PT LE 7.0 WinXP + Mackie Control -> Master Fader ?

[raerae28]

Ok, I am a new user to the PT community somewhat. I have used it in other studios and have conducted sessions where it was used, but always had Steinberg products for my home pre-production. Well I have PT Le now at home with my Mackie Control and was wondering, how can I get the Master fader to respond on the Mackie Control Universal. It seems that even with a master channel active in my session, I still dont get the master fader on the MCU to work.

All help appreciated,
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[pasanta]

The master fader on the MCU doesn't work with PT. PT places the master fader into a session alongside all the other faders rather than as a seperate fader apart from others like in Steinberg stuff, Samplitude and some others. The master fader will show up in your regular banks of 8 faders.

It's a drag, I know. But hey..........when my number six fader went bad last month, I had a spare.............just swapped the #6 fader and the master MCU fader.

[spkguitar]

The explanation for why is because you can assign more than one master fader in Pro Tools. So which one would use the hardware master fader?

It's done by design.