Pinnacle Systems Pro Tools LE - 5.1, Pro Tools TDM - 6.0, Pro Tools LE - 5.3 User Manual

Pro Tools

MIDI Control Surfaces Guide

Version 6.0 for TDM or LE Systems on Macintosh

Version 5.3.x for TDM or LE Systems on Windows or Macintosh

Version 5.1.x for MIX or LE Systems on Macintosh

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contents

Chapter 1. Working with MIDI Control Surfaces

MIDI Control Surface Terms

Configuring Your System for a MIDI Control Surface

General Information for All MIDI Control Surfaces

Chapter 2. CM Labs MotorMix

Controls and Displays

Communication with MotorMix

Faders and Rotary Pots

Transport Controls

Memory Locations

Monitor Mode

Controlling Plug-Ins

Controlling Sends

Automation

Groups

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Pro Tools Navigation and Tool Selection

Additional Switches

Computer Keyboard Modifier Keys

Troubleshooting

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Chapter 3. Mackie HUI Control Surface

WINDOW Switches

Analog Monitoring Section

Level Meters

Transport Controls

AUDITION, PRE/POST, and IN/OUT Switches

Time Counter Display and 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

Working with Sends and Plug-Ins

Selecting and Editing Inserts and Plug-Ins

Send Level Editing

Fader Flip mode

DEFAULT Switch

Working with Plug-Ins: Using the DSP Edit/Assign Section

Assigning Plug-Ins and Hardware I/O Inserts

Editing Plug-In Parameters

Automation

Automating Plug-Ins

Function Keys

Known Issues with HUI and Pro Tools

Troubleshooting and Diagnostics

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Chapter 4. JL Cooper CS-10 MIDI Control Surface

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 5. Peavey PC–1600 MIDI Control Surface

Preset Modes

Function Switches

Transport Control of External Devices

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Chapter 6. Penny & Giles MM-16 and DC-16 MIDI Control Surfaces

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

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Chapter 7. JL Cooper MCS-Panner

Installation and Configuration

MCS-Panner

Using the MCS-Panner

Adjusting Other Parameters

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Appendix A. Using Other MIDI Control Surfaces

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chapter 1

Working with MIDI Control Surfaces

MIDI control surfaces add hands-on control to
Pro Tools functions. You can use a MIDI control
surface to adjust on-screen faders and knobs, ac­tivate transport controls, or scrub and shuttle in
Pro Tools.

Supported Control Surfaces

Pro Tools supports the following MIDI control
surfaces:

• CM Labs MotorMix™

• JL Cooper CS-10™ series

• JL Cooper MCS-Panner™

• Mackie Design’s HUI™ Control Surface

• Peavey PC-1600™

• Penny & Giles MM-16™ and DC-16™

New MIDI control surface features are provided
through the latest Control Surface Personality
files installed with Pro Tools.

The Penny & Giles MM-16 and DC-16 are
not supported on Pro Tools|HD systems.
Pro Tools 6.0 or later no longer supports
and will not install the Penny & Giles MM­16 and DC-16 Control Surface Personality
Files.

MIDI Control Surface Personalities

MIDI Control Surface Personalities

low Pro Tools to communicate with the MIDI
control surface.

These files are correctly installed in the Control­lers directory (folder):

• Macintosh OS X: Applications/Digidesign/
Pro Tools/Controllers

• Macintosh OS 9: System Folder/DAE Folder/
Controllers

•Windows XP: Program Files/Digidesign/DAE
Folder/Controllers

Pro Tools scans the Controllers directory
(folder) whenever you open the Peripherals dia­log to assign a MIDI control surface.

are files that al-

MIDI Controllers page of the Peripherals dialog

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MIDI Control Surface 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

number of controls on your MIDI control sur­face. For example, the MM-16 and DC-16 each
have 16 continuous-belt faders, while the Mo­torMix, HUI and the CS-10 each have eight fad­ers. You can use more than one control surface
to create a wider bank (for example, you can
control up to 64 channels using four Penny &
Giles control surfaces).

Corresponds to the

Pro Tools supports use of multiple control sur­faces of the same type, and can duplicate con­trols from either control surface. However, only
the control surface assigned to the first MIDI
Control Surface position (in the Peripherals dia­log) can have access to plug-in editing.

Configuring Your System for a
MIDI Control Surface

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 and destina­tion.

Bank Swap

you switch control from one on-screen bank of
channel strip faders to another.

Global Controls

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.

Control Surface Focus

or Output window for editing on a control sur­face, it becomes the
tinction is indicated by a colored outline sur­rounding the top panel of the window in
Pro Tools.

In Pro Tools, you can mix MIDI control surface
types, and have them act as a single bank. For
example, you could use a HUI, MM-16 or
DC-16, CS-10 and PC-1600 together at the same
time, which would create a MIDI control surface
console that is 48 channels wide. If you swap
banks with this extended console, you will be
switching 48 faders at a time.

The process by which Pro Tools lets

Controls that perform single

When you select a Plug-In

control surface focus

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Macintosh OS X

Connect and configure your MIDI interface ac­cording to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Before using a MIDI control surface with
Pro Tools, configure it as a device in the Apple
Audio MIDI Setup application (AMS). See “Con­figuring AMS for Your MIDI Control Surface” on
page 3. Then, in Pro Tools, enable your MIDI
Control Surface in the Peripherals dialog (Setups
> Peripherals) and as an Input Device (MIDI >
Input Devices).

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Macintosh OS 9

Connect and configure your MIDI interface ac­cording to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Before using a MIDI control surface with
Pro Tools, you must first configure it as a device
in the Opcode Open Music System application
(OMS), then enable it in the Pro Tools Peripher­als dialog and enable it as an Input Device in
Pro Tools (MIDI > Input Devices).

In the OMS preferences, Run MIDI In Back­ground must be enabled, and the Apple Serial
DMA driver option must be deselected for
Pro Tools to properly communicate with MIDI
devices. See “Configuring OMS for Your MIDI
Control Surface” on page 5.

To install OMS on your system, refer to the
OMS documentation included on the
Pro Tools CD-ROM.

Connect Your MIDI Control Surface to the MIDI Interface

The following are basic instructions for connect­ing your MIDI control surface to your MIDI in­terface. Refer to the manufacturer’s documenta­tion for more details regarding the specifics of
connecting the MIDI cables to and from your
MIDI control surface.

To connect a MIDI control surface to the MIDI
interface:

1

Connect a MIDI cable between the MIDI OUT
port on your MIDI control surface and the MIDI
IN port on your MIDI interface.

2

Connect a MIDI cable between the MIDI IN
port on your MIDI control surface and the MIDI
OUT port on your MIDI interface. If you have a
multi-port MIDI interface, take note of which
MIDI port the control surface is connected to.

If you have a Digi 001 system, you do not neces­sarily need a MIDI Interface because you can use
the MIDI IN and MIDI OUT ports of the
Digi 001 to connect your MIDI control surface.

For more information about the built-in
MIDI interface of the Digi 001, see the Get­ting Started with Digi 001 Guide.

Configuring AMS for Your MIDI Control
Surface

(Macintosh OS X Only)

The following are basic instructions for config­uring your MIDI control surface in the Apple
Audio MIDI Setup application (AMS).

To configure your MIDI control surface in AMS:

1

Launch the Apple Audio MIDI Setup (Applica-

tions/Utilities/).

– or –

In Pro Tools, select Setups > Edit MIDI Studio
Setup.

2

Select the MIDI Devices tab.

3

Double-click on your MIDI control surface’s

icon.

– or –

If there is no icon for your MIDI control surface,
choose MIDI Devices > Add New External De­vice; then, do the following:

• Double-click the New External Device icon.

• Select or type the Manufacturer for your
MIDI control surface.

• Select the or type the Model for your MIDI
control surface.

•Type the Device Name for your MIDI con­trol surface.

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Click More Properties.

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Click the Basic tab.

Enable Receive and Transmit MIDI Channels

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Enable the appropriate Channels for the Re­ceives and Transmits options. Refer to Table 1
below for control surface channel requirements.

Table 1. Channel Requirements for control surfaces

Control Surface Channel

CM Labs MotorMix 1

Mackie HUI 1

JL Cooper CS–10 16

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Connect the MIDI control surface to the cor-

rect port on the MIDI interface:

• Click the MIDI control surface icon’s out­put and drag onto the input for the port or
MIDI interface. A “cable” will be drawn to
indicate the connection.

• Click the MIDI control surface icon’s input
and drag onto the output for the port or
MIDI interface.

Connecting the MIDI control surface to the correct port
or MIDI interface in Audio MIDI Setup

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Pro Tools supports use of up to four MIDI
control surfaces at the same time. If you use
multiple control surfaces, make sure that none
of the control surfaces are assigned to the same
MIDI port and channel.

Peavey PC–1600 any

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To select an icon for the device, click the im­age—the window expands to show images for
various MIDI devices (such as keyboards, mod­ules, interfaces, and mixers)—and select the de­sired icon.

To use your own custom icons, place tiff im­age files in /Library/Audio/MIDI Devices/
Generic/Images.

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Click OK when you are done.

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Configuring OMS for Your MIDI Control
Surface

(Macintosh OS 9 Only)

The following are basic instructions for config­uring your MIDI control surface in 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.

To configure your MIDI control surface in OMS:

1

In your OMS Studio Setup, click on your MIDI
control surface’s icon and choose Studio > MIDI
Device Info.

– or –

If there is no icon for your MIDI control surface,
choose Studio > New Device.

2

Make sure the Is Controller option is selected.

3

Make sure the Receives and Sends boxes for
MIDI Time Code, MIDI Beat Clock, and MIDI
Machine Control are deselected.

4

Under Receive Channels, select the channel
for sending and receiving data from the MIDI
control surface. Refer to the table below for con­trol surface channel requirements.

Channel Requirements for control surfaces

Control Surface Channel

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In the OMS Setup window, connect the MIDI
control surface to the correct OMS port location
or MIDI interface. Drag the MIDI control surface
icon onto the icon for the port or MIDI interface
to which you are connecting. Arrows between
the MIDI control surface and the MIDI interface
signify a connection has been made.

7

If you have a MIDI interface with multiple
ports, a number will be displayed to the left of
the arrows connecting the MIDI control surface
icon to the MIDI interface icon. This number in­dicates the port number that the device is con­nected to on the MIDI interface. Verify that the
correct port number is displayed; if not, click the
port number, type the correct number, and press
Return.

8

You can change the MIDI control surface icon
to match the visual look of your control surface
by clicking the icon and choosing the Device
Icon command in the Studio menu.

CM Labs MotorMix 1

Mackie HUI 1

Penny & Giles (all) 16

JL Cooper CS–10 16

Peavey PC–1600 any

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Click OK.

Connecting the MIDI control surface to the correct port
or MIDI interface in the OMS Setup window

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Choose Edit > OMS MIDI Setup.

10

Select the “Run MIDI in background” option

and click OK.

11

Choose Edit > Preferences.

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Deselect the “Use Apple SerialDMA driver

when available” option and click OK.

13

Save the changes to your current Studio

Setup document.

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Pro Tools supports use of up to four MIDI
control surfaces at the same time. If you use
multiple control surfaces, make sure that none
of the control surfaces are assigned to the same
MIDI port and channel.

Configuring Pro Tools

If you are using the Mackie HUI, make sure
Active in Background is selected in the
Pro Tools Operations menu.

To configure Pro Tools for your MIDI control
surface:

1

Choose Setups > Peripherals and click on

MIDI Controllers.

2

Choose your MIDI control surface device

name from the Type pop-up menu.

3

Choose the MIDI control surface’s source port

from the Receive From pop-up menu.

Choosing the source port for a MIDI control surface

4

Additionally, if you are using the PC–1600,
choose a MIDI channel in the Source Port sub­menu in the Receive From pop-up menu to re­ceive data. The MM-16, DC-16 and the CS–10
main unit always transmit on MIDI channel 16,
and the optional eight fader CS–10

x

expander

units always transmit on MIDI channel 15.

5

Choose a destination port from the Send To
pop-up menu.

Choosing the type of MIDI control surface

MIDI Control Surfaces Guide

6

Choosing the destination port for a MIDI control surface

6 If you are using the PC–1600, choose a MIDI

channel in the Destination Port submenu in the
Send To pop-up menu to transmit data. The
MM-16, DC-16 and the CS–10 main unit always
receive on MIDI channel 16, and the optional
eight fader CS–10

x

expander units always re-

ceive on MIDI channel 15.

To enable an input device:

1 Choose MIDI > Input Devices.

7 If your MIDI control surface has more than

eight channel strips (such as JL Cooper’s CS–10
with additional CS–10

x

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.

8 Click OK.

You can configure additional MIDI control sur­faces (for a total of four) by repeating the above
steps. Make sure that none of the control sur­faces are assigned to the same MIDI source and
destination ports or channels in the Pro Tools
Peripherals dialog.

Enabling Input Devices

(Macintosh Only)

On the Macintosh, you must enable the MIDI
control surface as an input device in Pro Tools.

2

MIDI Input Enable dialog

2 Select the MIDI control surface.

3 Click OK.

When you add a device in Apple Audio MIDI
Setup on Macintosh OS X, or in OMS Setup on
Macintosh OS 9, while Pro Tools is running, it
will be automatically enabled as an input de­vice. If you want to prevent MIDI data from a
control surface reaching Pro Tools, you can dis­able a control surface as an input device.

For more information on recording MIDI
and enabling input devices, refer to the
Pro Tools Reference Guide.

Testing Connections

Move a fader or knob on your MIDI control sur­face, and the corresponding on-screen control
should move. If your system does not seem to be
responding correctly, first check all MIDI con­nections and settings. If there is still a problem,
repeat the installation and configuration steps.

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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 control surface
type, and to the number of channels specified in
the #Ch’s pop-up menu.

Each control surface choice in the Peripherals
dialog has an identifying color associated with
it. Pro Tools places a colored outline around the
channel strips in any bank that is the control fo­cus of your control surface. If you enable addi­tional control surfaces, Pro Tools will outline
the channel strips with the color that corre­sponds to the numbered control surface (1–4) in
the Peripherals dialog.

your control surface. If you disconnect your
MIDI control surface and continue to use
Pro Tools, reconfigure Pro Tools to reflect this
change.

To remove an enabled MIDI control surface:

1 Choose Setups > Peripherals and click MIDI

Control Surfaces.

2 Under MIDI Control Surfaces, choose None

from the Type pop-up menu for the control sur­face you want to remove.

3 Repeat as needed to remove additional control

surfaces.

4 Click OK when you have finished.

Overview of Control Surface Parameters

In addition to on-screen fader and knob control,
your MIDI control surface can access basic
Pro Tools commands for creating selections and
regions, setting zoom views and Memory Loca­tions, and enabling online or offline status,
along with some modifier key controls whose
functions correspond to their computer key­board equivalents. The switch functions for sup­ported MIDI control surfaces are listed in the
chapters for the respective control surfaces.

Removing a MIDI Control Surface

As long as your MIDI control surface is enabled
in the Peripherals dialog, Pro Tools will auto­matically scan the ports for your MIDI control
surface each time the program launches.

With the exception of the Mackie HUI, if en­abled control surfaces are not found, Pro Tools
will continue to behave as if they are connected.
For example, bank outlines will still appear for

General Information for All MIDI Control Surfaces

Using Multiple Control Surfaces

You can use any combination of up to four dif­ferent types of MIDI control surfaces simulta­neously. Each control surface will be indicated
in Pro Tools using color outlines of the Track
Name in the Mix and Edit windows, or controls
(such as with plug-ins) associated with each de­vice.

Outlines are also colored to identify the cur­rently focused insert, send, or track. When more
than one control surface is active on a given
track, that track name in the Edit and Mix win­dows will be highlighted in white.

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MIDI Control Surface Width and
Bank Swapping

“Pass Through Null” Fader Automation

In the Peripherals dialog, the #Ch’s pop-up
menu indicates the number of fader channels
for your MIDI control surface. Once this is set,
bank swapping is optimized for the current con­trol surface configuration.

In Pro Tools you can swap banks of 8 to 64
channel strips at a time (depending on the type
of MIDI control surface and total number of fad­ers available), or shift the bank over one channel
strip at a time.

Pro Tools shows which tracks are currently un­der remote control by outlining the Track Name
in the Edit and Mix windows in the color desig­nated under the MIDI Controllers tab in the Pe­ripherals dialog.

Each MIDI control surface type has its own con­trols for bank swapping. These commands are
covered in the chapters for the respective con­trol surfaces.

Toggling Input Status

You can toggle at any time between Auto Input
Monitor and Input Only modes by pressing Op­tion+K (Macintosh) or Alt-K (Windows) on your
computer keyboard.

In order to activate automation recording in the
Touch or Latch Automation modes, the fader or
other control must first match or “pass
through” the current automation playlist value.

This pass-through-null feature does not ap­ply to the Mackie HUI or the Penny & Giles
MM-16 and DC-16. The HUI has touch­sensitive faders that will overwrite automa­tion data as soon as they are moved, and
the MM-16 and DC-16 use continuous belt
controls, where the relative position of the
faders always matches the automation
playback level.

In the Touch and Latch Automation modes, the
auto-matching LEDs on individual channels in
the Mix window indicate which direction a
fader needs to be moved to match the current
automation data.

AutoMatch LEDs

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

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(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.

keyboard’s modifier keys in conjunction with
control surface switches (such as Mute, Solo, or
Record Ready) for all keyboard modifier opera­tions.

The Peavey PC–1600 can cause automa­tion recording and playback to become in­accurate during rapid fader moves. This is a
limitation of the PC–1600. The Peavey con­troller samples its fader movement at a
fairly low rate that can sometimes cause it
to miss fader positions used for nulling.

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 and 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 another
automation pass on the track and press 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 control surface or the computer key­board (such as the SHIFT switch on the Motor­Mix or the HUI). Similarly, you can use the

Disengaging Faders from Mix Groups

The Control keys on both the computer key­board and the Mackie HUI serve as a clutch for
disengaging a fader from a Mix group. However,
the Control key on the computer keyboard and
the CONTROL switch on the HUI are not recip­rocal. You must press the CONTROL switch on
the control surface to move a control surface
fader independently of its Mix group.

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 or fast forward by holding down the corre­sponding switch. You can also rewind or 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 or 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

MIDI Control Surfaces Guide10

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 Control Surface

To scroll the Edit or Mix windows:

■ Press and hold the Command key, then press

an arrow key on any hardware control surface.
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 star t or end:

1 Make sure the Edit window is the active win-

dow on-screen.

2 Press and hold the Command and Option

keys on your keyboard and then press the Left
arrow on any control surface to scroll to session
start, or press the Right arrow on any control
surface to scroll to session end.

If you use the above commands when the Mix
window is the active window, it will shift to the
first and last bank of faders, respectively.

Controlling Plug-Ins

Pro Tools lets you control plug-ins from MIDI
control surfaces 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 control surface, these plug-ins are
controlled through a collection of control pages.
The MIDI control surface 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 plug-ins have an odd
number of controls, or have controls that don’t
allow a page break where controls would logi­cally be grouped together. In these cases, there
may be plug-in pages that contain “blank” loca­tions where a given control is not active.

The plug-in parameters that a control surface 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.

Managing Multiple Plug-In and Output Windows

You can use a maximum of two MIDI control
surfaces to control one Plug-In window and one
Output window simultaneously. You can also
use an Ethernet controller for a maximum pos­sible total of three simultaneous control targets.

Each of up to three control surfaces will be as­signed a color to indicate on-screen which con­trol surface is affecting which window.

When opening multiple windows, press Shift
while opening a new window to move the con­trol surface focus to the new window. Only one
open window at a time can be the control sur­face focus.

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Automating Plug-In Controls

Pro Tools can automate any plug-in control, as
long as the plug-in supports automation.

For instructions on automating plug-ins, re­fer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide.

On all supported MIDI Control Surfaces except
the Mackie HUI, there is no distinction between
continuous controls (that vary in level over
many steps), and switched controls (that have
only on and off states). On these control sur­faces, 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 Digide­sign plug-ins are included in online format
on the Pro Tools Installer CD-ROM.

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 control surface-based plug­in 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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chapter 2

CM Labs MotorMix

The MotorMix by CM Labs is a mixing and edit­ing control surface designed to interface seam­lessly with Pro Tools. Dedicated MotorMix con­trols allow easy navigation through Pro Tools
functions, including mixing, editing, grouping,
plug-in control, and automation.

Communication between the MotorMix and
Pro Tools is bidirectional, which means that
control surface movements from the MotorMix
are reflected on-screen in Pro Tools, and
changes in Pro Tools are mirrored on the Motor­Mix.

Key features of MotorMix include eight motor­ized faders, eight rotary pots, back lit LCD dis­play, and LED illuminated switches. The Motor­Mix supports dedicated Pro Tools functions,
including controls for window selection,
groups, editing and transport control. Addition­ally, you can use multiple MotorMix units to
customize your control surface needs.

Chapter 2: CM Labs MotorMix 13

Controls and Displays

LCD Displays important text and graphic infor­mation regarding controls and controller val­ues.

Eight Faders Moving a fader on the MotorMix
will move the corresponding fader in the Mix
window in Pro Tools. Similarly, when you move
a fader in Pro Tools, using the mouse or automa­tion, the corresponding fader on the MotorMix
will move.

Eight Rotary Pots Send relative control data and
are not motorized. The pots add or subtract to
the current setting in Pro Tools. The bottom row
of the LCD indicates graphic and numeric data
for the current pot setting. These pots are con­trol Pan, Send levels, and plug-in parameters de­pending on the setting of the Rotary Selector.

Rotary Selector Used in conjunction with the
Rotary Selector display to select what the Rotary
Pots are controlling. The Rotary Pots default to
controlling panning. Rotating the Rotary Selec­tor functions to assign the Rotary Pots to con­trolling Send levels. The Rotary Selector display
will indicate what the rotary pots are control­ling: P = Panning, SA = Send A, SB = Send B,
SC = Send C, Sd = Send D, SE = Send E.

View Controls Advance or decrement the chan­nel display using the Left and Right VIEW ar­rows. Eight channels at a time will be displayed
in the upper row of the LCD (limited to 5 char­acters per channel) with the Track Names you
have assigned in Pro Tools. Enable the BANK
switch to advance or decrement the channel dis­play eight channels at a time. Disable the BANK
and GROUP switches to advance or decrement
the channel display one channel at a time.

Select Switches Use the SELECT switches to se­lect one or more channels for grouping or plug­in control, and provide access to many other
Pro Tools features. They are also used to make
selections that appear on the LCD. For example,
press the AUTO ENBL switch and push the select
switches to make enable Automation in
Pro Tools.

Multi Switches and Controls Function to Bypass
plug-ins, Mute Sends, and toggle between pre­and post-fader for Sends. The eight MULTI
switches are just below the Rotary Pots. The four
MULTI Control switches with green and yellow
LEDs just below the Rotary Selector determine
the function of the MULTI switches.

Burn Switches Function to record enable chan­nels. The eight BURN switches are just below the
eight MULTI switches. Below the View controls
are three switches, three red LEDs, and three yel­low LEDs used to assign the BURN switches. For
example, if the red LED next to the REC/RDY la­bel is lit, the BURN switches become channel
record enable switches. When the red LED in
the BURN switch is blinking or lit, that indicates
the channel is record enabled or recording.

Solo Switches Solos corresponding channel in
Pro Tools. When a Solo is engaged, the green
LED lights.

Mute Switches Mutes the corresponding chan­nel in Pro Tools. When a Mute is engaged, the
red LED lights.

Function Switches Enable the MotorMix to con­trol different functions in Pro Tools. The Func­tion switches are on the left and right of the fad­ers. All 16 of these switches have a green LED.
The SHIFT switch at the lower left is used to shift
the panel switches to make secondary selec­tions.

MIDI Control Surfaces Guide14

LCD

Rotary Pots

Select switches

VIew Selector

Multi switches

Burn Switches

Mute switches

Left Function switches

Figure 1. MotorMix

Motorized Faders

Rotary Selector

Multi Controls

Solo switches

Right Function switches

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Communication with MotorMix

Here are some general guidelines for communi­cation between MotorMix and Pro Tools:

Pro Tools On-Screen Dialog Warnings

When dialog messages appear on-screen in
Pro Tools you will also be notified in the Motor­Mix LCD that Pro Tools has a dialog on-screen.
You must close these dialogs before continuing
work with the MotorMix. Use the ENTER switch
on the MotorMix to OK the on-screen dialog or
use the ESCAPE switch to cancel.

When Pro Tools automation is moving the fad­ers on the MotorMix, you can still make level
changes by touching the MotorMix fader and
executing the move you desire. MotorMix dis­engages the fader motor so you can make level
changes, but it reengages the motor the mo­ment you stop touching the fader.

To keep the fader stationary with the motor dis­engaged, press and hold the SHIFT switch. The
motor will remain disengaged as long as the
SHIFT switch is held down. Holding the SHIFT
switch down will also allow you to make very
small fader movements quite slowly by keeping
the fader motor disengaged during the small
fader movements.

Pro Tools “Lost Communication”
Message

If Pro Tools loses communication with the Mo­torMix, turn off power to the MotorMix, wait a
few seconds, and then turn the MotorMix back
on again. If communication problems persist,
check connections to the MotorMix.

If you are not using the MotorMix, deselect it
under the MIDI Controllers tab in the Peripher­als dialog.

Faders and Rotary Pots

Faders

Moving a fader on the MotorMix moves the cor­responding fader in Pro Tools. Similarly, when
you move a fader in Pro Tools, using the mouse
or automation, the corresponding fader on the
MotorMix will move.

To set a channel fader to its default setting (unity
for audio channels and 127 for MIDI channels):

1 Press and hold the DEFAULT switch.

2 Press the channel SELECT switch.

To set all channel faders to their default settings:

1 Press and hold the ALL switch.

2 Press and hold the DEFAULT switch.

3 Press any channel SELECT switch.

Fader Punch Mode

Another option that allows you to disengage the
fader motor is to Punch In the individual faders.
Punching In a fader will completely disengage
the motor on that fader without having to hold
the SHIFT button.

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To enter Fader Punch Mode:

1 Press the SHIFT switch twice in rapid succes-

sion and the switch’s LED starts flashing.

2 Start playback.

3 Press the BURN switch above the fader you

want to Punch In. The yellow functB LED lights
indicating that one or more faders are punched
in.

To Punch Out an individual fader :

■ Press the BURN switch above the fader you

want to Punch Out.

Panning

The Rotary Pots default to controlling panning.
When you open a session, the Rotary Selector
display will read “P” for PAN. Panning is graph­ically represented in the lower row on the LCD.
The dash in the center of the channel LCD indi­cates PAN center position.

If a channel is in stereo, the pot will be the left
balance control. Push the Rotary Selector down,
and the Rotary Selector display will read “Pr” for
PAN right. The rotary pots will now be the right
panning control on any stereo channels. Push a
second time to return to PAN.

To Punch Out all faders:

■ Press either the SHIFT or write/functB switch.

– or –

■ Pressing any of the Transport switches (PLAY,

STOP, F FWD, REWIND).

To exit Fader Punch Mode:

■ Press the flashing SHIFT button twice in rapid

succession.

The LED will stop flashing.

The SHIFT switch still performs its normal func­tions while in Fader Punch mode.

Rotary Pots

The eight Rotary Pots control panning, Send lev­els (see “Controlling Sends” on page 21), and
Plug-In parameters (see “Controlling Plug-Ins”
on page 19). The Rotary Selector is used in con­junction with the Rotary Selector display to se­lect what the Rotary Pots are controlling.

To set a channel pan to center :

1 Select PAN using the Rotary Selector.

2 Press and hold the DEFAULT switch.

3 Press the channel MULTI switch.

To set all channel pans to center :

1 Select PAN using the Rotary Selector.

2 Press and hold the ALL switch.

3 Press and hold the DEFAULT switch.

4 Press any channel MULTI switch.

Send Levels

Rotate the Rotary Selector clockwise and the Ro­tary Selector display will read “SA” for Send A.
Send levels are graphically represented in the
lower row of the LCD. The lower LCD row will
be blank on a channel if no Send is assigned for
that channel. Turn the rotary selector again to
select Sends B through E. See “Controlling
Sends” on page 21 for more information.

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Transport Controls

PLAY Press this switch to activate playback in
Pro Tools. The LED will be lit to indicate
Pro Tools is playing.

STOP Press this switch to stop. The LED will be
lit to indicate Pro Tools is stopped.

F FWD Press this switch to activate Fast Forward.
The LED will be lit to indicate Pro Tools is in fast
foreword.

REWIND Press this switch to activate Rewind.
The LED will be lit to indicate Pro Tools is re­winding.

Transport Mode

To move to the previous memory-locate position:

■ Press the LAST switch.

Locate Mode

Locate mode provides control over certain
transport and memory location functions in
Pro Tools. When in Locate mode, the bottom
row of the LCD displays the current time and
five locate controls:

RTZ Pressing the SELECT switch under RTZ dis­played in the LCD will locate the beginning of
the session.

END Pressing the SELECT switch under END dis­played in the LCD will locate the end of the ses­sion.

Press SHIFT+TRANSPORT to enter Transport
mode. The bottom row of the LCD will show
five transport controls and the current time.
Press a SELECT switch to activate a transport
function. The REW and FFWD controls are mo­mentary in this mode.

The RECORD switch is the master record enable.
Press the TRANSPORT switch again to exit
Transport mode.

Memory Locations

To create memor y locations:

1 Press the ENTER switch. The New Memory Lo-

cation dialog will open in Pro Tools.

2 Press the ENTER switch again or press ESCAPE

to cancel.

To move to the next memor y-locate position:

■ Press the NEXT switch.

LOOP Pressing the SELECT switch under LOOP
displayed in the LCD enables Loop Playback in
Pro Tools.

PUNCH Pressing the SELECT switch under
PUNCH displayed in the LCD enables Punch
Record in Pro Tools.

LOCAT Pressing the SELECT switch under LO­CAT displayed in the LCD opens the Memory
Locations window in Pro Tools.

To use the Locate function on the MotorMix:

1 Choose Setups > Preferences.

2 Select the Operation tab.

3 Select Classic for the Numeric Keypad mode

preference.

4 Click Done.

To enter Locate mode:

■ Press SHIFT+LOCATE on the MotorMix.

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To activate a transpor t function when in Locate
mode:

■ Press a SELECT switch under the desired

Transport function displayed in the LCD: RTZ,
END, LOOP, PUNCH, LOCAT.

To use autolocate when in Locate mode:

1 Press the SELECT switch under LOCAT dis-

played in the LCD. The Memory Locations win­dow will open.

OUT Pressing the SELECT switch under OUT in
the LCD will audition to the Punch Out pointer
with pre-roll.

POST Pressing the SELECT switch under POST in
the LCD will audition from the Punch Out
pointer with post-roll.

To enable Monitor mode:

■ Press SHIFT+MONITOR.

2 Press one or two number switches (SELECT

switches) on the MotorMix to indicate the de­sired Memory Location.

3 Press the “.” switch (the MUTE switch on

channel 8) to locate the specified Memory Loca­tion.

To exit Locate mode:

■ Press the STOP switch.

Monitor Mode

Monitor mode on provides controls for Audi­tion functions in Pro Tools. When in Monitor
mode, the bottom row of the LCD will display
the current time and five Punch Monitor con­trols:

AUD Pressing the SELECT switch under AUD in
the LCD will audition the punch pointer.

PRE Pressing the SELECT switch under PRE in
the LCD will audition to the Punch In pointer
with pre-roll.

IN Pressing the SELECT switch under IN in the
LCD will audition from the Punch In pointer
with post roll.

To audition punch in and punch out points when in
Monitor mode:

1 Press the SELECT switch under AUD in the

LCD.

2 Press the SELECT switch under PRE, IN, OUT,

or POST in the LCD.

The punch point will be auditioned using the
pre-roll or post-roll specified in the Pro Tools
Transport window.

To exit Monitor mode:

■ Press the F FWD switch.

Controlling Plug-Ins

Press the PLUG-IN switch to assign the eight Ro­tary Pots to control plug-in parameters. When a
plug-in has more than eight parameters, use the
Rotary Selector to select other parameters.
When plug-ins are being controlled by the Mo­torMix, the upper row of the LCD will display
the parameter name, such as “Freq” or “Gain,”
and the lower row of the LCD indicates the
value of the current plug-in parameter setting.

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Parameter Control Mode

Compare

Parameter Control mode allows you to control
automation-enabled parameters of Pro Tools
plug-ins with from the MotorMix. When in Pa­rameter Control mode, the LCD will display
plug-in parameter names and settings. The top
LCD row and the SELECT switches will control
switchable parameters. The lower LCD row and
Rotary Pots control continuously variable pa­rameters. The corresponding SELECT switch
and the Rotary Pot will be just below the param­eter values displayed on the LCD. Rotate the Ro­tary Selector to move between parameter pages.
The upper left of the LCD displays plug-in page
or label.

To control a plug-in:

1 Be sure that the plug-in parameters you want

to control are automation-enabled.

2 On the MotorMix, select a channel with a

plug-in assigned by pressing its SELECT switch.

3 Press the PLUG IN switch to enable Plug-In

mode.

In Plug-In mode:

• Use the LCD, Rotary Pots, Rotary Selector, and
SELECT switches to control plug-ins in
Pro Tools.

• The Rotary Selector display will read “IN” For
Insert Control mode or “PA” for Parameter
Control mode.

• Push the selector to toggle between Insert and
Parameter control.

• Press the SELECT Multi Control switch to use
the MULTI switches to select another channel
to work on without exiting Plug-In mode.

To compare the current plug-in settings with
previous settings:

■ Press SHIFT+COMPARE switch.

This operation is available only if the Com­pare button is highlighted in the Plug-in
window in Pro Tools.

Insert Control Mode

Insert Control mode allows you to assign Inserts
from the MotorMix. When in Insert Control
mode, there is an LCD page for Inserts 1–4 and
one for Insert 5. Rotate the Rotary Selector to se­lect either page. The top row of the LCD will dis­play both the insert page and the current chan­nel being controlled. The lower LCD row will
display either “no insert” or a shorthand label
for a specific plug-in. If no label is flashing, that
plug-in is being controlled by the MotorMix.
Pick an insert to control by pressing the corre­sponding SELECT switch, and Parameter Con­trol mode will become active.

To assign Inser ts:

1 Enable the SELECT switch for the channel to

which you want to assign a plug-in.

2 Press the PLUG IN switch to enter Plug-In

mode.

3 Press SHIFT+ASSIGN and the LCD display in-

serts 1-4. Press the Rotary Selector to select insert
5 for assignment.

4 Rotate an even numbered Rotary Pot to select

a plug-in for the specific insert (Rotary Pot 2 for
Insert 1, Rotary Pot 4 for Insert 2, Rotary Pot for
Insert 3, and Rotary Pot 8 for Insert 4).

5 Press the ASSIGN switch again to complete as-

signments for that insert.

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Plug-In Bypass

Send Pre and Post Assign

Press the FX BYPS switch to assign the MULTI
switches to function as Plug-In Bypass switches.
The green LED in the MULTI switch indicates
that all the Plug-Ins on that channel are by­passed.

Controlling Sends

To control Sends:

1 Rotate the Rotary Selector clockwise and the

Rotary Selector display will read “SA” for Send A.

2 Turn the rotary selector again to select Sends B

through E.

Send levels are graphically represented in the
lower row of the LCD. The lower LCD row will
be blank on a channel if no Send is assigned for
that channel.

To set a channel send to unity:

1 Select any send (A–E) using the Rotary Selec-

tor.

2 Press and hold the DEFAULT switch.

3 Press any channel MULTI switch.

To set a channel send to unity for all channels:

1 Select any send (A–E) using the Rotary Selec-

tor.

2 Press and hold the ALL switch.

To assign the MULTI switches to function as Send
pre- and post-fader toggle controls:

■ Press the PRE/PST switch.

For example, rotate the Rotary Selector to select
Send A, “SA,” and press a channel’s MULTI
switch to toggle between pre- and post-fader for
Send A on that channel. The channel’s MULTI
switch LED is lit when the Send is pre-fader, and
the it is not lit when the Send is post-fader. The
LCD will briefly display “Pre” or “Post” when
toggling between these two settings. Use the Ro­tary Selector to select other sends to mute or un­mute.

Pressing the Rotary Selector will also enable
the PRE/PST MULTI Control mode.

Assign Mode

To enter Assign mode:

1 Press SHIFT+ASSIGN. The ASSIGN switch LED

will start flashing.

2 Rotate the selector to select SEND A through

SEND E, or any channel Inputs (IN) or Outputs
(OUT).

3 Use a channel’s Rotary Pot to change the

Send, Input, or Output assignments for that
channel.

4 Press ASSIGN finalize assignments or ESCAPE

to cancel.

3 Press and hold the DEFAULT switch.

4 Press any channel MULTI switch.

You can similarly use the DEFAULT and
ALL switches in Flip mode. See “Flip Mode
for Sends” on page 22.

Send Mute

To assign the MULTI switches to function as send
mute controls:

■ Press the S MUTE switch.

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For example, rotate the Rotary Selector to select
Send A, “SA,” and press a channel’s MULTI
switch to mute Send A on that channel. The
green LED in the channel’s MULTI switch indi­cates that Send A is muted. Use the Rotary Selec­tor to select other sends to mute or unmute.

Automation

To enable Automation:

1 Press the AUTO ENBL switch to display the au-

tomation enable choices in the LCD.

Flip Mode for Sends

In Flip mode, the channels faders and mutes
then “flip” to become the send level and mute
controls. The top row of the LCD displays the
Send assignments and the MULTI switches con­trol the send pre- and post-fader settings.

To enter Flip mode:

1 Rotate the Rotary Selector so that the Rotary

Pots are controlling sends.

2 Press the Rotary Selector.

3 Pressing a channel’s MULTI switch will toggle

the Send between pre- and post-fader. The chan­nel MULTI switch LED is lit when the Send is
pre-fader, and the it is not lit when the Send is
post-fader. The LCD will briefly display “Pre” or
“Post” when toggling between these two set­tings.

4 Move the channel faders to control pre or post

levels for Sends.

5 Use the channel MUTE switches to mute

sends.

6 Rotate the Rotary Selector to control any of

the other sends in Flip mode.

Pan settings and channel plug-in bypasses
cannot be accessed while in Flip mode.

To exit Flip mode:

■ Press the selector to return to Rotary Pot con-

trol.

2 The SELECT switch LEDs below the LCD show

the current enable states. Press any of the SE­LECT switches below the LCD to make a selec­tion.

3 Press the AUTO ENBL switch to exit.

Automation Mode

To enter Automation mode:

1 Press SHIFT+MODE to display the current Au-

tomation mode choices in the LCD. The SELECT
switch LEDs below the LCD show the current
mode.

2 Rotate the Rotary Pots to make a selection.

3 Press the ALL switch and rotate a Rotary Pot to

change all channels to the same state.

If your are playing back Pro Tools automation
tracks while in Punch or Latch automation
mode, you can Punch In a fader by pressing the
BURN switch above that fader. The BURN
switch LED will light and remain lit as long as
the fader motor is disengaged. To Punch Out the
fader, press the BURN switch again. The LED
will go out and the motor will engage.

Suspend Automation

To globally suspend playback and recording of
automation:

■ Press SUSPEND. The SUSPEND switch LED

will start flashing.

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To globally reactivate playback and recording of
automation:

■ Press the SUSPEND switch a second time.

2 Press any of the SELECT switches below the

LCD to open or close a window.

3 Press the WINDOW switch to close the win-

dow and exit.

Groups

To create a group:

1 Press and hold the SHIFT switch.

2 Enable each SELECT switch for the channels

you want to group.

3 With SHIFT still depressed, press the CREATE

switch. The Pro Tools Group dialog box will ap­pear.

4 Press the ENTER switch to complete the pro-

cess or ESCAPE to exit without grouping.

5 Use the GROUP switch under the VIEW sec-

tion of the MotorMix to enable and disable
groups. The GROUP switch LED is lit when the
groups are enabled.

With groups enabled, press and hold the SHIFT
switch then hold the GROUP switch down. The
top row of the LCD will show the channel group
assignments.

To open the Pro Tools Session Status window:

1 Press SHIFT+STATUS.

To close the Pro Tools Session Status window:

■ Press SHIFT+STATUS again.

Edit Tools

To select an edit tool in the Edit window in
Pro Tools:

■ Press SHIFT+Tools.

– or –

Press the ESCAPE switch.

Additional Switches

ALL Applies the current action across all chan­nels. For example, press ALL and then a MUTE
switch, and all channels will be muted or un­muted.

Pro Tools Navigation and Tool
Selection

Windows

To open or close a par ticular Pro Tools window:

1 Press the WINDOW switch to display the Pro

Tools window choices (Mixer, Memory Loca­tions, Edit, Setup, Transport, and Insert Editor)
in the LCD screen. The SELECT switches LEDs
indicate open windows.

ALT/FINE This switch is used to display attenua­tion settings for channels and sends, as well as
pan values. For example, press and hold
SHIFT+ALT/FINE and move a fader to display its
attenuation settings in the top LCD row for that
channel. Move a Rotary Pot, and the PAN set­ting or SEND attenuation will appear in the top
LCD row on that channel.

DEFAULT Pressing the DEFAULT switch and an­other switch will revert the switches focused pa­rameter in Pro Tools to its default value. For ex­ample, press the DEFAULT switch and then a
channel’s Select switch and that channel’s fader

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will return to unity. Use the DEFAULT switch in
conjunction with the ALL switch to revert to the
default settings for all parameters of a specific
type (for example, reverting all faders to unity).

UNDO Pressing the UNDO switch will undo the
previous action. The UNDO switch’s LED will
light when an undo-able function has been exi­cuted.

SAVE Pressing the SHIFT+SAVE (UNDO)
switches will cause the SAVE switch’s LED to
start flashing, indicating that a Save is pending.
Pressing SAVE a second time will Save your
Pro Tools session and the LED will stop flashing.
To cancel a pending Save, press the ESCAPE
switch.

SHIFT This switch functions just like the Shift
modifier key on your computer keyboard. It also
functions in conjunction with other switches
on the MotorMix.

ENTER This switch duplicates the Enter key on
the computer keyboard. It can also be used to
OK dialogs in Pro Tools, when present, and cre­ate Memory Locations.

Computer Keyboard Modifier
Keys

Most of the computer keyboard modifier keys
such as Control, Shift, Alt, and so on, also per­form their usual Pro Tools functions in conjunc­tion with MotorMix. For example, pressing the
Option key on the keyboard and then one of the
channel MUTE switches on the MotorMix will
mute all channels.

Troubleshooting

If MotorMix does not respond properly, run the
built in self-test in MotorMix. Connect the MIDI
output directly into the MIDI input on Motor­Mix and apply power. The MotorMix will move
all 8 faders, blink the LEDs and the LCD display,
and test the MIDI input and output. If the test
passes, double-check the configuration of OMS
and Pro Tools (Macintosh OS 9 only), and also
double check that your MIDI interface is func­tioning correctly.

ESCAPE This switch is used to exit or cancel pro­cesses before completion. It can also be used to
dismiss dialogs, when present, and select Edit
Tools in the Edit window.

The CONFIGURE and UTILITY switches
currently have no functionality in conjunc­tion with Pro Tools.

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