HD24/96 Technical Reference

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will play off screen and remain out of view. The Auto Scroll button blinking indicates that a zoom level has been selected that the auto-scroll function cannot track.

Screen Drag (Special Scroll) Mode

Holding the D key down when the cursor is in the track area temporarily changes the cursor into a hand icon with which to drag the screen in any direction, to the extent of the minimum or maximum axis values. This time-saver can be used to pull the screen view omnidirectionally rather than using the scroll bars, which move the screen area under the cursor in one axis direction only.

Track Control Area

The Track Control area, the portion to the left of the main track area, includes the following controls and indicators:

Track Number button

Tracks are numbered 1 through 24. Clicking on a track number button (or the track itself) activates that track for editing operations and illuminates the track number button. Multiple tracks can be enabled by clicking with the Shift and Ctrl keys as described previously.

When a selection area is made by dragging the I-Beam Tool over the Time bar, initially all track number buttons are illuminated. Clicking on a track number button activates the selection area for that track and deactivates the remaining track number buttons. The selection area can be applied to other tracks by Ctrl- or Shift-clicking on their track number buttons.

Double-clicking on a track number button with either the Hand or I-Beam tool selects the entire track.

A Paste is performed on the track with the illuminated number button.

IMPORTANT: If multiple track number buttons are illuminated, the Paste is performed on the lowest numbered track of the group.

Tip: The active take on multiple tracks may be changed by first selecting a group of tracks. Use the I-Beam tool and Ctrl-click on each track or Shift-click to select a range of tracks. Then Ctrl-click on the take number button on any of the selected tracks to make that the active take on all the tracks in the group. Handy when you have 10 tracks of drum kit overdubs.

Record Ready buttons

The red R is the track arming button, which enables tracks for recording. These buttons on the GUI screen correspond directly to their counterparts on the HDR24/96 front panel. Clicking on an R button arms the track for recording. The button blinks until the transport is placed in the Record mode, either by clicking on the RECORD button in the GUI transport control area, or by pressing the PLAY and RECORD buttons on the front panel.

As with the front panel controls, you can also start recording on a track by clicking on the master RECORD button, then clicking on the individual track’s R button.

NOTE: If the record controls don’t operate as expected, Record Safe may be enabled.