Setting up a Mackie C4

Hi,
I'm having troubles to set up my C4 to do the following things:
Move regions around
trim the beginning of a region
trim the end of a region
Could anybody please guide me through this, since I tried also the logic assignments but couldn't get this to work.
Thanks Eddie

Noeq??? or the other logic professionals
You know the trick, don't you? I cannot assign the keycommands to the C4 but I believe there must be a way. Or maybe assign the knobs of an Euphonix or any other controller?
Eddie

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