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Press the channel Select switches to toggle
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tracks between Input monitoring and disk mon-
itoring. When Input is enabled, the LCD above
the selected track displays Input. When moni-
toring from disk, the LCD displays AutoIn.
To query Input status of all tracks:
Make sure no tracks are record enabled.
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Press Mon/ø to temporarily display the input
2
status (Input, or AutoIn) of all displayed tracks.
To query other tracks, bank those tracks to the
3
faders and repeat.
Loop Recording
Command|8 supports Loop Record mode for au-
dio and MIDI.
To enable Loop Record mode:
Press the Loop Rec switch in the Transport
section. When enabled, the Loop Rec switch
LED is lit. Press the Loop Rec switch again to
take Pro Tools out of Loop Record mode.
MIDI Recording
MIDI tracks can be record enabled using the
same techniques as with audio tracks. See "Basic
Audio and MIDI Recording" on page 34.
On Macintosh systems using the Com-
mand|8 MIDI ports as a MIDI interface,
make sure no MIDI tracks are assigned to
"Port 1." This port is reserved for Com-
mand|8 control surface communication.
Use Port 2, or Port 3, depending on which
port is connected to your MIDI device as ex-
plained in "Configuring Command|8 MIDI
Interface Connections" on page 15.
Controlling PRE
(Digidesign PRE Microphone Pre-Amp)
If you use one or more PRE units with your
Pro Tools system, you can use Command|8 ro-
tary encoders to adjust channel gain.
MIDI Connections for PRE with
Command|8
PRE can be connected to Command|8 MIDI In
and MIDI Out 1 ports, or to an available pair of
ports on another MIDI interface being used with
Pro Tools. PRE must be connected and enabled
within Pro Tools before Command|8 can con-
trol it (see the PRE Guide for more information).
Adjusting PRE Gain
To adjust PRE gain from Command|8:
Make sure PRE is connected, and that it has
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been enabled in the Peripherals dialog (see the
PRE Guide for details).
Make sure you have assigned PRE inputs to
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one or more tracks. (You cannot assign PRE in-
puts to tracks from Command|8; you must use
the mouse and onscreen controls in Pro Tools.)
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