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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>

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<section id="sn-frontier-design-tranzport">
	<title>Using a Frontier Design Tranzport</title>
	<section id="tranzport-configuration">
		<title>Enabling a Tranzport</title>
		<para>
			Ardour 2.0 can currently use a single Tranzport controller. Ensure that the
			device is plugged into a functional USB port. On Linux you will need to
			<link linkend="sn-configuring-usb-device-access">take steps</link>
			to ensure that non-administrative users can access the device. Note that
			this feature is <emphasis>not</emphasis> available in Ardour 0.99.x.
		</para>

		<para>
			In the Options menu, navigate into the Control Surfaces submenu. Click on
			the "Tranzport" option to enable use of the control surface within Ardour.
			To disable it, click on this item a second time.
		</para>
	</section>

	<section id="tranzport-buttons-and-wheel-functions">
		<title>Tranzport Buttons and Datawheel functions</title>
		<table id="tbl-tranzport-functions">
			<title>Tranzport Functions</title>
			<tgroup cols = "3">
				<colspec colnum="1" colname = "Key Binding" colwidth = "1"/>
				<colspec colnum="2" colname="Action" colwidth= "2"/>
				<thead>
					<row>
						<entry>
							Key
						</entry>
						<entry>
							Normal Click
						</entry>
						<entry>
							Shift Click
						</entry>
					</row>
				</thead>
				<tbody>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								REW
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Rewind
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Go to start
							</para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								FFWD
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Fast forward
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Go to end
							</para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								STOP
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Stop
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Enter *
							</para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								PLAY
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Play
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Save
							</para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								RECORD
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Record
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para></para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry></entry>
						<entry></entry>
						<entry></entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								PREV
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Go to previous marker
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Zoom full
							</para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								ADD
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Add marker at current location
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para></para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								NEXT
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Go to next marker
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Select normal, scrub or shuttle mode
							</para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry></entry>
						<entry></entry>
						<entry></entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								IN
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para></para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Zoom In
							</para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								OUT
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para></para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Zoom Out
							</para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								PUNCH
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para></para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para></para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								LOOP
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para></para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Select gain/pan/master level mode
							</para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry></entry>
						<entry></entry>
						<entry></entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								&lt; TRACK
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Previous track
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para></para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								TRACK &gt;
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Next track
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para></para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								REC
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Toggle track's record enable on/off
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Clear all track record arming
							</para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								MUTE
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Toggle track's mute status on/off
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Clear all mutes
							</para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								SOLO
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Toggle track's solo status on/off
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Clear all solos
							</para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								UNDO
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Undo
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								Redo
							</para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry></entry>
						<entry></entry>
						<entry></entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								DATA WHEEL
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								scroll timeline, scrub or shuttle
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para>
								adjust track gain, track pan or master gain
							</para>
						</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry></entry>
						<entry></entry>
						<entry></entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>
							<para>
								FOOTSWITCH
							</para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para></para>
						</entry>
						<entry>
							<para></para>
						</entry>
					</row>
				</tbody>
			</tgroup>
		</table>
	</section>

	<section id="tranzport-normal-scrub-shuttle-modes">
		<title>Normal, Scrub and Shuttle Modes</title>
		<para>
			In Ardour, the Tranzport in has 3 different modes of operation termed
			"timeline", "scrub" and "shuttle".
		</para>

		<variablelist>
			<title>Tranzport Modes of Operation</title>
			<varlistentry>
				<term>Timeline</term>
				<listitem>
					<para>
						the data wheel scrolls the timeline in the editor window back and forth.
					</para>
				</listitem>
			</varlistentry>

			<varlistentry>
				<term>Scrub</term>
				<listitem>
					<para>
						the data wheel is used to scrub audio data back and forth.
					</para>
				</listitem>
			</varlistentry>

			<varlistentry>
				<term>Shuttle</term>
				<listitem>
					<para>
						the data wheel is used to control varispeed playback. Turning the data
						wheel clockwise increases the playback speed in a forward direction.
						Counter-clockwise decreases the speed and will reverse playback. Shuttle
						mode as several important features:
						<itemizedlist>
							<listitem>
								<para>
									While in Shuttle mode the actual playback speed will be displayed in
									the top right corner of the LCD as a percentage of real-time, ie.
									+100% is normal playback speed.
								</para>
							</listitem>
							<listitem>
								<para>
									Press STOP to automatically set the Shuttle speed to 0%.
								</para>
							</listitem>
							<listitem>
								<para>
									Press PLAY to automatically set the Shuttle speed to +100%.
								</para>
							</listitem>
							<listitem>
								<para>
									Press and hold SHIFT to momentarily toggle the TranzPort into Scrub
									mode. Releasing the SHIFT button will return to Shuttle mode at 0%
									speed. This combination of functions is very useful for quickly
									moving through an audio track and accurately locating points hit
									points.
								</para>
							</listitem>
							<listitem>
								<para>
									Pressing ADD will drop a marker at the current location and exit
									Shuttle mode
								</para>
							</listitem>
						</itemizedlist>
					</para>
				</listitem>
			</varlistentry>
		</variablelist>
	</section>
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