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Chapter 5: Serial Deck Control Mode (Configuration and Operation) 27
To select a Transport Master:
1
In Pro Tools, click the Transport Master selec-
tor to display the Transport Master pop-up
menu.
2
From the Transport Master pop-up menu, se-
lect
Pro Tools
or
Machine
.
Toggling the Transport while Online
When the Online button is highlighted, tog-
gling the Transport Master between Pro Tools
and Machine also toggles their master/slave re-
lationship.
Playback in Serial Deck
Control Mode
To play or cue your machine independently of
Pro Tools:
1
Select Transport = Machine in the Pro Tools
Transport window.
2
Make sure Pro Tools is not online (the Online
button in the Transport window is not flashing).
3
Click any of the buttons in the Pro Tools
Transport window to control your machine.
Pro Tools always displays incoming LTC or
9-pin time in the incoming time field in the Ses-
sion Setup window during fast-wind, and
switches during playback to display the current
positional reference.
To automatically locate your deck to pre-roll into
your current Timeline insertion time each time you
play back:
1
Select
Transport = Pro Tools
in the Pro Tools
Transport window.
2
Put Pro Tools online.
3
Click Play in the Transport window.
If the tape in the machine is striped with time
code that matches your Session time, the ma-
chine will locate to the total pre-roll position
ahead of the Pro Tools on-screen selection/in-
sertion point or memory location, and begin
playing back. Pro Tools will chase its time code
output.
Machine Remote Setting
If the Transport Master selector will not stay set
to Machine, or if it switches to Pro Tools from
Machine, check your machine’s Local/Remote
setting. It should be set to Remote to receive
commands from the Pro Tools Transport.
Selecting the Transport Master
Press backslash (\) (Windows) or
backslash (\) (Mac) to toggle
between available Transport Master
choices.
Transport Master selector