MIDI MCU Remote Control

With KOS 5.7, KLANG brings back MCU (Mackie Control Universal) support via the MIDI translator. This lets you connect one or more MCU-compatible fader controllers to KLANG:app for tactile, hardware-based control of mixes.

• Ideal for monitor engineers who want hands-on access to musicians’ mixes from a fader surface
• Supports bi-directional fader control (surface ↔ app)
• Includes Mute / Solo, Channel labels, Bank select, and Snapshot control

A classic MCU unit controls a block of 8 channels. Controllers with more than 8 faders typically expose themselves as multiple MCU devices (e.g., 16 faders = two MCU units), which will appear as separate MIDI devices on your system.

Step 1 | Connect MIDI MCU Device

Make sure your MIDI MCU controller is connected to your device running KLANG:app.

Step 2 | Configure External Control

In KLANG:app go to CONFIG > EXT CTRL

Click in the drop down menu right next to your device and select the MIDI_MCU_5.2.89 (Template).

Step 3 | MIDI Mappings

1. Go to CONFIG > CHANNELS.
2. Click in the MAPPING dropdown and choose the MCU channel that should control this KLANG:app channel, e.g. 1
3. Click in the dropdown again and choose RIPPLE DOWN ALL

MIDI MCU channel faders

Remote control channel gains with a haptic fader oder knob. Motorized faders will follow any fader movement in KLANG:app as well.

Select buttons switch mixes

Easily switch between mixes on a KLANG processor or a cascade of KLANG processors.

Transport section

Play, Rec, Previous, Next will be perform Snapshot commands.

• Play: Recall snapshot
• Record: Take new snapshot
• Fast Forward/Next: Go to next snapshot
• Reverse/Previous: Go to previous snapshot

Channel displays will show channel Names

Bank Select / Move

Bank select will move right / left in blocks of 8 channels. Bank move will move 1 channel left/right accordingly. A white bar below the channel faders in KLANG:app will indicate which channels are remote controlled

Special workflow features…

• Audio button (might be called different depending on controller used) switches to Fader View
• Pan switches to Orbit View
• Master section (click Master then use Rotary Know) will tweak Master Level
• Panorama is NOT mapped to Orbit positions.