# Using the Mackie driver for MCU and BCF2000

Mackie support is available only for ardour 2.0 beta12 or newer.

This will walk you through the process of configuring and using Mackie MCU, or a BCF2000 in Logic Control emulation mode.

## Connecting Device

Make sure your surface is connected and you know which `/dev/snd/midi` entry belongs to the device. You can do this by saying `cat /proc/asound/cards` which should result in something like

     0 [EWS88MT        ]: ICE1712 - TerraTec EWS88MT
                          TerraTec EWS88MT at 0x1140, irq 21
     1 [VirMIDI        ]: VirMIDI - VirMIDI
                          Virtual MIDI Card 1
     2 [BCF2000        ]: USB-Audio - BCF2000
                          BEHRINGER BCF2000 at usb-0000:00:1a.1-1, full speed

in this case the BCF2000 is on `/dev/snd/midiC2D0`.

While ardour is not running, edit your `.ardour3/ardour.rc` and add at the top, with the other ports:

    <MIDI-port tag="mcu" device="/dev/snd/midiC2D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/>

If you have a BCF2000, and you'd like to use BCF mode, you can also add under the <Config> tag:

    <Option name="mackie-emulation" value="bcf"/>

It is also possible to add MCU extenders, although this is untested because nobody we know has access to one right now. To do this, add the following lines to `~/.ardour3/ardour.rc`

    <MIDI-port tag="mcu_xt_1" device="/dev/snd/midiC3D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/>
    <MIDI-port tag="mcu_xt_2" device="/dev/snd/midiC4D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/>

and so on, one for each of your extenders, up to a maximum of 9 extenders.

## Connecting to Ardour

Start up ardour. Go to Options/Control Surfaces. You should see "Mackie" as one of the menu items. Turn it on. The faders on the surface should jump to the correct positions. The mackie should work as normal, except that any buttons not on the BCF won't work.

## BCF mode

- 7 of the 8 sliders are used as route sliders, the remaining right-hand one is used for the master slider

- certain buttons have been remapped from the default Behringer settings, which required either both hands, or one-handed contortions to do simple things like rec-enable or mute a track.

- The display shows the number of the first switched-in bank or Ar if the first bank is in place.

BCF mode bindings

### BCF mode bindings

Strips 1-7 | Master Strip | Buttons
--- | --- | ---
pan / solo if pressed | transport Making a pot pretend to be a shuttle wheel doesn't work very well. / global solo | LCD display
mute | mute | shift 1 | loop shift 1: marker shift 2: punch in
rec | session rec | shift 2 | click shift 2: punch out
slider | slider | rewind | ffwd
home | end
previous bank shift 1: previous route | next bank shift 1: next route
previous marker | next marker
stop | play