Displaying Mix/Edit Group Tracks On-Screen; Plug-In Mode; Tracks Mode; To Spill Vca Slave Tracks In Custom Faders - DigiDesign D-Command Manual

Displaying Mix/Edit Group Tracks On-Screen

In the top level of Mix/Edit Groups mode, you can display the
tracks in a Mix/Edit group and hide all other tracks from
D-Command.
To display tracks in a Mix/Edit group on-screen:
Hold Start (Windows) or Control (Mac) and press the Select
switch for the Mix/Edit group to perform the "Show Only
Tracks In Group" command.
Displaying or "Spilling" VCA Slave Tracks to
Custom Faders
You can display all of the slave tracks for a VCA Master track
into the Custom Faders. This feature uses Mix/Edit Groups
mode to replicate a "VCA spill" command.
Whenever a VCA Master track is assigned to group, its By-
pass/Mute switch lights.

To spill VCA slave tracks in Custom Faders:

Press the lit Bypass/Mute switch on a VCA Master track. The
Bypass/Mute switch flashes to indicate that the VCA Group is
spilled.
To exit display of VCA slave tracks in Custom Faders, do one of
the following:
Press the flashing Bypass/Mute switch in the VCA Master
track.
Press the Groups switch in the Custom Fader controls.

Tracks Mode

Tracks Mode lets you bring all tracks of a particular type to the
Custom Fader channel strips. Track Types include Audio
tracks, Auxiliary Input tracks, MIDI tracks, Instrument tracks,
VCA Master tracks, and Master Fader tracks.
To bring a Track type to the Custom Fader channels:
Hold the Tracks switch in the Custom Faders section until it
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flashes.
Press the Bank/Cycle switch until the Focus Channel display
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indicates the Track type you want to display.
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To bring a Track type to the Custom Fader channels from the Soft
Keys:
If the Soft Keys are in another display mode, return to the
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top level Soft Key display by holding Control (Windows) or
Command (Mac) and pressing the currently lit Soft Key
switch.
Press the Tracks switch in the Custom Faders section.
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Press the Soft Key that corresponds to the track type you
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want to display in the Custom Fader channels.
The name of the Track type appears in the Custom Fader dis-
play. Tracks of the designated type appear in the Custom
Fader channels.
To exit Tracks mode:
Press the lit Tracks switch.

Plug-In Mode

Plug-In mode focuses the first plug-in on the focused channel
on the Custom Fader Channels. This places all of the plug-in's
parameters on the Custom Fader channel encoders, and any
plug-in meters on the Custom Fader channel meters.
This mode is useful for controlling plug-ins with a large num-
ber of controls, such as virtual instruments.
To focus a plug-in on the Custom Fader channels:
Focus the plug-in's track in the Focus Channel section by
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pressing the track's Select switch. The name of the first plug-in
that is not a dynamics or EQ plug-in appears in the Focus
Channel display.
Press the Plug-In switch in the Custom Fader section. The
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switch lights to indicate the mode is active. The plug-in name
and channel format appear in the Custom Fader channel dis-
plays, and the plug-in's parameters appear in the Custom
Fader channel encoders.
In the Custom Faders section, press the Bank/Cycle switch
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to cycle through the plug-ins on the focused channel. (The No
Insert option is always available.)