Avid Technology Pro Tools HD 7.2 - Manual (Page 124)

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VCA Master Tracks Display of
Slave Tracks
In normal Mode, VCA Master tracks show their
slave tracks in their rotary encoders, as follows:
• Encoder knob: Slave track Volume control
• Encoder LED ring: Slave track meter level
• Encoder B/M/P switch: Slave track mute
• Encoder Select switch: Focuses slave track
in Focus Channel Strip
If there are more than six slave tracks for a VCA
Master, you can the press the channel Page
Up/Page Down switches to display the addi-
tional slave tracks on the rotary encoders.
Displaying VCA Master Tracks in
Custom Faders
Displaying VCA Master Tracks
You can display VCA Master tracks in Custom
Fader Tracks mode.
To display VCA Masters in the Custom Fader
channels:
1 Press the Tracks switch in the Custom Faders
section.
2 Press the Bank Select switch to display track
types in the Soft Keys.
3 Press the Soft Key that corresponds to VCA
Master.
To exit Tracks mode:
■ Press the lit Tracks switch.
Displaying Slave Tracks for a VCA
Master in Custom Faders
You can temporarily display all the slave tracks
for a VCA Master track together in Custom Fad-
ers. This feature uses Mix/Edit Groups mode to
simulate the effect of the “VCA spill” feature
available on some analog consoles.
Whenever a VCA Master track is assigned to
group, its Bypass/Mute switch lights.
To display the slave tracks for a VCA Master in
Custom Faders (or “spill” a VCA):
■ Press the lit Bypass/Mute switch. The By-
pass/Mute switch flashes to indicate that the
VCA Group is spilled.
To exit display of slave tracks in Custom Faders,
do one of the following:
■ Press the flashing Bypass/Mute switch in the
VCA Master.
– or –
■ Press the Groups switch in the Custom Fader
controls.
Focusing VCA Masters When Their
Slave Tracks Are Spilled
You can set ICON to automatically focus a VCA
Master Track in the Focus Channel Strip when
its slave tracks are spilled.
To automatically focus VCA tracks when they are
spilled:
1 In the Soft Keys section, press the Operation
switch repeatedly to display the page that in-
cludes the Focus VCA Master When Spilled pref-
erence (“SplFcs”).
2 Press the Soft Key that corresponds to “SplFcs”
to toggle the setting to “On.”