Edit Pack Users Guide

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  • V-PlugIn Users Guide
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    • Modern Pro Tools Pan Control

    Pro Tools 10 HD was the last version of Pro Tools to support the Edit Pack. Now with V-Control Pro you can connect an Edit Pack to modern Pro Tools systems and use its dual joystick surround panning and accelerated button workflow. V-Control Pro uses the JL Cooper surround pan protocol to bridge Edit Pack to Pro Tools. The JL Cooper protocol does not provide the exact same functionality for Edit Pack like Pro Tools 10 did, but it provides enough for powerful pan control. At the time of writing this user guide, these features are not implemented due to limitations of the HUI and JL Cooper protocols:

    1. Solo
    2. Metering
    3. Motorized pan feedback
    4. Channel name display
    5. Parameter value display
    6. Start/end/length indication

    Setup

    Setup In V-Control Pro

    1. With the Edit Pack connected to the local network, launch V-Control Pro.
    2. Click on the V-Control Pro icon in the task bar and select Setups....
    3. Click on +Add New in the Controllers section of the Setups window and select Add Ethernet Device....
    4. Select the Edit Pack you wish to add in the Scan Devices window once it appears and select Okay.

    Setup In Pro Tools

    1. Launch Pro Tools.
    2. In the Pro Tools top menu bar select: Setup / Peripherals
    3. Select the MIDI Controllers tab
    4. For Controller #1, setup as shown.
    5. For Controller #2, setup as shown.
    6. For Controller #3, setup as shown.

    The Edit Pack is now connected and ready to use with Pro Tools.

    Getting Started

    There are two panner sections, V-Pan 1 and V-Pan 2. You can use the two panners in two ways.

    1. Two Separate Track Panners - Each ppaner can control a mono track or a stereo track
    2. One Stereo Track Panner

    Track Select

    To select a track to pan, follow these instructions:

    1. Tap TRACK SEL
    2. Turn the SEL / ADJUST knob.
    3. Look on the Pro Tools Mix Window and you will see a highlighted selection moving left or right along different tracks.
    4. If you press and hold TRACK SEL on V-Pan 2, turning the SEL / ADJUST knob will simultaneously select the track for both panners.

    Select A Track’s Main Output For Panning

    You can pan either the main output or the sends for a track. To select the main output:

    1. Select a track as described above.
    2. Press the PAN FOCUS / MAIN button.

    Selecting A Send For Panning

    1. Select a track as described above.
    2. Press the PAN FOCUS / SEND button to cycle through track sends. Look at the Mix Window in Pro Tools to see a highlighted area indicating which send is selected for panning.

    Pan Parameters

    For the selected panner, you can control several pan parameters with the ADJUST knob. The parameters are selected using the PAGE button and the five PAN PARAMETERS buttons.

    PAGE LIGHT OFF

    1. Front Pan
    2. Rear Pan
    3. Front to Back Pan
    4. Center % Divergence
    5. LFE Amount

    PAGE LIGHT ON

    (Note: MODE parameter is not available)

    1. Front Divergence
    2. Rear Divergence
    3. Front To Back Divergence
    4. Mode - NOT AVAILABLE
    5. Volume

    The MUTE button will mute the selected panner track or send. The SOLO button is not available.

    Stereo Track Panning

    There are two ways to pan each side of stereo tracks: Single Panner Control and Dual Panner Control.

    Stereo Track Panning - Single Panner Control

    You can use either the V-Pan1 or V-Pan 2 controls to pan a stereo track.

    1. For V-Pan 1 or V-Pan 2, select a stereo track to be panned.
    2. Tap the AUTO button to assign the pan controls to the left or right channel.
    3. Use the link/unlink and inverse/non-inverse buttons in the Pro Tools pan window control panning behaviors.

    Stereo Track Panning - Dual Panner Control

    You can use the V-Pan 1 and V-Pan 2 controls to simultaneously pan both channels of a stereo track.

    1. For V-Pan 1 select a stereo track to be panned.
    2. For V-Pan 2 select the same stereo track to be panned.
    3. NOTE that you can simultaneously select a track for both panners by holding the TRACK SEL button while using teh SELECT knob on V-Pan 2.
    4. For V-Pan 2, press the AUTO button. This assigns V-Pan 2 to pan the right channel of the stereo track.
    5. Use the link/unlink and inverse/non-inverse buttons in the Pro Tools pan window control panning behaviors.

    Dual Linked Panning

    You can link the V-Pan 1 and V-Pan 2 joysticks when panning separate mono tracks. The link behavior can be eith non-inverted or inverted.

    1. For V-Pan 1 select one of two mono tracks to be linked when panning.
    2. For V-Pan 2 select the second of two mono tracks to be linked when panning.
    3. Tap the LINKED PANNERS button on the Edit Pack.
    4. Note that if you move one joystick, the other joystick follows it.
    5. Tap the LINKED PANNERS button a second time on the Edit Pack so it is blinking.
    6. Note that if you move one joystick left or right, the other joystick follows moves the opposite direction.