Specifications
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Default Thru Instrument Sets the default MIDI
Thru instrument from your available MIDI in-
struments.
Machine Control Preferences
(Pro Tools 6.4)
These preferences determine how a connected
transport responds to Pro Tools.
With Pro Tools 6.4, Machine Control has its
own tabbed page, and includes both Machine
Control and Remote Control options. In
Pro Tools 6.3 and lower, Machine Control and
Remote Control options were on the Operations
Preferences page.
Machine Control
Machine Chases Memory Location When se-
lected, navigating to a specific location in a ses-
sion with a Memory Location causes a con-
nected transport to chase to that location.
Machine Follows Edit Insertion/Scrub When se-
lected, navigating to a specific location in a ses-
sion by moving the selection point or by scrub-
bing a track will cause a connected transport to
chase to that location.
Machine Cues Intelligently When selected, if you
navigate to a cue point that is more than 10 sec-
onds from the current location, Pro Tools will
command a connected transport to fast wind to
the new location at full speed to within 10 sec-
onds of the cue point. Cueing will then slow to
normal speed until the point is reached. This
can significantly speed up tape cueing with cer-
tain video transports.
Stop at Shuttle Speed Zero Causes Pro Tools to
send a Stop command whenever you stop shut-
tling. This is useful if you have a machine that
requires an explicit stop command to park cor-
rectly.
Remote Mode (9-pin Deck Emulation)
(TDM Systems Only)
Punch In Frame Offset Sets an offset (in frames)
to compensate for punch in timing advances or
delays.
Punch Out Frame Offset Sets an offset (in frames)
to compensate for punch out timing advances
or delays.
Delay After Play Command Sets an offset (in
frames) to compensate for lockup time of exter-
nal machines.
Ignore Track Arming Sets Pro Tools to ignore in-
coming track arming (record enable) com-
mands. This is useful if you are using a master
controller to arm tracks on other machines, but
you don’t want to arm tracks in Pro Tools.