ADR CONTROL lets you take back control of your ADR session.

Developed by audio manufacturer Smart AV in conjunction with Soundfirm, Australia’s oldest and most awarded sound post-production facility, ADR CONTROL takes the stress out of ADR sessions and puts the control back in your hands where it belongs.

ADR Control is a software package that can allow you to:

• Generates Streamers/ Text to overlay the pictures and Beeps.
• Syncs with the DAW.
• Sends the “Ahead, In, Past” control signals to the DAW (or RTAS plug-­in for ProTools.
• Manage Cues (cues selected for take).
• Manages Transport(including Pre/post–‐roll and punch in/out).
• Manages Record, playback, rehearse modes.
• Track arming on DAW.
• Communication with ADR “Tango” as its controller.
• Keeps track of NG, Print takes and Alt takes(or any special notes)and generates .pdf at end of session with all information for dialogue editor.
• Keeps track of wild takes with simple button press.
• Relays talk-back and other information from ADR “Tango” to RTAS “AIP” Plug-in.
• GPI/Os for studio lights, air-con etc.
• ADR Control runs on the DAW computer with a link to the Smart AV Tango.

Tight budgets, scheduling conflicts, and overworked actors and directors can lead to a highly stressful environment, and the last thing you need with all this going on is for your setup to slow you down or fail.

The ADR Control consists of 5 different elements:

ADR “Server”

• Is a large database containing all cues for all productions
• Interfaces with ADR “Edit”, ADR “Tool” and ADR “Control”.
• Can reside as a database on a server machine or on host DAW computer.

ADR “Control”

• Standalone software that can run on same machine as DAW.
• Generates Streamers / Text to overlay the pictures and Beeps.
• Syncs with the DAW (via Tango and MIDI).
• Sends the “Ahead, In, Past” control signals to the DAW (or RTAS plug-in for Pro Tools).
• Manage Cues (cues selected for take).
• Manages Transport (including Pre/post-roll and punch in/out)
• Manages Record, playback, rehearse modes.
• Track arming on DAW
• Communication with ADR “Tango” as its controller.
• Keeps track of wild takes with simple button press.
• Relays talk-back and other information from ADR “Tango” to RTAS “AIP” Plug-in.
• GPI/Os for studio lights, air-con etc.

ADR  “Tango”

• Special Software version of Tango featuring new ADR panels
• Communicates with DAW and ADR “Control” software.

ADR  “AIP” (Pro Tools RTAS Plug-in)

• Pro Tools plug-in that can control level and turn sends on and off for automated AIP (as controlled by ADR “Control”) – runs on an internal bus in Pro Tools.
• Take commands from ADR “Control” for triggering talk-backs.

ADR “Templates”

• Series of Templates for each type of DAW (Nuendo and Pro Tools) to work with the ADR “Toolkit”