Mackie Control: Cursor Key Zone

This zone contains five buttons, located to the left of the Jog/Shuttle Wheel, which serve a number of purposes. The four cursor buttons—Up, Down, Left, and Right—encircle the central ZOOM button.

Mackie Control: Normal Operation

When the ZOOM button is not active (its LED is unlit), the four cursor buttons select the current parameter, shift the current parameter page or Send/EQ/Insert slot, depending on the current V-Pot assignment.

When the OPTION button is held down, the Cursor Left and Cursor Right buttons scroll to the first and last page, and the Cursor Up and Cursor Down buttons scroll to the first and last slot.

When the CMD/ALT button is held down, the Cursor Left and Cursor Right buttons shift the parameter display by one parameter, rather than one page.

In view modes that don’t require page or slot shifts, the cursor buttons emulate the computer keyboard’s arrow keys. As an example, the left and right buttons select channel strips when in Mixer view.

In Large and Temporary Nudge modes, the Cursor Left and Cursor Right buttons emulate the computer keyboard’s arrow keys, allowing easy region or event selection.

Mackie Control: Zoom Mode

Pressing the ZOOM button activates Zoom mode. The cursor buttons are then used to change the vertical or horizontal zoom factor of the window with key focus.

In the Arrange window:

  • OPTION and Cursor Up or Cursor Down changes the zoom factor of the selected track.

  • OPTION and Cursor Left resets the zoom factor of the selected track.

  • OPTION and Cursor Right resets the zoom factor of all tracks of the same class (audio, MIDI, and so on) as the selected track.

Mackie Control: Computer Arrow Key Emulation 

To use the cursor buttons as a replacement for the computer keyboard arrow keys, hold down the SHIFT button.

When SHIFT and ZOOM are pressed, the cursor buttons enter Permanent Cursor Key mode—they mimic the computer arrow keys without the need to hold down the SHIFT button. The ZOOM button LED flashes when in this mode.

You can deactivate this mode by pressing the ZOOM button.