D-Command Guide34
Pan Switch
When you press the Pan switch, you enter Pan mode, and the
pan controls for the channel strip are displayed on the en-
coder 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:
To open/close the Output window on-screen for a track:
1 Press the Pan switch on the channel.
2 Hold Start (Windows) or Control (Mac) and press the chan-
nel’s encoder switch.
Two-Knob Surround Panning
When working in surround, you can link the front and rear
pan controls on D-Command to facilitate X-axis motion in
the sound field.
To link front and rear surround panners:
1 Press the Operation switch in Console Prefs section until
“2KbPan” appears in the Soft Keys.
2 Press the Soft Key that corresponds to “2KbPan” to toggle
the preference on or off.
Mic Pre Mode
When you press a channel strip’s Inserts switch and Pan
switch simultaneously, you enter Mic Pre mode. In Mic Pre
mode, the controls for an available remote-controlled micro-
phone preamplifier (such as the Digidesign PRE) are displayed
on the channel strip’s rotary encoders for editing. The Page Up
switch lights to indicate more available parameter pages.
Microphone preamplifiers are declared in the Pro Tools pe-
ripherals dialog, and assigned to channels in the Pro Tools I/O
Setup dialog.
Bypass/Mute Switch
The function of the Bypass/Mute switch depends on what is
currently displayed on the channel strip’s encoders.
Inserts
In the top level Inserts view (when plug-in names are dis-
played on a channel strip’s encoders), the Bypass/Mute switch
bypasses all plug-ins on that channel.
Sends
In the top level Sends view (when send names are displayed
on a channel strip’s encoders), the Bypass/Mute switch mutes
all sends on that channel.
VCA Master Tracks
On VCA Master tracks, the Bypass/Mute switch uses
Mix/Edit Groups mode to display (or “spill”) the slave tracks
for the VCA in Custom Faders.
Surround Pan Display, Page 1
Display Pan Control
LFE LFE channel
Cntr% Center Speaker Percentage
Surround Pan Display, Page 2
Display Pan Control
F Div Front Divergence
Rear Rear Pan
Surround Pan Display, Page 3
Display Pan Control
F/R Front/Rear Balance
Front Front Pan
Surround Pan Display, Page 4
Display Pan Control
R Div Rear Divergence
Rear Rear Pan
Surround Pan Display, Page 5
Display Pan Control
F/R Div Front/Rear Divergence
F/R Front/Rear Balance
Surround Pan Display, Page 6
Display Pan Control
F Div Front Divergence
Front Front Pan
