® System 5 and Pro Tools Guide
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contents Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 About www.avid.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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chapter 1 Introduction Avid’s EUCONTM (Extended User Control) adapter enables fully integrated control of Pro Tools® from EUCON-compatible work surfaces, including System 5. This guide explains how to enable EUCONTM (Extended User Control) in Pro Tools 9.0 or higher and control Pro Tools from your System 5. System Requirements The features described in this guide require the following: • Avid System 5 Digital Audio System • Pro Tools or Pro Tools HD version 9.
About This Guide This guide explains how to enable EUCON and use System 5 with Pro Tools. The following resources are also available: • For complete information on your System 5, see the electronic PDF version of the System 5 User Guide. • For additional EUCON software setup and configuration information, see the EUCON Application Setup.pdf. • For instructions on connecting and configuring Pro Tools, see the software installation and hardware user guides that came with your Avid system.
Conventions Used in This Guide All of our guides use the following conventions to indicate menu choices and key commands: : Convention Action File > Save Choose Save from the File menu Control+N Hold down the Control key and press the N key Control-click Hold down the Control key and click the mouse button Right-click Click with the right mouse button The names of Commands, Options, and Settings that appear on-screen are in a different font.
About www.avid.com The Avid website (www.avid.com) is your best online source for information to help you get the most out of your Pro Tools system. The following are just a few of the services and features available. Product Registration Register your purchase online.
chapter 2 Software Configuration Before you proceed, make sure you have completed the following: • Installed Pro Tools or Pro Tools HD version 9 or higher • Installed the current version of EUCON Workstation software (provided with the eMix application) onto the Pro Tools workstation • Confirmed the installation of your System 5 hardware and eMix v5.0.
7 Save the file and drag it back to the etc folder, replacing the original. 8 When you reboot, the new name will appear. This is the name you will see within System 5 when you attach the workstation. To rename a Windows 7 workstation: 1 Go to Start > Computer. 2 Right-click on Computer and choose Properties. 3 In the section Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings, click Change Settings. 4 Make sure the tab Computer Name is selected; if it is not, click the tab Computer Name.
Resolving Unexpected Modules To resolve any modules that appear as Unexpected during startup: 1 Control-click each Unexpected module until all are selected. 2 Click Save selected as default, and confirm the selection by clicking OK. 3 Click Continue to finish booting eMix. When eMix launches, the control surface is temporarily disabled and audio is muted.
5 Click OK. You do not need to configure any other Ethernet Controllers settings. These settings do not apply to EUCON. Using System 5 with Pro Tools version 8.x and lower utilized the HUI (MIDI Controller) protocol. This is no longer necessary with Pro Tools 9.0 and higher. Pro Tools scans your system until it identifies attached EUCON-compatible hardware. When Pro Tools finishes scanning your system, your controllers are ready to use with Pro Tools.
chapter 3 Track and Session Basics This chapter provides examples of the following: System Basics Basics for System 5 Projects and Titles for use with Pro Tools, including how to attach a Pro Tools workstation to the system. Layouts How to assign Pro Tools tracks to System 5 DSP channels, and how to create a Layout. Using the Transport How to use the Transport controls to play, stop, cue, record arm, and more (see “Using the Transport” on page 12).
Basics On System 5, you first designate the drive on which you want to create and store Projects. Projects are where you create Titles, and Titles store and recall Mixes. Titles also contain the Layouts you create (the arrangement of DAW channels across the System 5 faders and other surface controls). If you are unfamiliar with any of these concepts, see the System 5 User Guide before proceeding.
3 Press the Auto key so that it lights. 4 Press the key next to the first desired track channel to designate it as the “starting” channel. 5 Position your finger over the Chan Select key for the first (left-most) fader strip you want assigned on the console. Because this technique requires a two-key sequence beginning with Chan Select and moving to the right to the Swap key, the first fader strip must be at the far left of those being assigned.
Using the Transport The Avid MachineControl™ Option is required to use the CM401 Machine control section to control the Pro Tools transport. When your Pro Tools workstation is attached and the MachineControl option is configured, the transport switches on System 5 control the Pro Tools Transport. You can use the System 5 Smart Switches for EUCON machine control. For Pro Tools these are on bank 10, or from the bank 1 TRANS key. EUCON track arming is done from the individual strip’s Link/Rec switch.
1 RTZ (Return to Zero) Go to the Title Start Time entered in the Locate Registers. 2 Rewind Moves the play cursor earlier. 3 Fast Forward Moves the play cursor later. 4 Stop Stops playback. 5 Play Starts playback. 6 Record Toggles the Pro Tools Transport (master) record state on (armed) or off. Using the Transport Controls The following commands require the Avid MachineControl option on the Pro Tools workstation. Playback To play from the current location: Press Play. To stop playback: Press Stop.
Navigating Through a Session On System 5, you use Layouts to store and recall assignments of Pro Tools tracks to console strips. For instructions on how to create a new Layout and assign Pro Tools tracks, see “Assigning Pro Tools Tracks to Console Strips” on page 10. For complete information on how to recall, modify, rename, and delete layouts, and additional information on assigning tracks to strips, see the System 5 User Guide.
Track Basics This section shows how to select Pro Tools track input and output routing. Selecting Tracks To select a track: 1 Recall the Layout that contains the desired track. 2 Press any fader Chan Select key. The track is selected in Pro Tools. You can use standard Pro Tools shortcuts in combination with the fader Chan Select keys to do the following. To select all tracks: Hold Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows) on your computer keyboard and press any unlit track Chan Select key.
Track Input and Output Routing Routing Track Input and Output These examples show how to assign Pro Tools track input and output from the console strip. To assign Pro Tools track input: 1 Recall the Layout that contains your Pro Tools tracks. 2 Press the Input key in a CM401 knob cell. The lowest three knob cells display the top level of Input choices for Pro Tools tracks: no input, hardware, and bus.
chapter 4 Recording When using System 5 to record audio to Pro Tools, configure machine control and track arming via EUCON. The track arming available in EUCON lets you control Pro Tools Track record enable switches; the System 5 Transport Record switch toggles the Pro Tools Transport Master (deck) record switch. Transport functions require the Pro Tools MachineControl option for Sony 9-pin serial machine control.
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chapter 5 Plug-Ins and Sends This chapter explains how to assign and adjust plug-ins and sends (Auxes) on tracks. When working with EUCON channels (such as Pro Tools tracks), Dynamics, EQ, Aux, and Monitor controls do not appear on the CM402. Use the controls in the individual channel strips instead. Working with Plug-In Inserts This section shows you how to work with Pro Tools plug-ins. Pro Tools tracks can have up to 10 inserts per track (in any combination of software plug-ins and hardware inserts).
Assigning Plug-Ins To assign a plug-in: 1 Recall the Layout containing the desired track. 2 Press the Star (*) key on the strip containing the desired track. 3 Press both Config keys on the strip to enter Insert Assign mode. Insert slots are displayed on the Knobs (a, b, c, and so on), and both PAGE keys flash. 4 Press the encoder next to the desired insert slot a–j.
Working with Sends This section shows how you can assign and adjust Pro Tools sends. System 5 hardware and documentation use the term “AUX” to refer to the Pro Tools term “sends.” Do not confuse references to “AUX” with Pro Tools Auxiliary Input tracks. Working with Sends Assigning and editing Pro Tools sends (Auxes) from System 5 is similar to working with track input and output. In Pro Tools, each track can have as many as 10 send outputs assigned.
Multiple Send Output Path Assignments Pro Tools sends (Auxes) can have multiple output paths assigned to them. When assigning Send output from a EUCON unit, you can simply repeat the previous instructions and the new assignment will be added to the current assignments. When reassigning Send outputs, you must first assign no output, then assign the new output path. To mute a send: 1 Recall the Layout containing the desired track. 2 Press the Aux function key to show all Sends assigned on that strip’s track.
chapter 6 Automation and Mixing In System 5, the terms “Glide” and “Glide Modes” are analogous to the Pro Tools Touch and Latch terminology. Global Pro Tools automation modes are accessed through the CM401 EUCON Smart Keys (or Soft Keys). From the Main Panel, select EUCON, then select SMRT. Navigate to the Automation page to access global automation modes and assign them to EUCON Smart Keys (see the System 5 User Guide for more information).
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