previous buttons The Delete Keystroke button will remove the currently displayed keystroke from the sequence If Repeat while pressed is checked the keystroke or sequence will rep...

Page 19: ...Wheel different key sequences can be assigned to each direction Click on the Counter Clockwise or Clockwise radio button to choose which direction s sequence to edit In the example below a counter cl...

Page 20: ...Mouse Tab The controls on the MCS5 can be made to emulate the Macintosh mouse Buttons can perform clicks and the Jog Wheel can perform horizontal and vertical moves and drags MCS5 User Manual 20...

Page 21: ...ve or drag will originate If you choose Don t Capture the mouse action will always begin at the current location of the Mouse pointer If you choose any other option you will be prompted to pick a coor...

Page 22: ...ance from the bottom of the window but it s horizontal position will be a percentage of the window s width Relative to Screen Top Left The start point will stay the same distance from the top left cor...

Page 23: ...target application is open in the background and that the destination window is visible Hit the Capture button then position the mouse pointer over the desired starting point and type COMMAND K MCS5 U...

Page 24: ...indow name This is useful in applications like Final Cut Pro where the Viewer Window s title always starts with the word Viewer but the rest of the window title changes depending on what you re editin...

Page 25: ...To use the partial name feature click on the Partial Window Name checkbox In the text box on the right change the full window name to the partial name you want the MCS5 to use MCS5 User Manual 25...

Page 26: ...n the None button will delete the currently assigned action Native MIDI Native MIDI actions send and respond to the MCS5 hardware s built MIDI protocol You would typically use this setting with an app...

Page 27: ...ble below dd 7F for depression 00 for release Name Number in hex Rewind 00h Fast Forward 01h Stop 02h Play 03h Record 04h Right Bank Button 05h Left Bank Button 06h Application Button 1 08h Applicatio...

Page 28: ...on Button 8 0Fh MCS5 LED Numbering MCS5 LED Numbering If the Bank Button Mode is set to Bank Button Changes Bank then sending an LED message to the Bank Button will change the LED and the bank Sending...

Page 29: ...sage to the Bank Button will change the LED and the bank Sending dd of 00h will select Bank 1 Sending dd of 7Fh will select Bank 2 If the Bank Button Mode is Bank Button Sends Messages then sending an...

Page 30: ...characters Label Message F0 15 7F 40 00 bb text F7 Value Definition bb Button number 00 07 for App buttons A 1 A 8 08 0F for App Buttons B 1 B 8 text Exactly 5 characters of text which will be the bu...

Page 31: ...annel editor appears You can either type or use the up and down arrows to set the channel This editor accepts values from 1 through 16 All MIDI messages except for system exclusive are either one two...

Page 32: ...l this message is assigned to In other words if you assigned a Custom MIDI Message to the Jog Wheel and the 2nd data byte was set to Follows Control s Value a number representing the position of the J...

Page 33: ...de A and B represent the two control surfaces that the MCS5 can emulate Which one you choose depends on the application you are using with the MCS5 More on this later The contents of the Emulation Tab...

Page 34: ...gories such as F Keys the controls are just numbered For these categories a numerical editor will appear This allows you to either type or use up down arrows to set the control number The Jog Wheel on...

Page 35: ...Right Bank Bank Right App Button A 1 Add Marker App Button A 2 Nudge App Button A 3 Cycle App Button A 4 Drop App Button A 5 Replace App Button A 6 Click App Button A 7 Solo App Button A 8 Zoom App Bu...

Page 36: ...ay back to its original content If the button is also latched then the display will remain in Button Label mode until the button is pressed a second time NOTE All keysets supplied by JLCooper which us...

Page 37: ...right hand column lists the actual actions Clicking on a category in the left hand column will change the list of actions displayed on the right Double click an action in the right hand column to ass...

Page 38: ...gn any functions to the displays in the keyset for that application The application will likely be writing its own information to the displays When you click on a display to select it information abou...

Page 39: ...ign the Labels function to App Button 8 Then pressing App Button 8 will cause button labels to be displayed and releasing it will cause the display to show its original content The display will update...

Page 40: ...s the timeline s timecode to be displayed on the LCD It will not display timecode for clips in the Event Browser Timeline Timecode and Selected Clip Timecode The name of the selected clip will be show...

Page 41: ...23 characters per line Un checking the Display Custom Text box will delete any function assigned to the currently selected display line As mentioned earlier if you have reason to display custom text b...

Page 42: ...play with MIDI box will delete any function assigned to the display As mentioned earlier if you want another application to write to the MCS5 screen but sometimes need to see the button labels you can...

Page 43: ...checkbox to enable timecode display emulation Uncheck it to delete any function assigned to the display As mentioned earlier if you want to show timecode but sometimes need to see the button labels y...

Page 44: ...had chosen a keyset from the Keysets Menu Conversely choosing a new keyset from the Keysets Menu will cause that keyset to be selected in the Keyset Summary Window The second column lists controls gro...

Page 45: ...ackie Control Then choose MCS5 USB MCS5 for the input connection and output connections Click OK to exit the dialog Final Cut requires the Audio Mixer Tools Menu to be open in order for control surfac...

Page 46: ...timecode The JLCooper Final Cut Pro X keyset has assigned Built In Commands to many of the MCS5 controls but still leaves room for customization The Final Cut Pro X Keyset Following is a list of the...

Page 47: ...ist of the Premier keyset assignments MCS5 Premier Pro Rewind Rewind Fast Forward Forward Stop Stop Play Play Pause Jog Jog Left Wheel Button Go to Previous Edit Point Right Wheel Button Go to Next Ed...

Page 48: ...panel If you have added custom keyboard shortcuts to your Media Composer settings you will probably want to add matching Keystroke commands to your Avid MCS5 keyset The Media Composer 6 Keyset Followi...

Page 49: ...Click OK to exit the dialog The Soundtrack Pro Keyset The Soundtrack Pro keyset is a combination of emulated actions built in commands and keystrokes MCS5 Soundtrack Pro Rewind Reverse Fast Forward Fo...

Page 50: ...an customize this keyset with key sequences emulation and mouse actions Next run Logic Pro and choose Preferences Control Surfaces Setup from the Logic Pro Menu In the resulting window s New menu choo...

Page 51: ...r B 8 returns the display to Timecode MCS5 Logic Pro Rewind Rewind Fast Forward Fast Forward Stop Stop Play Play Record Record Jog Jog Left Wheel Button Go To Previous Marker Right Wheel Button Go To...

Page 52: ...Choose MCS5 for the MIDI Output and MIDI Input Hit OK to accept your settings and close the Setup Dialog The Nuendo Keyset The Nuendo keyset is a combination of emulation Built In Commands and keystro...

Page 53: ...is checkbox will not appear when the uninstaller is launched under any other user account You should always uninstall the software from all non admin users before uninstalling it from the admin accoun...

Page 54: ...es up relatively little space and should have no impact on the operation of other software once the MCS5 software is uninstalled If you want to remove it just delete the file Library Preferences com j...

Page 55: ...the repeatability of the customer s reported complaint the availability of parts required for repair the availability of related products needed to evaluate the product if necessary Priority services...

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