Specifications

MachineControl Guide30
To automatically locate your deck to pre-roll into
your current Timeline insertion time each time you
play back:
1 Select Transport = Pro Tools in the Pro Tools
Transport window.
2 Put Pro Tools online.
3 Click Play in the Transport window.
If the tape in the machine is striped with time
code that matches your Session time, the ma-
chine will locate to the total pre-roll position
ahead of the Pro Tools on-screen selection/in-
sertion point or memory location, and begin
playing back. Pro Tools will chase its time code
output.
Machine Remote Setting
If the Transport Master selector will not stay set
to Machine, or if it suddenly switches to
Pro Tools from Machine, check your machine’s
Local/Remote setting. It should be set to Remote
to receive commands from the Pro Tools Trans-
port.
Machine Cueing
MachineControl provides two Cue modes for re-
mote machine operation: Search and Hi-speed.
◆ In Search mode, the tape remains laced during
Fast Forward or Rewind.
◆ In Hi-speed mode, the tape is unlaced before
fast-forward/rewind. The Transport window in-
dicates the status of the tape as described below.
Search Mode
In Search mode, the tape is laced against the
heads when the machine is paused or searching,
and the Stop button stays lit (it does not flash)
and the Play button flashes. When cueing in
this mode, the Fast Forward or Rewind button
also lights when searching in either direction.
To fast forward and rewind in Search mode:
1 Select Transport = Machine in the Transport
window.
2 Click Play in the Transport window or press
the Spacebar to begin machine playback, then
press the Spacebar again to pause the machine
(this is to ensure that the tape is laced).
3 Click Fast Forward or Rewind in the Transport
window to search the tape.
Hi-Speed Mode
In Hi-speed mode, the tape is unlaced, and all
Transport window buttons are dark. When you
cue in this mode, only the selected Fast Forward
or Rewind button lights.
To fast forward and rewind in Hi-speed mode:
1 Select Transport = Machine in the Transport
window.
2 To unlace the tape, click Stop in the Transport
window or press Command+period(.).
3 Click Fast Forward or Rewind in the Transport
window. The Pro Tools cursor indicates the cur-
rent machine location.
4 Press the Spacebar to pause the machine.
Some devices, including several popular
VHS decks, do not support a shuttle mode
in which the tape stays laced. These decks
unlace the tape before shuttling. Refer to
your tape machine’s guide for more infor-
mation.
Some devices may not support all shuttle
modes, and may not accept the above shut-
tle commands. In these cases, the Fast For-
ward and Rewind buttons in the Pro Tools
Transport window flash, and clicking them
places the device in true Fast Forward /Re-
wind mode.