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8 THE CONTROL SURFACE
During operation, your principal contact with the NewTek 3Play™
system will normally be though the use of the Control Surface.
Using its buttons and other controls, you can perform the great
majority of necessary functions.
This chapter describes the features of the Control Surface. Further
references to the Control Surface are made in context In
subsequent chapters, as well.
The NewTek 3Play™ Control Surface is purpose-designed
to provide responsive and comfortable control over
all commonly used production functions of the
system, without unnecessary complexity. Its
apparent simplicity is no accident, and
makes using your NewTek 3Play straight
forward, powerful, and trouble free.
In the sections that follow, we’ll
review the controls in each group on
the Control Surface. First, we should
familiarize ourselves with an important
concept related to 3Play’s two primary output
channels, designated A and B.
3Play Mini features a virtual Control Surface – see Appendix A, 3Play Mini Virtual Control Surface
8.1 DUAL CHANNEL REPLAY
In many ways, it would not be incorrect to think of your NewTek 3Play system as not just one,
but two conjoined ‘playout’ devices. The system features two fully independent audio/video
busses and outputs, referred to as Channel A and Channel B.