User`s guide

MachineControl Guide20
Transport Controls
With MachineControl, the Pro Tools Transport
window becomes a multi-function controller.
To toggle the Pro Tools Transport between
Pro Tools, Machine, and 9-Pin Remote mode:
1 Click the area labeled Transport (directly be-
low the Online button in the Transport win-
dow) to display the Transport pop-up.
2 Select Transport = Machine,
Transport = Pro Tools, or Transport = Remote.
Transport = Pro Tools
In this mode, the controls in the Transport win-
dow are focussed on Pro Tools playback, record-
ing, and so on. When Pro Tools is online and
you begin playback, the machine slaves to
Pro Tools, cueing to a pre-roll time before the
current insertion time before rolling The session
locks to the machine’s time code.
Additionally, when online, the Machine will
follow current Preferences for Machine Chase
and Online Record (see “Record and Chase Set-
tings” on page 18).
Transport = Machine
In this mode, the controls in the Transport win-
dow are focussed on the machine. If online,
Pro Tools will slave to the machine. When of-
fline, the Transport will only control the ma-
chine.
When Pro Tools is slaved to the machine, the
Pro Tools Transport can be used as a machine re-
mote control or a system master control. When
online, the Transport still controls the machine,
but Pro Tools will chase and lock to the ma-
chine.
In addition:
◆ When Auto Spot is turned on, regions are
spotted to the current machine time.
◆ When Auto Spot is turned on, the Trimmer
tool trims to the current machine time.
Counter Display
The Pro Tools Edit window counter displays the
current machine (9-pin) or session time code lo-
cation, depending on which device is the trans-
port master.
Transport = Remote
When Pro Tools is online in 9-Pin Remote
mode, many Pro Tools commands, including
transport controls, are inactive. In this mode,
Pro Tools responds to commands sent by the 9-
pin master machine, including play, track arm-
ing, transport, and record commands. See
Chapter 3, “Remote Mode.”
Selecting the MachineControl Transport
You can also press Control+backslash to
toggle between Pro Tools, the Machine, and
Remote transport (or, on a Digidesign con-
trol surface, press EXT TRANS).
Transport Selector
Online button
Refer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide for
details on Auto Spotting.