You can choose to show All Tracks (which is the default), or define different combinations of Track Types, which can then be stored as a Layout via the EuControl software. You can set what Track Types are currently displayed in either Tracks or Mixer views by pressing the Track Types and Layouts button in the Tab bar. Below the tiles are five function buttons that set what happens when you tap a tile, whether the track becomes selected, muted or soloed, or put into input monitor or record. Each tile shows the track name and offers a level meter, along with an indication of input, record, solo and mute status. In addition to offering the conventional Mixer view, there’s also a Tracks view that’s similar to the one used on Avid’s Artist Control surface, showing an overview of up to 40 track tiles at a time. ![]() PTC’s Tracks view gives you an overview of up to 40 tracks at once. And if a track is routed to a surround output and then routed back to a stereo output again, the pan control seems to stay asleep and you need to step out and back into the app to wake it up again. If a track is routed to a surround output, there’s no surround pan control option, which seems like a missed opportunity. Double–tapping the horizontal faders centres them (which is handy, though slightly bizarre since double–tapping the vertical faders doesn’t set them to 0dB as you might expect). Tapping the pan or automation setting opens a popover with either horizontal faders for the pan controls or a list of modes for automation. The Mixer view provides a familiar row of eight channel strips, each featuring a track name (which you tap to select a track), fader, level meter, pan and automation controls, as well as input monitor, record, mute, and solo buttons. The currently selected track is, rather handily, outlined in bright blue, making its location easily spottable. An orange outline indicates the track range currently shown in the view below, and you can either drag or tap in the Scroller to change the visible range. The Tab bar also incorporates what Avid term the Universe Scroller, where each available track in a Session is represented by a rectangle of its assigned colour. A couple of points: firstly, the Counter is so Lilliputian that it almost seems like an afterthought also, surely there’s enough space on the iPad’s display to give one the option of displaying both Main and Sub Counters simultaneously? At the top left of the Tab bar you’ll see the Counter, which shows the Main Counter by default, and you can toggle between that and the Sub Counter by tapping it. PTC’s interface is split into three sections: the Tab bar along the top, the Mixer view in the middle, and the Toolbar along the bottom that shows transport controls by default. I noticed the connection dropping a few times, but it would usually return by simply quitting and reopening the app. Assuming your iPad and computer are on the same network, and the iPad is running PTC, your iPad should be listed in the Surfaces tab of the EuControl Settings window. At the time of writing, shortly after the app’s release, Eucon was not supported on Windows 10. ![]() Avid’s knowledge base recommends Mac users to be running OS 10.9.5 or 10.10.2 or higher, while Windows users can happily use Windows 7, 8 or 8.1. The EuControl software is available for both Mac and Windows. But it turns out this is a necessary step: the only way you can download the required EuControl software for your host computer is by having a Eucon product registered in your Avid Account. ![]() A cynic might suggest this registration process is the actual price you pay for PTC, ensuring that all previously non–Avid customers now have an Avid Account. When you run PTC for the first time you’ll be prompted to sign into your Avid Master Account and complete a brief–but–tedious registration process. So while PTC might run on older iPads, be aware that you may not have the smoothest experience. ![]() Avid say that while PTC might indeed work with any Eucon–enabled application, the ‘qualified’ list currently includes Pro Tools 12.1, Logic Pro X, Cubase 8 and Nuendo 6.5.Īvid’s web site states you need a minimum of an iPad Air or iPad mini 2 running iOS 8.3 or later however, on the App Store, the compatibility requirements are listed as “iPad” and “iOS 8.0 or later”. Therefore, in addition to controlling Pro Tools, as the app’s name implies, Pro Tools Control (PTC) is also compatible with other host applications that support Eucon. While this wasn’t particularly surprising, it was perhaps unexpected and interesting that such an app would both be free and use the company’s Eucon protocol. Following companies like Apple, Steinberg, and PreSonus, who have released apps that allow you to control Logic Pro, Cubase and Studio One respectively from an iPad, Avid recently followed suit and introduced an iPad remote app of their own: Pro Tools Control.
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