Final Cut Pro™ Support
Final Cut Pro™ and Control Surfaces
With Final Cut Pro version 5 some support for MIDI control surfaces was added. Unfortunately, only audio
parameters and transport functions are controllable via MIDI. Fortunately, the MCS5 software not only
emulates the supported control surfaces, it also can control many other parameters in Final Cut Pro.
The MCS5 has an advantage over other control surfaces when used with Final Cut Pro because it is not
limited to just the functions included in Final Cut’s MIDI control surface support. With its built in functions
and the ability to emulate the mouse and keyboard coupled with Final Cut Pro’s control surface support,
almost every function in Final Cut Pro can be controlled with the MCS5.
Using the MCS5 with Final Cut Pro
To use the MCS5 with Final Cut Pro, first run the MCS5 application and import the Final Cut keyset
provided by JLCooper. Now run Final Cut and open the
Control Surfaces
dialog from the
Tools
menu.
Click on the “
+”
button to add a control surface and choose Mackie 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 surface support to be
active. You might want to save a window layout that has the Audio Mixer open.
The MCS5 Final Cut Pro Keyset
The MCS5 Final Cut Pro keyset uses a combination of emulated controls, mouse emulation, keystrokes
and built-in commands. It is fully customizable using the techniques presented in this manual, so you can
easily adapt it to your working style.
The display is set to show the current Canvas or Viewer timecode by default. Pressing
Application
Button A-8
will switch the display to Button Labels. Releasing button
A-8
will return the display to
showing timecode. If you want, you can set
A-8
to be latched.
Here are the control assignments in the current version of the Final Cut Pro keyset:
MCS5
Final Cut
Rewind
Rewind
Fast Forward
Forward
Stop
Stop
Play
Play
Jog
Jog
App Button A-1
Timeline
App Button A-2
Canvas
App Button A-3
Viewer
App Button A-4
Browser
App Button A-5
Add Marker
App Button A-6
Previous Marker
App Button A-7
Next Marker
App Button A-8
Show / Hide Button Labels
Display
Timecode
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