How to Use Foot Switch to Punch In for Non Avid Hardware

[wdjudd]

I used the Foot Switch input on my old 002 Rack to punch in and out. I am using ProTools 2019.6 with a Lynx Aurora (n) 32 Ch unit (Non Avid Hardware). How can I set up a Foot Switch Punch In for Non Avid Hardware?

[wdjudd]

PROBLEM SOLVED:
I purchased a Presonus Faderport (Classic) used for $70 from Guitar Center. The following procedure is for Pro Tools to make QuickPunch work with a footswitch. The most important clue is the last instruction:

How do I punch-in using a Presonus Faderport in ProTools?
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• Updated on Sep 1, 2018 at 5:26 PM

The foot switch on the Faderport does start/stop only.
(This was my issue too)

To use the foot switch on the Faderport in ProTools:
• Set up the Faderport as a HUI device per the manual.
• In the floating Transport window in PT, enable pre-roll for the number of seconds you’d like to hear before the punch point, and set a post-roll if you’d like.
• Place the cursor in ProTools where you’d like to start the punch or highlight the section you’d like to punch.
• Enable Punch on the Faderport.
• Press the Record Enable button on the Faderport.
• When you’re ready to go, press the footswitch to start and then press it a second time when you’d like to stop/punch out. If you highlight the section to punch, you won’t have to hit the footswitch to punch out.

Quickpunching
In Pro Tools, set the “record mode” to QuickPunch. You will also need the SHIFT and PUNCH buttons enabled on the Faderport. Without this step it will NOT work.

[albee1952]

Exactly what I was going to suggest