Specifications

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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.
6 Begin by pressing the Chan Select key on the first (left-most) fader strip, but continue moving your
finger to the right across to the Swap key on the last strip you want to assign. As you “sweep” your fin-
ger across fader strips, each Chan Select key should light. If one or more do not, hold any already lit
Chan Select key and then press the ones you missed until they each stay lit.
You have just assigned the Main fader layer on each strip. Pressing the Swap key lets that same strip
be assigned to another DAW track as follows:
7 Move your finger back to the first fader strip’s Chan Select key and repeat the same sequence of key
presses.
This maps the next series of DAW tracks to the Swap layer on the same strips that you previously as-
signed via its Main layer. For example, if the first sequence mapped tracks 1–8 to the Main layer on
eight fader strips, the second sequence would map tracks 9–16 to the Swap layer on the same fader
strips.
Layouts
This section explains how to create a new Layout to store your assignments of Pro Tools tracks to
strips.
To create a new Layout:
1 From the Main Panel, press the Layout key. The Layout Panel is displayed. The button next to the last
recalled Layout is lit.
2 Press the New key at the bottom left of the Layout Panel. The New key flashes.
3 Select the channels to include in the new Layout by doing the following:
To select all console strips, press the ALL key at the bottom-right of the Layout Panel.
– or –
To select individual strips, press the Wave key in each desired strip.
4 To save the new Layout, press the desired Layout key in the Layout Panel. The New key becomes unlit
and the Name key lights. Unused locations are unlit and have a default name (such as “L 13”).
5 Use the console keyboard to name the new Layout.
To learn how to recall, modify, rename, or delete a Layout, see the System 5 User Guide.