
11 – Machine Control/Location—DTRS devices
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Press the
EXT CTRL
key (
SHIFT
indicator should not
be lit) to bring up the main external control screen:
Initially, the list will be blank, but devices can be
added as described here.
Note that this list is unconnected with the lists of
machine and transport control devices described ear-
lier in this section and refers to specific control capa-
bilities of these devices, rather generic controls.
Move the cursor to the right column of the screen,
and use the dial to scroll through the list of supported
devices. When the desired device is highlighted,
press the on-screen
<ADD
button to add it to the main
list in the left part of the screen.
To obtain information on the selected device, press
the
INFO
button for a pop-up message describing the
connected device of the selected type.
As the device type is added to the external control
list, the ID and the communication type (as described
in “STATE” on page 81 and “ID” on page 81) are
also detected and displayed. The devices available
are:
Up to eight devices may be added in this way. If an
attempt is made to add more, a popup panel (
External
Control List Full
) appears. Press
ENTER
to dismiss this
message.
In the case of MIDI devices (controllers and faders),
the ID can be set to correspond to the MIDI channel
in the case of controllers (see “MIDI controllers” on
page 93), and the Control Change number in the case
of faders (see “MIDI faders” on page 93).
To delete a device from the active list, move the cur-
sor to the left part of the screen so that the dial scrolls
through the active list.
Turn the dial to highlight the device to be deleted,
move the cursor to the on-screen
DELETE
button, and
press
ENTER
.
To jump to the specific control screen for the selected
device, highlight the device so that the cursor is by
the
JUMP
button, and press
ENTER
.
Moving between screens
When an external screen is selected in this way, the
bottom of the screen shows two buttons, accessed
with soft keys 3 and 4.
These keys allow jumping between the different
pages of the devices selected for external control in
the main
EXTERNAL CONTROL
setup screen.
DTRS devices
Depending on the functionality of the DTRS unit
(DA-98HR, DA-78HR, DA-98, DA-88 or DA-38),
different options, such as track delay, dither setting,
etc. are available, allowing these menu operations to
DEVICE
Screen name
DA-98HR DTRS recorder (“DA-98HR”
on page 89)
DA-98HR
DA-78HR DTRS recorder (“DA-78HR”
on page 91)
DA-78HR
DA-98 DTRS recorder (“DA-98” on
page 91)
DA-98
DA-38 DTRS recorder (“DA-38” on
page 92)
DA-38
DA-88 DTRS recorder (“DA-88” on
page 92)
DA-88
Common MIDI Control Change
Parameters for a single MIDI channel
(“MIDI controllers” on page 93)
CONTROLLERS
Faders control a MIDI Control Change
parameter on 16 channels (“MIDI fad-
ers” on page 93)
MIDI FADERS
DA-98HR internal submixer control
(“DTRS mixer” on page 90)
DA-98HRMixer