Let’s take a closer look at some of the minor, but important tweaks added when Attentioning a track from Pro Tools in S6 19.7. Located in
Settings >
User preferences,
Attention Most Recently Clicked DAW Area determines which user interface areas within the DAW, when clicked, will trigger a track attention and populate one or more of the specified sections on the console. If
Plug-Ins,
Pan Controls or
Sends are enabled, simply clicking on any one of those interface elements in Pro Tools will attention the associated track and populate the sections on the console as set in the user preference
Display Knobs From Most Recently Clicked DAW Area.
For our workflow example, we’ve chosen
2nd Expand Knob and Fader Modules. On my 16 fader console, the LEFT knob module has been defined as the
1st Expand Knob and the modules in the 3rd (RIGHT) bucket define the
2nd Expand Knob and the
Attention Expand Fader zones.
In addition to the
Plug-Ins,
Pan Controls and
Sends, we’ve also enabled
Track Name and
Edit Window. With these options enabled, the behavior diverges from the initial implementation in S6 19.5.x. When clicking, either in the Editor or on a Track Name, S6 will populate the chosen attention zones using the default functions as set by the user under
Home >
Local Options (gear).
As shown below, my
1st Expand Knob Function on Attention is set to
EQ and the
Backup is set to
Inserts (Any). The
2nd Expand Knob Function is the one we are concerned about as it matches what we’ve chosen for
Display Knobs From Most Recently Clicked DAW Area.
The LEFT side of the console, on attention, will follow the options that I’ve defined under the
Home >
Local Options. The RIGHT side of the console will be populated from the DAW based on what is clicked. For
Plug-Ins,
Pan and
Sends, the function is already determined and will be loaded into the user specified zone(s), which in my case is the
2nd Expand Knob and
Attention Expand Fader. If the user clicks in the DAW using a method which does not have an associated function (
Track Name,
Edit Window,
Fader, etc.) then the console will favor the
Home >
Local Options settings for these zones. For my
2nd Expand Knob and
Attention Expand Faders the primary function is set to
Dynamics, with a
Backup function set to
Inserts (Any).
19.7 Attention-DAW Improvements