It might help to know how you got the first 8 channels to work.

Doesn't the Nucleus include Mackie control protocol? You should be able to move through all channels and rows easily.

I think that is a misunderstanding. The ports equal more fader blocks (aka Mackie Extenders). You must still be able to move the first 8 channels freely around. Check the manual for the navigation buttons.

That reads like you did not understand me. Mackie is a block of 8 channels that can be freely moved left/right/up/down within the TotalMix window. You must have navigation buttons for that on your Nucleus, and using these the highlighted 8-channel block in TM FX will move to different channels. There is no programming needed, nor are the commands that you listed related in any way.

I have navigation buttons and I of course tried pressing them - nothing happend. But it is somehow encouraging that Paul from Australia have it working - so, I'll give it another try. Thank you for your patience and your kind replies.

As mentioned in the manual you might need to use specific emulations to make it work. Maybe Paul can tell.

A screenshot of your Mackie controlled 8 channel block in TM FX might be useful to have first.

OK so here is some screen shots and a few more words. Hopefully this will get you going. This assumes you have correctly installed the IP MIDI plugin and the Nucleus Remote software.

Assuming you are on a a Mac (?) In Audio MIDI Setup if you have IP MIDI installed it should look like this:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qqmnhllgoogac … m.png?dl=0

In the Nucleus Remote select which DAW you wish to use control Totalmix. DAW 1 = ipMidi ports 1&2, DAW 2 = ipMidi ports 3&4, DAW 3 = ipMidi ports 5&6.

Select the Logic Standard profile or any profile that uses the Mackie Control Protocol from the list.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hmuibxd21xblc … 5%20am.png

Then save this as a new profile called Totalmix or whatever.

In Totalmix go to settings and select the MIDI tab. Select device 1 and assign as shown in the picture:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0r4z20qplfz6q … 7%20am.png

Select MIDI device 2 and assign as in the picture below:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/51kr1d8np3yfm … 8%20am.png

Go to Totalmix Options menu and enable MIDI control and then under that make sure "Submix Linked to Midi Controller" is assigned as in the following picture:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ydzdgctovdidt … 9%20am.png

That should be all you need to do.

You need to place the images (best as JPG) to a cloud and then link the URLs here with the image tags surrounded.
With Dropbox you can substitute the end of such a URL with DL=1, then the forum can load the images and display directly.

Here I described the procedure: https://www.tonstudio-forum.de/blog/ind … rum-EN-DE/

I am now 98% there. When I was following your instructions I got all my HARDWARE INPUTS on my Nucleus - GREAT! which was also displayed in TotalMix with a brown band on the inputs, see:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1emF7Cu … sp=sharing

I of course saved this as a snapshot. When playing around further with "View Options / Routing" in TM, I suddenly got my HARDWARE OUTPUTS on the Nucleus (again, brown band), see:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xp-HLr … sp=sharing

NOW: I don't remember how I did it (....sorry guys...) and I can't find out how to toggle between both states other than saving this also as a snapshot and than toggling between the snapshots by loading the other! Do you have another hint for me!!

Anyway, thanks to all of you once again, this puts so much more ease to my workflow!!!

....OK, I understand! I don't want to impeach the credibility of your statement. But I haven't touched the Nucleus when it changed. Also, I have one Workspace and one snapshot with the brown band on the Inputs and a second Workspace / Snapshot with the brown band on the outputs. So they change by toggling between the 2 workspaces / snapshots without touching the SSL.  If I use the navigation buttons (Bank/Channel) on the Nucleus, it only moves vertically within one section, so from the Analog inputs to the ADATs (i. e. on the INPUTs).

But the strange thing is:
I really have to go through the "file" menu to load the Workspaces / Snapshots. With the W-key (Workspace Quick select) or the Snaphot shortcuts on the right side of the screen it doesn't work!

The 8 snapshots are more than enough for me. I never change workspaces and unless you have a good reason I suggest you do the same. It is possible that when you save the workspace it saves the MIDI remote setting along with it which would be consistent with the behaviour you describe above.

Once again Matthias is correct. Don't worry about where the control surface focus is from one snapshot to another. Just tell me what happens when you have the Nucleus controlling any part of Totalmix and then on the Nucleus you press either the up or down buttons that sit immediately to the left of the jog wheel?

It is these 2 buttons that shift the control surface focus between the hardware inputs, software outputs and hardware outputs layers of Totalmix. The left/ right buttons move the control surface focus to higher or lower numbered channels of the currently selected layer.

If nothing happens and you have followed all my directions then it is possible than you have somehow reassigned the up/ down/ left/ right/ buttons in the Nucleus remote software.

Well there you go! I had a hunch earlier that it might be that. Glad you got it going.

Yes I've been very slow at getting the first version of my masterclass going. I though perhaps this year I might have gone further as I stopped the part time lecturing I was doing for many years up until the end of 2020 but the pandemic has provided other reasons for it not to be happening yet.

I believe in the format I have in mind for it very much and it's something I arrived at after years of teaching in the formal tertiary environment and what that was not good for.

Because I believe it has to be all learners in the same room we have to wait now until that is possible but I will add your contact to my list. Thanks for your interest:-)

Kind regards

Yes remote. It's hard to get the sound quality where it needs to be when teaching music production where sound and fine distinctions with that are so important. That's the big reason but you never know I might change my view as new technologies come around.

And no you don't owe a thing but thanks for asking:-) It's good to share the knowledge around...