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A small padlock icon appears in the OLED, indicating that
Master is now locked in its current place on the control surface.
If you use the navigation buttons to move left or right, Master
stays right where you want it.
Hint: When locking multiple channels on the AVID Artist Mix,
always lock the rightmost of the channels to be locked first.
Unlocking a previously locked source restores it to its normal
position.
Note: Locking sources has one slightly annoying side effect.
You will see a clone of locked sources elsewhere in the Artist
Mix layout. This does not pose a real issue, since the duplicate
is fully synced with the locked one, and will operate as
expected if you do use it.
21.7.19
AUDIO PRESETS
Artist Mix implementation provides full access to TriCaster’s Audio
Mixer preset system. Keep in mind that these can be a very convenient way
to store and recall different source layouts for Artist Mix, too. You can choose a
preset or create a new one using either the user interface or Artist mix. To select a preset,
proceed as follows:

Press Shift +
INSERTS
(
INPUT
) to display the list of existing mixer presets left to right across the slots
in the OLED display.

Press the
SEL
button below the PLED label of the reset you want to select.
Hint: Rotate the knob below a preset on the OLED display to access copy and paste (preset) functions.
SECTION 21.8
MIDI CONTROL
Another very useful (and often very affordable) control option available to TriCaster users is MIDI.
Literally thousands of devices of this sort are available. (Typically, MIDI devices are used in the audio
industry in particular, but often they are used for other applications as well).
TriCaster’s Macro system can ‘listen’ for button presses (only; at present, sliders, etc. are not supported) from
most MIDI devices just as it recognizes input from other control surfaces or the keyboard.
For TriCaster purposes, many MIDI devices will provide ‘plug-and-play’ convenience. Some (including the
example mentioned in the box at right above) do require the installation of third party device drivers.
Generally, adding device drivers to TriCaster is discouraged, since these may not have been prepared with
the rigorous demands of live production in mind.
MIDI Configuration Add-On:
The Add-On group in TriCaster’s Session
page (Startup) includes a link named
Ableton Novation Launchpad. This link
opens
a simple configuration
application that allows you to alter the
colors used to illuminate buttons on this
popular MIDI device.
Simply choose a specific device from the
menu at upper left, choose a Fill Color,
and click a button on the screen with the
fill
bucket mouse pointer.
(Alternatively, each button has a right-
click menu you can use to select the
color for that button.)