DigiDesign D-Control, Manual

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Chapter 11: Normal Mode Operations and Commands 135
Inline Console Mode
With Inline mode, you can control an input channel and its
corresponding monitor channel from a single channel strip
on D-Control.
An input signal (for example, from a Digidesign PRE) is
brought into an Auxiliary Input track, and routed to an Audio
track for recording and monitoring. Inline mode on D-Con-
trol is then used to control each of these elements from a sin-
gle channel strip: the PRE and Auxiliary Input level controls
are controlled with the channel strip encoders, and the record
track levels are controlled with the channel strip fader.
To control an Auxiliary Input track and Audio track from a single
D-Control channel strip:
1
Assign the output of a Digidesign PRE (optional) or other au-
dio source to an Auxiliary Input track.
2
Assign the output of the Auxiliary Input track to an Audio
track.
3
On D-Control, press the Input switch in the Channel Strip
Mode controls for the Audio channel.
4
On the Audio channel, press the encoder Select switch on
the lowest row of encoders and turn the encoder knob to se-
lect the Auxiliary Input track.
5
Press Select to confirm the choice.
The controls for the PRE and the Auxiliary Input appear on the
Audio channel’s rotary encoders as follows, from top to bot-
tom:
• Encoder 1 Knob/Switch: PRE Phantom Power
• Encoder 2 Knob/Switch: PRE Polarity
• Encoder 3 Knob/Switch: PRE Impedance/Pad
• Encoder 4 Knob/Switch: PRE Source/Insert
• Encoder 5 Knob/Switch: PRE Gain/HPF
• Encoder 6 Knob/Switch: Aux Gain/Aux Mute
6
(Optional) Hide the Auxiliary Input channels using the
Show/Hide Soft Keys.
7
Adjust the PRE gain using Encoder 5.
8
Fine tune the input gain by adjusting the Auxiliary Input
level using Encoder 6 (the bottom encoder).
9
Press the Sends switch in the Channel Strip Mode controls
and configure any cue mixes or effects sends for the channel.
10
Adjust the monitoring level with the Audio channel fader.
To view a hidden Auxiliary Input channel while in Inline mode:
„
Press Control (Windows) or Command (Macintosh) and
press the encoder Select switch on Encoder 6.
The Auxiliary Input channel is focused in the Focus Channel
strip.
Working with Automation
Setting the Automation Mode of Channels
To cycle a channel forward through the automation modes:
„
Press the Automation Mode switch on the channel.
To cycle a channel backward through the automation modes:
„
Hold the Shift (add) Modifier switch and press the Automa-
tion Mode switch on the channel.
To toggle a channel in and out of Trim mode:
„
Press the Trim switch on the channel.
To set the automation mode of one or more channels:
1
Hold an Automation Mode switch (Write, Touch, Latch,
Trim, Read, or Off).
2
Press the Select switches or Auto switches on the channels
whose automation mode you want to set.
To set the automation mode of all or all selected channels:
1
Press the Do To All or Do To Selected switch.
2
Press an Automation Mode switch (Write, Touch, Latch,
Trim, Read, or Off).
To toggle the write enable status of an automation type across
all channels:
„
Press the switch for the corresponding automation type
(Volume, Pan, Mute, Send Level, Send Pan, Send Mute, or
Plug-In) in the Automation Enable section.
To suspend automation for all tracks:
„
Press the Auto Suspend switch in the Channel Strip Master
Function controls.