Avid Technology MC Control, User Manual

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Chapter 1: Introduction: The Artist Media Controller 3
Hardware Keys on Artist Series Units
The names of keys on Artist Series hardware are in bold (such as SEL ).
The SHIFT key on Artist Series hardware is indicated by bold text, in all-caps ( SHIFT ) to distinguish it from references to the Shift
key on your QWERTY keyboard.
SHIFT and SHIFT Lock
The SHIFT key on Artist Series units is used in conjunction with other keys to access secondary functions that are labeled in blue
above the primary function. MC Transport provides a single SHIFT key at the bottom-right. Two SHIFT keys are located at the bot-
tom-left and -right on both MC Control and MC Mix.
The following terminology is used to describe SHIFT functions.
Example:
• “Press and hold the Shift key then press the AUX key”
is written as
• “Press SHIFT+AUX/GROUP ”
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