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Originally Posted by soundboy35
Hmmm, Control Universal and HUI are 2 different devices. Which do you have? If you have a HUI, you need to connect it via MIDI ports to your Traveler in and out and the Traveler to your computer via USB I assume? You might also need a driver for Pro Tools to see the Traveler's MIDI ports (not 100% on that)
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Seems to be a little bit of confusion here...
We are talking about 3 different things:
- Devices - Mackie Control Universal Pro (and it's predecessor) are "boxes" that you put on a desk (or wherever) and use to control software.
- Control Surface Protocols - Within the context of this discussion there are two: MCU and HUI. HUI was written by Digidesign and Mackie jointly, has a somewhat limited feature set, but is the only third-party protocol supported by Pro Tools. MCU (or Mackie Control Universal...see the confusion?) was written by Mackie, has a larger feature set than HUI, and is supported by every DAW except Pro Tools (many of the other DAWs also support HUI).
- MIDI Protocols (both communication and connection). The MIDI communication protocol is just a set of 1's and 0's that two (or more) devices use to communicate among themselves, and is not really germane to this discussion. As far as the MIDI connection protocols goes, I 'splained it several times already in this forum, so just do a search on here for my name and MIDI and messages within the last year to learn about USB and 5-pin DIN and coat hangers (seriously).
None of this stuff is complicated, but you do have to learn about it...