Specifications

Chapter 11: Operating Modes 95
Custom Groups Mode
Custom Groups mode lets you create a custom collection of
tracks and arrange them in any order in the Custom Fader
channels. You can create up to eight independent Custom
Groups in a session.
Custom Groups are useful for temporarily associating tracks
that are not part of a Pro Tools Mix/Edit group. Also, because
you can add multiple instances of the same track to a Custom
Group, you can use this mode to map multiple parameters
from a single track onto adjacent channel faders.
Custom Groups are created and recalled entirely on D-Com-
mand, and are independent of Mix/Edit groups in Pro Tools.
D-Command Custom Groups are not reflected on-screen in
Pro Tools.
Custom Groups are saved in the Pro Tools session file, and
move with the session to any other system that supports
D-Command operation.
To create a Custom Group:
1 Press the Groups switch in the Custom Faders section.
2 Press the Bank/Cycle switch until the Focus Channel display
indicates “Custom” for Custom Groups mode. The eight avail-
able Custom Groups appear on the encoders in the Custom
Fader channels.
3 Press the Select switch under the encoder that corresponds
to the Custom Group you want to define. The Focus Channel
display indicates the selection.
4 Hold Control (Windows) or Command (Mac) and press the
Groups switch. The Groups switch will flash.
5 Add or subtract channels from the Custom Group by doing
the following:
• To add a channel to the Custom Group:
• Press the channel Select switch for the source channel
you want to add to the Custom Group.
• If no Custom Group channel Select switch is lit, tracks
are added to the Custom Group in the order you select
them, and are right-justified in the Custom Fader chan-
nels.
• To add multiple copies of a channel to the Custom Group:
• Hold Shift and press the channel Select switch once for
each copy of the source channel that you want to add to
the Custom Group.
• To insert a channel between existing channels in a Custom
Group:
• Press the channel Select switch of the Custom Fader
channel following the position where you want to insert
a new channel. The switch will light indicating that the
next channel will be placed before the fader.
• Press the channel Select switch for the source channel
you want to add to the Custom Group.
• To remove a track from the Custom Group do one of the fol-
lowing:
• Press the channel Select switch for the source channel
that you want to remove from the Custom Group.
• Hold Control+Start (Windows) or Command+Control
(Mac) and press the channel Select switch of the track
you want to remove in the Custom Group.
• Press the Set to Default switch and press the channel Se-
lect switch of the track you want to remove in the Cus-
tom Group.
6 Press the flashing Group switch when you are finished.
To recall a Custom Group:
1 Press the Groups switch in the Custom Faders section.
2 Press the Bank/Cycle switch until the Focus Channel display
indicates “Custom” for Custom Groups mode. The eight avail-
able Custom Groups appear on the encoders in the Custom
Fader channels.
3 Press the Select switch that corresponds to the Custom
Group you want to recall.
To name a Custom Group:
1 Hold Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) and press the Groups
switch for the Custom Group you want to name.
2 Enter a name for the Custom Group in the Pro Tools dialog,
and click OK.
To edit a Custom Group:
1 Recall the Custom Group you want to edit.
2 Hold Control (Windows) or Command (Mac) and press the
Groups switch.
3 Add or remove channels from the Custom Group by press-
ing the appropriate Channel Select switches.
4 Press the flashing Group switch when you are finished.
To delete a Custom Group:
1 Recall the Custom Group you want to delete.
2 Hold Start+Alt+Control (Windows) or Control+Op-
tion+Command (Mac) and press the Groups switch.
3 Press Enter.
To exit Custom Groups Mode:
■ Press the Escape switch.