Using a Frontier TranzPort

Using a Frontier TranzPort, you can control Acid wirelessly.

For more information about configuring Acid to use a control surface, please see Using a Control Surface.

View the control mappings Closed

The map for the TranzPort assigns the controls as follows.

Control

Function

Shift Function

Track

Focus to previous track or mixer control.

Insert audio track.

Track

Focus to next track or mixer control.

Insert MIDI track.

Rec

Arm track for record.

Mute

Mute track.

Solo

Solo track.

Undo

Undo.

Redo.

In

Set loop start.

Out

Set loop end.

Punch

Toggle metronome.

Toggle MIDI merge recording when displaying volume or panning for a MIDI track.

  1. Press Track or Track to select a MIDI track.

  2. Press Shift + Loop until volume or panning information is displayed on the TranzPort.

  3. Hold Shift and press Punch.

Loop

Toggle looped playback.

Toggle jog wheel control of volume, panning, input, or output device for tracks or Mixer controls.

  1. Press Track or Track to select the track you want to adjust.

  2. Press Shift + Loop until the item you want to edit is displayed on the TranzPort.

  3. Hold Shift while rotating the jog wheel to adjust the selected control.

Shift

Toggle alternate functions.

Markers

Prev

Move to previous marker.

Markers

Add

Insert marker at cursor.

Markers

Next

Move to next marker.

Jog Wheel

Scroll cursor.

Adjust volume or pan for current track.

Rewind.

Go to start.

Fast forward.

Go to end.

Stop playback or recording.

Play/pause.

Punch in or start recording.

Adjust track or bus volumeClosed

  1. Press Track or Track to select the track or mixer control you want to adjust.

  2. Press Shift+Loop until the TranzPort displays volume.

  3. Hold Shift while rotating the jog wheel to adjust the volume of the selected track or mixer control.

Adjust track or bus panningClosed

  1. Press Track or Track to select the track or mixer control you want to adjust.

  2. Press Shift+Loop until the TranzPort displays panning.

    NOTE Not all mixer controls allow panning adjustment.

  3. Hold Shift while rotating the jog wheel to adjust panning for the selected track or mixer control.

Edit a track's input deviceClosed

  1. Press Track or Track to select the track you want to adjust.

  2. Press Shift+Loop until the TranzPort displays the track's input device.

  3. Hold Shift while rotating the jog wheel to scroll through the available inputs. When you change the input device, an asterisk is displayed before the device name on the TranzPort.

  4. Press Shift+Punch to set the input device.

Edit a track or mixer control's output deviceClosed

  1. Press Track or Track to select the track or mixer control you want to adjust.

  2. Press Shift+Loop until the TranzPort displays the track's output device.

  3. Hold Shift while rotating the jog wheel to scroll through the available output devices. When you change the output device, an asterisk is displayed before the device name on the TranzPort.

  4. Press Shift+Punch to set the output device.