Managing Multiple Plug-In Windows; Making Plug-Ins Inactive Or Active; Changing Plug-In Presets From Channel Strips - DigiDesign D-Control Manual

To open a focused Dynamics or EQ plug-in window:
Press the Window switch in the Dynamics or EQ section of
D-Control.
To open or close all focused plug-in windows:
Press the Plug-in switch in the Window Management sec-
tion.
To close all open plug-in windows:
Hold Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) and press the Plug-in
switch in the Window Management section. This closes all
real-time and AudioSuite plug-in windows.
To set D-Control to automatically open plug-in windows:
Press the Operation switch in the D-Control Soft Keys sec-
1
tion repeatedly to display the page that includes the Channel
Window Display preference ("ChanWn").
Press the Soft Key that corresponds to "ChanWn" until its
2
value is "Yes."
With this preference set to "Yes," when you assign a new
plug-in, press an encoder Select switch to edit a plug-in, or cy-
cle through plug-ins on the focused track, the plug-in window
will automatically open on-screen.

Managing Multiple Plug-in Windows

D-Control lets you open and swap multiple plug-in windows
on-screen. This makes it possible keep plug-in windows open
while focusing on different tracks (for example, in a session
where several tracks have Dynamics and EQ plug-ins).
Targeting Plug-ins
A plug-in is said to be targeted on-screen when its target icon in
the plug-in window header is lit red. The first plug-in window
to be opened is automatically targeted.
When a plug-in window is targeted, it is replaced when you
open any new plug-in window.
When a plug-in window is not targeted (when its target icon
is grey) the plug-in window will remain on-screen.
To open multiple plug-in windows:
Hold Shift while opening each new window. The new
plug-in windows are not targeted.
To swap multiple plug-in windows while changing track focus:
Focus a track with multiple plug-ins (for example, dynam-
1
ics, EQ and Pitch Shift plug-ins) by pressing the track's Select
switch.
Open multiple plug-in windows on the focused track while
2
holding the Shift modifier.
Hold Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) while changing focus
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to another track with multiple plug-ins by pressing the track's
Select switch.
Focused plug-ins with open windows swap into new plug-in
windows on-screen, wherever plug-ins are present in the new
track.

Making Plug-ins Inactive or Active

You can toggle the active/inactive status of a plug-in directly
from a channel strip without putting D-Control into Make
Inactive mode.
To toggle a plug-in active/inactive directly from a channel strip:
Press the Inserts switch on a channel strip to display the
1
names of the plug-ins on the channel's encoders.
Hold Control+Start (Windows) or Control+ Command
2
(Mac) and press the encoder Select switch for the plug-in.
Changing Plug-in Presets from Channel
Strips
You can activate next or previous settings in the Plug-in Li-
brarian menu directly from any channel strip on D-Control.
These commands mirror the Next and Previous Setting but-
tons in the plug-in header.
To enable the next or previous plug-in setting from a channel
strip:
Focus the plug-in in a channel strip so its controls are visible
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on the channel strip encoders.
Hold Control (Windows) or Command (Mac) and press the
2
Page Up (Next) or Page Down (Previous) switch in that chan-
nel strip's Channel Strip Mode controls.
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