Mackie MCU Extender Pro

The Mackie MCU Extender Pro is an eight-channel control surface extension for Mackie Control Universal Pro. Slightly narrower than the main unit, the Extender Pro has all the channel strip features of the MCU Pro, without the master section. Modern DAW software has given us virtually unlimited possibilities for manipulating audio, but sacrifices the organic feel of faders and knobs at our fingertips. Reclaim that experience without losing the power of software with the expandable MCU Pro control surface. With simple USB plug-and-play setup with nearly any DAW, you will be mixing like a pro with real motorized touch-sensitive faders, buttons and assignable V-pots in no time.

Each channel has a 100mm motorized fader, a Mackie rotary V-Pot, surrounded by an LED collar to indicate the current value, dedicated buttons for record ready, solo, mute, channel select, and signal present LED. Multiple extender units can be used together with a MCU Pro to emulate a large-scale control surface.

VISUAL FEEDBACK

Mackie have equipped the Mackie Control Universal Pro with a generous two-line, 55-character backlit LCD to display parameters like track name, channel metering, I/O assignments, plug-ins, EQ, dynamics or anything various software partners want you to see.

SOFTWARE FRIENDLY

While MCU Pro is compatible with all major music production software, it is also designed to specifically work with your application — just access your software’s parameters in the master section and you can get right down to action. Mackie even supply pre-labeled Lexan overlays for popular applications.

CHANNELS, FADERS AND BANKS

Equipped with nine 100mm motorized touch-sensitive faders from Alps — one for each channel, plus a master fader and support for an unlimited number of banks. Each fader channel also has a V-Pot, surrounded by an LED collar to indicate the current value, and dedicated buttons for record ready, solo, mute, channel select, and signal present LED.

NO MORE POINT AND CLICK

With MCU Pro, you get deep, intuitive control of mix and plug-in parameters, real-time visual feedback and set up is plug-and-play — without any MIDI mapping whatsoever! Streamline mixing in your project studio or scale up with multiple MCU XTs to mix major projects. With the push of a button, writing automation on dozens of tracks in a large music project or even mixing for film and television is now effortless.

Features:

• Control surface expansion module with 100mm motorized faders
• Optical Penny + Giles motorized faders
• Channel mute, solo, pan, send level and record arm functions
• Multi-functional rotary encoders
• LED display with track names and parameters