Introduction
Thank you for choosing Mackie Designs for yourBaby HUI gives you hands-on control of all of
Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) control solution.your DAWOs parameters. Now you can create a fade
Baby HUIa provides the familiar feel of analog-style with a real fader. Move a HUI fader and your DAW
mixing to your DAW environment. But it alsoOmakes note� of your action and mirrors it on the
delivers the most complete feature set and softwarecomputer screen. Similarly, when you make a fader
Baby HUI
compatibility of any control surface available today.move on your screen, Baby HUIOs fader moves, too.
Adjust the pan control by turning one of Baby HUIOs
rotary encoder knobs and the DAW takes care ofThe History of HUI"
the rest. In fact, mouse-clicking is practically a
When Mackie Designs introduced HUI (Humanthing of the past N with Baby HUI, what used to
User Interface) in 1997, it was one of the industryOstake multiple mouse-clicks and key combinations can
first affordable motorized touch-sensitive fadernow be accomplished with the push of a button or
controllers available for Digital Audio Workstationstwo. You can use Baby HUIOs hands-on controls to
(DAWs). Digidesign¨ was the first to provide support do everything from recording a single track to
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for HUI with its Pro Tools DAW, and over timeadjusting aux send/return levels, automating mixes,
other DAW manufacturers have recognized the value and mixing programs for surround-sound.
added by supporting HUI in their software.Touch-updatable moving faders, rotary and push
Now in 2002, Mackie introduces Baby HUI. Asencoders, and an ergonomically laid-out control
the name implies, it is a scaled-down version of thesurface make Baby HUI the logical choice for
original HUI. Though it doesnOt have as many buttonsreturning analog-style control to your digital world.
and controls as its big brother, it retains the essentialYou can do so much with Baby HUI. ItOs a mix
controls that are most useful for tracking and mixing control surface that sets new levels of interactivity
on a Digital Audio Workstation.within todayOs and tomorrowOs DAW environments N
it will grow with your system, DAW software
upgrades, etc. Baby HUI can greatly improve your
What is a Controller?
creativity while diminishing your workload and the
One of the big drawbacks of any DAW is having to repetitive grind of multiple sessions.
use a mouse and keyboard to perform things you
used to do on an analog mixer. Clicking on a visual
General Overview
representation of a fader and trying to drag the
mouse smoothly in order to achieve an amazing fade-Baby HUIOs control surface is divided into two
out is difficult, if not impossible, for many of us.main sectionsNthe Channel Strips Section and the
Likewise, turning a Ovirtual knob� on a computerMaster Section. It was designed to look and feel like
screen just doesnOt cut it for some folks. And thatOs why a small mixing console, but with one big difference.
Mackie Designs created HUI, and now, Baby HUI.No audio actually passes through Baby HUI. Instead,
CHANNEL SECTIONMASTER SECTION
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