Specifications
D-Control Guide50
Channel Strip Mode Controls
Each channel strip has a set of Channel Strip Mode controls 
for displaying and editing pan, plug-in, mic pre, insert, or 
send parameters on the encoder section of the D-Control 
channel strip. 
Page Up and Page Down Switches
Control parameters are arranged on channel strip rotary en-
coders in pages, or groups of up to six parameters at a time.
The Page Up and Page Down switches light to indicate the 
presence of additional pages of sends, pan, plug-in, mic pre 
parameters, or (for VCA Master tracks) slave tracks, in the cor-
responding direction on each channel strip. If no additional 
pages are available, neither switch is lit.
To move the page display of parameters on the encoders up or 
down:
 Press a lit Page Up or Page Down switch.
Dynamics and EQ Switches
The Dynamics and EQ switches light to indicate the presence 
of the corresponding type of plug-in on a channel strip.
To display a channel strip’s first Dynamics or EQ plug-in on the 
rotary encoders for editing:
 Press a lit Dynamics or EQ switch. 
To cycle through all the Dynamics or EQ plug-ins on a channel:
 Repeatedly press the corresponding switch.
Input Switch
With Audio and Auxiliary Input tracks, the Input switch is 
used to put channels into Inline mode. See “Inline Console 
Mode” on page 125.
With Instrument tracks, the Input switch is used to display 
that track’s MIDI controls on the rotary encoders. See “MIDI 
Controls on Instrument Tracks” on page 49. 
Mic Pre Switch
When you press the Mic Pre switch, the controls for an avail-
able remote-controlled microphone preamplifier (such as the 
Digidesign PRE) are displayed on the channel strip’s rotary en-
coders for editing. Microphone preamplifiers are declared in 
the Pro Tools Peripherals dialog, and assigned to channels in 
the Pro Tools I/O Setup dialog.
Inserts Switch
When you press the Inserts switch, the plug-in names on that 
channel strip are displayed on the encoder displays. 
To view the parameters for an individual plug-in:
 Press the Select switch on the corresponding encoder. 
To return to the top level display of plug-ins on the channel strip:
 Press the Inserts switch again. 
The Inserts switch flashes when a plug-in on that channel has 
clipped. To clear a clip, press the Clear Clip switch in the Ses-
sion Management section. See “Clear Clip Switch and Plug-in 
Clip Indicator” on page 94 for more information.
Pan Switch
When you press the Pan switch, the pan controls for the chan-
nel strip are displayed on the encoder displays.
If the track is a multichannel track, its Page Up switch lights to 
indicate that there are multiple pages of pan controls. Multi-
channel pan controls are arranged as follows:
Channel Strip Mode controls
Page Up switch
Dynamics switch
Microphone
Preamplifier switch
Inserts switch Pan switch
Bypass/Spill
switch
Sends switch
Input switch
EQ switch
Page Down switch
Surround Pan Display, Page 1
Display Pan Control 
LFE LFE channel
Cntr% Center Speaker Percentage
F Div Front Divergence
Rear Rear Pan
F/R Front/Rear Balance
Front Front Pan
Surround Pan Display, Page 2
Display Pan Control 
R Div Rear Divergence
Rear Rear Pan
F/R Div Front/Rear Divergence
F/R Front/Rear Balance
F Div Front Divergence
Front Front Pan










