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Command 8

Features

110-character LCD Display

  • Displays track names, track & plug-in parameter values, timecode, etc.

Channel View Controls

  • Plug-in or Pan/Send controls for a selected INSERT or SEND
  • Buttons: EQ, DYNAMICS, INSERT, PAN/SEND/PRE, PAGE,

Master Bypass, ESC

Console View Controls

  • Controls status display of pans, sends, or inserts across all channels simultaneously
  • Defaults to channel pan position; select A-E to determine which SEND or INSERT values are displayed in the scribble strip

Modifier Keys

  • Correspond to their computer keyboard counterparts

Fader Section

  • 100 mm touch-sensitive moving faders with support for +12 dB fader scale
  • SELECT, SOLO and MUTE buttons and color-coded LED indicators
  • Multi-purpose rotary encoders with 11-LED rings displaying pan position, send level, etc.
  • Five-segment LED meters (0 to –42 dBFS)

Control Room and Headphone Controls

  • Control Room: Mute, Mono, and External Source monitor selectors; dedicated volume level control
  • Headphones: 1/4" stereo headphone jack; dedicated volume level control

Miscellaneous Controls and Indicators

  • Record-enable, Pan/Meter (with L/R indicators), Enter, and Undo selectors
  • Standalone button — Places Command|8 into stand-alone controller mode
  • USB and MIDI activity indicators

Master Fader/Flip Controls

  • Master Fader: Activate to move master fader control to the rightmost faders
  • Flip: Activate to move PAN/SEND or INSERT control from rotary encoders to faders

Navigation Keys

  • Four-key navigation pad enables you to BANK through software mixer eight faders at a time, NUDGE through mixer one channel at a time, or ZOOM in or out on track data horizontally or vertically, and move the play selector horizontally and vertically

Specialized Function Controls

  • Including Utility,Midi Edit (for MIDI mapping), PRE/Midi recall (recalls MIDI controller sets, MIDI maps, or Avid PRE parameter values), Fader Mute, and plug-in Focus

General Controls

  • Select Pro Tools interface window (Plug-in, Mix, or Edit), Loop Play, Loop Record, Quick Punch, and Memory Location

Transport Controls

  • Control common transport functions within Pro Tools (Play, Record, Stop, etc.)

Interfaces

  • 1-IN/2-OUT MIDI interface
  • USB connector
  • 1/4" Punch In connector

Outputs

  • Speaker outputs — 1/4" TRS (balanced/unbalanced) connectors with +4 / –10 push button

Monitor Inputs

  • Main and External Source stereo inputs — 1/4" TRS (balanced/unbalanced) connectors with +4 / –10 push button per pair

Power

  • Power cable connector
  • Power switch