TASCAM US-2400 Owners Manual - Page 17

Panning, Transport keys, Transport wheel, SEL keys, Special functions

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5 - Applications Panning By default, the encoders control the pan value of mono tracks in Pro Tools and/or the left channel of stereo tracks. To control the pan value of the right Transport keys The REW, F FWD, STOP, PLAY and REC keys normally control the corresponding functions in Pro Tools. They also have the following additional functions when combined with the SHIFT and F-KEY keys: • SHIFT+REW locates the playhead to the beginning of the project Transport wheel Press the SCRUB key on the US-2400 to activate the transport wheel as an audio scrub wheel in Pro Tools. When the transport wheel is used with the SHIFT key SEL keys Pressing a US-2400 SEL key alone will select that channel in Pro Tools. Holding SHIFT allows multiple selections and de-selection using the SEL keys. Holding the F-KEY while pressing a SEL key will record-enable/disable that track. Special functions The following key combinations bring up commonly-used ProTools windows: • F-KEY+AUX 1 brings up the Mix window • F-KEY+AUX 2 brings up the Edit window • F-KEY+AUX 3 toggles the Transport window • F-KEY+AUX 4 toggles the Memory Locations window • F-KEY+AUX 5 toggles the Session Setup window channel of a stereo track, press the PAN key. It flashes, indicating that right channel pan mode is active. • SHIFT+F FWD locates the playhead to the end of the project • F-KEY+PLAY toggles the Loop function (same as [Option] + [L]) • F-KEY+STOP toggles Online status (same as [Command/Ctrl] + [J]) • F-KEY+REC toggles QuickPunch (same as [Command/Ctrl] + [Shift] + [P]) in this mode, it defines a selected In/Out point in the session. When SCRUB is not enabled, the transport wheel has no function. "Double-clicking" a channel's SEL key opens the channel's naming and comments dialog in the Mac version of Pro Tools. Holding the Master SEL key while pressing any channel's SEL, MUTE or SOLO key will toggle that state on all channels. • Pressing and holding F-KEY while pressing either BANK - or BANK + changes the control surface focus by one channel in the specified direction. The US-2400's motorized faders automatically move to the correct physical positions to represent their DAW-controlled channels. • Pressing IN or OUT directly sets an In or Out point. • F-KEY+IN toggles pre-roll. • F-KEY+OUT toggles post roll. TASCAM US-2400 Owner's Manual 17

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5 – Applications
TASCAM US-2400
Owner’s Manual
17
Panning
By default, the encoders control the pan value of
mono tracks in Pro Tools and/or the left channel of
stereo tracks.
To control the pan value of the right
channel of a stereo track, press the
PAN
key. It
flashes, indicating that right channel pan mode is
active.
Transport keys
The
REW
,
F FWD
,
STOP
,
PLAY
and
REC
keys nor-
mally control the corresponding functions in Pro
Tools. They also have the following additional func-
tions when combined with the
SHIFT
and
F-KEY
keys:
SHIFT
+
REW
locates the playhead to the beginning
of the project
SHIFT
+
F FWD
locates the playhead to the end of
the project
F-KEY
+
PLAY
toggles the Loop function (same as
[Option]
+
[L]
)
F-KEY
+
STOP
toggles Online status (same as
[Command
/
Ctrl] + [J]
)
F-KEY
+
REC
toggles QuickPunch (same as
[Com-
mand/Ctrl] + [Shift] + [P]
)
Transport wheel
Press the
SCRUB
key on the US-2400 to activate the
transport wheel as an audio scrub wheel in Pro Tools.
When the transport wheel is used with the
SHIFT
key
in this mode, it defines a selected In/Out point in the
session.
When
SCRUB
is not enabled, the transport wheel has
no function.
SEL keys
Pressing a US-2400
SEL
key alone will select that
channel in Pro Tools. Holding
SHIFT
allows multiple
selections and de-selection using the
SEL
keys.
Holding the
F-KEY
while pressing a
SEL
key will
record-enable/disable that track.
“Double-clicking” a channel’s
SEL
key opens the
channel’s naming and comments dialog in the Mac
version of Pro Tools.
Holding the Master
SEL
key while pressing any
channel’s
SEL
,
MUTE
or
SOLO
key will toggle that
state on all channels.
Special functions
The following key combinations bring up com-
monly-used ProTools windows:
F-KEY
+
AUX 1
brings up the Mix window
F-KEY
+
AUX 2
brings up the Edit window
F-KEY
+
AUX 3
toggles the Transport window
F-KEY
+
AUX
4 toggles the Memory Locations
window
F-KEY
+
AUX 5
toggles the Session Setup window
Pressing and holding
F-KEY
while pressing either
BANK –
or
BANK +
changes the control surface
focus by one channel in the specified direction. The
US-2400’s motorized faders automatically move to
the correct physical positions to represent their
DAW-controlled channels.
• Pressing
IN
or
OUT
directly sets an In or Out point.
F-KEY
+
IN
toggles pre-roll.
F-KEY
+
OUT
toggles post roll.