Navigating - DigiDesign Command 8 Manual

Navigating

Command|8 lets you select windows, bank
other tracks to its faders, and zoom in and out
using the controls in the Navigation/Zoom sec-
tion.
Toggling Pro Tools Windows with
the Plug-In, Mix, and Edit Switches
The Plug-In, Mix, and Edit switches in the Win-
dows section open and select their correspond-
ing window in Pro Tools.
Plug-In Opens or closes the currently targeted
plug-in window. If no plug-in windows are
open, the switch opens the window for the first
insert on the currently selected track will open.
An open plug-in window is not necessarily
the current target. See "Plug-Ins and In-
serts" on page 39 for details.
Mix Opens or closes the Mix window.
Edit Opens or closes the Edit window.
Banking Tracks to the Faders
To bank eight tracks at a time to the faders:
Press Bank. When enabled, its LED is lit.
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Press the Left or Right Arrow keys in the Nav-
2
igation section to bank to the previous (left) or
next (right) eight tracks in the session.
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Repeat as necessary.
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To show full track names in the LCD, press
Display Mode plus the corresponding chan-
nel Select switch. The selected track's full
name is displayed across the LCD for as
long as you depress Display Mode and the
Select switch. Release both to return to the
previous view.
To scroll tracks across the faders one at a time:
Press Nudge. When enabled, its LED is lit.
1
Press the Left or Right Arrow keys in the Nav-
2
igation section to nudge one track to the left, or
one track to the right.
To manage banking, rearrange tracks in the
Mix and Edit windows.
Zooming
To zoom in using Command|8:
Press Zoom. When enabled, its switch is lit.
1
Press the appropriate Arrow key in the Naviga-
2
tion section to zoom in or out: Press the Right
arrow key to zoom in; Press the Left arrow key to
zoom out.
To increase or decrease waveform or MIDI
resolution:
Click with the mouse to place the Play cursor
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within the track you want to adjust.
Press Zoom.
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Press the Up arrow key to increase Waveform
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or MIDI resolution, or press Down to decrease.