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MCS3 SP
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JLCooper MCS3 SP User Manual

MCS3 SP USB Software for OSX
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INSTALLATION .....................................................................................! 1
UNINSTALLING ....................................................................................! 2
SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE SETUP..........................................................! 2
INTRODUCTION TO THE MCS3 SP USB SOFTWARE..............................! 3
KEYSETS...................................................................................................! 3
EDITING KEYSETS ..............................................................................! 4
THE INSPECTOR WINDOW ...................................................................! 5
ACTION TABS .....................................................................................! 7
KEYSTROKES TAB......................................................................................! 7
MOUSE TAB ............................................................................................! 11
MIDI TAB ................................................................................................! 16
EMULATION TAB.......................................................................................! 20
SPECIAL TAB ...........................................................................................! 23
BUILT IN ACTIONS TAB .............................................................................! 24
FINAL CUT PRO™ AND CONTROL SURFACES.............................................! 25
FINAL CUT PRO™ SHUTTLE .....................................................................! 25
USING THE MCS3 SP WITH FINAL CUT PRO ..........................................™! 25
THE MCS3 SP FINAL CUT PRO KEYSET ...................................................! 26
THE SOUNDTRACK PRO KEYSET...............................................................! 30
THE GARAGEBAND KEYSET......................................................................! 33
THE IMOVIE KEYSET ................................................................................! 35
THE LOGIC KEYSET..................................................................................! 37
THE NUENDO KEYSET..............................................................................! 39
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Installation
Double-click the file Install_MCS3_SP_USB_3.x to open a disk image. From the window that opens, run the application Install MCS3 SP USB 3.x and follow the onscreen instructions.
The following files will be installed on your main hard drive:
The folder MCS3 SP USB Software will be placed in the /Applications/ folder. This folder contains the MCS3 SP USB application, keysets, and documentation.
MCS3SPUSBMIDIDriver.plugin will be placed in /Library/Audio/MIDI Drivers/.
MCS3 SP USB Uninstaller will be placed in /Library/StartupItems/.
The folder JLCooper will be placed in /Library/Application Support.
The MCS3 SP USB Uninstaller application will be placed on the Desktop.
After the installation is complete, you will be directed to restart your computer.
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Uninstalling
Launch the MCS3 SP USB Uninstaller application which is located on the Desktop. Select the items you wish to uninstall (or click on the Select All checkbox) then click on the Uninstall button.
System and Software Setup
The MCS3 SP software relies on Appleʼs Universal Access to perform mouse emulation. In order for the MCS3 SP software to work correctly, you must open System
Preferences and go to the Universal Access pane. Make sure “Enable access for assistive devices” is checked then quit System Preferences.
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Introduction to the MCS3 SP USB Software
The MCS3 SP Software extends the MCS3 SP hardwareʼs ability to control various applications running on your Macintosh™. It does this by communicating with applications via MIDI, USB and other messaging protocols built into the Mac OS. It can also simulate mouse clicking and dragging, keystrokes and can even emulate other control surfaces if necessary.
Keysets
The MCS3 SP software uses “keysets” which are sets of various actions that are taken when MCS3 SP controls are pressed or turned. Different keysets can be applied to different applications, and the MCS3 SP software will choose the correct keyset for whichever application is in the foreground. If no keyset has been created for the current foreground application, the MCS3 SP will use a built in keyset called the “Default” keyset.
To create or edit MCS3 SP keysets, open the application, MCS3 SP USB (/
Applications/MCS3 SP USB Software/). To create a new keyset, choose New Keyset in the File menu and navigate to the application that will use the new keyset.
You can also use Import Keyset from the File Menu to get an existing keyset. Keysets that ship with the MCS3 SP are located at /Applications/MCS3 SP USB
Software/keysets/. You only need to use New Keyset or Import Keyset once for a given application. After that, keysets are stored with the MCS3 SP softwareʼs
preferences.
You can use Export Keyset from the File Menu to save a copy of a keyset so it can be transported to another Mac or archived for safekeeping. You donʼt need to use Export in your daily use of the MCS3. As previously pointed out, your changes are added to the MCS3 SP softwareʼs preferences file automatically.
There are several sample keysets included in this package, including ones for Final Cut Pro™ and Soundtrack Pro™.
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Editing Keysets
The application presents a graphical representation of the MCS3 SP front panel. When you click on an on-screen control (or move a control on the MCS3 SP itself), that control is selected and information about it appears in the floating Inspector window.
You can choose which keyset to edit within the MCS3 SP USB application using the Keysets menu. The menu lists all keysets that you have created or imported. The name of the currently selected keyset will be displayed at the bottom of the main window.
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The Inspector Window
The Inspector window is where all your work takes place. It displays information about the currently selected control and contains the facilities for editing that information.
The Name text box allows you to give a control a more descriptive name that describes its precise function. In the example above, the “Play” button has been assigned an action that starts playback from the current time indicator, so naming the button “Play From Current Time” conveys more information than “Play”.
If the selected control is a button, then immediately below the Name you will see a “Latched” checkbox that lets you choose between a momentary (pressing the button turns it “on”, releasing it turns it “off”) or latched (pressing and releasing it turns it “on” and pressing and releasing it a second time turns it “off”) behavior.
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Next is a description of the action that is to take place when the selected MCS3 SP control 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 be performed. Clicking on one of these tabs will display controls for editing its kind of action. The available actions are Built In, Keystrokes, Mouse, MIDI, Special and Emulation.
Any changes made in one of these tabs are immediately applied to the selected control. The MCS3 SP software allows multiple levels of Undo, so you can easily get back to any starting point.
Also at the bottom of the Inspector window is the Delete Action button. When pressed it will delete the action currently assigned to the selected control. This is also undoable.
The Inspector will show one additional control at the top when the Jog Wheel is selected- the Sensitivity Slider. Moving the slider to the right will make the Jog Wheel more sensitive, and moving it to the left will make it less sensitive.
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Action Tabs
Keystrokes Tab
The MCS3 SP controls can be assigned to send a sequence of keystrokes to an application just as if they were keys on the Mac keyboard. These 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) while typing this key, the modifier checkboxes will be set up accordingly. You can also manually change the modifier checkboxes by clicking on them.
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Some key/modifier combinations may be intercepted by the operating system before they reach the Inspector window. If this happens, just type the key without any modifiers, then click on the appropriate checkboxes to add the desired modifiers.
To add more keystrokes to the sequence, click on the Next button and repeat the above procedure. You can move forwards or backwards in the sequence 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 repeat as long as the MCS3 SP control is held down. The speed of the repeat is controlled by the Repeat/ Typing Speed slider. This slider also determines how much time there is between keystrokes if the sequence is more than one keystroke.
If the key sequence in the example below was assigned to the STOP button, pressing and holding STOP would be the equivalent of repeatedly typing the word “mark” until STOP was released.
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The Keystrokes tab can vary depending on the type of MCS3 SP control selected. For the Jog Wheel, different key sequences can be assigned to each direction. Click on the Counter Clockwise or Clockwise radio button to choose which directionʼs sequence to edit.
In the example below, a counter clockwise turn would send a “-” and a clockwise turn would send a “+”.
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The Shuttle Control can have a key sequence assigned not only to its counter clockwise and clockwise directions, but also to itʼs center detent. The example below implements JKL shuttling which is used by several nonlinear video editors. In other words, the shuttle will send a “j” when being turned counter clockwise, an “l” when being turned clockwise and a “k” when it is returned to the center position.
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Mouse Tab
The controls on the MCS3 SP can be made to emulate the Macintosh mouse. Buttons can perform clicks and the Jog Wheel and Shuttle Control can perform horizontal and vertical moves and drags.
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