Displaying Dynamics Plug-In Gain Reduction On Channel Meters - DigiDesign D-Control Manual

To toggle automation on and off for a parameter of a plug-in:
Press the Inserts switch in the Channel Strip Mode controls
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of a track to show the top level Inserts display. Plug-in names
appear in the encoder displays of that track.
Press an encoder Select switch to display a plug-in's param-
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eters on the rotary encoders.
Hold Control+Alt+Start (Windows) or Command+Op-
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tion+Control (Mac) and touch the rotary encoder for the
plug-in parameters you want to enable for automation.
To toggle automation on and off for all parameters of a plug-in:
Press the Inserts switch in the Channel Strip Mode controls
1
of a track to show the top level Inserts display. Plug-in names
appear in the encoder displays of that track.
Hold Control+Alt+Start (Windows) or Command+Op-
2
tion+Control (Mac) and touch the rotary encoder for the
plug-in whose parameters you want to enable for automation.
To toggle automation on and off for all plug-ins in a given Inser t
position:
Press the Inserts switch in the Channel Strip Mode controls
1
of a track to show the top level Inserts display. Plug-in names
appear in the encoder displays of that track.
Press the Do To All switch in the Global controls section.
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Hold Control+Alt+Start (Windows) or Command+Op-
3
tion+Control (Mac) and touch the rotary encoder for any
plug-in at the insert position (Insert 1–5) where you want to
enable plug-in automation.
To toggle automation on and off for plug-ins in a given Insert
position on all selected tracks:
Select the tracks containing the plug-ins you want to enable
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for automation.
Press the Inserts switch in the Channel Strip Mode controls
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of a track to show the top level Inserts display. Plug-in names
appear in the encoder displays of that track.
Press the Do To Selected switch in the Global controls sec-
3
tion
Hold Control+Alt+Start (Windows) or Command+Op-
4
tion+Control (Mac) and touch the rotary encoder for any
plug-in at the insert position (Insert 1–5) where you want to
enable plug-in automation.
68 D-Control Guide
Displaying Dynamics Plug-in Gain
Reduction on Channel Meters
You can display gain reduction metering for dynamics
plug-ins directly on channel meters in Normal mode. When
this metering mode is active, the D-Control channel meters
show both track level and compressor gain reduction when
you display the plug-in's parameters on the channel encoders.
Mono Tracks When a mono track is displayed on a D-Control
channel strip, the channel's left meter shows track level, and
the channel's right meter shows plug-in gain reduction.
Multichannel Tracks When a multichannel track is displayed
on a D-Control channel strip, the channel's left meter shows
the first channel's level, and the channel's right meter shows
gain reduction.
Center Meter Display When the 8-channel center meters on
the D-Control Main Unit is set to display levels for the focused
track, the center meters show levels for up to two output
channels, plus input, output, gain reduction, and downward
expansion for a dynamics plug-in on the focused track.
To display dynamics plug-in gain reduction on channel meters:
In the Soft Keys section, press the Meter switch.
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Press the Soft Key that corresponds to "GRChan" to turn on
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display of gain reduction.
Press the Meter switch to exit.
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On a channel with a dynamics plug-in, press the Dynamics
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switch in the Channel Strip Display controls to display the
plug-in's parameters on the channel strip encoders.
The dynamics plug-in gain reduction is displayed in the chan-
nel's right meter, from the top down.
To display dynamics plug-in gain reduction on the center meters:
In the Soft Keys section, press the Meter Prefs 1 switch.
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Press the Soft Key that corresponds to "CtrMtr" to toggle the
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display to "Track."
Press the Soft Key that corresponds to "GRChan" to turn on
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display of gain reduction.
Press the Meter Prefs 1 switch to exit.
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Focus a channel with a dynamics plug-in on the Focus
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Channel Strip.
Press the Dynamics switch in the Focus Channel Strip Dis-
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play controls to display the plug-in's parameters on the Focus
Channel Strip encoders.
The dynamics plug-in input level, output level, gain reduc-
tion, and downward expansion are displayed in the rightmost
center meters, from the top down.