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• Tap the Color Picker and tap to select a color for the text to appear in the currently selected state. Tap Done (or tap outside the
Color Picker) to close it and return to the Soft Key Editor.
• Repeat for the other state (if you defined display characteristics for the Inactive state, now choose
Active and choose an icon,
enter a name and choose a color). In the example Soft Key we created for the Big Counter, we defined text for the Active state
as “Hide Big Counter” as shown in Figure 38.
9 To exit the Soft Keys page, press Tracks on the Master Module, or select another Settings screen from the top of the touchscreen.
Soft Keys are saved automatically.
About Modifier Locks
New Soft Keys do not need to be created in new banks or empty Soft Keys, they can also be created in modifier-driven layers for
existing Soft Keys.
The
Modifier Locks section lets you “lock” the available modifier keys on (pressed) to create Soft Keys that become available while
a modifier key is pressed. This lets you create new Soft Keys in the same position as an existing Soft Key but which only becomes
available when holding down the associated modifier switch on the Fader Module.
For example, in the previous section we defined a new Soft Key to show and hide the Pro Tools Big Counter window. To have an
additional window display choice (such as Track Arming) available on that same Soft Key, and in the same Soft Key bank, tap
Shift
in the Modifier Locks section (a check appears indicating it is locked on), then select and define the Soft Key to open and close the
Track Arming window.
Once defined, you can toggle the Soft Key view between modifier “layers” by holding down the associated modifier. For example,
in default view our new bank shows our Big Counter Soft Key on key 1. Holding down
Shift on the Fader Module shows our Track
Arming command on the same key, in the same bank.
You can save custom colors by dragging the modified color box onto the palette.
Figure 38. Active state example