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Steinberg’s Houston Mission Controller

Steinberg’s Houston Mission Controller.

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Steinberg’s Houston Mission Controller

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  1. Steinberg’s Houston Mission Controller • Houston is a MIDI/USB remote controller specifically engineered for Steinberg's VST engine. Its operating system is designed for total hands-on mixing within Cubase VST, Cubase SL/SX and Nuendo, without having to use the mouse or computer keyboard. It provides access to practically every parameter available in the audio engine. Houston is designed so that all basic parameters are displayed with a single button push, making Houston extremely fast and flexible.

  2. Parameters for VST audio effects and VST instruments can be displayed, edited and automated from the Houston's controls. Additionally Houston has the potential to fully control the MIDI Track Mixer and supports the Cubase VST mixer views and window sets. You can open and close windows remotely and change the currently addressed set of channels. These can be any of the VST audio channels regardless of whether they are audio, group or synthesizer channels. 9 touch sensitive motorized faders 8 rotary encoders with LED position indicators Large illuminated LCD display Full transport controls Jog & scrub wheel Numeric keypad Features of Houston

  3. System Requirements • Operating System: Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP or MacOS 8.6, 9.0, 9.1 • Host App: Cubase SX, Cubase SL, Cubase VST version 5.0 R5 or higher, NUENDO version 1.5.1 or higher • Others: USB port or a multi port MIDI interface where one input/output is reserved for Houston/Mac USB drivers in preparation, multi port MIDI interface required

  4. Faders • Nine100mm, touch sensitive motorized faders occupy the lower left side of the Houston console. These can be used to control individual channel levels much like those on a standard analog mixing board. They can also be programmed to use the “read” function and can adjust during real time playback much like those of the HUI console.

  5. Control Strip • The control strip features an LCD display and eight multifunctional dials. The display shows selected functions and channel names as they are assigned to the faders.The data shown on the display is always from the Fader Set Mode, Selected Channel Mode or from Global Mode.

  6. The Modes • The following three modes are functions of the Control Strip: • Fader Set Mode: in this mode, all eight dials do the same job. The job they do is selected by buttons in the Fader Set row of buttons, above the Control Strip. • Selected Channel Mode: in this mode, all eight dials perform different tasks, but all refer to a single channel. The job they do is selected from the buttons in the Selected Channel row, above the Control Strip. • Global Mode: in this mode, you can access and edit all of the send levels, send effects, master insert effects, and VST instruments by pressing the corresponding button.

  7. Keypad (or Number Pad) • The keypad is used to edit various parameters. To tell the console which parameter to change, first choose an option key (Sets, Main, Edit, Studio) which essentially brings up corresponding windows onscreen. For single digit numbers, just press the number. For double digits, first press the 10’s button. The Zap button can then be used to jump between the selected values.

  8. Keypad continued • Markers: The jump button moves to any marker by inputting its number on the keypad. The capture button saves the current song position as a marker. The delete button removes a marker by inputting its number on the keypad. • Functions: Here you can access various functions of the host application (ex. Cut, copy and paste are 1, 0 and 3 respectively) from the keypad. • Data: Here you can input numbers using the keypad. The target is always the last value selected by the Control Strip. • Cursor: Here the keypad becomes active, and relates selected values to a selected part of the host application (ex. move down one track)

  9. Transport Controls • Houston also incorporates a complete transport bar with Play, Record, Stop, Fast Forward and Rewind buttons. There is also a suspicious Arm button which in some applications selects a track upon which recording should occur. • The Jog wheel is used to facilitate the movement of song position, and the corresponding Jog button is reserved for future use.

  10. In Conclusion • Having explored the capabilities and capacities of the Houston Mission Controller (which, by the way, has now been discontinued by Steinberg) it has become very apparent that it is nothing more than a big honkin’ version of all the controls that appear in such an application as Cubase. However, the Houston does have several advantages. If you understand what all of the buttons do, it becomes much more efficient than searching for them in tool bars on windows. Also, many users (particularly the older ones more used to analog mixing boards) will find comfort in a more hands on approach. All in all, given that you have to buy the software anyway, this product is probably a waste of your money unless you are a real stickler for the hands on approach.

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