System 5-MC

Easily make volume changes with the high-quality motorized faders, with easy-to-read feedback displayed on dual high-resolution LED meters next to each fader.

You also get constant visual feedback in everything you do through the high-resolution, multiformat TFT screens at the top of the surface, which can display metering, EQ and pan settings, track names, and other parameter values. The MC Pro controller sits in the center of the console and includes 56 LCD SmartSwitches, enabling you to quickly perform complex macros with one touch. You also have two joysticks, a jog wheel, integrated full-sized keyboard, monitoring section, and touchscreen for the ultimate in software application control. Plus, you can interchange the trackball and jog/ shuttle wheel for left or right-handed operation.

• One long-throw, touch-sensitive, 100mm motorized fader
• Dual high-resolution LED meters (next to each fader) for levels and automation
• On, solo, automation mode, input monitoring, attention, record, and swap switches
• 8 touch-sensitive rotary controls per channel with LED display rings and 4-character designation displays—each knobset has select, on, and automation switches and automation status LEDs
• High-resolution TFT displays at the top of each channel show metering, processor graphs (for EQ and pan), routing, 12–14 character channel name designations, and status

You can also customize each section of the surface using the Setup button, which brings up a setup screen for that section of the surface.

• Multiple workstation setup and selection
• File Management
• Track selection and management
• Flip—enables you to swap System 5-MC faders and knobs
• Soft Key setup—assign functions and keyboard commands to the SmartSwitches
• System setup and preferences
• Edit Control banks, Soft Key banks, User Sets, and Application Sets (can all be named, stored, recalled, renamed, and deleted)
• Layouts—set the faders to control different sections of a DAW, or assign any combination of tracks to the faders

Effortlessly navigate your application menus and more—all without your hands ever leaving the controller. System 5-MC comes equipped with default Application Sets for most DAWs, but you can modify these and create your own to speed up any task.

You also have an additional “Assignable Knob” that automatically picks up the current active control in your DAW application. For example, if you move your cursor over a pan control in your EUCON-aware software, the knob will act as a pan control. You can also lock this knob to a particular function.

You can also choose to permanently display SMPTE or MIDI time code and locate registers on the touchscreen, and add an optional external synchronizer for multiple machine control. You can even use the SmartSwitches to modify the function of the jog wheel on the fly.