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Chapter 5 M-Audio iControl 107
iControl channel strip controls
The right side of the iControl features eight rows of controls that you can use to edit channel
strips. Each row includes Select, Record Enable, Mute, and Solo buttons plus a rotary encoder.
Channel strip controls
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Select button: Press to select the channel for channel-based editing or assignment commands.
When a channel is selected, “Sel” is lit on the button.
Note: If the Track Info button is lit, the Select buttons behave dierently. See iControl
Assignment buttons on page 105 for details.
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Record Enable button: Press to arm the associated channel strip for recording. When a channel
is armed for recording, the dot is lit. Press the Record Enable button a second time to disable
recording for the channel.
Hold down the Option button and press the Record Enable button of any channel to disarm
all channel strips.
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Mute button: Press to mute the channel. The speaker icon is lit when the channel strip is muted.
Press the Mute button a second time to unmute the channel strip.
Hold down the Option button and press the Mute button of any channel to unmute all
channel strips.
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Solo button: Press to solo the associated channel strip in the application. The headphone icon
is lit when the channel strip is soloed. Press the Solo button a second time to exit Solo mode
for the channel strip.
Hold down the Option button and press the Solo button of any channel to hear (unsolo) all
channel strips.
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Rotary encoder: Each channel features a rotary encoder, located to the right of the Solo button.
The function assigned to the encoders changes when dierent Assignment buttons are
pressed. See iControl Assignment buttons on page 105.
Pressing the Option button while turning a rotary encoder—regardless of the active
assignment mode—switches between the parameter’s minimum, default, and maximum
values.
iControl Mixer and Channel view
The rotary encoders operate in two views: Mixer view and Channel view. The view determines
whether the rotary encoders (and in some cases, the Select buttons) edit multiple channels or a
single channel.
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Mixer view: Accesses the same parameter for eight channel strips, such as pan or volume
(normally a section of the Mixer window).
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Channel view: Accesses eight parameters of the selected channel strip.
Press one of the Assignment buttons to access Mixer or Channel view. For more information
about using the Assignment buttons, see iControl Assignment button functions on page 110 .