DigiDesign Control 24, Manual

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Chapter 7: Overview and Basics 41
Main Section Overview
The Main section provides the following pri-
mary control sections and capabilities.
Time Counter Display
The Time Counter display is an eight-character
display that shows current session location in
the current Main Timebase, whether Min:Secs,
Time Code, Feet.Frames, Bars:Beats, or Samples
(Time Code and Feet.Frames are only available
on Pro Tools TDM systems or Pro Tools LE™ sys-
tems with the DV Toolkit™ or DV Toolkit 2™
option.)
The current Timebase is indicated by the associ-
ated indicator LED illuminating, at the left of
the Time Counter display.
You can change the type of units displayed by
repeatedly pressing the COUNTER MODE
switch. When none of the LEDs are lit, it indi-
cates Samples is the current Timebase.
When Control|24 is not communicating with
Pro Tools, the Counter displays OFFLINE.
Communication and Control Room
Monitor Sections
This section contains master volume, muting
and other controls for all monitoring modes.
Monitoring configurations can be selected and
sent to multiple sets of speakers and head-
phones. You can also route external sources
(such as two-track return) or pairs of channels
from your Digidesign audio interface.
For more information, see Chapter 8, “Control
Room Monitor Section.”
Main section
Transport
Communication
Numeric Keypad
and
section
Bank and Nudge
Navigation/Zoom
Groups, Window,
and Edit sections
Scrub/shuttle
Control Room
sections
Time Counter
Time Counter display, indicators, and mode selector
Communications and Control Room section
Communications
Control Room Monitor
and Headphones