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  • Page 1 ® System 5 and Pro Tools Guide...
  • Page 2 Metro, TL Space, TL Utilities, Transfuser, Trillium Lane Labs, Vari-Fi, Velvet, X-Form, and XMON are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. Xpand! is Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    contents Chapter 1. Introduction ............1 System Requirements .
  • Page 4 System 5 and Pro Tools Guide...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction

    EUCON-compatible work surfaces, including System 5. This guide explains how to enable EUCON (Extended User Control) in Pro Tools 9.0 or higher and control Pro Tools from your System 5. System Requirements The features described in this guide require the following: •...

  • Page 6: About This Guide

    This guide explains how to enable EUCON and use System 5 with Pro Tools. The following resources are also available: • For complete information on your System 5, see the electronic PDF version of the System 5 User Guide. • For additional EUCON software setup and configuration information, see the EUCON Application Setup.pdf.

  • Page 7: Conventions Used In This Guide

    Click with the right mouse button The names of Commands, Options, and Settings that appear on-screen are in a different font. The names of hardware keys on System 5 are in bold (such as Wave). The following symbols are used to highlight important information: User Tips are helpful hints for getting the most from your system.

  • Page 8: About Www.avid.com

    Products and Developers Learn about Avid products; download demo software or learn about our De- velopment Partners and their plug-ins, applications, and hardware. News and Events Get the latest news from Avid or sign up for a Pro Tools demo. System 5 and Pro Tools Guide...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2. Software Configuration

    Before proceeding, it is highly recommended that you give each workstation a unique name. This is recommended to avoid confusion when attaching workstations to the System 5, and to be able to more easily identify exactly which workstation is or is not attached to the system.

  • Page 10: Startup Sequence

    Save the file and drag it back to the etc folder, replacing the original. When you reboot, the new name will appear. This is the name you will see within System 5 when you attach the workstation. To rename a Windows 7 workstation: Go to Start >...

  • Page 11: Enabling Eucon In Pro Tools

    System Computer reboots during a broadcast or session. On Hybrid systems’ SC264, confirm that EUCON Discovery is set to use the second LAN connection and that it is not on the System 5 connection. Power up the workstation computer running Pro Tools.
  • Page 12 Click OK. You do not need to configure any other Ethernet Controllers settings. These settings do not apply to EUCON. Using System 5 with Pro Tools version 8.x and lower utilized the HUI (MIDI Controller) protocol. This is no longer necessary with Pro Tools 9.0 and higher.

  • Page 13: Chapter 3. Track And Session Basics

    Track and Session Basics This chapter provides examples of the following: System Basics Basics for System 5 Projects and Titles for use with Pro Tools, including how to attach a Pro Tools workstation to the system. Layouts How to assign Pro Tools tracks to System 5 DSP channels, and how to create a Layout.

  • Page 14: Basics

    Basics On System 5, you first designate the drive on which you want to create and store Projects. Projects are where you create Titles, and Titles store and recall Mixes. Titles also contain the Layouts you create (the arrangement of DAW channels across the System 5 faders and other surface controls).

  • Page 15: Layouts

    Name key lights. Unused locations are unlit and have a default name (such as “L 13”). Use the console keyboard to name the new Layout. To learn how to recall, modify, rename, or delete a Layout, see the System 5 User Guide. Chapter 3: Track and Session Basics...

  • Page 16: Using The Transport

    System 5 control the Pro Tools Transport. You can use the System 5 Smart Switches for EUCON machine control. For Pro Tools these are on bank 10, or from the bank 1 TRANS key. EUCON track arming is done from the individual strip’s Link/Rec switch.

  • Page 17: Using The Transport Controls

    To stop playback: Press Stop.  Session Time Navigation To jump to the beginning of the session: Enter the Session Start Time in the System 5 CM401 Locate Registers.  To rewind or fast-forward: Press Rew or FFW.  Pro Tools provides preference settings to optimize rewind and fast forward (such as Audio During Fast Forward/Rewind, and Back/Forward Amount).

  • Page 18: Navigating Through A Session

    Rotate encoder 1 (Pan F) for the track you want to pan. Stereo tracks default to Left pan. System 5 strips offer many options for pan control that are available on the two pages of Pan settings in each strip. For more information, see the System 5 User Guide.

  • Page 19: Track Basics

    Track Basics This section shows how to select Pro Tools track input and output routing. Selecting Tracks To select a track: Recall the Layout that contains the desired track. Press any fader Chan Select key. The track is selected in Pro Tools. You can use standard Pro Tools shortcuts in combination with the fader Chan Select keys to do the following.
  • Page 20 EUCON unit, you can simply repeat the previous instructions and the new assignment will be added to the current assignments. When reassigning outputs, you must first assign no output, then as- sign the new output path. System 5 and Pro Tools Guide...

  • Page 21: Chapter 4. Recording

    4 Recording When using System 5 to record audio to Pro Tools, configure machine control and track arming via EUCON. The track arming available in EUCON lets you control Pro Tools Track record enable switches; the System 5 Transport Record switch toggles the Pro Tools Transport Master (deck) record switch.
  • Page 22 System 5 and Pro Tools Guide...

  • Page 23: Chapter 5. Plug-Ins And Sends

    chapter 5 Plug-Ins and Sends This chapter explains how to assign and adjust plug-ins and sends (Auxes) on tracks. When working with EUCON channels (such as Pro Tools tracks), Dynamics, EQ, Aux, and Monitor controls do not appear on the CM402. Use the controls in the individual channel strips instead. Working with Plug-In Inserts This section shows you how to work with Pro Tools plug-ins.
  • Page 24 DYN keys are different. When either of these keys are pressed, they map plug-in parameters according to a standard control layout. This lets the controls appear in the same arrangement across your con- troller, regardless of the model or manufacturer. System 5 and Pro Tools Guide...

  • Page 25: Working With Sends

    This section shows how you can assign and adjust Pro Tools sends. System 5 hardware and documentation use the term “AUX” to refer to the Pro Tools term “sends.” Do not confuse references to “AUX” with Pro Tools Auxiliary Input tracks.
  • Page 26 Press the Aux function key to show all Sends assigned on that strip’s track. Press the knob top (knob switch), then rotate the knob to adjust pan. To exit Aux Pan mode, press Aux again. System 5 and Pro Tools Guide...

  • Page 27: Chapter 6. Automation And Mixing

    6 Automation and Mixing In System 5, the terms “Glide” and “Glide Modes” are analogous to the Pro Tools Touch and Latch ter- minology. Global Pro Tools automation modes are accessed through the CM401 EUCON Smart Keys (or Soft Keys).
  • Page 28 System 5 and Pro Tools Guide...
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