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Making Elements Active or Inactive

You can make Inputs, Outputs, Inserts, Sends, and entire

tracks active or inactive directly from D-Control by entering a

temporary Make Inactive mode.

To toggle an input, output, send, or plug-in active/inactive:

1 Make sure the channel is showing the top-level view for the

element you want to make active/inactive.

2 Press a Make Inactive switch to enter the appropriate Make

Inactive mode.

3 Press the Bypass/Mute/Pre switches on encoders to deacti-

vate or reactivate their corresponding track elements.

4 Press the flashing Make Inactive switch to exit Inactive

mode.

To toggle a track inactive/active:

1 Press any of the Make Inactive switches.

2 Press channel strip Select buttons to deactivate or reactivate

the corresponding tracks.

3 Press the flashing Make Inactive switch to exit Inactive

mode.

Selecting a Track

You can select tracks in Pro Tools directly from D-Control. In

Select mode, Select switches can follow latching or non-latch-

ing behavior. For details on setting the latch mode for the Se-

lect switch, see “Select Switch Latch Mode” on page 41.

To select a track from D-Control:

1 Make sure the Select/Focus switch mode is set to Select.

2 Press the channel Select switch for the track you want to se-

lect.

To select a range of tracks:

1 Press the Select switch on the channel at the start of the

range you want to select.

2 Hold Shift and press the Select switch on channel at the end

range you want to select.

All tracks between the first channel and last channel (inclu-

sive) are selected.

To select or deselect multiple, non-contiguous tracks, do one of

the following:

 If the Select Switch Latch Mode is set to latch, press addi-

tional Select switches.

– or –

 Hold Control (Windows) or Command (Macintosh) and

press the Select switches on multiple channels.

Focusing a Track

You can focus any track in a session on the D-Control Focus

Channel Strip. This mirrors the track controls in the channel

strip on the D-Control main unit, bringing them to the center

mix position. Focusing a track also focuses the first EQ and

Dynamics plug-ins in the center EQ and Dynamics section,

and makes the Custom Fader plug-in mode available.

See “Focusing a Plug-In” on page 122.

To focus a track on the Focus Channel Strip from D-Control:

1 Make sure the Select/Focus switch mode is set to Focus.

2 Press the channel Select switch for the track you want to fo-

cus.

To focus a track on the Focus Channel Strip while staying in

Select mode:

 Hold Start+Shift (Windows) or Control+Shift (Mac) and

press the channel Select switch for the track you want to fo-

cus.

To focus a track on the Focus Channel Strip from Pro Tools:

1 Make sure the Target Track from Application preference is

set to Yes. For details on this preference, see “Target Track

from Application” on page 43.

2 On-screen in Pro Tools, click the plug-in state plate, send

window, panner window, or mic pre pane for the track you

want to focus.

To focus a specific track number:

1 Do one of the following:

• Press the Go To switch on D-Control.

– or –

• Choose Operations > Scroll to Track Number in

Pro Tools.

2 Enter the track position number for the track and press En-

ter.

To nudge the track focus left or right by one channel:

 Hold Control (Windows) or Command (Macintosh) and

press the left or right Nudge 1 switch in the Bank/Nudge sec-

tion.

To nudge the track focus left or right by eight channels:

 Hold Control (Windows) or Command (Macintosh) and

press the left or right Nudge 8 switch in the Bank/Nudge sec-

tion.

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