Michael Richard Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Hi, My new digital mixer doesn't offer direct DAW Control for CbB but it has both HUI and MCU mapping. Which one is best (and why) for CbB? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Definitely MCU - why? HUI is dead, and MCU replaced it... and as far as Cakewalk is concerned, MCU is supported whereas HUI is only very partially supported. HUI was originally conceived by DigiDesign & Mackie for ProTools ( before AVID took over ), and came up with HUI: A few years later, Mackie did a similar thing with eMagic for Logic and came up with this: Presumably realising they couldn't keep coming up with completely new surfaces for each DAW, Mackie discontinued the HUI, and turned the eMagic Logic Control into the Mackie Control Universal ( same hardware, different ROM ). The Mackie Control Universal works in three modes: HUI ( for ProTools ) Logic MCU ( for everything else ) They also brought out some extenders to add to the MCU ( which speak the same MCU language: The XT (an extra 8 faders), and the C4 ( lots of knobs for controlling plugins) : These were given a new look in the MCU Pro series, but apart from some minor differences (e.g. USB interface & better faders), functionally they're exactly the same: The MCU Pro and the MCU Pro Extender are still available. Unfortunately the C4 Pro isn't - except on eBay - a pity really, because the C4 rocks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Richard Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Hi msmcleod, BIG thanks for a super detailed answer!!! Much appreciated... Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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