DigiDesign D-Control User Manual

D-Control Guide96
Back & Play Switch
The Back and Play switch moves the current playback location
backward by the Back/Forward Amount and automatically be-
gins playback.
Forward & Play Mode
Forward & Play mode can be invoked by doing the following:
To move the playback location forward and begin playback:
 Hold Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) and press the Back and
Play switch in the Transport section.
Instant Playback
The Instant Playback switch primes Pro Tools for playback, so
that pressing Play will begin playback instantaneously. This
switch can also be used during recording to put Pro Tools in
Record Pause mode.
External Machines Switches
The External Machines switches allow direct access to remote
machine track arming functions of Digidesign MachineCon-
trol™. These functions are available when MachineControl is
enabled and a track arming profile is declared. For details on
remote track arming functions and record modes, refer to the
MachineControl Guide.
Track Arm from Channel Strips Switch
The Track Arm from Channel Strips switch displays track arm-
ing controls for the currently enabled external machine on
Custom Fader channels. Track names appear in the Custom
Fader channel displays and the tracks can be record enabled
with the corresponding Record Enable switch.
If more machine tracks are available for arming than can be
displayed, the Bank/Cycle switch allows banking of the chan-
nels.
Machine Insert Switch
The Machine Insert switch toggles the “Machine Follows Edit
Insertion/Scrub” Machine Control preference in the Pro Tools
Operation Preferences.
Auto Insert/Punch Switch
The Auto Insert/Punch switch toggles the MachineControl
record protocol between Auto Edit and Punch In/Out modes,
as displayed in the Pro Tools Track Arming window.
Insert/Assemble Switch
The Insert/Assemble switch toggles the MachineControl
record mode between Insert and Assemble modes, as dis-
played in the Pro Tools Track Arming window.
External Machine Online Switches
Machine Online Switches
The Machine Online switches (Mach 1, Mach 2, Mach 3, and
Mach 4) are used in D-Control Multi-mode to switch worksur-
face control between connected Pro Tools systems.
When a Pro Tools system is indicated as available, you can
switch control to that system by pressing the corresponding
Machine Online switch.
See “D-Control Multi-Mode” on page 100.
External Machines switches
Track Arm
from
Channel Strips
switch
Machine
Insert
switch
Auto
Insert/Punch
switch
Insert/
Assemble
switch
External Machine Online switches
Machine 1
Online
switch
Machine 2
Online
switch
Machine 3
Online
switch
Machine 4
Online
switch

DigiDesign D-Control Specifications

General

Brand	DigiDesign
Model	D-Control
Category	Music Mixer
Language	English