naxos Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Hi, Does anyone know where to find the Mackie HUI protocolspec? It seems that lot's of people are building boxes tospeak HUI, but I can't find the spec anywhere! Also, what is the maximum number of HUI's that can beconnected to protools at any one time? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naxos Posted May 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Could anyone at least give me a clue?Is it available at all? Do I have to reverse engineer it myself?Is it one of those mysterious forbidden topics that every messageboard seems to have? ;)Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/tilted/ Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 No need to reverse-engineer, this guy already did:http://home.comcast.net/%7Erobbowers11/MCMap.htm This used to be on the Mackie site, apparently in a manual... Anyway, this version is pretty close. There are a few small errors where the guy has cut/paste some text and not edited properly. I have a repaired version of this, which also contains the functions assigned to all of the buttons by various applications (a button sends a generic message, the software interprets what the message means and turns the LED on). My version will also include the various buttons which the standard LC app does not support, and will appear on the wiki as soon as I can standardise the formatting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunewar Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Now this is something I would be very interested in!The site mentioned only has the communication in one direction (from HUI to computer), any chance of getting the communications in the other direction as well? (what is the computer saying to the machine to drive the leds and the LCD)I'd be more then interested in working on the software for this, I was going to build a first midibox based on the Motormix, but this is much more interesting (it has a master fader). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/tilted/ Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Ok. Now (thanks to stryd_one) the button assignments are up on the midibox wiki site.http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=mc_protocol_mappingsThe spec as shown previously only shows one set of commands: Digital Performer. This wiki page shows the commands for every piece of software supported by mackie. Note: I have not replicated the assignments for faders or fader touch sensors, as these are less likely to be of use to a midiboxer. (ie, these functions don't change depending on the program used)As can be seen, the interface used is somewhat dependant on the hardware and the software. ie. the interface doesn't say "channel 1 solo", the interface says "G#-1"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naxos Posted May 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Thanks /Tilted/ that is very helpful info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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