Specifications

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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 position of the Pro Tools
on-screen selection/insertion point or memory
location (plus pre-roll), and begin playing back
in sync.
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.
Online Display Information
Several display elements of the Edit and Trans-
port windows provide machine status informa-
tion.
◆ When Pro Tools is online, the Transport on-
line button flashes. “Waiting for Sync” will be
displayed in the status box in the lower left cor-
ner of the Edit window.
◆ The online button continues to flash until
you click Play and time code lock occurs (all de-
vices locked and responding in sync).
◆ The Time Code display in the Edit window
shows the Machine Time when the machine is
Master.
◆ Upon lockup, the display switches to show
the session time. If your system doesn’t lock up
quickly enough, you may want to adjust your
machine pre-roll. See “Machine Pre-Roll” on
page 10 for more information.
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 Pro Tools Transport
window indicates the status of the tape as de-
scribed 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 Pro Tools
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.
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.