Owner`s manual

Channel SELECT Switches
These 8 are the top switch row located just below the
LCD and each one has its own green LED.
Channel SELECT’s and DAW functions.
These switches allow the channel strips to be selected
for grouping, deletion, assignment etc. When a channel
SELECT switch is pressed, it lights up to indicate that the
channel is selected. When the Dashboard view is
changed (swapping banks), the originally selected
channel remains selected. Selected channels not in the
current view will remain selected.
Several channels can be also be selected at a time.
There are 2 ways to add or subtract channels to a
selection.
1.) Simply press and hold down one SELECT switch and
tap additional SELECT switches to add them to or
subtract them from the selection.
2.) Depress the SHIFT key on the Dashboard (or the
keyboard) and tap additional SELECT switches to add
them to or subtract them from the selection.
To select all channels (not just the ones being viewed by
Dashboard) press and hold down the OPT switch on
Dashboard (or the keyboard) and press any SELECT
switch. Pressing the ALT switch on Dashboard (or the
keyboard) and then a SELECT switch changes the select
state of that channel and also changes all other channels
to the opposite select state. Pressing a single channel
SELECT switch more than once will not change its state.
Hold down the SHIFT or ALT switch and press a single
channel SELECT switch to change its state.
Other SELECT Switch Functions.
1.) When the WINDOW switch is held, the SELECT
switches open and close DAW windows as indicated on
the bottom row of the LCD. The SELECT LED’s lit up
indicate that the window is open or foremost.
2.) When SHIFT is down and the BURN switches are in
write mode (yellow “write” led lit) press and hold down
the burn control switch (next to the “write” LED) and the
fader, mute, pan, send level, send mute and plug in
automation enables and automation suspend state will
appear on the bottom row of the LCD. Press a single
channel SELECT switch to change its state. When
automation is suspended, the SELECT LED will blink on
and off and console operation will be manual.
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3.) When in PLUG IN parameter mode (rotary display
showing “PA”), the SELECT switches/LED’s are used for
plug in switch control. A lit SELECT LED indicates that
the plug in switch parameter is on. Pressing that
SELECT switch will toggle the switch parameter off.
4.) When the rotaries are in stereo monitor mode (to
enter stereo monitor mode, press the switch next to the
green “stereo” LED until it lights) the SELECT switches
turn on and off control room, studio and phones outputs
as indicated on the bottom row of the LCD. 5.) When the
rotaries are in surround monitor mode (to enter surround
monitor mode, press the switch next to the yellow
“surrnd” LED until it lights) the SELECT switches will solo
the L*R, Center, L*R Surround and Sub speaker outputs
as indicated on the bottom row of the LCD.
6.) When the lower panel “default” switch is active, the
SELECT switches are used to set faders, pans, sends to
their default values.
View Control Section
The VIEW control section has the Left
and Right Arrow switches, BANK switch
/ LED and the GROUP switch / LED.
If the BANK LED is off, pressing the
Right or Left Arrow switch scrolls the
current view of 8 channels by 1 channel
at a time.
If the BANK LED is on, pressing the Right or Left arrow
switch the scrolls the current view of 8 channels by 8
channels at a time. If either of these switches is held
down, they will automatically repeat view changes until
the switch is released.
Press the BANK switch, and the BANK LED will change
state. With the BANK LED lit, view switching is 8
channels at a time, otherwise it is by 1 channel at a time.
GROUP switch operations.
Create Groups.
To create a new group, first use the channel SELECT
switches to select channel to group together. Press and
hold the CTRL switch on Dashboard, and then press the
GROUP switch. This mimics the Command-G from the
keyboard. This will bring up the ProTools Group dialog
box. The next available “free” group appears with a
default name (a, b, c, etc.). Either leave the default
name, overwrite on, or enter a new name from the
keyboard. Press ENTER to complete, or ESC to abort
the process.
Suspend or Enable Groups.
Press the GROUP switch, and the GROUP LED will
change. With the GROUP LED lit, any groups are active.
When the GROUP led is off, the groups are inactive.