Pro Tools
MIDI Controllers Guide
Version 5.0 for Macintosh and Windows
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Chapter 1. Working With MIDI Control Surfaces
MIDI Controller Terms
Configuring Your System for a MIDI Controller
Using the Mackie HUI with a Sequencer
General Information for All MIDI Controllers
Chapter 2. Mackie HUI Controller
WINDOW Switches
Analog Monitoring Section
Level Meters
Transport Controls
AUDITION, PRE/POST, IN/OUT Switches
Time Counter Display & Rude Solo Light
Numeric Keypad
Scrub/Shuttle Wheel
Keyboard Shortcuts Section
Zoom Switch Quadrant
Bank Swapping and Channel Scrolling
Channel Fader Strip and SELECT/ASSIGN Sections
Master BYPASS Switch
V-SEL Switch
Adjusting Channel Pan
STATUS/GROUP Switches
Working with Groups
SELECT/ASSIGN Section: Pan, Input/Output, Sends
Working with Sends and Plug-Ins
Selecting and Editing Inserts and Plug-Ins
Send Level Editing
Fader FLIP Mode
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DEFAULT (QuickMode) switch
Working with Plug-Ins: Using the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN Section
Assigning Plug-Ins and Hardware I/O Inserts
Editing Plug-In Parameters
Automation
AUTO ENABLE and AUTO MODE Switches
Automating Plug-Ins
F-Keys (Function Keys)
Troubleshooting & Diagnostics
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Chapter 3. JL Cooper CS-10 MIDI Controller
Fader Switch Functions
Additional Switch Functions
Rotary Knob Functions
Transport Switches
Scrolling the Edit and Mix windows
Scrub and Shuttle Wheel
Creating Selections Using the Scrub/Shuttle Wheel
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Chapter 4. Penny & Giles MM-16/DC-16 MIDI Controllers
Fader Belt Functions
Fader Belt Switch Functions
Additional Switch Functions
Transport Switches
Scrub and Shuttle Functions
Creating Selections Using the Scrub/Shuttle Wheel
Resetting the Penny & Giles MM-16 or DC-16
Chapter 5. Peavey PC-1600 MIDI Controller
Preset Modes
Function Switches
Transport Control of External Devices
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Appendix A. Using Other MIDI Controllers
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chapter 1
Working With MIDI Control Surfaces
Pro Tools allows you to use a MIDI control
surface (or
ple Pro Tools controls at once. For example, you can use a MIDI control surface to
adjust on-screen faders and knobs, activate
transport controls, or scrub and shuttle in
Pro Tools.
MIDI controller
) to move multi-
MIDI Controller Terms
Here are a few terms that apply to the use of
a MIDI control surface with Pro Tools:
Bank
A group of similar controls (such as
faders, rotary controls, or switches) that are
arranged in discrete channel strips. With a
control surface, you can operate one bank
of controls at a time.
Bank Size or Bank Width
the number of controls on your MIDI control surface. For example, an MM-16 or DC16 have 16 continuous-belt faders, while
the HUI and the CS-10 each have eight faders. You can use more than one controller
to have a wider bank (for example, you can
have up to 64 channels using four Penny &
Giles controllers).
Bank Swap
lets you switch control from one on-screen
bank of channel strip faders to another.
The process by which Pro Tools
Corresponds to
Global Controls
gle functions that never change. For example, the transport switches or the jog/shuttle wheel affect all tracks, and do not
change when you switch banks.
Pro Tools allows you to mix MIDI controller types, and have them act as a single
bank. For example, you could use a HUI,
MM-16/DC-16, CS-10 and PC-1600 together at the same time, which would create a MIDI controller console that is 48
channels wide. If you bank swapped with
this extended console, you would be
switching 48 faders at a time.
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Pro Tools supports use of multiple controllers of the same type, and allows you to duplicate controls from either control surface.
However, only the controller assigned to the
first MIDI Controller position (in the Peripherals dialog) can have access to Plug-In editing.
Controls that perform sin-
MIDI Controller Personalities
MIDI Controller Personalities
low Pro Tools to communicate with MIDI
controllers such as the Mackie HUI™, any
of the JL Cooper CS-10™ series, the Peavey
PC-1600™, and the Penny & Giles MM16™/DC-16™.
are files that al-
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These files are installed in the Controllers
folder within the DAE Folder. Pro Tools
scans the MIDI Controller Personalities
folder whenever you open the Peripherals
dialog and assign a MIDI controller.
Installing OMS
To install OMS on your system, refer to
■
Pro Tools Hardware Installation Guide
the
instructions, or refer to the OMS documentation included on the Pro Tools CD-ROM.
To connect your MIDI control surface to your
MIDI interface:
1
Connect your MIDI Interface to a serial
port on your computer. (Do not connect
the MIDI interface to the DigiSerial Port on
your Pro Tools system.)
2
Connect your MIDI control surface to
your MIDI interface. If you have a multiport MIDI interface, take note of which
MIDI port the control surface is connected
to.
for
The MIDI Controllers page of the Peripherals dialog
Configuring Your System
for a MIDI Controller
Windows
Connect and configure your MIDI interface
according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Your MIDI ports will appear in the
Pro Tools pop-up menus for MIDI port
source/destination.
Macintosh
Before using a MIDI control surface with
Pro Tools, you must first configure it as an
OMS device and then enable it in the
Pro Tools Peripherals dialog.
The Apple Serial DMA driver option must
be deselected for Pro Tools to properly
communicate with MIDI devices.
To deselect Apple Serial DMA:
1
Launch the OMS Setup application. (You
can also launch OMS Setup from within
Pro Tools by choosing Setups > OMS Studio
Setup.)
2
In OMS Setup, choose Edit > Preferences,
and make sure the “Use Apple Serial DMA
driver when available” option is deselected.
3
Click OK to close the Preferences dialog.
Configuring OMS for your MIDI control
surface
The following are basic instructions for
configuring OMS. If you are not familiar
with OMS, OMS Devices, or how to configure OMS Setup, refer to the OMS documentation included on the Pro Tools CD-ROM.
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In OMS, create a new device for your control surface. Make sure Is Controller and Is
Multitimbral are selected.
2
Make sure Receives and Sends for MIDI
Time Code, MIDI Beat Clock, and MIDI
Machine Control are deselected.
3
Under Receive Channels, select the channel for sending and receiving data from the
MIDI controller. Refer to the table below
for control surface channel requirements.
If your MIDI controller is the only device
connected to a port on a multi-port MIDI
interface, you can leave all receive channels selected, since there will be no potential channel conflicts.
Channel requirements for Control Surfaces
Control Surface Channel
Mackie HUI 1
Penny & Giles (all) 16
Connecting the MIDI Controller to the correct port or
MIDI interface in the OMS Setup window
Pro Tools supports use of up to four MIDI
controllers at the same time. If you use
multiple controllers, make sure that none
of the controllers are assigned to the same
MIDI port and channel.
JL Cooper CS-10 16
Peavey PC-1600 any
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Click OK.
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In the OMS Setup window, connect the
MIDI controller to the correct OMS port location or MIDI interface. Drag the MIDI
controller icon onto the icon for the desired port or MIDI interface. Arrows between the MIDI controller and the MIDI
interface signify a connection has been
made.
You can change the MIDI controller icon to
match the visual look of your controller by
clicking the icon and choosing the Device
Icon command in the Studio menu.
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Save the changes to your current OMS
Setup document.
Enabling Input Devices
On the Macintosh, you must enable the
MIDI control surface as an input device.
To enable an input device:
1
Choose MIDI > Input Devices
2
Select the MIDI control surface and click
OK.
When you add a device in OMS Setup
while Pro Tools is running, it will be automatically enabled as an input device.
If you want to prevent MIDI data from a
controller reaching Pro Tools, you can disable a controller as an input device.
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For more information on recording MIDI and
enabling input devices, refer to the
Pro Tools
Reference Guide.
Configuring Pro Tools
(Windows and Macintosh)
1
If you are using the Mackie HUI, make
sure Active in Background is selected in the
Pro Tools Operations menu.
2
Choose Setups > Peripherals and click
MIDI Controllers.
3
In the MIDI Controllers field, choose
your MIDI controller device name from the
Type pop-up menu.
Choosing the source port for a MIDI controller
Additionally, if you are using the PC-1600,
choose a MIDI channel in the source port
submenu to receive data. Both the
MM-16/DC-16 and the CS-10 main unit always transmit on MIDI channel #16, and
x
the optional eight fader CS-10
expander
units always transmit on MIDI channel
#15.
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Choose a destination port from the Send
To pop-up menu.
Choosing the type of MIDI controller)
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Choose the source and destination ports
for your MIDI controller. These should correspond to the input and output ports to
which your MIDI controller is connected.
Choose the MIDI Controller’s source port
from the Receive From pop-up menu.
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Choosing the destination port for a MIDI controller
If you are using the PC-1600, choose a
MIDI channel in the destination port submenu to transmit data. Both the
MM-16/DC-16 and the CS-10 main unit always receive on MIDI channel #16, and the
x
optional eight fader CS-10
expander units
always receive on MIDI channel #15.
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If your MIDI controller has more than
eight channel strips (such as JL Cooper’s
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CS-10
with additional CS-10x expansion
modules), or if you are using multiple devices of the same type in series, choose the
appropriate number of channel strips from
the pop menu under “# Ch’s.”
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Click OK.
You can configure additional MIDI controllers (for a total of four) by repeating the
above steps. Make sure that none of the
controllers are assigned to the same MIDI
source and destination ports or channels in
the Pro Tools Peripherals dialog or in OMS.
Testing Connections
Move a fader or knob on your MIDI controller, and the corresponding on-screen
control should move. If your system does
not seem to be responding correctly, repeat
the installation and configuration steps,
and check all MIDI connections and settings.
Pro Tools Display of Banks
In the Pro Tools Mix window, the channel
strips corresponding to a “bank width” of
faders are highlighted in color. The number of faders in a bank will correspond to
your controller type, and to the number of
channels specified in the “#Ch’s” pop-up
menu.
The blue outline appears because each controller choice in the Peripherals dialog has
an identifying color associated with it.
Pro Tools places a colored outline around
the channel in any bank governed by your
controller. If you enable additional controllers, Pro Tools will color code the faders
with the color that corresponds to the
numbered controller (#1-4) in the Peripherals dialog.
Overview of Control Surface Parameters
In addition to on-screen fader and knob
control, your MIDI controller can access
basic Pro Tools commands for creating selections and regions, setting zoom views
and memory locations, and enabling online/off-line status, along with some modifier key controls whose functions correspond to their computer keyboard equivalents. The switch functions for supported
MIDI controllers are listed in the chapters
for the respective controllers.
As long as your MIDI controller is enabled
in the Peripherals dialog, Pro Tools will automatically scan the ports for your controller each time you launch the program.
With the exception of the Mackie HUI, if
enabled controllers are not found,
Pro Tools will still behave as if they are connected. For example, bank outlines will still
appear for your controller(s) on the appropriate fader channel strips.
Using the Mackie HUI with a Sequencer
(Macintosh)
If you plan to use HUI with an OMS-compatible sequencer, note that the HUI is defined as a device in your OMS studio setup,
and some MIDI sequencers software may
treat HUI as an instrument. This is because
HUI continually sends out an active sensing-type message which would be recorded
by the sequencer. (This will not occur if
your sequencer software directly supports
the Mackie HUI. Refer to your sequencer
software documentation for details.)
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To avoid this behavior, disable HUI as an
input device in the sequencer’s Options or
Preference dialogs. In StudioVision, for example, select the Enable Input Devices
command from the Setups menu, and deselect HUI.
mote control by outlining the channel
strip’s name area in a particular color.
Each MIDI controller type has its own key
commands for bank swapping. These commands are covered in the chapters for the
respective controllers.
Removing a MIDI Controller
To remove an enabled MIDI controller:
1
Choose Setups > Peripherals and click
MIDI Controllers.
2
Under MIDI Controllers, choose None
from the Type pop-up menu for the controller you wish to remove.
3
Repeat as needed to remove additional
controllers.
4
Click OK when you have finished.
General Information for All MIDI Controllers
MIDI Controller Width and
Bank Swapping
In the Peripherals dialog, the “# Ch’s” popup menu indicates the number of fader
channels for your MIDI controller. Once
this is set, bank swapping is optimized for
the current controller configuration.
Pro Tools allows you to swap banks of 8 to
64 channel strips at a time (depending on
the type of MIDI controller and total number of faders available), or shift the bank
over one channel strip at a time. For example, the CS-10 can be identified as being 8,
16, 24, or 32 channel strips wide. Pro Tools
shows which tracks are currently under re-
Disengaging Faders from Mix Groups
The Control keys on both the computer
keyboard and the MIDI controller serve as a
clutch for disengaging a fader from a Mix
group. However, the Control key on the
computer keyboard and the Control key on
the MIDI controller are not reciprocal. You
must press the Control key on the controller to move a controller fader independently of its Mix group.
“Pass Through Null” Fader Automation
If a MIDI controller does not have touchsensitive controls, Pro Tools needs some
way to know when a control is being
moved, to avoid creating large discontinuities in automation recording. To do this,
Pro Tools employs a “pass through null”
function.
With a MIDI controller that does not have
touch sensitive controls, the Touch and
Latch automation modes will begin recording only when the fader or other control
has matched or “passed through” the
present automation playlist value. In these
modes, the auto-matching LEDs on individual channels in the Mix window indicate which way a fader needs to be moved
to match the current automation data.
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Triangular AutoMatch LEDs on a channel strip
When fader position and data match, the
track will begin writing automation and
will stop writing automation when you
stop moving the fader and the Touch Timeout has expired (Touch mode), or when
playback stops (Latch mode). You do not
have to manually “null” the fader to match
the preexisting automation level at the
punch-in point before playback begins.
This pass-through null feature does not apply to the Mackie HUI or the Penny & Giles
MM-16/DC-16. The HUI has touch-sensitive faders that will overwrite automation
data as soon as they are moved, and the
MM-16/DC-16 use continuous belt controls, where the relative position of the faders always matches the automation playback level.
Automating Switched Controls
When automating switched controls (such
as mutes or Plug-In bypasses), automation
data is written for as long as the switch or
button for that control is pressed or
touched.
For example, if you have just written a series of mute on/off states in quick succession on a channel, the manual method for
clearing this automation data would require you to move to the Edit window,
choose automation playlist for Mute, select
the mute automation data, and delete it.
In Pro Tools, you don't have to perform all
of these steps. Instead, you can perform an-
other automation pass on the track and
hold down the Mute switch when it
reaches the state you want to keep. As long
as you keep the mute switch depressed,
Pro Tools erases the underlying changes in
mute state that occur until you press Stop.
Global Modifier Keys
All modifier keys act in a reciprocal fashion, meaning the modifier can be held
down on either the controller or the computer keyboard. Similarly, you can use the
keyboard’s modifier keys in conjunction
with controller switches (such as mute/solo
or record ready) for all keyboard modifier
operations.
Transport Fast Forward/Rewind Settings
When the Audio During Fast Forward/Rewind option is selected in the Operation
Preferences, you will hear scanned audio
during rewind and fast forward.
If the Audio During Fast Forward/Rewind
option is not selected, you can continuously rewind/fast forward by holding down
the corresponding switch. You can also rewind/fast forward incrementally by repeatedly clicking the corresponding switch.
The size of these increments depends on
which Display mode is currently selected:
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Bars/Beats: To start of previous/next bar
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Min/Sec: Moves in one-second steps
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Timecode: Moves in one-second steps
◆ Feet.Frames: Moves in one-foot steps
◆ Samples: Moves in one-second steps
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If your system also includes an external
transport video or audio tape machine, be
sure to configure it in the Peripherals page
of the Preferences dialog.
Scrolling the Edit and Mix Windows from a Controller
To scroll the Edit or Mix window:
■ Hold down the Command key, then
press an arrow key on any hardware controller. The arrow keys will then scroll the
Edit or Mix window (whichever is frontmost) one page in the direction specified
by the arrow.
To scroll to session start or end:
■ Press Command-Option-Left Arrow to
scroll to session start, or Command-Option-Right Arrow to scroll to session end.
Controlling Plug-Ins
where controls would logically be grouped
together. In these cases, there may be PlugIn pages that contain “blank” locations
where a given control is not active.
The Plug-In parameters that a controller is
able to access in the current page will be
highlighted blue. Automatable Plug-In
controls are shown in red when in any
write automation mode (Auto Write, Auto
Touch, or Auto Latch), and will turn green
when in Auto Read.
Each MIDI controller type has its own key
commands for moving through the Plug-In
control pages. These commands are covered in the chapters for the respective controllers.
Automating Plug-In Controls
Pro Tools allows you to automate any PlugIn control, as long as the Plug-In supports
automation.
Pro Tools lets you control Plug-Ins from the
first MIDI controller enabled in the Peripherals dialog. When editing Plug-In settings,
the associated track name is outlined in red
in the Pro Tools Mix window.
Since some Plug-Ins have more controls
than a single MIDI controller, these PlugIns are controlled through a collection of
control “pages.” The MIDI controller defines a “page size” based on its number of
controls, and the Plug-In controls are
grouped accordingly into pages of this size.
In many cases, there will be a one-to-one
relationship between the number of controls and the number of pages. Some PlugIns have an odd number of controls, or
have controls that don’t allow a page break
Pro Tools MIDI Controllers Guide8
☞ For instructions on automating Plug-Ins, re-
fer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide.
On all supported MIDI Controllers except
the Mackie HUI, there is no distinction between continuous controls (which vary in
level over many steps), and switched controls (which have only on and off states).
On these controllers, you use faders or
knobs to set values for switched controls
on Plug-Ins.
Plug-In controls are generally mapped
from the top left to the bottom right of the
Plug-In. Some controls may be inactive for
certain pages, but each control will appear
over the range of pages supported for that
Plug-In.
☞ Plug-In page tables for each of the Digide-
sign Plug-Ins are included in online format on
the Pro Tools Installer CD-ROM.
An Important Note About Third-Party Plug-Ins
Plug-Ins from some of Digidesign’s Development Partners may need to be updated
for compatibility with the automation capabilities of Pro Tools, as well as controllerbased Plug-In editing and Librarian functionality. Plug-In control paging behavior
is determined by the Plug-In software, not
by the Pro Tools application. Contact the
manufacturer of your Plug-In for information about automation support in
Pro Tools.
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Pro Tools MIDI Controllers Guide10
chapter 2
Mackie HUI Controller
The Mackie HUI™ (Human User Interface)
is a dedicated mixing and editing controller designed to interface seamlessly with
Pro Tools. Dedicated HUI controls allow
easy navigation through Pro Tools functions, including mixing, editing, grouping,
Plug-In control, and automation.
Communication between HUI and
Pro Tools is bidirectional, meaning controller movements from HUI are reflected
on-screen in Pro Tools, and changes in
Pro Tools are mirrored on HUI.
Key features of HUI include:
Tactile and visual interfacing
◆ Eight motorized, touch-sensitive faders
with fader bank and channel selectors
◆ Illuminated V-POTs (virtual rotary po-
tentiometers) control channel routing,
pans, sends, and other values
◆ Hi-resolution, LED scribble strip on each
channel displays channel identification
and assignments
◆ Stereo LED meters on each channel
Dedicated Pro Tools functions
◆ Switches for window selection, groups,
editing and transport control
◆ Dedicated modifier key switches for Mac-
intosh and Windows
◆ Numeric keypad
Navigation and cursor controls
◆ Scrub/Shuttle wheel with operation
mode switches
◆ Zoom/Navigation/Selection cursor
switch matrix
◆ Time Counter display
Plug-In control
• Dedicated Plug-In section for assigning
and editing DSP Plug-Ins
• High resolution 40x2 display for Plug-In
parameters
Studio integration
◆ Analog control room monitoring sec-
tion, talkback control, mic preamps
For audio connections, control room functions, and information on the rear panel,
refer to the Mackie HUI User’s Guide.
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SELECT/ASSIGN section
• Assign/Edit switches for
Sends, Pan, Input, and
Output
• SELECT/ASSIGN display
(single, four character
LED dot-matrix type) for
current pan, send, input
or output status
• Default switch for resetting
faders and V-POTs
• Master Record Ready,
Insert Bypass, and Send
Mute switches
• Bank/Channel navigation
switches
• Flip switch for mapping
Send level to faders
WINDOW section
• Switches to select active
Pro Tools window
SEND A
SEND B
SEND C
SEND D
SELECT-ASSIGN
SEND E
PAN
ASSIGN
INPUT
OUTPUT
BANK
CHANNEL
WINDOW
TRANSPORT
EDIT
MIX
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
UNDO SAVE
EDIT MODE EDIT TOOL
SHIFT/ADD
CTRL/CLUTCH
DSP EDIT/ASSIGN section
• DSP EDIT/ASSIGN area for assigning
inserts and editing Plug-In parameters
• Data encoders with fixed or velocity-sensitive response
• Display with selectable brightness
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REC/RDY
REC/RDY
REC/RDY ALL
BYPASS
MUTE
SHIFT
SUSPEND
DEFAULT
ASSIGN
ALT
STATUS
MEM-LOC
OPTION/ALL
ALT/FINE
REC/RDY
INSERT
INSERT
INSERT
V-SEL
V-SEL V-SEL V-SEL V-SEL V-SEL V-SEL V-SEL
AUTO AUTO AUTO
AUTO
SOLO
MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE
MUTE
SELECT
SELECT
SELECT SELECT SELECT
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SOLO
SOLOSOLO
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SELECT
SELECT
SELECT
SELECT SELECT
ASSIGN
COMPARE
BYPASS
F2
F1
AUTO ENABLE AUTO MODE
READ TOUCH
MUTE
FADER
LATCH
PAN
SEND
PLUG IN SEND MUTE
TIME CODE
FEET
BEATS
CONTROL ROOM
CONTROL ROOM
INPUT 1
1:1 DISCRETE MONO
INPUT 2
MAX
OO
MASTER
VOLUME
INPUT 3
MUTE
LEVEL
MIC
TALKBACK
ZOOM
Switch Matrix section
• Switch Matrices for master
control of automation
modes, group status and
editing
SELECT
DSP EDIT/ASSIGN
F3 F4 F5
WRITE
TRIM
OFF
SPKR 1
SPKR 2
PHONES/
SPKR 3
DIM
AUDITION
RTZ
ENDINON LINE
FAST FWD STOP PLAY
REWIND
MONITOR
RUDE
SOLO
LIGHT
OUTPUT 1
OUTPUT 2
OUTPUT 3
PRE
SELECT
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PHASE SUSPEND
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CAPTURE
GROUP
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• Global Modifier keys
• Edit mode and tool
switches
• Save and Undo
Figure 1. Mackie HUI
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Eight Channel Fader Strips
• Touch-sensitive motorized faders
• Stereo LED meters for level indication
• Channel SELECT switches
• Four-character scribble strip LED dot-matrix displays
• MUTE switches
• SOLO switches
• AUTO switches for enabling channel automation
• PAN/SEND V-POT Data Encoders with LED rings
• Secondary V-POT SELECT switches
• INSERT switches for Plug-In for editing or bypass
• REC/RDY (Record Ready) switches
MASTER section
• Time Counter Display/Solo
Indicator
• Analog Monitoring Section
• Numeric Keypad
• Audition, Pre/Post, and In/Out
switches
• Transport switches
• Scrub/Shuttle wheel
• Zoom/Navigation Cursor
Switch Matrix
Communication with HUI
Here are some general guidelines for communication between HUI and Pro Tools:
WINDOW Switches
WINDOW
Pro Tools On-screen Dialog Warnings
Certain dialog messages that appear onscreen in Pro Tools will also appear in the
HUI display. You must close these dialogs
before continuing work with the HUI.
Pro Tools “Lost Communication”
Message
If Pro Tools loses communication with the
HUI, it will display “OFFLINE” in its Time
Counter Display. If this occurs, turn off
power to the HUI, wait a few seconds, and
then turn on the HUI again. If communication problems persist, check connections
to the HUI.
When Pro Tools has reestablished communications with the HUI, the far-right decimal point LED in the Time Code Display
will flash, indicating that communication
has been established and is valid.
If you are not using the HUI, deselect it in
the MIDI Controllers field in the Peripherals dialog.
Active in Background Message
In most setups, the Pro Tools Active in
Background option should be selected in
the Operations menu.
If this option is not selected and another
application is brought to the foreground, a
warning will appear in the HUI display. Select Operations > Active in Background,
and HUI activity will be restored.
TRANSPORT
EDIT
MIX
ALT
STATUS
MEM-LOC
The WINDOW switches control the display
of on-screen windows in Pro Tools:
MIX and EDIT Bring the window to the fore-
ground. The switch LEDs light to indicate
the currently active window.
TRANSPORT Opens/closes the Transport
window.
ALT Opens/closes the Insert Editor for the
currently selected Plug-In.
STATUS Opens/closes the Session Setup
Display window.
MEM LOC Opens/closes the Memory Loca-
tions window.
The Transport, Memory Location, Session
Setup and Inserts/Sends windows are all
floating windows. The switches for these
windows also bring an open window to the
foreground. If a floating window is already
in the foreground, then pressing its switch
closes the window.
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Inserts/Sends Editor
The ALT switch opens/closes the Inserts/Sends Editor for the currently selected
Plug-In, as indicated in the DSP/EDIT display by the flashing insert on the INSERTS
view, or by the currently active Plug-In on
the PARAM view. When a Plug-In is selected for editing on HUI, the corresponding Inserts/Sends Editor for the Plug-In also
opens in Pro Tools. Only a single Plug-In
can be opened and edited at a time.
If the Inserts/Sends Editor for the currently
selected Plug-In is closed, you can still edit
the Plug-In using the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN
section on the HUI.
Scrolling the Edit and Mix Windows
To scroll the Edit or Mix window:
■ Press cALT/FINE + Left or Right Arrow to
scroll the frontmost window one page in
either direction.
To scroll to session start or end:
■ Press cALT/FINE + OPTION/ALL + Left
Arrow to scroll to session start.
■ Press cALT/FINE + OPTION/ALL + Right
Arrow to scroll to session end.
Analog Monitoring Section
CONTROL ROOM
CONTROL ROOM
INPUT 1
INPUT 2
INPUT 3
1:1 DISCRETE MONO
MUTE
LEVEL
TALKBACK
OO
MASTER
VOLUME
MIC
MAX
DIM
SPKR 1
SPKR 2
PHONES/
SPKR 3
The analog monitoring section provides
standard control room, studio cue, talkback, and alternate two-track source monitoring capability. Up to three stereo input
sources, and output to any of three stereo
destinations are supported. In addition, it
can supply a special discrete surround mix
monitor mode for 5.1 or LCRS surround
mixing.
☞ To configure and use the analog monitoring
section with the rest of your studio, refer to the
Mackie HUI User’s Guide.
OUTPUT 1
OUTPUT 2
OUTPUT 3
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Level Meters
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RTZ (Return-To-Zero) Sets playback cursor
to the beginning of the session
END (Go-To-End) Sets playback cursor to the
end of the session
ONLINE Places Pro Tools online/offline
(LED is lit when Pro Tools is online)
LOOP Toggles Loop Playback mode (LED is
lit when Loop Playback is enabled) in the
Pro Tools Operations menu
The HUI has eight stereo, 12-segment LED
ladders for output level indication of individual channels.
Meters match the peak reading features in
Pro Tools (clip hold and separate peak
hold). Press the F1 switch in the Function
keys section to clear clipped meters and last
held peaks indications.
Mono channels activate the left side of the
meter pair only.
The HUI level meters follow the Pro Tools
setting for Pre/Post Fader metering.
Transport Controls
AUDITION
LEVEL
MIC
TALKBACK
PRE
RTZ
ENDINON LINE
FAST FWD STOP PLAY
REWIND
Transport Switches
The Transport switches correspond to
transport functions in Pro Tools.
OUT
POST
LOOP
QUICKPUNCH
RECORD
QUICKPUNCH Toggles QuickPunch record-
ing mode (LED is lit when QuickPunch is
enabled) in the Pro Tools Operations menu
REWIND Rewinds the session from the cur-
rent cursor position
FAST FORWARD Fast-forwards the session
from the current cursor position
STOP Stops playback or recording
PLAY Begins playback from current cursor
position
RECORD Arms Pro Tools for recording (LED
flashes).
Fast Forward/Rewind Settings
When the Audio During Fast Forward/Rewind option is selected in the Operation
Preferences, you will hear scanned audio
(as on a CD player) during rewind and fast
forward.
If the Audio During Fast Forward/Rewind
option is not selected, you can continuously rewind/fast forward by holding down
the corresponding switch. You can also rewind/fast forward incrementally by repeatedly clicking the corresponding switch.
The size of these increments depends on
which Display mode is currently selected:
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◆ Bars/Beats: To start of previous/next bar
◆ Min/Sec: Moves in one-second steps
◆ Timecode: Moves in one-second steps
◆ Feet.Frames: Moves in one-foot steps
◆ Samples: Moves in one-second steps
In addition, there are these shortcuts for
transport functions:
◆ SHIFT/ADD-PLAY: Initiates half-speed
playback
◆ SHIFT/ADD-STOP: Aborts the current
record pass
◆ SHIFT/ADD-FAST FORWARD: Go-To-End
◆ SHIFT/ADD-REWIND: Return to zero
◆ CTRL/CLUTCH-RECORD: Cycles
through record modes (normal, QuickPunch, Loop)
◆ CTRL/CLUTCH-ONLINE: Cycles
through available machine master choices,
as displayed in the Transport window
Loop Record Mode
To place Pro Tools into Loop Record Mode,
press CTRL/CLUTCH + LOOP.
Loop Record mode is indicated by a loop
graphic on the Record button in the Transport window.
Transport Control of External Devices
The HUI can be used to control devices
other than Pro Tools, such as the Alesis
ADAT® via MIDI Machine Control, or serial (9-pin) machine control transports (using the MachineControl™ option for
Pro Tools).
To cycle through available transport master
types:
■ Hold down the CTRL/CLUTCH switch
and press the ONLINE switch.
When Serial Machine is transport master,
you can also jog or shuttle the deck by
turning the Scrub/Shuttle wheel.
The HUI RECORD switch LED reflects the
state of the device under control.
Footswitch Control
There are two footswitch inputs on the HUI
rear panel for transport control.
Footswitch #1 performs the following functions:
◆ If Pro Tools is playing back, press Foot-
switch #1 to stop.
◆ If Pro Tools is recording, press
SHIFT/ADD and Footswitch #1 to abort the
recording.
◆ If Pro Tools is stopped, press Footswitch
#1 to start playback.
◆ Press SHIFT/ADD and Footswitch #1 to
start half-speed playback.
Footswitch #2 performs the following functions:
◆ Press Footswitch #2 to toggle the
Pro Tools record state on/off.
◆ Press CTRL/CLUTCH and Footswitch #2
to cycle through available record modes
(destructive or nondestructive).
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AUDITION, PRE/POST, IN/OUT Switches
AUDITION
RTZ
PRE
END
The AUDITION switch is used with the
PRE/POST and IN/OUT switches to play
currently selected audio. Playback continues until AUDITION is pressed again or until another transport button is pressed.
The PRE and POST switches activate preroll and post-roll. These switches also work
with the AUDITION switch to audition
around various edit areas.
The IN and OUT switches can be used to
mark In and Out edit points during playback. These switches also work with the
AUDITION switch to audition In/Out edit
points.
✽ You can leave an audition mode at any time,
and go to any other audition mode or transport
command.
Setting Pre/Post Roll
To enter a Pre- or Post-Roll time:
1 Press cALT/FINE and PRE or POST.
2 Enter values on the numeric keypad. This
enters a pre- or post-roll time according to
the Grid/Time Display value.
3 Press the Left and Right Arrows to cycle
through the numeric fields in the Pre- or
Post-Roll counters in the Pro Tools Trans-
IN
ON LINE
OUT
LOOP
POST
QUICKPUNCH
port window. Press the Up and Down Arrows to increase or decrease the current
numeric field value. Press CLR to clear the
counters.
4 To confirm the entered time value, press
ENTER. To enter the same value for both
pre- and post-roll, press OPTION/ALL + ENTER.
– or –
■ Press F8/ESC to abort numeric entry and
leave the times unchanged.
To manually enter selection start and end
times:
1 Press cALT/FINE and IN or OUT in the
Audition switch matrix.
2 Enter values on the numeric keypad. This
enters a Start or End time according to the
Grid/Time Display value used in Pro Tools.
3 Press the Left and Right Arrows to cycle
through the numeric fields in the Start and
End counters in the Pro Tools Transport
window. Press the Up and Down Arrows to
increase or decrease the current numeric
field value. Press CLR to clear the counters.
4 To confirm the entered time value, press
the ENTER switch. (To enter the same value
for both Start and End times, press the OPTION/ALL + ENTER).
– or –
■ Press the F8/ESC switch to abort numeric
entry and leave the times unchanged.
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AUDITION Functions
To audition an edit point, press AUDITION
and PRE, IN, OUT or POST.
Playback continues until AUDITION is
pressed again or until another transport
button is pressed.
PRE Plays audio starting at the pre-roll
point up to the beginning of the selection.
IN Plays audio starting at the beginning of
the selection and lasting the length of the
post-roll amount.
OUT Plays audio starting before the selec-
tion end point by the pre-roll amount.
POST Plays audio starting at the end of a
selection and lasting the length of the postroll amount.
In addition, there are these shortcuts for
audition functions:
◆ Press cALT/FINE + OPTION/ALL, and
PRE or IN to play audio starting at the preroll point, continuing through the selection start, and ending after the selection
start point by the post-roll amount.
◆ Press cALT/FINE + OPTION/ALL, and
OUT or POST to play audio starting before
the selection end point by the pre-roll
amount, continuing through the selection
end point, and ending after the selection
end point by the post-roll amount.
Time Counter Display & Rude Solo Light
TIME CODE
FEET
BEATS
This eight-character, seven-segment LED
display shows the current session time position in standard formats, as selected in
the Pro Tools software (you cannot select
time formats with HUI).
Three LEDs positioned next to the display
indicate the current time display mode:
◆ TIME CODE: SMPTE format
◆ FEET: Feet and Frames
◆ BEATS: Bars and Beats
◆ All indicator LEDs off: Minutes/Seconds
or Samples (depending on the Time Display mode chosen)
Host Communication Status LED
When Pro Tools is communicating properly with the HUI, the far-right decimal
point LED in the Time Code Display will
flash.
Rude Solo Light
The Rude Solo Light flashes whenever there
is at least one channel in the current session that is soloed.
RUDE
SOLO
LIGHT
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Numeric Keypad
LOCATE/NUMERIC S
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Setting Pre/Post Roll
◆ You can set pre-/post-roll times by press-
ing cALT/FINE + PRE or POST, and entering values with the Numeric Keypad.
Scrub/Shuttle Wheel
FAST FWD STOP PLAY
REWIND
RECORD
The Numeric Keypad is used for storing
and recalling memory locations, data entry
(such as counter values), and confirming
an editing operation. It also supports all
Numeric Keypad modes (Classic, Transport
and Shuttle) in the Operation preferences.
☞ Refer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide for
details on Numeric Keypad modes.
◆ For dialog messages, press ENTER for OK,
and F8/ESC for Cancel.
◆ Press ENTER to enter numeric values into
Pro Tools counters or displays. Press F8/ESC
to cancel numeric entry and leave settings
unchanged.
◆ Press Forward Slash (“/”) to move be-
tween fields for Start/End/Length times in
the Edit Window.
To define a Memory Location/Marker:
■ During playback or recording, press EN-
TER.
To recall a Memory Location/Marker:
■ Press the decimal key, then a Memory
Location/Marker number, and press the
decimal key again.
SCRUB
SHUTTLE
This wheel controls Scrub and Shuttle
functions. Pressing the SCRUB and SHUTTLE switches next to the Scrub/Shuttle
wheel enables each mode.
When used with the Zoom/Navigation/Selection switch quadrant, the Scrub/Shuttle
wheel allows you to create and adjust region selections.
Scrub Mode
The HUI Scrub wheel supports Pro Tools
positional scrubbing.
To enable Scrub mode:
1 Make sure playback in Pro Tools is
stopped.
2 Press SCRUB.
3 Rotate the Scrub wheel clockwise to scrub
forward and counterclockwise to scrub
backward.
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The start position for Scrubbing is the current selection start point, or current cursor
position if there is no selection.
To begin scrubbing from the selection end
point, press OPTION/ALL + SCRUB. At any
time during scrubbing, press the Left or
Right Arrow to move to the selection
start/end.
Normal scrub resolution is dependent on
the current zoom level. To get a fixed “fine
scrub” resolution regardless of current
zoom level, press cALT/FINE while scrubbing.
To exit Scrub mode, do any of the following:
■ Press STOP or SCRUB
■ Press the Spacebar
■ Press Escape (F8/ESC)
■ Press any other transport switch
To exit Shuttle mode, do any of the following:
■ Press STOP or SHUTTLE
■ Press the Spacebar
■ Press Escape (F8/ESC)
■ Press any other transport switch
Shuttle Lock Mode
Press CTRL/CLUTCH and a number on the
Numeric Keypad to place the HUI in Shuttle Lock mode. The SHUTTLE switch LED
lights while in Shuttle Lock mode. This
mode uses the Numeric Keypad to control
shuttle speed (0-9; “0” is off), as well as the
+/- switches to control the playback direction. The wheel can also be used to adjust
these parameters while in Shuttle Lock.
Press STOP or SHUTTLE to exit Shuttle
Lock mode.
Scrub/Shuttle “Lock Out” Behavior
Shuttle Mode
To enable Shuttle mode:
1 Make sure playback in Pro Tools is
stopped.
2 Press SHUTTLE.
3 Rotate the Shuttle wheel clockwise to
shuttle forward and counterclockwise to
shuttle backward.
The start position for Shuttling is the current selection start point, or current cursor
position if there is no selection.
To begin shuttling from the selection end
point, press OPTION/ALL + SHUTTLE. At
any time during shuttling, pressing the Left
or Right Arrow to move to the selection
start/end.
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When scrub or shuttle is engaged, only certain controls are available:
◆ Channel faders, Mute and Solo switches
◆ Scrub/Shuttle wheel and switches
◆ Any transport switch (disengages
Scrub/Shuttle mode)
◆ ENTER (creates a Memory Location)
Scrub/Shuttle Operation using Serial Machine Control
You can also use the SCRUB/SHUTTLE
wheel to scrub (jog)/shuttle an external, serial machine control-capable deck if you
are using the Digidesign MachineControl
software option.
When Serial Machine is transport master, you
can do the following:
■ Press SCRUB and turn the wheel to jog
the external machine.
■ Press SHUTTLE and turn the wheel to
shuttle the external machine.
■ To leave either mode, press SCRUB or
SHUTTLE again, or press any other transport switch.
If “Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle” is
selected:
■ Press SCRUB or SHUTTLE and move the
wheel to clear the current selection and
move the cursor.
■ Hold down SHIFT/ADD before pressing
SCRUB or SHUTTLE, or before moving the
wheel, to keep the current selection. As you
move the wheel, the selection is expanded
or trimmed.
Creating Selections Using the Scrub/Shuttle Wheel
You can create and modify on-screen selections using the Scrub/Shuttle wheel.
To create selections using the Scrub/Shuttle
wheel:
■ Press SCRUB or SHUTTLE. The start posi-
tion is the current selection’s start point, or
current location of the cursor if there is no
selection.
■ To SCRUB or SHUTTLE from the selec-
tion end point, press OPTION/ALL +
SCRUB or SHUTTLE.
■ You can navigate to the start or end of
your selection at any time by pressing the
Left/Right Arrow keys.
Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle Preference
How you work with the SCRUB/SHUTTLE
wheel depends on whether you select the
“Edit Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle” Operation preference in Pro Tools.
If “Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle” is not
selected:
■ Press SCRUB or SHUTTLE and turn the
wheel to keep your current selection and
move the cursor outside of the selection.
■ Hold down SHIFT/ADD and turn the
wheel to clear the current selection and create a new one. The new selection starts
wherever you first press SHIFT/ADD.
■ Release SHIFT/ADD to move the cursor
outside the new selection.
■ Press SHIFT/ADD additional times to
trim the new selection as needed.
Scrub/Shuttle Tips
◆ At any time during scrubbing/shuttling
you can press the Left or Right Arrow to
move the current scrub position to the selection start/end.
◆ You can freely move between scrub and
shuttle modes. The current scrub/shuttle
position is retained.
◆ If you enter scrub or shuttle but don’t
move the wheel or mouse, you can exit
scrub/shuttle without affecting the current
selection.
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To define a selection using a combination of
scrub/shuttle functions:
1 Press SHUTTLE to enter shuttle mode.
2 Shuttle along the timeline. When you get
to roughly the selection in-point, hold
down SHIFT/ADD.
3 Continue shuttling down the timeline.
When you get to roughly the out-point, release SHIFT/ADD. Your “rough selection” is
now defined.
4 Press SCRUB to enter scrub mode.
5 Press the Left Arrow key to move the
scrub position to the selection start.
6 Hold down SHIFT/ADD (to retain the se-
lection), and scrub the selection in-point
until you reach the desired location.
7 Press the Right Arrow key to move the
scrub out-point to the selection end.
8 Hold down SHIFT/ADD (to retain the se-
lection), and scrub the selection out-point
until you reach the desired location.
Capturing Memory Locations
When working with scrub/shuttle, you can
do the following:
■ Memory locations can be captured at any
time by pressing the ENTER key on the HUI
numeric keypad.
■ Press the Up Arrow to free the cursor
without capturing a Memory Location.
Keyboard Shortcuts Section
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
UNDO SAVE
Save and Undo Switches
The UNDO switch allows Undo/Redo of
the last edit operation. Its LED is lit when
Undo is available for use after an operation.
Its LED flashes when Redo is available.
The SAVE switch LED is lit if the session has
changed from its currently saved state.
To save the changes in a session:
1 Press SAVE. The SAVE switch LED flashes
when first pressed, indicating the Save process has been armed.
2 Do one of the following:
■ To complete the Save process, press the
SAVE switch again.
■ To abort the Save process, press the
F8/ESC switch.
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EDIT MODE and EDIT TOOL Switches
The EDIT MODE and EDIT TOOL switches
access the primary Edit function modes
and tools:
EDIT MODE Cycles through the four edit
modes: Shuffle, Slip, Spot, and Grid.
EDIT TOOL Cycles through the main edit
tools: Zoom, Trim, Select, Grabber, Smart
Tool, Scrub, and Pencil.
Smart Tool Press EDIT TOOL + 7 (on the
numeric keypad) to select the Smart Tool.
☞ Refer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide for
details on Edit Tool functions.
Extending Region Selections
Pro Tools provides several key commands
for changing or extending region selections in the Edit window. When the HUI
arrow keys are in region navigation mode:
◆ Control-Left Arrow: Selects the previous
region.
◆ Control-Right Arrow: Selects the next re-
gion.
◆ Control-Shift-Left Arrow: Extends the se-
lection to include the previous region.
◆ Control-Shift-Right Arrow: Extends the
selection to include the next region.
EDIT Switches
You can directly select an Edit Tool or Edit
Mode using key combinations with numbers on the HUI Numeric Keypad:
• EDIT MODE + 1: Shuffle mode
• EDIT MODE + 2: Slip mode
• EDIT MODE + 3: Spot mode
• EDIT MODE + 4: Grid mode
• EDIT TOOL + 1: Selects Zoom tool
• EDIT TOOL + 2: Selects Scrub tool
• EDIT TOOL + 3: Selects Trim tool
• EDIT TOOL + 4: Selects Select tool
• EDIT TOOL + 5: Selects Grabber tool
• EDIT TOOL + 6: Selects Pencil tool
• EDIT TOOL + 7: Selects Smart Tool
EDIT
CAPTURE
CUT
PASTE
SEPARATE
COPY
DELETE
Pro Tools edit functions are accessible from
the HUI. These are CAPTURE, SEPARATE,
CUT, COPY, PASTE and DELETE.
Modifier Key Switches
At the bottom of the Keyboard Shortcuts
section there are the global Modifier
switches: SHIFT/ADD, OPTION/ALL,
CTRL/CLUTCH and cALT/FINE. These
modify the action of other switches. For example, you can hold down the OPTION/ALL switch and press the SOLO
witch to solo all channels.
All modifier switches are reciprocal between the computer keyboard and the HUI.
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Zoom Switch Quadrant
◆ OPTION/ALL + Right Arrow (or the OUT
transport switch): Centers the right side of
the on-screen waveform selection in the
Edit Window.
ZOOM/SEL
This switch group consists of four arrows
plus the ZOOM/SEL switch, which allows
the switch quadrant to change its function
to one of three modes.
Navigation Mode
In Navigation mode, the ZOOM switch
LED is off. The switch quadrant acts as region/edit/track location selector.
To position the edit cursor:
◆ Left Arrow: Moves the edit cursor to pre-
vious region boundary or sync point.
◆ Right Arrow: Moves the edit cursor to
next region boundary or sync point.
To extend the edit selection:
◆ Hold down SHIFT/ADD to extend the se-
lection
◆ SHIFT/ADD + Left Arrow: Allows selec-
tion of preceding region boundaries
◆ SHIFT/ADD + Right Arrow: Allows selec-
tion of forward region boundaries
Marking In/Out
The Up and Down Arrows can be used as
mark-in and mark-out controls. You can
also do this with the HUI “In” and “Out”
switches in the AUDITION switch row.
Zoom Mode
To enter Zoom mode:
Press the Zoom switch once. The ZOOM
switch LED lights to indicate Zoom mode.
The switch quadrant controls the waveform zoom display.
To adjust the zoom view:
◆ Left Arrow: Decreases horizontal zoom
◆ Right Arrow: Increases horizontal zoom
◆ Up Arrow: Increases vertical zoom
◆ Down Arrow: Decreases vertical zoom
Selection Mode
To enter Selection mode:
In Selection mode, the ZOOM switch LED
flashes. When used with the Scrub/Shuttle
Wheel, the switch quadrant allows waveform selections to be created and adjusted.
To center selection points on-screen:
◆ OPTION/ALL + Left Arrow (or the IN
transport switch): Centers the left side of
the current on-screen waveform selection
in the Edit Window.
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To make a selection:
1 Press the ZOOM/SEL switch until the
center switch LED flashes.
2 Hold down the Left Arrow switch and
move the wheel to adjust the selection inpoint.
3 Hold down the Right Arrow switch and
move the wheel to adjust the selection outpoint.
You can you define on-screen selections for
editing, or move your set selection length
around the screen.
If you have defined a selection in which
you want to perform a series of fader and
pan moves, you can use the Pro Tools Loop
Playback mode to rehearse them over selection.
To move the edit selection:
◆ Up Arrow: Moves the selection to the
previous track
◆ Down Arrow: Moves the selection to the
next track
To adjust selection points:
◆ Left Arrow + Scrub/Shuttle wheel adjusts
the selection IN point
◆ Right Arrow + Scrub/Shuttle wheel ad-
justs the selection OUT point
◆ Left Arrow + Right Arrow + Scrub/Shuttle
wheel adjusts the selection’s time position
while retaining its duration
Selection Tips
These tips can also be helpful in making
your selection:
◆ Hold down cALT/FINE to scrub at a fixed
fine resolution, regardless of the current
zoom settings.
◆ Hold down SHIFT/ADD to make a new
selection while scrubbing/shuttling. Release SHIFT/ADD to complete the selection.
◆ Hold down OPTION/ALL to begin scrub-
bing/shuttling from the end of a selection
Once you have finished making a selection, you can adjust it using the following
keyboard shortcuts:
To position the edit cursor at a selection’s
edge:
◆ Double-click the Left Arrow to position
the cursor at the current selection’s left
edge
◆ Double-click the Right Arrow to position
the cursor at the current selection’s right
edge
To extend the edit selection:
◆ SHIFT/ADD + Up Arrow extends the se-
lection to the previous track
◆ SHIFT/ADD + Down Arrow extends the
selection to the next track
◆ OPTION/ALL + Up Arrow removes the
selection from the topmost track
◆ OPTION/ALL + Down Arrow removes
the selection from the bottommost track
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Navigating On-screen View of
Pro Tools
The switch quadrant also allows for navigation of the Pro Tools on-screen view. The
following switch functions apply to all
three switch modes (Navigation mode,
Zoom mode, and Selection mode):
To scroll the session view one window at a
time:
◆ cALT/FINE + Left Arrow: Scrolls the
frontmost window to the left
◆ cALT/FINE + Right Arrow: Scrolls the
frontmost window to the right
◆ cALT/FINE + Up Arrow: Scrolls the front-
most window upward
◆ cALT/FINE+ Down Arrow: Scrolls the
frontmost window downward
To scroll to the beginning, end, top, or bottom
of the session view:
◆ OPTION/ALL + cALT/FINE + Left Arrow:
scrolls the frontmost window to the beginning of the session.
◆ OPTION/ALL + cALT/FINE + Right Ar-
row scrolls the frontmost window to the
end of the session.
◆ OPTION/ALL + cALT/FINE + Up Arrow
scrolls the frontmost window to the top of
the session.
◆ OPTION/ALL + cALT/FINE + Down Ar-
row scrolls the frontmost window to the
bottom of session.
Bank Swapping and Channel Scrolling
BANK
CHANNEL
Bank-swapping and channel-scrolling behavior is mirrored in Pro Tools. Pro Tools
channels are banked into view automatically (unless this function is disabled in
Pro Tools Preferences). Bank members are
shown on-screen with highlighted channel
names.
To scroll channels to the left/right one at a
time:
■ Press the left/right CHANNEL arrow
switches
To swap channels to the left/right eight at a
time:
■ Press the left/right BANK arrow switches
To bank swap to the far-left or far-right bank
position in a session:
■ Press OPTION/ALL + left/right BANK or
CHANNEL switch
Channel Fader Strip and SELECT/ASSIGN Sections
The Channel Fader Strip section is used
with the global SELECT/ASSIGN switch section located to the left of the channel
strips.
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Channel Fader
AUTO
REC/RDY ALL
SEND A
SEND B
SEND C
SEND D
SEND E
PAN
ASSIGN
INPUT
OUTPUT
SELECT-ASSIGN
BANK
CHANNEL
BYPASS
MUTE
SHIFT
SUSPEND
DEFAULT
ASSIGN
SOLO
MUTE
PAN/SEND
AUTO
SOLO
MUTE
SELECT
CTRL/CLUTCH “Clutch” Mode with Faders
To disengage faders from any Mix groups,
holding down the CTRL/CLUTCH switch.
After releasing the CTRL/CLUTCH switch,
the fader obeys group behavior again.
Moving Grouped Faders
The first fader in a mix group touched in
any single mix operation becomes the
group master. When the group master is established, faders that are in the same mix
group and not concurrently touched will
also move in a relative fashion. However,
faders that are in the same mix group and
concurrently touched are temporarily disengaged from the group, and will move independently of the mix group. Once a
fader that is temporarily disengaged is released, it will resume following the mix
group master’s movements.
When the group master is released, if there
are any faders in the mix group that are
concurrently being touched, the fader that
was touched earliest in time becomes the
new group master. Subsequent moves of
this new group master will cause all other
untouched faders in the mix group to follow.
The channel faders are used for level control of disk tracks, master faders, auxiliary
inputs, and MIDI tracks. Gain calibration
ranges from infinity (bottom of fader
travel) to +6 dB (top of fader travel). The
HUI channel fader tapering scheme provides resolution of 8.8 dB per MIDI value in
the –60 to –70 dB range, and 2.5 dB per
MIDI value in the –70 to –100 dB range.
This results in smooth fade outs to silence
at low level.
Channel Scribble Strip LED Display
The scribble-strip LED display shows an abbreviated version of the channel name that
appears in Pro Tools. In certain cases during edit operations, the scribble strip tem-
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porarily displays a parameter name or
value, and then reverts to the channel
name.
Level display Displays level in dB on the
when you press cALT/FINE and move a
fader.
The channel scribble strip also displays the
following information:
Automation Status To display current auto-
mation mode for the channel, press the
channel strip AUTO switch, or the master
AUTO status switch in the STATUS/GROUP
switch matrix.
Group Membership Status To display the
Group ID for the channel, if any, press the
GROUP switch in the STATUS/GROUP
switch matrix.
Global Disk Track Monitor Status To dis-
plays whether Pro Tools is in “Auto Input”
or “Input Only” mode on all channel scribble strips, press the MONITOR switch in
the STATUS/GROUP switch matrix.
Channel Strip Input Source To display the
current input source for all channel strips,
press the master INPUT switch in the SELECT/ASSIGN section.
Channel Strip Output Destination To dis-
play the current output source status for all
channel strips, press the OUTPUT switch in
the SELECT/ASSIGN section.
Send Destination To display send destina-
tion status for any send on all channel
strips, press any master SEND switch (A-E)
in the SELECT/ASSIGN section.
Pre/Post Send Display Displays the
pre/post status of an individual send when
changing it with the channel’s V-SEL
switch.
Numeric PAN position Displays numeric
pan value when you press cALT/FINE and
move the channel’s V-POT while in pan
display mode.
SELECT Switch
SELECT
When a channel is selected, its SELECT
switch LED lights. Selected channels remain selected even when not displayed in
the current bank view.
To select multiple channels:
■ Hold down a channel’s SELECT switch,
and press SELECT switches on additional
channels.
To deselect a single channel:
■ Press SHIFT/ADD + the SELECT switch
on the channel.
To select/deselect multiple channels:
■ Press SHIFT/ADD + SELECT switches on
additional channels.
To select/deselect all channels:
■ Press OPTION/ALL + any SELECT switch.
To change the SELECT state of a channel, and
change all other channels to the opposite
state:
■ Press cALT/FINE + any lit SELECT
switch.
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REC/RDY Switch
REC/RDY
The REC/RDY (Record Ready) switch enables a track for recording. The REC/RDY
switch LED flashes when engaged (Recordready) and remains lit when Pro Tools begins recording (Record).
MASTER REC/RDY Switch
To record-enable selected tracks only:
■ Press OPTION/ALL + SHIFT/ADD + the
REC/RDY switch on any of the selected
tracks.
SOLO and MUTE Switches
SOLO
MUTE
This switch acts as a REC/RDY master for
disk tracks. If no channels are record-enabled, this switch enables all tracks. If any
disk track in the session is enabled for recording, the MASTER REC/RDY switch
flashes. If any tracks are record-enabled,
pressing the MASTER REC/RDY switch disables all tracks.
To record enable all tracks:
■ Press OPTION/ALL + any REC/RDY
switch which is not record-enabled. This
record-enables all tracks up to the maximum number of voices available for recording in your system.
To disable all tracks for recording:
■ Press OPTION/ALL + any REC/RDY
switch which is already record-enabled.
To toggle all enabled REC/RDY switches on
and off:
■ Press the Master REC/RDY ALL switch lo-
cated in the SELECT/ASSIGN section.
When the MUTE and SOLO switches are
enabled, their LEDs light.
Soloed channels flash the MUTE switch
LEDs on all other channels that are not explicitly muted. The MUTE switch LEDs on
channels that are explicitly muted when
others are soloed are lit continuously.
To enable Solo or Mute on multiple channels:
◆ OPTION/ALL + SOLO: Enables/clears So-
los on all channels
◆ OPTION/ALL + SHIFT/ADD + SOLO: En-
ables/clears Solos on all selected channels
◆ OPTION/ALL + MUTE: Enables/clears
Mutes on all channels
◆ OPTION/ALL + SHIFT/ADD + MUTE: En-
ables/clears Mutes on all selected channels
These keyboard shortcuts do not apply to
Send Mutes when using the V-SEL switch.
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Pro Tools Solo and Mute Preferences
The following Pro Tools preferences are related to solo and mute behavior:
Solo Safe Locks out Solo Safe channels
from implied mute state when other channels are soloed.
Latch Solo Switches Determines whether
pressing the SOLO switch on additional
channels adds to the current Solo selection
(known as additive or latch on soloing), or
only one channel may be soloed at a time.
This is defined in the Pro Tools Operation
Preferences.
To enable/clear Solo or Record Safe status
on a multiple channels:
◆ OPTION/ALL + cALT/FINE + SOLO or
REC/RDY on any channel enables/clears
Solo Safe or Record Safe status on all channels
◆ OPTION/ALL + cALT/FINE + REC/RDY
ALL enables/clears Record Safe status on all
channels
◆ SHIFT/ADD + OPTION/ALL + cALT/FINE
+ SOLO or REC/RDY on any channel enables/clears Solo Safe or Record Safe status
on only selected channels
Solo/Mute Follow Mix Groups Determines
whether soloing or muting individual
members of a mix group changes the status
of the entire group, or only of the individual member. If this preference is enabled,
an individual member can still be changed
independently of its group by pressing the
CTRL/CLUTCH switch. This is defined in
the Pro Tools Automation Preferences.
Solo Safe and Record Safe Modes
Channels can be placed into Solo or Record
Safe modes so they are locked out from implied mute or record states. Solo Safe channels can still be muted.
To enable/clear Solo or Record Safe on a
channel:
■ Press cALT/FINE + the SOLO or
REC/RDY switch on the channel.
The SOLO or REC/RDY switch on the HUI
flashes briefly to indicate the channel is in
Solo Safe or Record Safe mode. Pro Tools
grays out the associated Solo or Record button on-screen.
AUTO and SUSPEND Switches
AUTO
AUTO Switch
The AUTO switch changes the channel’s
automation mode, when used in combination with the AUTO MODE section
switches: WRITE, TOUCH, LATCH, TRIM,
READ, and OFF.
The channel strip AUTO switch LED light s
to indicate the various automation modes:
Red (flashing) Pro Tools is armed for auto-
mation in one of three modes: Write,
Touch, or Latch.
Red (lit continuously) Pro Tools is writing
automation in one of the three modes:
Write, Touch, or Latch.
Green (lit continuously) Auto Read mode is
enabled.
Off Automation playback is disabled.
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Automation modes are abbreviated in the
channel LED scribble strip as follows:
• Wrt: Auto Write
• Tch: Auto Touch
• Ltch: Auto Latch
• Trim: Auto Trim
• Read: Auto Read
• Off: Auto Off
2 Press OPTION/ALL + SHIFT/ADD and an
AUTO MODE switch (WRITE, TOUCH,
LATCH, TRIM, READ, or OFF). All selected
channels change to the selected mode.
▲ When you select channels, they still obey
Mix group behavior. To suppress group behavior, hold down the CTL/CLUTCH switch, or suspend groups using the SUSPEND switch.
Selecting Automation Modes
There are three ways to change automation
modes: on individual channels, on multiple channels across several banks, and on
all channels.
Individual Channels
This method is quickest for changing the
automation mode of individual channels
within the same bank.
To change automation mode on a channel:
■ Hold down an AUTO MODE switch
(WRITE, TOUCH, LATCH, TRIM, READ, or
OFF) in the AUTO MODE section, and press
AUTO on the channel.
Multiple Channels
This method is quickest for changing the
automation mode for a discontiguous selection of channels, or for channels that are
on different banks.
To change automation mode on multiple
channels:
1 Select multiple channels by pressing
their SELECT switches. Using the BANK
switches, you can select channels in other
banks.
All Channels
This method changes the automation
mode of all channels on all banks.
To change automation mode on all channels:
■ Hold down OPTION/ALL, and press an
AUTO MODE switch.
TRIM Mode
(TDM Systems Only)
Pro Tools TDM systems allow you to adjust
(or trim) existing Track Volume and Send
Level automation data in real time.
Trim mode works with the other automation modes (Auto Read, Auto Touch, Auto
Latch, Auto Write) to affect how existing
automation data is trimmed.
See “TRIM Automation Mode” on page 48
for details on using Trim mode with the
HUI.
☞ Refer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide for
more information on Trim mode.
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SUSPEND Switch
To bypass Plug-Ins on all channels:
■ Enable the Master BYPASS switch (so its
LED is lit), and press OPTION/ALL + the INSERT switch on any channel.
SUSPEND
The SUSPEND switch in the SELECT/ASSIGN section globally suspends all automation recording and playback. When automation is suspended, the SUSPEND switch
LED flashes.
▲ To suspend automation, the Pro Tools trans-
port must be stopped.
INSERT Switch
INSERT
The INSERT switch allows you to do the
following:
To edit a single Plug-In:
■ Press the INSERT switch on the corre-
sponding channel to show it in the DSP
EDIT/ASSIGN display. In this mode, only
one insert may be accessed at a time.
To bypass or enable all Plug-Ins on all inserts
for a channel:
■ Enable the Master BYPASS switch (so its
LED is lit) and press the INSERT switch on
that channel.
▲ You cannot bypass Hardware I/O inserts
from Pro Tools. To monitor playback without a
hardware insert, either set the Insert Type Selector to “No Insert” or use a bypass switch on
the hardware device itself.
Master BYPASS Switch
BYPASS
The Master BYPASS switch in the SELECT/ASSIGN section globally changes the
INSERT switches into BYPASS switches for
all Plug-Ins on a channel, allowing you to
bypass all Plug-In inserts for the selected
channel in a single operation.
To bypass all Plug-In inserts on a channel:
1 Press the master BYPASS switch in the SE-
LECT/ASSIGN section (not the DSP
EDIT/ASSIGN section). Its LED lights to indicate master bypass mode is enabled.
2 In Master Bypass mode, the INSERT
switch for each channel in the current
bank displays one of three bypass states:
INSERT switch LED is unlit None of the
Plug-In inserts on the channel are currently
bypassed.
INSERT switch LED is lit All of the Plug-In
inserts on the channel are bypassed.
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INSERT switch LED flashes
Some but not all
of the Plug-In inserts on the channel are
bypassed.
3 Do one of the following:
◆ To toggle the bypass status on/off for all
Plug-In inserts on a channel, press any INSERT switch on that channel.
When only some of the Plug-In inserts on a
channel are bypassed, pressing the INSERT
switch for the first time turns off bypass on
all Plug-In inserts for the channel. Pressing
the INSERT switch a second time bypasses
all Plug-Ins.
◆ To change the bypass status of all Plug-In
inserts on all channels, press OPTION/ALL
+ any INSERT switch.
◆ To change the bypass status of all Plug-
Ins on all selected channels, press OPTION/ALL + SHIFT/ADD and any INSERT
switch.
▲ The Master BYPASS switch in the SE-
LECT/ASSIGN section functions differently
from the BYPASS switch in the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN section. See “BYPASS switch” on
page 45.
V-SEL Switch
V-SEL
The V-SEL (“V-POT SELECT“) switch serves
several functions:
◆ Assigns Send or I/O routing for an indi-
vidual channel
◆ Acts as a Send Mute switch when the
Master MUTE switch in the SELECT/ASSIGN section is engaged (LED is lit)
◆ Selects pre/post status for the Send.
While in FLIP mode, the V-SEL switch continues to control Send pre/post operation
regardless of the current state of the master
MUTE/PREPOST switch.
◆ Selects fader or V-POT to revert to default
setting, when used with the DEFAULT
(QuickMode) switch.
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PAN/SEND V-POT Encoder
PAN/SEND
When used with the switches in the SELECT/ASSIGN section, the PAN/SEND
V-POT is used to edit channel pan, send
levels and send pan settings (in FLIP mode,
explained later in this chapter).
For fine adjustments, hold down the
cALT/FINE switch while turning a channel
V-POT.
The V-POT is also used to assign Send and
I/O routing for individual channels. See
“DSP SELECT switches and V-POT encoders” on page 42.
The V-POT acts as a virtual knob, with LED
ring lights that represent the “knob value”
for send levels and pan settings. When
showing send levels, the V-POTs display a
continuous series of LEDs.
Adjusting Channel Pan
To edit pan positions on channels:
1 Press the PAN switch in the SELECT/AS-
SIGN section.
2 When the PAN switch is first enabled, a
stereo channel V-POT allows editing of the
left-channel pan (or the single pan control
on mono channels). The SELECT/ASSIGN
LED displays “Pan.”
3 On stereo channels, press the PAN switch
a second time to edit the right-channel
pan. The SELECT/ASSIGN LED displays
“PanR,” and the PAN switch LED flashes.
The V-POT LED collar indicates pan position with a single LED. The 6 o’clock LED
in the collar of the V-POT encoder lights
when the pan setting is centered. If there is
no pan associated with a channel (such as a
Master Fader), none of the collar LEDs on
its V-POT will light.
The rotary encoders on the HUI channel
strips (which are used for adjusting Send
levels and Pan controls) are not velocity
sensitive; they operate in fixed mode only.
When showing pan position, an individual
LED from the ring lights to indicate relative
pan position, while a special “6 o’clock”
LED lights to indicate a centered pan position.
The V-POTs audibly click when assigning
Send and I/O destinations, as well as when
editing insert assignments and Plug-In parameters in the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN section.
This audible click functionality can be enabled/disabled by pressing the F3 switch in
the F-key switch section.
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STATUS/GROUP Switches
STA TUS/GROUP
PHASE Switch
Functionality for the PHASE switch has not
been implemented.
AUTO
MONITOR
PHASE SUSPEND
GROUP
CREATE
These switches are used to show and
change group status and carry out grouping functions, using the channel scribble
strips.
AUTO and GROUP Switches
The AUTO and GROUP switches allow you
to show the current automation mode or
grouping status of a bank of channels.
To view the Automation status of the current
channel bank:
■ Press the AUTO switch. The channel LED
scribble strips display the automation
mode for each channel.
To view the Group status of the current
channel bank:
■ Press the GROUP switch. The channel
LED scribble strips display the Group ID
letter. A lowercase letter indicates the channel is a member of one group; an uppercase
letter indicates the channel is a member of
multiple groups, with the topmost group
ID displayed.
MONITOR Switch
The MONITOR switch allows you to show
monitor assignment on the channel scribble strips. Monitor mode is changed in the
Pro Tools Operations menu.
To view the Monitor status of the current
bank:
■ Press the MONITOR switch. The current
monitor status of channels is displayed:
◆ Auto: Auto Input mode
◆ Inpt: Input Only mode
◆ Aux: Channel is an Auxiliary Input
◆ MIDI: Channel is a MIDI track
◆ Mstr: Channel is a Master Fader
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Working with Groups
In addition to viewing channel status, you
can create, enable, and suspend groups
from the switch matrix.
To create a group:
1 Select two or more channels by pressing
SHIFT/ADD + the SELECT switches on the
channels.
2 In the STATUS/GROUP switch matrix,
press CREATE. The next available default
group name is indicated.
3 Do one of the following:
◆ Press ENTER on the HUI Numeric Key-
pad to accept the default group name and
ID.
◆ Type a name, select a different Group ID,
or overwrite an existing group definition,
and press ENTER.
SUSPEND (Groups) Switch
All Mix groups can be temporarily suspended by pressing SUSPEND in the STATUS/GROUP switch section. Pressing this
switch again returns to the previous Group
status. When SUSPEND is enabled, the
SUSPEND switch LED flashes. When SUSPEND is disabled, the LED turns off.
SELECT/ASSIGN Section: Pan, Input/Output, Sends
REC/RDY ALL
SEND A
BYPASS
SEND B
SEND C
MUTE
SEND D
SHIFT
SELECT-ASSIGN
SEND E
PAN
ASSIGN
SUSPEND
DEFAULT
INPUT
ASSIGN
OUTPUT
BANK
CHANNEL
The SELECT/ASSIGN switch section allows
you to choose the V-POT encoder function
for all active channels or to change Send or
I/O destinations. In addition, I/O destinations for individual channels can be shown
in the SELECT/ASSIGN LED. Only one of
the SELECT/ASSIGN switches can be active
at a time.
▲ The SUSPEND switch LED mirrors the state
of the Mix groups, but ignores Edit groups.
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Working with Sends and Plug-Ins
Send and I/O Assignment
The routing of Sends and I/Os can be assigned from HUI. Destinations can be assigned on a single channel or a group of
channels at once.
▲ Assignments cannot be made when
Pro Tools is playing back or recording. If you
are in ASSIGN mode and start playback or recording in Pro Tools, the ASSIGN process is
cancelled.
To assign Sends or I/Os on a single channel:
1 Press ASSIGN in the SELECT/ASSIGN sec-
tion.
2 Press a SEND switch (A-E) or IN-
PUT/OUTPUT switch.
3 Rotate the channel V-POT to cycle
through a list of source (or destination)
choices, which appear in the scribble strip
display. The V-SEL switch flashes to indicate that the original assignment, if any,
has been changed.
4 When a menu choice is reached, you can
finalize the assignment in one of two ways:
◆ Press ASSIGN to confirm all of your as-
signments at once.
– or –
◆ Press the channel’s V-SEL switch. This
confirms the assignment for that channel,
and leaves you in ASSIGN mode.
To assign the destinations of Sends or I/Os
on all channels:
1 Press ASSIGN in the SELECT/ASSIGN sec-
tion.
2 Press a SEND switch (A-E) or IN-
PUT/OUTPUT switch.
3 Rotate a channel V-POT to cycle through
a list of source (or destination) choices.
4 Press OPTION/ALL + ASSIGN or V-SEL to
confirm the assignments for all channels.
You can cancel at any time by pressing the
F8/Escape switch.
To assign the destinations of Sends or I/Os
on a selection of channels:
1 Press ASSIGN in the SELECT/ASSIGN sec-
tion.
2 Press a SEND switch (A-E) or IN-
PUT/OUTPUT switch.
3 Rotate a channel V-POT to cycle through
a list of source (or destination) choices.
4 Press OPTION/ALL + SHIFT/ADD + AS-
SIGN or V-SEL to confirm the assignments
for all selected channels.
You can cancel at any time by pressing the
F8/Escape switch.
▲ If a new Send or I/O choice has been made
and a channel’s V-SEL switch is flashing, you
cannot swap banks or scroll channels. Once
the new assignment has been confirmed or
cancelled, you can then do this.
You can cancel at any time by pressing the
F8/Escape switch.
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About I/O and SampleCell Labels
Instead of using the default I/O Label
names for your audio inputs, outputs, busses, or SampleCell II cards, you can change
them in Pro Tools to 4 character names
that work better on the HUI. The I/O labels
that you create in Pro Tools are mirrored in
the HUI display.
You can also save these names as your default labels by clicking the Save As Default
button in the Pro Tools I/O Labels dialog.
☞ Refer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide for
details on creating custom I/O Labels in
Pro Tools.
Selecting and Editing Inserts and Plug-Ins
There are three methods for selecting PlugIn or Hardware I/O inserts for editing: using the INSERT switch with the DSP
EDIT/ASSIGN display, using the INSERT
switch with the SEND A-E switches, and by
double-clicking the INSERT switch.
Selecting an Insert Using the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN Section
In this method, the INSERT switch is used
to begin the process, but the Plug-In is selected in the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN section.
Pre/Post-Fader Switching for Sends
The V-POT V-SEL switch acts as a pre/post
switch for the currently active send. As
pre/post status is toggled, the channel’s
scribble strip indicate “PRE” or “POST” (as
long as the V-SEL switch is held down).
Newly-created sends default to post-fader
(V-SEL switch LED is turned off).
This functionality is available while in FLIP
mode. Pre/post switching is not available
when HUI is in ASSIGN mode, or if the
master MUTE switch is operating on the
V-SEL switches, or while Pro Tools is playing or recording.
◆ To toggle a send pre-/post-fader, press the
V-SEL switch on its channel.
◆ To toggle a send pre-/post-fader for all
channels, press OPTION/ALL + V-SEL.
◆ To toggle a send pre-/post-fader for all se-
lected channels, press OPTION/ALL +
SHIFT/ADD + V-SEL.
To select an insert using the DSP
EDIT/ASSIGN display section menu:
1 Press a channel strip INSERT switch.
2 The names of the first four inserts for that
channel appear in the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN
display area. To access Insert #5, turn the
SCROLL pot to go to the next page of inserts. The name of the last insert accessed
during the current session flashes in the
display. If no insert was accessed in the session, Insert #1 flashes.
3 To select a particular insert for editing,
press the SELECT switch under an insert
listed in the display.
4 If the insert is the currently flashing item
in the display, double-click the channel’s
INSERT switch, or press the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN section’s INSERT/PARAM switch to
confirm the choice. To select an insert
other than the currently flashing item,
press the SELECT switch under the insert
listed in the display.
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5 If you have selected an insert assigned to
a Plug-In, its first page of parameters is displayed for editing. The INSERT/PARAM
switch LED lights, indicating the display is
in Parameter mode. Pressing the INSERT/PARAM switch toggles back to the Insert Display mode.
6 To edit additional pages of parameters in
Parameter mode, turn the SCROLL encoder
pot to go to the next page.
The selected Plug-In remains displayed until another insert is selected.
To reassign the insert to a different Plug-In
or Hardware I/O, refer to “Assigning PlugIns and Hardware I/O Inserts” on page 44.
Selecting an Insert by DoubleClicking the INSERT Switch
Double-clicking an INSERT switch directly
accesses the first assigned insert for editing.
If the insert is assigned to a Plug-In, the first
control parameter page of the Plug-In is
displayed.
Plug-Ins that are engaged are shown in lowercase letters; Plug-Ins that are bypassed are
shown in uppercase letters.
To select an insert:
■ Double-click a channel strip INSERT
switch. The channel’s first assigned insert is
accessed for editing.
– or –
Selecting a Send Using the SEND A-E Switches
This method allows you to quickly access a
send, using the INSERT switch with the
SENDS A-E switches in the SELECT/ASSIGN
section.
To select a send:
1 Press a channel strip INSERT switch.
2 Press one of the SEND A-E switches in the
SELECT/ASSIGN. The SENDS A-E switches
correspond to Pro Tools Sends 1-5.
3 Send level and pre/post fader routing are
now accessible for the send. Relative send
levels are shown by the LED rings around
each channel’s V-POT.
To reassign the send to a different output
or bus, refer to “Send and I/O Assignment”
on page 37.
Double-click a channel strip INSERT switch
multiple times to cycle through any inserts
on the channel.
To assign a different Plug-In or Hardware
I/O to the insert, refer to “Assigning PlugIns and Hardware I/O Inserts” on page 44.
INSERT Switch Edit Focus and Bank Swapping
As channels are bank swapped using the
Bank and Channel switches, the edit focus
for the INSERT switches follows its original
channel, even though it may not be part of
the currently displayed bank of channel
strips.
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Send Level Editing
There are five SEND switches (labeled A-E),
a SHIFT (“flip”) switch and a PAN switch
which let you edit channel pan, send level
or send pan from the V-POT. The SEND A-E
labels can apply to either the five sends or
the five inserts, depending on function.
The HUI SENDS view mirrors the on-screen
sends view. If the current send is a stereo
send, the scribble text for the send flashes.
To edit send levels:
1 Press one of the five SEND switches. The
switch’s LED lights, and the SELECT/ASSIGN LED display shows the name of the
activated switch.
2 Adjust the V-POT on an individual chan-
nel to edit levels for the selected send (a
send must already be assigned to the channel).
3 To show the destination of a particular
send on all channels, press any master
SEND switch (A-E) in the SELECT/ASSIGN
section. The destinations appear in each
channel’s scribble strip.
✽ For an additional method of editing send
level, send pan and send mute, see “Fader
FLIP Mode” on page 40.
▲ Keyboard shortcuts for ALL and ALL SE-
LECTED channels using the shortcut modifier
keys do not function on send mutes.
Fader FLIP Mode
Normally, the HUI channel faders control
track volume while the rotary data encoders are used for pan, send level and send
pan settings. In FLIP mode, these functions
are remapped.
To enter FLIP mode:
■ Press SHIFT. The scribble strip displays
“FLIP” and the SHIFT switch flashes.
For the currently selected SEND (A-E), Send
levels are mapped to the faders, Send pan
controls to the rotary encoders and Send
mutes to the channel MUTE switches. The
names of the current sends are displayed in
the scribble strips.
Send Pan in Flip mode
With stereo sends, the PAN switch lights
when controlling left pan and flashes when
controlling right send pan. To change
which send pan is being controlled, press
the PAN switch.
Send Muting
When the master Mute switch is lit, the
V-SEL switches act as mute switches for the
currently active send. In this mode, if a
send is muted, its channel V-SEL switch
LED lights. If the send is not muted, or if
there is no active send (no destination), the
LED remains unlit.
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Send Pre/Post in Flip mode
While in FLIP mode, the V-SEL switch controls Send pre/post operation (regardless of
the current state of the master MUTE/PREPOST switch).
DEFAULT (QuickMode) switch
DEFAULT
To return a channel strip’s send level or pan to
its default setting:
1 Press a SEND (A-E) or PAN switch in the
SELECT/ASSIGN section.
2 Press DEFAULT + any channel strip’s
V-SEL switch.
This switch returns a channel strip’s faders
and V-POTS to their default settings. The
default settings for fader position is “0” (or
unity) gain; for pan, the default is centered.
▲ The DEFAULT switch obeys grouped behav-
ior. To temporarily disable grouped behavior,
press CTRL/CLUTCH while pressing DEFAULT,
or suspend groups.
To return a channel strip fader to its default
setting:
■ Press DEFAULT + the channel strip’s SE-
LECT switch.
To return all channel strip faders to their
default settings:
■ Press OPTION/ALL + DEFAULT + any
channel strip’s SELECT switch.
To return all selected channel strip faders to
their default settings:
■ Press OPTION/ALL + SHIFT/ADD + DE-
FAULT + any selected channel strip’s SELECT switch.
To return all channel strip send levels or pans
to their default settings:
■ Press OPTION/ALL + DEFAULT + any
channel strip’s V-SEL switch
To return all selected channel strip send
levels or pans to their default settings:
■ Press OPTION/ALL + SHIFT/ADD + DE-
FAULT + any selected channel strip’s V-SEL
switch.
To return a Plug-In to its default setting:
■ Press DEFAULT + the COMPARE switch
in the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN area.
The Plug-in returns to either the Factory
Setting or the User Setting default, depending upon which is selected in the “Settings
Preference” in the Plug-In Librarian pop-up
menu.
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Working with Plug-Ins: Using the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN Section
SELECT
ASSIGN
COMPARE
BYPASS
SELECT SELECT
SELECT
DSP EDIT/ASSIGN
SELECT
INSERT
PARAM
SCROLL
◆ Plug-In parameter pages for editing a
Plug-In on that channel (PARAM display
mode).
The display also shows special modal dialog messages. See “Troubleshooting & Diagnostics” on page 50 for details.
Display Brightness
The HUI display brightness is adjustable in
four levels. To toggle the display between
these four brightness levels, hold OPT/ALL
and then press INSERT/PARAM.
When HUI goes offline, it reverts to the
lowest level to preserve its display.
This section is used to assign Plug-ins and
Hardware I/O inserts, and to edit Plug-In
parameters.
DSP EDIT/ASSIGN Display
The DSP EDIT/ASSIGN display is a two-line
by 40-character vacuum fluorescent display. This display shows information about
individual channel inserts, Plug-In parameters (for Plug-In editing), and messages
about Pro Tools/HUI status.
When a channel is selected via its INSERT
switch in the fader section of HUI, the display shows one of the following:
◆ The names of the current inserts (INSERT
Display mode)
DSP SELECT switches and
V-POT encoders
SELECTSELECT
Under the HUI display, there are four sets
of SELECT switches and V-POT encoders.
The SELECT switch and V-POT encoder
have different functions depending on
whether the display is currently in INSERT
display mode or PARAM display mode:
◆ In INSERT mode, the SELECT switch is
used to select an insert for editing or assignment. The V-POT encoder is used in ASSIGN mode to choose from a list of Plug-Ins
or Hardware I/O pairs for assignment.
◆ In PARAM mode, these controls are used
for Plug-In editing. The four switches and
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four encoders represent the controls in a
Plug-In interface. Controls are mapped to
pages (or logical groups) of controls. Generally, the switches control switched parameters (for example, EQ band in/out
controls). The encoders control continuously variable parameters (such as gain), or
parameters that contain several discrete
choices (such as choosing different reverb
algorithms in a reverb Plug-In).
Automation Mode Indicator
If a Plug-In parameter is enabled for automation (Touch, Latch, or Write), the
6 o’clock position LED (located in the bottom center of the V-POT LED collar)
flashes. If automation data for the Plug-In
control is being recorded, the 6 o’clock
LED lights.
Touch Time-Out for V-POT Editing
Rotary Knob Settings
Many of the rotary encoders on the HUI
can operate in fixed or velocity-sensitive
modes. In fixed mode, a single complete
turn of the knob goes through the entire
range of values, independent of how
quickly you turn it. When moving rotary
encoders in fixed mode, you can hold
cALT/FINE for finer control of setting values. In velocity-sensitive mode, the speed at
which you sweep through encoded values
depends on how quickly you turn the
knob.
The rotary encoders on the HUI channel
strips (which are used for adjusting Send
levels and Pan controls) operate in fixed
mode only.
The rotary encoders in the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN section can behave in a fixed or velocity-sensitive manner (the default setting
is velocity sensitive). To toggle the rotary en-
coder mode, press the F5 switch.
Since V-POTs are not touch-sensitive,
when you stop moving them, Pro Tools
continues to write automation for the
Touch Timeout period. After the Touch Timeout period, writing of automation stops
and the automation data returns to its previous automation value.
In addition, you can stop the writing of automation by stopping the Pro Tools transport.
You may want to use Auto Latch mode to
record Plug-In parameter automation
changes using a V-POT. With Auto Latch,
you can begin writing automation (by
moving a V-POT) at any point during an
automation pass, and the V-POT will not
time out in the middle of the pass because
you are not moving it.
☞ Refer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide for
details on automating Plug-Ins.
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Assigning Plug-Ins and Hardware I/O Inserts
ASSIGN Switch
ASSIGN
The HUI allows you to assign Plug-Ins or
Hardware I/O inserts.
▲ Assignments cannot be made when
Pro Tools is playing back or recording. If you
are in ASSIGN mode and start playback or recording in Pro Tools, the ASSIGN process is
cancelled.
To assign a Plug-In or Hardware I/O on a
single channel:
1 Press the INSERT switch on the channel.
The INSERT switch LED lights, the associated track name is outlined in red in the
Mix window.
2 Press the ASSIGN switch in the DSP
EDIT/ASSIGN (not in the SELECT/ASSIGN
section). The ASSIGN switch LED flashes.
▲ If you are in ASSIGN mode and you press
the INSERT switch on another channel strip,
the ASSIGN process is cancelled.
3 Under the insert that you want to assign,
rotate the V-POT encoder to choose a PlugIn or Hardware I/O pairs.
When you rotate the V-POT encoder, its accompanying SELECT switch flashes, indicating the insert is being assigned or edited.
(The switch will not flash if the assignment
is unchanged.)
4 When a menu choice is reached, you can
confirm the assignment in one of two
ways:
◆ Press the ASSIGN switch to confirm all of
your assignments at once.
– or –
◆ Press the SELECT switch beneath the in-
sert in the display to confirm your choice.
This confirms the assignment for that insert, and leaves you in ASSIGN mode.
◆ You can cancel at any time by pressing
the F8/Escape switch.
5 Press the SELECT switch directly under a
newly assigned Plug-In, and its first control
parameter page appears in the display for
editing. You can switch between viewing
insert selections and parameter pages by
pressing the INSERT/PARAM switch.
To assign a Plug-In or Hardware I/O on all
channels:
1 Follow steps #1-3 above.
2 Press OPTION/ALL + ASSIGN in the DSP
EDIT/ASSIGN area (or the SELECT switch
beneath the insert that you are editing).
To assign a Plug-In or Hardware I/O on all
selected channels:
1 Select channels by holding down
SHIFT/ADD and pressing SELECT on the
channels.
2 Press ASSIGN in the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN
section.
3 Follow steps #1-3 above.
4 Press OPTION/ALL + SHIFT/ADD + AS-
SIGN in the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN section.
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Editing Plug-In Parameters
When a Plug-In insert is selected for editing, its first page of control parameters is
shown in the HUI display. Individual parameters can then be edited using the
switches and V-POTs in the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN section.
When the HUI is used to edit Plug-In settings, the associated track name is outlined
in red in the Pro Tools Mix window.
The rotary encoders in the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN section can behave in a velocity-sensitive or fixed manner. To toggle the rotary
encoder mode, press the F5 switch.
DSP Parameter Value Display
When in parameters view, holding the Option key while changing a DSP parameter
value via the encoder causes the value to be
temporarily displayed as a full 9 character
value in the DSP scribble display.
To edit an assigned Plug-In on a channel:
1 Select a Plug-In insert using one of the
three methods described in “Selecting and
Editing Inserts and Plug-Ins” on page 38.
The INSERT/PARAM switch LED is lit, indicating the display is in Parameter mode.
– or –
If you just finished assigning a Plug-In on
an insert, press the INSERT/PARAM switch
LED to enable Parameter mode (LED is lit),
if necessary.
2 Rotate the SCROLL encoder pot to find
the Plug-In parameter you want to edit.
3 Do one of the following:
◆ If the parameter is a switched parameter
press the SELECT switch under the parameter in the display to toggle its state.
◆ If the parameter is continuously variable,
or has stepped values, rotate the V-POT encoder under the parameter in the display to
adjust its setting. The LED ring around the
V-POT indicates parameter settings or levels. Numeric parameter values are shown in
the display. If a parameter amount exceeds
four digits, the end of the parameter value
string is truncated.
COMPARE Switch
COMPARE
This switch allows you to compare edited
Plug-In parameter settings to the original
settings, and mirrors the Compare button
in a Pro Tools Plug-In.
▲ The COMPARE switch will function only in
Plug-Ins that are visible on-screen. Use the ALT
switch to open the currently active Plug-In.
BYPASS switch
BYPASS
The BYPASS switch in the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN section serves two functions:
◆ In Insert Display mode, as a bypass
switch for any Plug-In insert
◆ In Parameter Mode, as a Master Bypass
for the currently selected Plug-In
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▲ The BYPASS switch in the DSP EDIT/AS-
SIGN section functions differently from the
Master BYPASS switch in the SELECT/ASSIGN
section. See “Master BYPASS Switch” on
page 32.
Bypass of Individual Inserts in Insert Display Mode
If Insert Display mode is enabled, you can
bypass a Plug-In by holding down the BYPASS switch (in the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN section), and pressing the SELECT switch directly under the Plug-In insert in the
display. When switching bypass status for
individual Plug-Ins in this manner, the BYPASS switch LED will not light.
SCROLL Encoder Pot and INSERT/PARAM Switch
INSERT
PARAM
SCROLL
Pressing the INSERT/PARAM switch toggles
the display between Insert Display mode
(LED is off) which displays the Plug-In selection on an insert, and Parameter mode
(LED is lit) which displays the Plug-In parameter pages for editing.
▲ You cannot bypass Hardware I/O inserts
from Pro Tools. To monitor playback without a
hardware insert, either set the Insert Type Selector to “No Insert” or use a bypass switch on
the hardware device itself.
Bypass of Selected Plug-Ins in Parameter Mode
If a Plug-In is selected for editing and Parameter mode is enabled, pressing the BYPASS switch (in the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN section) engages the Master Bypass control for
the selected Plug-In. In this case, the BYPASS switch LED will light. When switching Plug-ins, the BYPASS switch LED will
indicate the bypass state of the currently
selected Plug-In.
The SCROLL pot is used with the INSERT/PARAM switch. In INSERT display
mode, turning the SCROLL pot toggles the
display between Inserts #’s 1-4 and Insert
#5 only. In PARAM display mode, rotating
the SCROLL pot cycles through the control
parameter pages for the currently active
Plug-In. When scrolling through Plug-In
parameter pages, the HUI will display
which page is currently being viewed, and
how many pages there are for the Plug-In.
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Automation
F2
F1
AUTO ENABLE AUTO MODE EDITSTATUS/GROUP
FADER
PAN
PLUG IN SEND MUTE
MUTE
SEND
F3 F4 F5
READ TOUCH
WRITE
LATCH
TRIM
OFF
AUTO
MONITOR
PHASE SUSPEND
The Switch Matrix contains switches for
global Automation Enabling, Automation
Mode, group creation, querying status, and
editing. The top row of F-keys (Function
keys) are assigned to specific functions.
F7
CAPTURE
PASTE
F8/ESC
SEPARATE
COPY
CUT
DELETE
F6
GROUP
CREATE
Keyboard Shortcuts
◆ Press OPTION/ALL + any of the AUTO
ENABLE switches to toggle all parameters
to the state of that switch.
◆ Press cALT/FINE + any enabled switch to
change the state of the switch that is
pressed and set the other five to the opposite state.
AUTO MODE Switches
AUTO MODE
READ
TOUCH
AUTO ENABLE and AUTO MODE Switches
AUTO ENABLE Switches
AUTO ENABLE
FADER
PAN
PLUG IN SEND MUTE
These switches globally enable automation
for FADER, MUTE, PAN, SEND, SEND
MUTE and PLUG-IN. These correspond to
the same Automation Enable functions in
Pro Tools.
MIDI track volume, pan and mute can be
automated just like audio tracks. MIDI volume and pan automation is recorded as
controller data. When automating Mute on
a MIDI track, it is stored as Pro Tools automation data only.
MUTE
SEND
LATCH
TRIM
WRITE
OFF
These switches are used for arming automation on individual or groups of channels. The switch modes are READ, TOUCH,
LATCH, WRITE, and OFF.
To arm automation:
■ Hold down the AUTO switch on the
channel that you want to automate, and
press an AUTO MODE switch.
The channel’s AUTO switch LED will light
for READ mode, and flash for WRITE,
TOUCH or LATCH mode. The automation
mode will also be briefly displayed on the
selected channels.
To arm all channels for automation:
■ Press OPTION/ALL + an AUTO MODE
switch.
To arm all selected channels for automation:
■ Press OPTION/ALL + SHIFT/ADD + an
AUTO MODE switch.
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▲ Changing automation mode obeys grouped
behavior. To temporarily disable grouped behavior, press CTRL/CLUTCH when making the
AUTO status change, or suspend groups.
TRIM Automation Mode
(TDM Systems Only)
Toggling On/Off
To toggle the TRIM mode on/off for a particular track, selection of tracks or group,
hold down the track’s AUTO switch and
press the master TRIM switch.
Displaying Trim values
To display trim delta value instead of the
absolute parameter value while adjusting
Volume or Send Level TRIM automation,
hold down cALT/FINE while moving the
control.
Current Trim Mode Display
In TRIM automation mode, the scribble
strips display the mode name with the letter T before it. For example, TRIM/Touch
mode is “TTch.”
When a track is trim-enabled, its AUTO
LED color displays the automation state in
the following manner:
• During TRIM recording, the LED lights
solid orange.
• When in TRIM Read mode, the LED
flashes green and orange.
• When in any recordable auto mode (i.e.
Trim Write, Trim Latch, or Trim Touch),
the LED flashes red and orange.
Enabling Automation: Channel and Send Pan
Enabling pan automation from HUI will
turn both channel and send pan on if both
are currently disabled. If one or both automation parameters are disabled, pressing
AUTO/ENABLE PAN switch will enable
both. If both are on, pressing AUTO/ENABLE PAN will turn them both off.
Write to Start, End or All
Pro Tools allows you to write current automation values from any insertion point
forward (or backward) to the end (or beginning) of a selection or track, or to an entire
selection or track during an automation
pass. In the case of track volume and send
levels, it is also possible to write trim delta
values in the same manner.
Automation can only be written while
Pro Tools is in play or half-speed
play/record. You cannot write automation
while Pro Tools is stopped, fast forwarding
or rewinding.
• CTRL/CLUTCH-RTZ: Write to Start
• CTRL/CLUTCH-END: Write to End
• Control-Shift-RTZ or Control-Shift-END:
Write to All.
• To suppress the warning dialog that appears with this command, press the OPTION/ALL switch while choosing the
command.
Switched Controls and Automation with Controllers
Pro Tools treats switched controls such as
mutes and send mutes as touch sensitive
controls. Automation data is written for as
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long as the switch or button for that control is pressed or touched.
For example, if you have just written a series of mute on/off states on a channel in
quick succession, the manual method for
clearing this automation data would require you to move to the Edit window,
choose automation playlist for Mute, select
the mute automation data, and delete it.
In Pro Tools, you don't have to perform all
of these steps. Instead, you can perform another automation pass on the track and
hold down the Mute switch when it
reaches the state you want to keep. As long
as you hold down the mute switch,
Pro Tools overwrites the underlying mute
data on the track with the current state of
the switch until you press Stop.
On the Mackie HUI, this behavior also applies to Plug-In switched controls (in the
DSP Edit/Assign section of HUI). Any of
these four switches will work in the same
manner.
tion button in the Plug-In Inserts/Sends Editor.
3 Choose the Plug-In parameters that you
want to automate and click Add. Only the
parameters that you choose here will be automatable. Click OK to close this dialog.
4 Press the AUTO switch on the channel
containing the Plug-In, and select an automation mode in the AUTO MODE switch
section. For an initial automation pass, you
may wish to choose AUTO WRITE.
Once a parameter is armed for automation,
the 6 o’clock position LED on the corresponding V-POT will flash if the channel is
placed into any auto write mode (Write,
Touch or Latch).
5 Press Play to begin writing automation.
Move the V-POTs and SELECT switches to
change the Plug-In parameters.
6 When you have finished, press Stop.
7 Press the RETURN TO ZERO switch and
then press PLAY to listen to your automation pass.
Automating Plug-Ins
Selection of parameters for automation
must be made in Pro Tools software.
To record automation data for a Plug-In:
1 Press the PLUG-IN switch in the AUTO
ENABLE switch section (below the DSP
EDIT/ASSIGN section). The PLUG-IN
switch LED will light, indicating that automation for Plug-Ins is armed.
2 The HUI does not support arming of
Plug-In controls. You must arm controls
on-screen in Pro Tools. Click the Automa-
To add additional automation or augment
your previous pass, follow the above procedure, choosing AUTO TOUCH mode. This
will allow you to add new automation only
when you actually move a control. It will
not erase previous automation data unless
you move the control at that point in the
session.
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F-Keys (Function Keys)
C
Troubleshooting & Diagnostics
F2
F1
F3 F4 F5
F7
F6
F8/ES
Eight Function Key switches (labeled F1F8/ESC) are available. Currently available
assignments include:
◆ F1 clears clipped meters and last held
peaks simultaneously.
◆ F2 activates/deactivates the Relay (GPO)
outputs on the rear panel of HUI. (See the
Mackie HUI User’s Guide included with
your HUI for information on how to use
the Relay outputs.) Relay #1 is activated by
pressing the transport PLAY switch. Relay
#2 is activated by pressing the transport
RECORD switch.
◆ F3 enables/disables the audible click in-
dication for the HUI V-POT encoders.”
◆ F4 displays the version number of the
current HUI MIDI personality file installed
on the host computer.
◆ F5 toggles the DSP EDIT/ASSIGN V-POTs
between fixed and velocity sensitive response.
◆ F8/ESC serves as an Escape (ESC) switch
to cancel out of any assignment mode or
on-screen modal dialog.
HUI provides a built-in, comprehensive diagnostic test upon startup. You can confirm that your HUI is fully functional by
running this test.
Startup Test
As HUI initializes during startup, it goes
through a series of diagnostics. Once these
internal tests are complete, HUI displays a
message and its current firmware version.
In addition, HUI has a series of built-in
tests designed to let you confirm that it is
working properly. HUI, Pro Tools, your
MIDI interface and setup, OMS, and your
computer all work together to create a unified system. These diagnostics allow you to
confirm that HUI is operating properly.
To place HUI in diagnostic mode:
1 Immediately after turning on the power
switch, hold down the OPTION/ALL and
SHIFT/ADD switches.
2 In diagnostic mode, all LEDs on the HUI
control panel should be lit. Take notice of
any LEDs that fail to illuminate.
3 Rotate the MASTER VOLUME pot in the
Analog Monitoring section to control the
speed of the channel fader travel. Make
sure that the channel faders are responding
to servo control.
4 Press Footswitch #2 to exit the test rou-
tine. If you do not have a footswitch connected, simply power down HUI, wait a few
moments, and then power on HUI.
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5 Once the initial startup routine is suc-
cessfully completed, HUI will display “Welcome to HUI” in its display.
With the comprehensive diagnostics included in your HUI, you can determine definitively whether or not HUI (on its own)
is working properly.
◆ Contact Mackie Designs if your problem
lies with your HUI hardware.
◆ Contact Digidesign if you have problems
with Pro Tools software or MIDI services
(such as MIDI interface or OMS connections).
When calling Mackie or Digidesign Customer Support, be sure to indicate that you
are using a HUI with Pro Tools. Provide the
technician with a report of your problems
and results of the diagnostic tests.
MIDI Monitor Mode
MIDI Monitor Mode allows the last several
MIDI messages transmitted or received by
HUI to be displayed in hexadecimal code
on its display. To gain access to MIDI Monitor Mode, hold down the OPTION/ALL
switch and press the F4 switch. To leave
MIDI monitor mode, hold down the OPTION/ALL switch and press the F4 switch
again.
Chapter 2: Mackie HUI Controller 51
Pro Tools MIDI Controllers Guide52
chapter 3
JL Cooper CS-10 MIDI Controller
The JL Cooper CS-10 and CS-102 units are
2
eight-fader controllers. The CS-10
accommodate up to seven CS-10
can also
x
expander
modules (each containing eight faders) for
a total of 64 faders. Pro Tools supports a
maximum of 32 faders using an expanded
2
/CS-10x configuration. The maxi-
CS-10
mum configuration would be a single
2
and three CS-10x units.
CS-10
✽ While Pro Tools supports a maximum of 32
faders with these units, you can use the Left
and Right Arrows on the CS-10
2
/CS-10x to easily bank swap the faders to control an entirely
different set of tracks.
Fader Switch Functions
The switches that appear directly above the
fader strips control one of the following
modes:
Solo Change solo state of tracks
Mute Change mute state of tracks
Memory Location Recall/set Memory Loca-
tions
Track Selection Choose which tracks are se-
lected on-screen (for editing/deletion, etc.)
Track Record Arming Changes record status
of tracks
Assigns a Target Track (for pan/send editing)
▲ When the fader switches control mutes, any
track that is currently muted as a result of
other track(s) being soloed will have its associated switch LED flash.
To cycle through the different switch modes:
■ Press the Master Status button (located
directly above the vertical nulling LEDs).
– or –
■ Hold down the Option key (F5) and press
the Master Status button to cycle through
the switch modes in reverse.
Fader Switch Status LEDs
Since the CS-10 was designed, some newer
modes for the switches above the faders
have been added to the MIDI Controller
Personality file for the CS-10. These modes
use status LEDs to indicate the current
function for the row of switches. The status
LEDs are next to the Master Status button.
◆ Track record-arming mode is indicated
when both Solo and Select LEDs (the top
and bottom status LEDs respectively) are
lit.
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◆ When target channel strip mode is en-
abled, all four LEDs will be lit. This mode
allows you to choose which channel strip
in a bank is affected when the pan and five
sends knobs are moved. The target channel
strip is indicated by a red outline around
the channel strip name.
Vertical Null LEDs
The position of the CS-10’s faders may not
correspond with Pro Tool’s on-screen fader
positions. When you move a fader, it will
not actually affect the volume control until
the fader has passed through the on-screen
position, or null point. The vertical null
LEDs on the CS-10 indicate which way the
last touched fader must be moved in order
to pass through the null. Alternatively, you
can also watch the on-screen AutoMatch
indicators.
◆ Option + Left Arrow: Scrolls bank to the
left by a single channel strip
◆ Option + Right Arrow: Scrolls bank to the
right by a single channel strip
◆ Shift + Left Arrow: Zooms out horizontal
view (time axis)
◆ Shift + Right Arrow: Zooms in horizontal
view (time axis)
◆ Shift + Up Arrow: Zooms in vertical view
(amplitude axis)
◆ Shift + Down Arrow: Zooms out vertical
view (amplitude axis)
◆ Option + Memory Location switches:
Sets memory location points when the current active mode for the fader switches is
“Memory Locations.”
◆ Shift + Memory Location Switches: Ex-
tends the current selection when the current mode for the fader switches is
“Memory Locations.” (Same as Shift-click.)
Additional Switch Functions
◆ F1: Sets selection start point
◆ F2: Sets selection end point
◆ F3: Capture region(s)
◆ F4: Separate region(s)
◆ F5: Option key
◆ F6: Control key
◆ F7: Command key
◆ F8: Cycles through selection of Edit tools
◆ F9: toggles Online/Offline status
◆ Left Arrow: Bank swaps channel strips to
the left
◆ Right Arrow: Bank swaps channel strips
to the right
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✽ To use Memory Locations, set Pro Tools
Preferences so that memory locations are
auto-named. This way when you create a memory location during playback or recording, you
will not have to stop to name the location.
Rotary Knob Functions
When controlling a TDM configuration,
the six rotary knobs on the CS-10 main
unit control:
◆ Pan and five Sends
– or –
◆ Six Plug-In Controls in the active Plug-In
window.
When in the top mapping page, the rotary
knobs edit pan and five sends. The top page
is indicated by the letters “PA” appearing in
the two-character LED.
▲ While the CS-10 allows you to edit the vari-
ous send levels using the rotary controls, you
have no access to Send Mutes. You must control Send Muting using the mouse.
Editing Sends/Plug-Ins with the
CS-10
On the JL Cooper CS-10 controller, the
send and pan controls are in a center section and not on a per-track basis. As a result, the CS-10 uses the notion of the “focused” track. The focused track is the one
that the send and pan controls will affect.
This focused track is always within the currently selected bank.
When using the CS-10, the focused track is
outlined in green in Pro Tools, while the
target track for Plug-In editing is outlined
in red. In the event a track is both the focus
of send/pan editing and the target of PlugIn editing, the focus takes precedence and
the outline will be green.
By holding down the Option switch (F5)
and pressing the Up/Down Arrows, you
can navigate through Plug-In control parameter pages, and use the rotary knobs to
edit the various Plug-In parameters.
To cycle through the Plug-In control pages:
◆ Up Arrow: Go to previous page
◆ Down Arrow: Go to next page
◆ Option (F5)-Up Arrow: Go to first page
(LED will display “PS” for Pan + five Sends)
◆ Option (F5)-Down Arrow: Go to last page
(LED will display “Fx,” where x = last page)
After changing pages, the two-character
LED will show the current page symbol
(“P1,” “P2,” and so on), until a fader is
moved at which time the LED will revert to
showing the fader’s current level in dB values.
Transport Switches
The CS-10 has five, standard transport control switches:
◆ Rewind
◆ Fast Forward
◆ Play
◆ Stop
◆ Record
Holding down the Control switch (F6) and
pressing the Record switch cycles through
the various recording modes (Loop Record,
Destructive Record, and QuickPunch).
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In addition, the following special modes
are supported with modifier keys:
◆ Shift + Play: Half-speed playback
◆ Shift + Rewind: Return-to-Zero
◆ Shift + FF: Go-to-End
◆ Shift + Stop: Aborts recording pass
◆ Control (F6) + F9: Cycles thru master
transport mode (Pro Tools, Serial Machine
Control, or ADAT)
Fast Forward/Rewind Settings
If the Audio During Fast Forward/Rewind
option is not selected, you can continuously rewind/fast forward by holding down
the corresponding switch. You can also rewind/fast forward incrementally by repeatedly clicking the corresponding switch.
The size of these increments depends on
which Display mode is currently selected:
◆ Bars/Beats: To start of previous/next bar
◆ Min/Sec: Moves in one-second steps
◆ Timecode: Moves in one-second steps
◆ Feet.Frames: Moves in one-foot steps
◆ Samples: Moves in one-second steps
Transport Control of External Devices
The CS-10 can be used to control devices
other than Pro Tools, such as the Alesis
®
ADAT
serial (9-pin) machine control transports
(using the MachineControl™ option for
Pro Tools). If you have either of these installed, the following functions are available:
◆ To cycle through available transport
master types (Pro Tools, Serial Machine,
ADAT), hold down the Control switch (F6)
and press the Online switch (F9).
(via the ADAT Bridge and MMC) or
◆ The RECORD switch LED mirrors the
state of the device under control.
Scrolling the Edit and Mix windows
To scroll the Edit or Mix window:
■ Hold down the Command key, and press
an arrow key on any hardware controller to
scroll the frontmost window one page in
the indicated direction.
To scroll to the session start or end:
■ Command-Option-Left arrow scrolls to
session start; Command-Option-Right arrow scrolls to session end.
Scrub and Shuttle Wheel
With the CS-10 Scrub/Shuttle wheel,
Pro Tools scrubs the current edit cursor position on the selected track or track pair.
If you are using a multiple track edit group,
Pro Tools will scrub/shuttle the topmost
track pair in the selected edit group (leftmost in the Mix window). To scrub/shuttle
other tracks in an edit group, first disable
the group (or use the Suspend Groups command), and position the edit cursor over
the track or track pair before entering
Scrub/Shuttle modes.
While in Scrub/Shuttle mode, all other
screen activity is locked out, and the Edit
Window status display area indicates
“Scrub” or “Shuttle.”
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Keyboard Shortcuts
◆ Scrub switch located to the left of the
Scrub/Shuttle wheel: toggles Scrub mode
on/off
◆ Shuttle switch located to the right of the
Scrub/Shuttle wheel: toggles Shuttle mode
on/off
◆ Press the Transport’s Stop button to exit
Scrub or Shuttle mode
◆ Hold down the Command key (F7) to
scrub at a fixed fine resolution, regardless
of the current zoom settings.
◆ Hold down the Shift switch to make a
new selection while scrubbing/shuttling;
Release the Shift switch to finish the selection
◆ Hold down the Option switch to begin
scrubbing/shuttling from the end of a selection
Creating Selections Using the Scrub/Shuttle Wheel
You can create and modify on-screen selections using the Scrub/Shuttle wheel:
To create selections using the Scrub/Shuttle
wheel:
■ Press the Scrub or Shuttle switch on the
CS-10. The start position will be the current
selection’s start point, or current cursor position if there is no selection.
■ To Scrub or Shuttle from the selection
end point, hold down the Option switch
when pressing the Scrub or Shuttle switch.
■ You can navigate to the start or end of
your selection at any time by pressing the
Left/Right Arrow keys.
Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle Preference
How you work with CS-10’s Scrub/Shuttle
wheel depends on whether you select the
“Edit Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle” Operation preference in Pro Tools.
If “Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle” is
selected:
■ Press the Scrub switch or the Shuttle
switch and move the wheel to clear the current selection and move the cursor.
■ Hold down the Shift switch before press-
ing the Scrub switch or the Shuttle switch,
or before moving the wheel, to keep the
current selection. As you move the wheel,
the selection is expanded or trimmed.
If “Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle” is not
selected:
■ Press the Scrub switch or the Shuttle
switch and turn the wheel to keep your current selection and move the cursor outside
of the selection.
■ Hold down the Shift switch and turn the
wheel to clear the current selection and create a new one. The new selection starts
wherever you first hold down the Shift
switch.
■ Release Shift switch to move the cursor
outside the new selection.
■ Press the Shift switch additional times to
trim the new selection as needed.
Scrub/Shuttle Tips
◆ At any time during scrubbing/shuttling
you can press the Left or Right Arrow to
move the current scrub position to the selection start/end.
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◆ You can freely move between scrub and
shuttle modes. The current scrub/shuttle
position is retained.
◆ If you enter scrub or shuttle but don’t
move the wheel or mouse, you can exit
scrub/shuttle without affecting the current
selection.
To define a selection using a combination of
scrub/shuttle functions:
1 Press the Shuttle switch to enter shuttle
mode.
2 Shuttle along the timeline. When you get
to roughly the selection in-point, hold
down the Shift switch.
3 Continue shuttling down the timeline.
When you get to roughly the out-point, release the Shift key. Your “rough selection”
is now defined.
4 Press the Scrub switch to enter scrub
mode.
5 Press the Left Arrow key to move the
scrub position to the selection start.
6 Hold down the Shift switch (to retain
your selection), scrub the selection inpoint until you reach the desired location.
7 Press the Right Arrow key to move the
scrub out-point to the selection end.
8 Hold down the Shift switch (to retain
your selection), and scrub the selection
out-point until you reach the desired location.
✽ To make selections in quick succession, de-
fine a selection using any of the techniques described above, press the Down Arrow to
capture it as a Memory Location, and continue
down the timeline to capture more selections.
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chapter 4
Penny & Giles MM-16/DC-16 MIDI
Controllers
The Penny & Giles MM-16 and DC-16 controllers work with Pro Tools as 16-channel
strip controllers. There are separate Personalities for the MM-16 and DC-16.
Vol Pan L Pan R
Send 1
These controllers have unique continuous
fader belt controls, and ladder-styled LED
displays embedded within each belt to indicate levels at all times. Working with the
MM-16 or DC-16 is very similar to working
on a touch-sensitive motorized-fader control surface. Also, you can reliably punch in
automation data at any point in time, since
you are always at your automation null
point.
▲ When connecting a Penny & Giles MM-16 or
DC-16, be sure to use the MIDI ports on the
rear panel labeled “Control In” and “Aux Out.”
DC-16
The DC-16 is a new version of the original
MM-16 MIDI controller. An overlay is provided that allows you to place a label insert
over the various controls. Penny & Giles
has prepared a label insert for the DC-16
specifically for Pro Tools. Contact a
Penny & Giles dealer or distributor to get a
Pro Tools-specific insert.
Send 2 Send 3
Option
Scrub
<<
(rew)
Bank
Send 4 Send 5
Cmmd
Shift
Shuttle Fx Switch
>>
>
(play) (stop) (rec)
(ffwd)
Bank Page up
Control
Mode
Page down
The DC-16 switch assignments for Pro Tools
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MM-16
If you have an MM-16, you may require an
updated firmware version from
Penny & Giles to ensure that the various
LEDs on the front panel light correctly
when used with Pro Tools. A few of these
LEDs have different MIDI system-exclusive
codes from the DC-16, and some LEDs may
not turn on/off unless you have installed
the updated firmware.
34
7
6
>
(play) (stop) (rec)
-1/NO
Tem po
8
+1/YES
Vol Prog Snap
12
5
Scrub
Shuttle Send Store
>>
<<
(rew)
(ffwd)
The MM-16 switch assignments for Pro Tools
Fader Belt Functions
The fader belts can control one of the following modes:
◆ Volume
◆ Pan Left
◆ Pan Right
◆ Send 1
◆ Send 2
◆ Send 3
◆ Send 4
◆ Send 5
◆ Plug-In Controls
There are dedicated switches to assign the
fader belts to each of the modes:
◆ Vol: makes continuous fader belts con-
trol volume
◆ Pan L (labeled Prog on MM-16): makes
continuous fader belts control pan left
◆ Pan R (labeled Snap on MM-16): makes
continuous fader belts control pan right
◆ Send 1 (labeled Tempo on MM-16):
makes continuous fader belts control Send
#1 level
◆ Send 2 (labeled 1 on MM-16): makes con-
tinuous fader belts control Send #2
◆ Send 3 (labeled 2 on MM-16): makes con-
tinuous fader belts control Send #3
◆ Send 4 (labeled 3 on MM-16): makes con-
tinuous fader belts control Send #4
◆ Send 5 (labeled 4 on MM-16): makes con-
tinuous fader belts control Send #5
◆ FX switch (labeled Send on MM-16):
makes continuous fader belts edit Plug-In
parameters
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When a belt is moved, its assigned control
is identified on the bottom row of the twoline LCD.
▲ When the belts are controlling Send levels,
the switches automatically control corresponding Send Mutes regardless of the current
switch mode.
Fader Belt Switch Functions
The 16 switches that correspond to the
belts can control any one of the following
modes:
◆ Solo: Switches change solo state of tracks
◆ Mute: Switches change mute state of
tracks
◆ Memory Location: Recall/sets Memory
Locations
◆ Track Selection: Chooses which tracks
are selected on-screen
◆ Track Record-Arming: changes record
status of tracks
◆ Name: Identifies the control currently as-
signed to the corresponding belt in the
LCD
▲ When the fader belt switches control mutes,
any track that is currently muted as a result of
other tracks being soloed will have its associated switch LED flash.
▲ When the belts are controlling Plug-In pa-
rameters, fader belt switches automatically
function in Name mode.
To cycle through the switch modes:
1 Press the Switch Mode switch (labeled
Send on the MM-16).
2 To cycle through the switch modes in re-
verse order, hold down the Option switch
(5 on the MM-16) and press the Switch
Mode switch (Send on the MM-16).
When a switch is pressed, its assigned control is identified on the top row of the twoline LCD.
✽ To use Memory Locations, set Pro Tools
Preferences so that memory locations are
auto-named. This way when you create a memory location during playback or recording, you
will not have to stop to name the location.
Additional Switch Functions
◆ Shift + Memory Location Switches: Ex-
tends the current selection when the current active mode for the fader belt switches
is “Memory Locations.” (Equivalent to
Shift-clicking in Pro Tools.)
◆ Option + Memory Location Switches:
Sets memory location points when the current active mode for the fader switches is
“Memory Locations.”
To swap banks or scroll channel strips:
◆ Bank Left (Left Arrow on MM-16): Bank
swaps channel strips to the left
◆ Bank Right (Right Arrow on MM-16):
Bank swaps channel strips to the right
◆ Option-Bank Left: Bank scrolls to the left
by a single channel strip
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◆ Option-Bank Right: Bank scrolls to the
right by a single channel strip
◆ Shift-Bank Left (Left Arrow on MM-16):
Zooms in horizontal view (time axis)
◆ Shift-Bank Right (Right Arrow on
MM-16): Zooms out horizontal view (time
axis)
To move through Plug-In control pages:
◆ Page Up (labeled -1/NO on MM-16): Go
to previous Plug-In control page
◆ Page Down (labeled +1/YES on MM-16):
Go to next Plug-In control page
◆ Option-Page Up (labeled -1/NO on
MM-16): Go to first Plug-In control page
◆ Option-Page Down (labeled +1/YES on
MM-16): Go to last Plug-In control page
▲ “FX” must be the current mode to edit Plug-
Ins.
To enable online status:
◆ STOP on the MM-16 (located in the
three-switch group “START/CONT/STOP“):
Toggles Online/Offline status
◆ The Online switch on the DC-16 is the
farthest right auxiliary button. The auxiliary buttons on the DC-16 are the row of
eight switches on the top left of the unit.
To use modifier keys:
◆ Opt (labeled 5 on MM-16) = Option
(Macintosh) or Alt (Windows) key; allows
for editing of all switches of the same type
◆ Shift (labeled 6 on MM-16) = Shift key
◆ Command (labeled 7 on MM-16) = Com-
mand (Macintosh) or Start (Windows) key;
allows for fine resolution when in Scrub
mode
◆ Control (labeled 8 on MM-16) = Control
(Macintosh) or Ctrl (Windows); provides
temporary “clutch” for groups
▲ Not all of these modifier keys allow you to
perform the same operations as their counterparts on the computer keyboard. For example,
the Command (Macintosh) or Start (Windows)
key does not allow fine control of Pro Tools onscreen levels from the MM-16/DC-16.
Transport Switches
The MM-16 and DC-16 have five standard
transport control switches:
◆ Rewind
◆ Fast Forward
◆ Play
◆ Record
◆ Stop
To cycle through the recording modes
(Loop Record, Destructive Record, and
QuickPunch), hold down the Control
switch (labeled 8 on MM-16) and press the
Record switch.
In addition, the following special transport
modes can be enabled with modifier keys:
◆ Shift + Play: Half-speed Playback
◆ Shift + Rewind: Return-to-Zero
◆ Shift + FF: Go-to-End
◆ Shift + Stop: Aborts (cancels) recording
pass
◆ Control (labeled 8 on MM-16) + Online
(labeled STOP on the MM-16 in the threeswitch group “START/CONT/STOP“): Cycles thru master transport mode (Pro Tools,
Serial Machine Control, or ADAT)
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Transport Control of External Devices
The MM-16/DC-16 can be used to control
devices other than Pro Tools, such as the
Alesis ADAT® or serial (9-pin) machine
control transports (using the MachineControl™ option for Pro Tools).
◆ To cycle through available transport
master types (Pro Tools, Serial Machine,
ADAT), hold down the Control switch (labeled 8 on MM-16) and press the Online
switch (labeled STOP on the MM-16).
◆ The Record switch LED reflects the state
of the device under control.
Scrub and Shuttle Functions
Scrub and shuttle are supported on the
MM-16 and DC-16, using the scrub/shuttle
wheel. Pro Tools will always scrub the topmost track or track pair with the current
edit cursor position or selection.
Keyboard Shortcuts
◆ Scrub (labeled Edit on MM-16): Enables
Scrub mode
◆ Shuttle (labeled Util on MM-16): Enables
Shuttle mode
◆ Press the Transport’s Stop button to exit
Scrub or Shuttle mode
◆ Hold down the Command key (labeled 7
on the MM-16) to scrub at a fine resolution
regardless of the current zoom settings.
◆ Hold down the Shift switch to make a
new selection while scrubbing/shuttling;
Release the Shift switch to finish the selection
◆ Hold down the Option switch to begin
scrubbing/shuttling from the end of a selection
If you are using a multi-track edit group,
Pro Tools will scrub/shuttle the topmost
track pair in the edit group (left-most in the
Mix window). To scrub/shuttle other tracks
in an edit group, first disable the group (or
use the Suspend Groups command), and
position the edit cursor over the track or
track pair you wish to scrub before entering
Scrub/Shuttle modes on your controller.
While in Scrub or Shuttle mode with the
MM-16/DC-16, all other screen activity is
locked out, and the Edit Window status display area (lower-left corner of the window)
will display “Scrub” or “Shuttle.”
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Creating Selections Using the Scrub/Shuttle Wheel
keep the current selection. As you move
the wheel, the selection is expanded or
trimmed.
You can create and modify on-screen selections using the Scrub/Shuttle wheel.
To create selections using the Scrub/Shuttle
wheel:
■ Press the Scrub switch (labeled Edit on
MM-16) or Shuttle switch (labeled Unit on
MM-16) on the MM-16/DC-16. The start
position is the current selection’s start
point, or current location of the cursor if
there is no selection.
■ To scrub or shuttle from the selection
end point, hold down the Option switch
when pressing the Scrub switch (labeled
Edit on MM-16) or Shuttle switch (labeled
Unit on MM-16).
■ You can navigate to the start or end of
your selection at any time by pressing the
Left/Right Arrow keys.
Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle Preference
How you work with MM-16/DC-16’s
Scrub/Shuttle wheel depends on whether
you select the “Insertion Follows
Scrub/Shuttle” Operation preference in
Pro Tools.
If “Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle” is
selected:
■ Press the Scrub switch or the Shuttle
switch and move the wheel to clear the current selection and move the cursor.
■ Hold down the Shift switch before press-
ing the Scrub switch (labeled Edit on
MM-16) or the Shuttle switch (labeled Unit
on MM-16), or before moving the wheel, to
If “Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle” is not
selected:
■ Press the Scrub switch (labeled Edit on
MM-16) or the Shuttle switch (labeled Unit
on MM-16) and turn the wheel to keep
your current selection and move the cursor
outside of the selection.
■ Hold down the Shift switch and turn the
wheel to clear the current selection and create a new one. The new selection starts
wherever you first hold down the Shift
switch.
■ Release Shift switch to move the cursor
outside the new selection.
■ Press the Shift switch additional times to
trim the new selection as needed.
Scrub/Shuttle Tips
◆ At any time during scrubbing/shuttling
you can press the Left or Right Arrow to
move the current scrub position to the selection start/end.
◆ You can freely move between scrub and
shuttle modes. The current scrub/shuttle
position is retained.
◆ If you enter scrub or shuttle but don’t
move the wheel or mouse, you can exit
scrub/shuttle without affecting the current
selection.
To define a selection using a combination of
scrub/shuttle functions:
1 Press the Shuttle switch (labeled Unit on
MM-16) to enter shuttle mode.
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2 Shuttle along the timeline. When you get
to roughly the selection in-point, hold
down the Shift switch.
3 Continue shuttling down the timeline.
When you get to roughly the out-point, release the Shift key. Your “rough selection”
is now defined.
4 Press the Scrub switch (labeled Edit on
MM-16) to enter scrub mode.
5 Press the Left Arrow key to move the
scrub position to the selection start.
6 Hold down the Shift switch (to retain
your selection), and scrub the selection inpoint until you reach the desired location.
7 Press the Right Arrow key to move the
scrub out-point to the selection end.
8 Hold down the Shift switch (to retain
your selection), and scrub the selection
out-point until you reach the desired location.
✽ To make selections in quick succession, de-
fine a selection using any of the techniques described above, press the Down Arrow to
capture it as a Memory Location, and continue
down the timeline to capture more selections.
Resetting the
Penny & Giles MM-16 or
DC-16
If power is interrupted, or if for some other
reason your MM-16/DC-16 needs to be reset (powered off and on again), you should
follow these steps:
To reset the MM-16/DC-16 with Pro Tools:
1 Power down the controller.
2 Disable the MM-16/DC-16 in the Periph-
erals dialog, and close the dialog.
3 Power up the controller.
4 Reenable the controller in the Peripher-
als dialog.
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chapter 5
Peavey PC-1600 MIDI Controller
The Peavey PC-1600 is a fully programmable MIDI controller with 16 channel faders
and 16 switches.
Although the PC-1600 has a data wheel, it
currently can only send out controller values corresponding to one of the 16 faders.
Therefore, Scrub and Shuttle functions are
not supported on this controller.
Preset Modes
For your convenience, there are seven, custom preset modes for the PC-1600 to control Pro Tools. These presets are automatically downloaded to the controller when
enabled in the Peripherals dialog, overwriting any existing presets stored there. The
LCD screen displays the name of the current preset.
Each preset defines specific functionality
for each of 32 controls (16 faders and 16
switches). While there are 16 faders, the
controller actually operates as a device with
eight channel strips and with banks comprised of eight channels.
The preset modes for the PC-1600 are:
Eight Volumes + Eight Pans
◆ Faders #1-8 control volume for the eight
tracks in the current bank
◆ Faders #9-16 control the pans for the
eight tracks in the current bank
Sixteen Plug-In Controls
◆ Faders #1-16 control the 16 Plug-In con-
trols in the currently active Plug-In parameter page
Eight Volume + Eight Send #1 Levels
◆ Faders #1-8 control volume for the eight
tracks in the current bank
◆ Faders #9-16 control the send #1 levels
for the eight tracks in the current bank
Eight Volume + Eight Send #2 Levels
◆ Faders #1-8 control volume for the eight
tracks in the current bank
◆ Faders #9-16 control Send #2 levels for
the eight tracks in the current bank
Eight Volume + Eight Send #3 Levels
◆ Faders #1-8 control volume for the eight
tracks in the current bank
◆ Faders #9-16 control Send #3 levels for
the eight tracks in the current bank
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Eight Volume + Eight Send #4 Levels
◆ Faders #1-8 control volume for the eight
tracks in the current bank
◆ Faders #9-16 control Send #4 levels for
the eight tracks in the current bank
Eight Volume + Eight Send #5 Levels
To cycle through the switch modes:
■ Press the Change Mode switch (Switch
16) to cycle through the switch modes.
■ Hold down the Option switch (Switch 9)
and press the Change Mode switch (Switch
16) to cycle through the switch modes in
reverse order.
◆ Faders #1-8 control volume for the eight
tracks in the current bank
◆ Faders #9-16 control Send #5 levels for
the eight tracks in the current bank
Function Switches
There are 16 switches positioned directly
below each fader. Switches #1-8 control different functions depending on the active
preset. Switches #9-16 have the same functionality for all presets.
Switch Mode Determines Functionality for Switches #1-8
In all preset modes except “16 Plug-In Controls” (Preset #2), switches #1-8 control the
function defined by one of the following
switch modes:
Mute Switches change mute state of tracks
Solo Switches change solo state of tracks
Track Record-Arming Switches change
record status of tracks
Selection Switches selects tracks for edit-
ing, deletion, and so on
Memory Location Switches recall/set Mem-
ory Locations
✽ Since there are no switch LEDs on the PC-
1600, there is no indication which switch
mode is currently active.
“Sixteen Plug-In Controls” Preset Functionality for Switches #1-8
In the “Sixteen Plug-In Controls” preset
(Preset #2), the faders control Plug-In parameters, while the first eight switches control the following transport functions:
◆ Switch 1: Rewind
◆ Switch 2: Fast Forward
◆ Switch 3: Stop
◆ Switch 4: Play
◆ Switch 5: Record
✽ Hold the Control switch (Switch 11) and
press the Record switch to cycle through the
various recording modes (Loop Record, Destructive Record, and QuickPunch).
◆ Switch 6: toggles Online/Offline status
◆ Switch 7: (Not Used)
◆ Switch 8: (Not Used)
◆ Shift (Switch 10)-Switch 1: Return-To-
Zero
◆ Shift (Switch 10)-Switch 2: Go To-End
◆ Shift (Switch 10)-Switch 3: Abort Record
◆ Shift (Switch 10)-Switch 4: Half-Speed
Playback
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Functionality for Switches #9-16
Switches #9-16 have the same functionality
for all seven presets:
◆ Switch 9: Option
◆ Switch 10: Shift
◆ Switch 11: Control
◆ Switch 16: Cycles through the switch
modes (Mute, Solo, Track Record-Arming,
Selection, and Memory Location)
When the Mix window is the current active
window:
◆ Switch 12: Bank swaps eight channel
strips to the left
◆ Switch 13: Bank swaps eight channel
strips to the right
◆ Shift (Switch 10) + Switch 12: Bank
scrolls to the left by a single channel strip
◆ Shift (Switch 10) + Switch 13: Bank
scrolls to the right by a single channel strip
◆ Switch 14: go to prior Plug-In parameter
page
◆ Switch 15: go to next Plug-In parameter
page
◆ Shift (Switch 10) + Switch 14: Go to top
Plug-In parameter page
◆ Shift (Switch 10) + Switch 15: Go to bot-
tom Plug-In parameter page
When the Edit window is the current active
window:
◆ Shift (Switch 10) + Switch 12: Zooms out
horizontal view (time axis)
◆ Shift (Switch 10) + Switch 13: Zooms in
horizontal view (time axis)
◆ Shift (Switch 10) + Switch 14: Zooms in
vertical view (amplitude axis)
◆ Shift (Switch 10) + Switch 15: Zooms out
vertical view (amplitude axis)
Transport Control of External Devices
The PC-1600 can be used to control devices
other than Pro Tools, such as the Alesis
ADAT® or serial (9-pin) machine control
transports (using the MachineControl™
option for Pro Tools).
◆ To cycle through available transport
master types (Pro Tools, Serial Machine,
ADAT), hold down Switch 11 (Control) and
press Switch 6 (Online).
◆ The RECORD switch LED reflects the
state of the device under control.
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appendix a
Using Other MIDI Controllers
If you do not have any of the currently supported MIDI controllers, you can a use a
third-party controller (such as the JL Cooper FaderMaster™) and program its controls to function like a JL Cooper CS-10.
This allows you to use any MIDI controller
that allows reprogramming of its MIDI protocol. You can then access Pro Tools with
that MIDI protocol and adopt the CS-10’s
functional personality.
The following information assumes you
have a familiarity with MIDI protocol, including MIDI System Exclusive (SysEx)
messages.
☞ For details on reprogramming your control-
ler, refer to its documentation, or contact the
manufacturer for more information.
Fader and Switch Data
The CS-10 uses standard MIDI protocol,
and all of its controller commands are on
MIDI channel 16. These messages are all of
the form:
BFh cc vv
where cc=switch or wheel number, and
vv=value.
The following table gives values (vv) for
each fader or switch.
Wheel Data
Wheel data is in the form of “2’s complement” with the 6th bit as the sign bit. Positive numbers are sent for clockwise rotation. These numbers represent the wheel
counts accumulated since the last transmission (such as relative position count),
similar to what a computer mouse transmits. The resolution is approximately 180
counts per revolution, and transmissions
are sent at about 10 milliseconds intervals
when the wheel is being turned.
Wheel Data
cc Name vv
00h Mute switch 1 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
01h-07h Mute switches 2-8 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
08h Mode switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
09h Shift switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
0Ah F1 switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
0Bh F2 switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
0Ch F3 switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
0Dh F4 switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
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Wheel Data
cc Name vv
0Eh F5 switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
0Fh F6 switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
10h F7 switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
11h F8 switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
12h F9 switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
13h REW switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
14h FF switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
15h Stop switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
16h Play switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
17h Record switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
18h Left Wheel switch 00=release,
7Fh=depressed
19h Right Wheel
switch
1Ah Up cursor switch 00=release,
1Bh Down cursor
switch
1Ch Left cursor switch 00=release,
1Dh Right cursor
switch
1Eh Footswitch 00=release,
40h Fader 1 Range 0 to 7Fh
41h-47h Faders 2-8 Range 0 to 7Fh
48h Boost/Cut Range 0 to 7Fh
00=release,
7Fh=depressed
7Fh=depressed
00=release,
7Fh=depressed
7Fh=depressed
00=release,
7Fh=depressed
7Fh=depressed
Wheel Data
cc Name vv
49h Frequency Range 0 to 7Fh
4Ah Bandwidth Range 0 to 7Fh
4Bh Send 1 Range 0 to 7Fh
4Ch Send 2 Range 0 to 7Fh
4Dh Pan Range 0 to 7Fh
60h Whee 2s complement /7
bits data
LED Data
All messages from the computer to the controller are transmitted using SysEx commands as follows:
F0h 15h 15h 00h cc vv F7h
where cc=LED number, and vv=value.
LED Data
cc Name vv
00h Mute LED 1 00=off, 7Fh=on
01h-07h Mute LEDs 2-8 00=off, 7Fh=on
08h Select Mode LED 00=off, 7Fh=on
09h Locate Mode LED 00=off, 7Fh=on
0Ah Mute Mode LED 00=off, 7Fh=on
0Bh Solo Mode LED 00=off, 7Fh=on
0Ch Down Null LED 00=off, 7Fh=on
0Dh Up Null LED 00=off, 7Fh=on
0Eh Left Wheel LED 00=off, 7Fh=on
0Fh Right Wheel LED 00=off, 7Fh=on
10h 1s 7-Segment
Digit
(see below)
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LED Data
cc Name vv
11h 10s 7-Segment
Digit
12h Record LED 00=off, 7Fh=on
13h Decimal pt to right
of 10s digit
14h Decimal pt to right
of 1s digit
(see below)
00=off, 7Fh=on
00=off, 7Fh=on
For the 7-segment LEDs, Bit 0= segment a,
Bit 1= segment b, and so on. In each case, a
set bit turns the segment on.
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index
Numerics
5.1 Surround Mixing 14
A
Active in Background 4
and HUI 13
ADAT
controlling from Cooper 56
controlling from HUI 16
controlling from Penny & Giles 63
Apple Serial DMA 2
Auditioning
on HUI 18
Auto switch (HUI) 30
Automation
Automation Status 28
of Pan on HUI 48
of Plug-Ins on HUI 49
Pass Through Null Fader Automation 6
Trim Mode on HUI 31, 48
writing to Start, End or All on HUI 48
Automation Enable switches (HUI) 47
Automation Mode switches (HUI) 35, 47
Automation modes
selecting on HUI 31
B
Bank 1
Bank swapping 1, 6
on HUI 26
Bypass switch (HUI) 32, 45
C
Channel (nudge) 6
Channel display (HUI) 27
Channel Fader Strip (HUI) 26
Channel scrolling 26
Clutch 27
Cooper
Fader Switch 53
Function switches 54
null point 54
Plug-Ins 55
rotary knobs 55
Scrolling 56
Scrub/Shuttle 56
Sends 55
Transport 55
D
Default switch
on HUI 41
Diagnostics (HUI) 50
Display Brightness 42
DSP Select switches
on HUI 42
E
Edit Mode switches (HUI) 23
Edit Tool switches (HUI) 23
External devices
controlled from Cooper 56
controlled from HUI 16
controlled from Peavey 69
controlled from Penny & Giles 63
F
Fader (HUI) 27
Fader Belt
on Penny & Giles 60
Fader Flip mode 40
Fader Switch
on Cooper 53
Fast Forward settings 7
on Cooper 56
Index 75
Flip mode
on HUI 40
Footswitch
HUI 16
Function switches
on Cooper 54
on HUI 50
on Peavey 68
G
Global modifier switches 7
Group status 28
Group switches (HUI) 35
Groups
on HUI 27, 36
suspending 36
H
Half-speed playback 16
Hardware I/Os
assigning on HUI 37
HUI 11
Active in Background 13
and communication with computer 13
and on-screen dialog messages 13
Auto switch 30
Automation Mode switches 35, 47
Automation modes 31
bank swapping 26
Bypass switch 32, 45
Channel display 27
channel scrolling 26
Default switch 41
DSP Select switches 42
Edit Mode switches 23
Edit Tool switches 23
enabling automation 47
Fader 27
Function switches 50
Group switches 35
Groups 27, 36
Insert switch 32
Inserts and Sends Editor 14
level meters 15
Monitor switch 35
Monitoring 14
Mute 29
pan controls 34
Plug-In editing 45
Record Ready mode 29
Record Safe mode 30
Rotary encoders 34, 42, 43, 45
Scribble Strip 27
Select swtich 28
Select/Assign section 36
Solo 29
Solo Safe mode 30
Status switches 35
Suspend switch 30
Suspend swtich 32
Talkback 14
transport 15
troubleshooting 50
using with an OMS sequencer 5
V-SEL switch 33
WINDOW Switches 13
I
I/O Labels 38
Input Source 28
Insert switch (HUI) 32
Inserts
assigning on HUI 38, 39, 44
editing 38
Inserts and Sends Editor
on HUI 14
Is Controller (OMS) 3
Is Multitimbral (OMS) 3
J
jog 20
L
Level display 28
Level meters
pre/post fader select 15
Loop Record
on HUI 16
M
MachineControl 16, 20, 56, 63
Memory Locations 19, 22, 54, 58, 65
Meters 15
MIDI Controllers 1
configuring 2
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General Information 6
parameters 5
removing 6
Terminology 1
using other 71
MIDI Machine Control 16, 56
MIDI Monitor Mode (HUI) 51
Modifier switches (HUI) 23
Monitor Status 28
Monitor switch (HUI) 35
Monitoring
on HUI 14
Mute
Follows Mix Groups preference 30
on HUI 29
Pro Tools preferences 30
N
Navigation (HUI) 24
Null Point
on Cooper 54
Numeric Keypad
on HUI 19
O
Open Music System (OMS) 2
Output Destination 28
P
Pan
automating on HUI 48
controls on HUI 34
position 28
Peavey
Function switches 68
Preset Modes 67
Peavey PC-1600 67
channel considerations 4
Penny & Giles 59
DC-16 59
Fader Belt 60
MM-16 59
Resetting 65
transport 62
Personalities 1
PHASE 35
Plug-Ins
assigning on HUI 38, 44
automating 8
automating on HUI 49
bypassing on HUI 45
comparing on HUI 45
editing on HUI 45
inserting on HUI 46
on Cooper 55
on HUI 42
page scrolling on HUI 46
pages 8
selecting and editing 38
Pre/Post Fader metering 15
Pre/Post Roll
setting on HUI 17, 19
Pre/Post Send Display 28
Preferences
mute 30
solo 30
Presets
on Peavey 67
Q
QuickPunch
on HUI 15
R
Record Ready switch (HUI) 29
Record Safe mode
on HUI 30
Rewind settings 7
on Cooper 56
Rotary encoders
on HUI 34, 42, 43, 45
Rude Solo Light (HUI) 18
S
SampleCell Labels 38
Saving
from HUI 22
Scribble Strip (HUI) 27
Scrolling 8
on Cooper 56
on HUI 14
Scrub Mode
on HUI 19
Scrub/Shuttle
Index 77
and MachineControl 20
creating selections on Cooper 57
creating selections on HUI 21
creating selections on Penny & Giles 64
on Cooper 56
on HUI 19
on Penny & Giles 63
preferences and Cooper 57
preferences and HUI 21
preferences and Penny & Giles 64
Select switch (HUI) 28
Select/Assign section (HUI) 36
Selection Mode (HUI) 24
Send Destination 28
Sends
assigning on HUI 37, 39
editing levels on HUI 40
Flip mode on HUI 40
muting on HUI 40
on Cooper 55
pan on HUI 40
pre/post on HUI 40
Pre/Post-Fader settings on HUI 38
SEND A-E 39
Shuttle Lock Mode
on HUI 20
Shuttle Mode
on HUI 20
Smart Tool
selecting from HUI 23
Solo
Follows Mix Groups preference 30
Latch preference 30
on HUI 29
Pro Tools preferences 30
Solo Safe mode 30
on HUI 30
Status switches (HUI) 35
Surround monitoring
on HUI 14
Suspend switch (HUI) 30, 32
Suspending groups (HUI) 36
on Penny & Giles 62
Trim mode
displaying trim values 48
on HUI 31, 48
Troubleshooting (HUI) 50
U
Undo
from HUI 22
V
Velocity-sensitive
DSP rotary encoders 43
Video/audio decks and MIDI Controllers 8
V-SEL switch (HUI) 33
W
Windows computers
connecting and configuring 2
Z
Zoom Mode (HUI) 24
Zoom switches (HUI) 24
T
Time Counter
on HUI 18
Transport
on HUI 15
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