Working With Plug-Ins And Sends - DigiDesign D-Control Manual

Assigning Playlists on Tracks
You can toggle through available playlists on the focused track
from D-Control.
To cycle through playlists on a track:
Focus the track.
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In the Management section, press the Playlist switch.
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In the Soft Keys section, do one of the following:
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• Press the Soft Key that corresponds to "Prevs Plylst" to se-
lect the previous playlist in that track's Playlist menu.
• Press the Soft Key that corresponds to "Next Plylst" to se-
lect the select the next playlist in that track's Playlist
menu.

Working with Plug-Ins and Sends

Focusing a Plug-In
Focusing a plug-in on D-Control brings the plug-in's controls
to channel strip encoders and faders for convenient editing.
You can focus a plug-in in several ways: on the encoders of its
channel; on the encoders of the Focus Channel Strip, and in
the Custom Faders section.
With dynamics and EQ plug-ins, you can also focus plug-in
parameters on the dedicated Dynamics and EQ sections of
D-Control.
To focus a plug-in on a channel strip:
Press the Inserts switch on the channel. The plug-in names
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are displayed in the channel's encoders.
Press the Select switch under the name of the plug-in you
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want to focus. The plug-in parameters are displayed in the
channel's encoders.
If there is more than one page of parameters for the plug-in,
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the Page Up or Page Down switches light. To move through
parameter pages, press the corresponding switch.
To focus a plug-in on the Focus Channel Strip:
Focus the plug-in's track on the Focus Channel Strip.
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Press the Inserts switch on the channel. The plug-in names
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are displayed in the channel's encoders.
Press the Select switch under the name of the plug-in you
3
want to focus. The plug-in parameters are displayed in the Fo-
cus Channel Strip's encoders.
If there is more than one page of parameters for the plug-in,
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the Page Up or Page Down switches light. To move through
parameter pages, press the corresponding switch.
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To focus a plug-in in the Dynamics or EQ section:
Focus the plug-in's track on the Focus Channel Strip by
1
pressing the track's Select switch. The first dynamics and EQ
plug-ins on that track are automatically focused in the corre-
sponding D-Control section.
Press the Cycle switch in the Dynamics or EQ section to fo-
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cus successive dynamics or EQ plug-ins on that channel. (The
No Insert option is always available.)
To focus a plug-in in the Custom Faders section:
Focus the plug-in's track on the Focus Channel Strip by
1
pressing the track's Select switch. The first plug-in that is not a
dynamics or EQ plug-in is automatically focused, and its name
appears in the Custom Faders display.
In the Custom Faders section, press the Bank/Cycle switch
2
to cycle through the plug-ins on the focused channel. (The No
Insert option is always available.)
The plug-in whose name appears in the Custom Faders display
is then available for Custom Fader Plug-In mode. (See "Cus-
tom Fader Plug-In Mode" on page 153.)
Automation Safe Mode
The Automation Safe switch invokes a mode in which the By-
pass/Mute/Pre switch for each encoder and the channel Select
switch become Automation Safe switches. While in this mode,
pressing a Bypass/Mute/Pre switch on a plug-in or send pro-
tects any automation on that plug-in or send from being over-
written. Pressing a channel Select switch protects any auto-
mated parameters on that track from being overwritten.
In Automation Safe mode, the Automation Safe switch is lit.
While in this mode, the Bypass/Mute/Pre switch for any pro-
tected insert or send is lit, and the channel Select switch for
any protected channel is lit.
To toggle Automation Safe mode on and off:
Press the Automation Safe switch.
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Press the channel Select switch on the tracks for which you
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want to toggle automation safe status.
Press the Bypass/Mute/Pre switch for the plug-ins or sends
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for which you want to toggle automation safe status.
Press the Automation Safe switch again to exit Automation
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Safe mode.