Avid Technology Artist Mix, User Manual

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Page 3: ...oftware and Hardware 8 Chapter 3 Common Tasks 13 Fader Strip 13 Inserts 14 Chapter 4 Surface Controls 17 Power Switch 18 SHIFT 18 Fader Strips 19 Fader Navigation Controls 22 Knobs 23 APPLICATION 26 WORKSTATION 26 Chapter 5 EuControl 27 Surfaces 27 Workstations 29 General 30 Preferences 32 Assign 33 Layouts 34 Soft Keys 34 Chapter 6 Setting IP Addresses 35 Appendix A Compliance Information 37 Envi...

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Page 5: ...es of applications EUCON aware applications such as Pro Tools 9 0 and higher Media Composer Cubase Logic Pro and Nuendo di rectly support the EUCON protocol They provide the highest level of integration high resolution controls and high speed connectivity Non EUCON aware applications that support Mackie Control or HUI such as Pro Tools 8 x and lower Live and Reason can use many functions but are l...

Page 6: ... Commands Options and Settings that appear on screen are in a different font The names of keys on Artist Series hardware are in bold such as SEL The SHIFT key on Artist Series hardware is indicated by bold text in all caps SHIFT to dis tinguish it from references to the Shift key on your QWERTY keyboard The following symbols are used to highlight important information Convention Action File Save C...

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Page 9: ...iser brackets Since both methods require turning the unit upside down do this before attaching any cables Turn the unit over and place it on a soft surface Pull out all four of the small foldout legs to moderately elevate the unit pull out only the back two to angle the unit towards you Pull out the metal clips from the same area as the legs and move them until they snap into the legs The two larg...

Page 10: ...o form a larger and more stable control surface An Artist Control and Artist Transport can also be joined to Artist Mix To join two Artist Mixes or other Artist Series unit 1 On one of the Artist Mixes use a 2 Phillips screwdriver to remove the two silver screws The screws may be tight so you may have to use some force Removing side panel from Artist Mix Tabs to release the riser bracket from the ...

Page 11: ... Artist Mix 3 On the second Artist Mix remove the side panel on the end where it will attach to the first Artist Mix 4 Slide the connecting part of the second Artist Mix into the first Artist Mix to attach them together Removing connecting part and side panel Artist Mixes attached by connecting at side panel ...

Page 12: ...c or Finish Windows EuControl will launch automatically and is running when its icon appears as follows On Mac the icon is shown in your menu bar On Windows the icon appears in the System tray or alongside other Hidden Icons in the lower tool bar if you do not have your system configured to always show icons in the System tray 5 Shut down your computer 6 Plug one end of the AC power cord into the ...

Page 13: ...commended to use Ethernet 1 rather than Ethernet 2 However if you want to use Ethernet 2 do the following Go to System Preferences EUCON Change the Network Interface to Ethernet 2 Restart the computer An Ethernet router or switch is required to connect multiple Artist Series units such as an Artist Control with one or more Artist Mix controllers or to connect units to a local area network 10 Turn ...

Page 14: ... the web you may need to update the firmware on your Artist Series controllers See Update Firmware on page 28 for instructions 14 Launch your application and open a session or project such as Pro Tools Logic Pro Cubase or Digital Performer 15 To set up your application to work with the Artist Mix see the EuCon Application Setup Guide that you downloaded at the be ginning of this section Controllin...

Page 15: ...st Mix has a inch FOOTSWITCH input on the back panel The footswitch can be used to punch in and out of recording Plug the footswitch in before powering on the Artist Mix See Footswitch on page 32 for more information FOOTSWITCH input on rear panel DC In 15 V FOOTSWITCH ...

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Page 17: ...ion 5 Move the Artist Mix strip 1 fader up and down You are now controlling the level of your application s first track with Artist Mix The display at the top of strip 1 shows track information 6 When the Artist Mix is first powered up the PAN key is lit by default If it is not press the PAN key Each strip s Soft Knob now controls pan for its corresponding track Strip 1 fader SEL key PAN key ON IN...

Page 18: ...a time If tracks 1 8 were assigned to strips 1 8 tracks 9 16 are now assigned to strips 1 8 The NUDGE and BANK keys perform the same operations in the opposite direction Inserts To access and edit plug ins 1 Add a plug in on track 1 of your application 2 If tracks 1 8 are not assigned to strips 1 8 press the HOME key to restore tracks 1 8 to strips 1 8 3 Press the Artist Mix strip 1 fader SEL key ...

Page 19: ...d parameter to adjust its value The Soft Knobs can be turned like a conventional knob and pressed like a switch to access an additional function 8 Press the PAGE keys to access more parameters 9 Press the BACK key to exit that plug in 10 Press the CHAN key to exit channel mode INSERTS key BACK and PAGE keys INSERTS INPUT CHAN FLIP EQ DYN AUX GROUP PAN MIX CFG PAGE CFG PAGE AUTO REC N ASSIGN SEL Y ...

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Page 21: ... Surface Controls 1 Soft Key navigation 2 Display screens 3 Power 4 Fader Navigation 5 SHIFT keys 6 Knob Set selectors 7 Fader strips Artist Mix surface controls SOLO SOLO ON ON SOLO SOLO ON ON SOLO SOLO ON ON SOLO SOLO ON ON 1 4 3 5 7 5 6 2 ...

Page 22: ... also following the moves of the one you are touching ON Switch Touch a Fader Cap The corresponding ON switch should turn off Knobs Touching a knobs displays Touch on the corresponding display Turning knobs displays the value on the display Pressing a knob top displays Switch on the corresponding display Switches and LEDs In Test Mode all switch LEDs light All switches have LEDs except NUDGE BANK ...

Page 23: ... the track name 3 Knob Name Shows the name of the parameter currently on the knob When a knob is touched it shows the value of the param eter After releasing the knob it reverts to showing the parameter name 4 Knob Position Graphically shows the value of the knob 5 Auto Mode Shows the track s automation mode blank neither read nor write r read w write rw read write 6 Attention Indicator Is a line ...

Page 24: ...ouching a fader sets it to unity gain Suspending Faders You can turn the faders off so they do not move or follow existing automation Automation continues to play back and affect vol ume or other parameters the faders are merely suspended from following automation data To turn faders off Hold SHIFT and press SOLO on fader strip 1 Repeat to turn faders back on ON The track is on unmuted when the st...

Page 25: ...r functions PLAY Press PLAY to play the project from the current location REC Press REC begin recording at the current location All tracks armed for recording are punched into record SEL Pressing a fader SEL key selects that track in the application and focusses it on Artist Mix ASSIGN Press the ASSIGN key to display the Assign tab in the EuControl Settings dialog see Assign on page 33 REC Press t...

Page 26: ...ow as signed to the bank starting with track 1 Pressing BANK again does nothing because the first bank is already shown BANK Moves the window one bank eight tracks to the right If strips 1 8 had the bank starting at track 9 they now have the bank starting with track 17 MIXER and CLOSE Not all applications support these keys MIXER Opens and closes the application s mixer window CLOSE Closes any ope...

Page 27: ...access common parameters in normal mode Press AUX to assign each track s first aux send to each knob Press PAGE to assign the next aux send to the knob Pressing PAGE returns to the previous aux send Press PAN to assign the track s pan control to each knob It is also possible to edit plug ins EQ dynamics and other functions on the knobs Knob Modes The eight knobs can be in normal or channel modes N...

Page 28: ... the knobs for editing This new knob set is a sub menu of the Inserts knob set Press the BACK key to return to the top of the Inserts knob set Sub menus are not directly supported in normal mode When a sub menu is entered in normal mode Artist Mix automatically changes to Channel mode and that track is focussed and selected When the top of that knob set is displayed again normal mode resumes Since...

Page 29: ...b SEL key such as EQ Frequency and Q The knob name changes in the display to show the current function Dual function knobs are supported in normal mode Knob Set Navigation Since a knob set may have more parameters than knobs use the two PAG keys to scroll among them PAGE Press the PAGE key to scroll to the previous page When on the first page pressing PAGE key does nothing The PAGE key lights yell...

Page 30: ...n 16 knobs instead of eight If the knob set has more knobs than the linked surfaces can display navigate among them with the PAGE keys Press a Knob Set Selector key on any Artist Mix to select that knob set on all Artist Mixes APPLICATION Press the APPLICATION key to toggle between the two most recently used open applications Hold down the APPLICATION key and press BANK to toggle between all open ...

Page 31: ...ultiple workstations on a single net work can each run EuControl Each EuControl equipped workstation can connect one Artist Transport one Artist Control and up to four Artist Mixes on the network These multiple devices act together as a single control surface Once connected Artist Series media controllers are not available to EuControl on other systems until relinquished Surfaces The Surfaces tab ...

Page 32: ...red Surfaces between shutdown and startup All Surfaces Default This setting is best used when you are the only person running EuControl in your home or studio It provides an easy plug and play experience by automatically adding your All Surfaces list to your My Surfaces list so you never have to man ually edit the My Surfaces list My Surfaces Only This setting is useful in facilities where other E...

Page 33: ...is already attached to another instance of EuControl running on another computer It cannot be attached here until it is unattached from the other instance of EuControl This was done to allow multiple users to share workstations without having to frequently edit their My Workstation list Add Click Add to add the selected workstation from the All Workstations list to the My Workstations list If the ...

Page 34: ...affect Only workstations added with the option checked will respond General The General tab controls how the Artist media controller and application software work together Workstation Tracks Knob Set Changes This command lets supported workstations follow selection of knob sets on the Artist Series unit Open Plug ins on Workstation When Editing This command lets supported workstations open plug in...

Page 35: ...e default for each control Click and drag a slider to move it right for faster response or left for a slower more controlled movement Click the Reset button to restore the center position The name of the currently focussed application is shown above the sliders the application that will be affected by adjusting Wheel Sensitivity If the controls have been locked to a specific application the displa...

Page 36: ...h once punches into recording on record enabled tracks Pressing the footswitch again stops the record pass your DAW may or may not automatically take the track out of record on stop see the documentation for your appli cation Status Shows whether the footswitch state is currently on or off Shift Fader Sets Level to 0dB When enabled holding SHIFT and touching a fader sets the fader to 0dB SHIFT loc...

Page 37: ...ll Assignments Clears all currently displayed assignments Lock to Application This feature lets the transport controls or the entire surface to stay locked to the application listed at the top left of the dialog even when that application is not top most Entire Surface Select this checkbox to lock the entire surface including those of all linked Artist media controllers to the listed ap plication ...

Page 38: ... assignments as part of a Layout so that you can easily switch between your bank safed layout and default banking or other as signments Soft Keys The Soft Keys tab provides Soft Key options for Artist Transport Artist Control and Artist Color only Layouts tab Layouts are created and temporarily stored in EuControl as long as the current session or project is open To be able to recall your layouts ...

Page 39: ...play lights 2 Press the left most SEL and ON keys simultaneously or press the left most PAN knob 3 Press both PAGE keys simultaneously to move the cursor to the next screen in this case the first field of the IP Address screen Press the PAGE or PAGE keys to cycle the cursor back to a previous field or screen to change a parameter to a dif ferent value To change the value for the Subnet Mask or IP ...

Page 40: ...Use the techniques described to set the Subnet Mask 10 Press both PAGE keys PAGE and PAGE simultaneously to save this static IP address Power Artist Mix off and on to use the new IP address To cancel any changes made to the IP address at any time power off the Artist Mix before pressing the two left most SEL and ON keys simultaneously Subnet Mask display ...

Page 41: ...l help conserve natural resources and ensure that it is recycled in a manner that protects human health and the environment For more information about where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling please contact your local city recycling office or the dealer from whom you purchased the product Proposition 65 Warning Perchlorate Notice This product may contain a lithium coin battery The...

Page 42: ...vice pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference wi...

Page 43: ...the equipment 11 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer 12 For products that are not rack mountable Use only with a cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the equipment When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart equipment combination to avoid injury from tip over 13 Unplug this equipment during lightning storms or when unused...

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