Mackie C4 Commander Software Guide

C4C

Software

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During

the

course

of

this

review,

Mackie

released

system.

Essentially,

any

changes

made on

the

real

C4

and

greatly

extends

its

usefulness

beyond

a

piece

of

PC-

and

Mac

-compatible

software

called

C4

are

reflected

in

the

on

-screen

representation

simply

controlling

software

plug

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and

sequencer

C4

Commander,

or

C4C,

which

is

an

on

-screen

and

vice

versa.

This

is

a

very

nice

addition

to

the

parameters.

representation

of

the

C4.

The

idea

is

that

you

can

create

custom

C4

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surfaces

for

different

hardware

and

software

om,

instruments

and

a

large

number

of

Instrument

`personalities'

are

included.

At

the

time

of

the

review,

when

you

load

one

of

these,

you

don't

get

a

pre

-defined

template

but

rather

are

given

the

opportunity

to

drag

individual

control

functions

from

a

list

pertaining

to

your

selected

instrument

onto

the

C4

knobs

of

your

choice.

This

is

both

fast

and

useful,

as

you

can

choose

which

are

the

most

important

parameters

for

any

given

MIDI

device

and

then

arrange

them

in

the

order

you

like

best.

Parameter

names

are

reflected

in

the

scribble

strips

(both

real

and

virtual),

and

once

you've

created

a

setup,

which

only

takes

minutes,

you

can

then

save

it

for

future

use.

Complete

templates

for

a

variety

of

instruments

are

expected

to

be

included

with

the

release

versions.

The

early

release

of

C4C

I

got

to

play

with

first

exposed

a

few

bugs,

but

just

before

this

review

went

to

press,

Mackie

sent

me

a

new

version

of

the

C4C

software

that

appeared

to

work

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Cy

Commander

software.

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left

half

shows

the

Cii's

control

surface,

while

the

right

allows

you

to

manage

exactly

how

you

correctly

on

my

Mac

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10.4.3

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the

C4's

controls

to

your

hardware

and

software

instruments,

and

save

these

mappings

as

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