Step 5; Global Control Of Your Daw - Solid State Logic Matrix 2 Owner's Manual

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In this step in the tutorial we are going to concentrate on global control of the DAW, leaving in-channel controls to Step 6.
Note that the DAW control elements of Matrix function within the protocol of the DAW being controlled, as described in
Chapter 1. Please refer to your DAW control surface documentation for more details.
‰ Find the DAW LAYER SELECT
the digital scribble strip, and select the layer on which you have configured
your DAW. The selected button lights to indicate that it is active. Layer 1 is
active when none of the buttons are lit. If you wish to use Layer 1 and another
layer is selected, press the lit button to return to Layer 1.
‰ Press the Focus button, located immediately below the Master Channel in the centre section. It should
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Note that the DAW track names that appear in the Matrix channels refer to the tracks within the DAW that the Matrix
channel is controlling, not an analogue signal being fed from the DAW return. The control of a DAW track may appear in
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a different Matrix channel from the analogue signal fed out from that DAW track, whose channel is fixed.
‰ Find the main Matrix transport controls, located at the bottom of the centre
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section. Above the main transport controls you will find two rows of five
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buttons. These give you access to some of the more complex DAW controls.
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control the transport of your DAW.
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‰ Above and to the left of the transport controls, you will find the
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CHANNEL keys. These buttons scroll the DAW tracks through the Matrix
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them one at a time. These buttons allow the 16 Matrix channels to control more than 16 DAW tracks. Make sure that you
leave the DAW track which is being fed from Channel Out 16 (which you named Test) in one of the channel strips (not
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necessarily channel 16).
‰ To the right of the transport controls is a large black wheel with nine buttons above it. Ensure that
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flashing, press it until it is unlit. Also ensure that no Wheel Mode switches are lit. If one is, press
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the lit button to deselect it.
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‰ Refer to your DAW control surface documentation to determine the default function of the Scroll Wheel
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and Cursor keys. Note that when controlling Pro Tools the Jog Wheel will scroll the timeline forwards and
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backwards – this is not a normal Pro Tools function.
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In this tutorial we are only skimming the surface of the control capabilities of Matrix. See Chapters 5
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buttons, located in the centre section, below
now be unlit, indicating that you are now in DAW Focus mode. The console is now focussed on controlling
the signals inside the DAW rather than the analogue signals coming through the desk. You will notice that
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any channel names you have created in the DAW now appear in the digital scribble strip that runs through
the middle of the desk, possibly in a shortened form.
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