Working With Tracks - DigiDesign D-Control Manual

Working with Tracks

Selecting a Track
You can select tracks in Pro Tools directly from D-Control. In
Select mode, Select switches can follow latching or non-latch-
ing behavior. For details on setting the latch mode for the Se-
lect switch, see "Select Switch Latch Mode" on page 42.
To select a track from D-Control:
Make sure the Select/Focus switch mode is set to Select.
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Press the channel Select switch for the track you want to se-
2
lect.
To select a range of tracks:
Press the Select switch on the channel at the start of the
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range you want to select.
Hold Shift and press the Select switch on channel at the end
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range you want to select.
All tracks between the first channel and last channel (inclu-
sive) are selected.
To select or deselect multiple, non-contiguous tracks, do one of
the following:
If the Select Switch Latch Mode is set to latch, press addi-
tional Select switches.
– or –
Hold Control (Windows) or Command (Mac) and press the
Select switches on multiple channels.
Focusing a Track
You can focus any track in a session on the D-Control Focus
Channel Strip. This mirrors the track controls in the channel
strip on the D-Control main unit, bringing them to the center
mix position. Focusing a track also focuses the first EQ and
Dynamics plug-ins in the center EQ and Dynamics section,
and makes the Custom Fader plug-in mode available.
See "Focusing a Plug-In" on page 132.
To focus a track on the Focus Channel Strip from D-Control:
Make sure the Select/Focus switch mode is set to Focus.
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Press the channel Select switch for the track you want to fo-
2
cus.
To focus a track on the Focus Channel Strip while staying in
Select mode:
Hold Start+Shift (Windows) or Control+Shift (Mac) and
press the channel Select switch for the track you want to focus.
To focus a track on the Focus Channel Strip from Pro Tools:
Make sure the Target Track from Application preference is
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set to Yes. For details on this preference, see "Target Track from
Application" on page 44.
On-screen in Pro Tools, click the plug-in state plate, send
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window, panner window, or mic pre pane for the track you
want to focus.
To focus a specific track number:
Do one of the following:
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• Press the Go To switch on D-Control.
– or –
• Choose Operations > Scroll to Track Number in
Pro Tools.
Enter the track position number for the track and press En-
2
ter.
To nudge the track focus left or right by one channel:
Hold Control (Windows) or Command (Macintosh) and
press the left or right Nudge 1 switch in the Bank/Nudge sec-
tion.
To nudge the track focus left or right by eight channels:
Hold Control (Windows) or Command (Mac) and press the
left or right Nudge 8 switch in the Bank/Nudge section.
To nudge the track focus with the Scrub/Shuttle wheel:
Hold Control (Windows) or Command (Mac) and press the
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left or right Nudge 1 switch.
While holding the Nudge1 switch, turn the Scrub/Shuttle
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wheel.
Focusing Tracks when Soloing
To set D-Control to automatically focus a track when it is soloed:
Press the Operation switch repeatedly to display the page
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that includes the Focused Track Follows Solo preference (So-
loFc).
Press the Soft Key that corresponds to "SoloFc" until its
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value is "Yes."
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