Media Control Station3 is a central component of our MCS-Pro Series. It features professional transport buttons for Record, Play, Stop, Fast Forward and Rewind. It has 18 physical buttons for a variety of editing functions and the V/Stick Navigation Control. A precision, optically encoded jog wheel with a concentric shuttle ring lets you control audio or video effortlessly and with frame accuracy. MCS3 MIDI/MMC version sends MIDI Machine Control messages for controlling compatible hard disk recorders and computer-based editing systems. Use it with recorders from Alesis, Akai, Mackie, Roland, Tascam, and others. It can be coupled with FaderMaster Pro, FM 4/100 or MCS-ProTracker to form a compact custom console.