Yamaha Corporation Of America Winter Namm 2012 Press

Steinberg releases CMC series of Cubase controllers
—Dedicated modular controller system comprising six slim control units
with pads, knobs and faders that cover aspects of handling Cubase—
HAMBURG, Germany — Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH announces its new CMC
controllers. Dedicated to Steinberg’s Cubase advanced music production system, the six USB-
powered CMC units offer an integrated control solution that provides a desirable degree of
flexibility and configurability.
The CMC controllers are equipped with a combination of control
elements that provide tactile control over certain Cubase functions.
Each unit can be used separately or hooked up together with the
included joint plate, resulting in a control desk that leaves no
wishes unfulfilled.
“The CMC controllers are ultra-portable and the design’s perfect,
but more importantly, the units offer a mind-blowing array of
control options. Without a doubt, the CMCs are the perfect
complement to Cubase, and Nuendo too,” commented Stefan
Schreiber, Steinberg’s product marketing manager for hardware.
The CMC-CH channel controller houses 16 illuminated rubber push-buttons, one rotary encoder
and a touch fader. The multi-colored buttons provide access to VST instrument settings, solo and
mute tracks, bypass EQs, sends and inserts and channel freeze. Eight of the 16 buttons can also
be assigned to a second function. The Channel Select button browses through the entire Cubase
mixer, while the rotary encoder is used for panning. The LED-based touch fader controls the
volume level while displaying the fader position.
The CMC-FD fader controller features four high-precision touch faders with LED-based
metering and solo/mute function. The touch faders offer simultaneous control over four channels
in Cubase. With the Channel Select and Bank Select buttons, users can jump to individual
channels or select entire channel groups in the Cubase mixer. Up to four FD units can be
combined together for 16-channel control.
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