Take Control...Anywhere

May 31, 2005 12:47 PM

           
 

Frontier's PDF documentation gives instructions on how to set up TranzPort to work with a specific DAW program. In addition to the usual transport buttons (Stop, Play, Record, Rewind, and Fast Forward), TranzPort provides a number of useful controls for navigating within your project. The Locate controls allow you to instantly jump to any point in the current project. You can drop markers with a single press of the Add Marker button and then navigate among marker locations using Prev and Next. Communication between TranzPort and your DAW is bidirectional, so the current project time-code location is shown in the TranzPort's LCD. As a result, there's no guesswork. The data wheel provides another convenient way to move forward and backward along the project time line.

Moving between tracks is also straightforward, since the track names also appear in the LCD. Dedicated buttons let you solo, mute, and record-arm the selected track, and dedicated LEDs show you the track's status. You can also modify a track's level and pan settings from the remote. Want to hear more bass in your headphones next time you lay down your synth solo? Turn up the bass track, arm the synth track, and hit Record — all wirelessly from the TranzPort.

An even deeper level of functionality is found in TranzPort's user-assignable buttons. The method for assigning these, and the possible uses for them, are different for each DAW program.

Below is an example of the TranzPort commands with Digidesign Pro Tools:

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