Icon P1-Nano

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Novetat de la versió 2.5.3.

Overview

The P1-Nano by Icon Pro Audio is similar to their larger controllers, but the 8 available faders have been combined into virtual faders that operate a single motorized physical fader.

Nota

Device support was tested with the Icon P1-Nano, but may also work with the larger Icon P1-X/P1-M, or any device that supports the Mackie Control Protocol, but this has not been tested.

Parameter Knobs and Screens

The P1-Nano has 8 rotary encoders, each of which is mapped to a different parameter. The name, channel, and value of each parameter is shown on the screen below the encoders.

The top of the screen contains a value bar with a center indicator that will turn blue if the bar is centered, followed by the parameter being adjusted. Under that is the deck that the parameter will be applied to. Turning one of the rotary encoders toggles the on-device screen to show the parameter being adjusted.

To the right hand side of each screen is a vumeter for the deck associated with the screen.

Mixxx also supports using the external D-5 extension screens and displays additional information such as each decks beats per minute when they are used. If the D-5 is installed, the value of each parameter is shown on the screen above the encoder that controls that parameter (in addition to the on-device screen just as when the D-5 is not installed).

The text at the bottom of the screen is the selected Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). The default DAW is Bitwig and the name cannot be changed without using Icon’s proprietary configuration tool, however Mixxx will work fine with the default Bitwig configuration.

The following parameters are available and may be changed by activating the shift functionality by pressing the Flip button and then turning the encoder to the desired parameter. Pressing the knob always resets the parameter to default (normally centered).

• Pregain

• EQ High

• EQ Mid

• EQ Low

• Quick Effect Super Knob

Timecode Display

Underneath the rotary encoders is a timecode display comprising 10 individual 7-segment displays.

This displays the time elapsed, time remaining, or (with lesser resolution) both the elapsed and remaining time of the currently selected deck. The value displayed cannot be changed on the controller itself, but mirrors the time remaining display in the main Mixxx user interface which can be changed by clicking on it to cycle through the various modes.

The display does not mirror the format used by Mixxx and always uses MM.SS.ss format (minutes, seconds, and milliseconds separated by a dot) or MM.SS if both the elapsed and remaining times are visible at once.

DAW Buttons

The DAW selection buttons to the right of the timecode display are labeled 1, 2, and 3 and select a pre-loaded configuration. The default value for DAW 1 is Bitwig, and this is the configuration that should be selected for use with Mixxx.

Below this is a large group of buttons for DAW control including Read, Write, Touch, latch, Trim, Off, and a collection of touch screen buttons. It is possible to configure these for use with Mixxx using Icon’s proprietary software, but because the defaults aren’t broadly useful and there is no way for Mixxx to reconfigure them, they are unmapped.

Faders

The P1-Nano has 9 virtual faders that are mapped to a single physical fader on the left side of the controller. The first 8 virtual faders may be selected with the |< >| buttons. The 9th is a special fader that controls the main output. It can be selected with the Master button. The other 4 virtual faders are currently unused.

Fader	Flip	Channel	Control
F1	Off	Deck 3	Volume
F2	Off	Deck 1	Volume
F3	Off	Deck 2	Volume
F4	Off	Deck 4	Volume
F1	On	Deck 3	Tempo [1]
F2	On	Deck 1	Tempo
F3	On	Deck 2	Tempo
F4	On	Deck 4	Tempo
Master	–	Master	Gain [2]

[1]

The zero value of the tempo faders is in the middle of the controller.

[2]

Because the master fader controls gain and not volume, the zero value is not at the bottom of the fader, instead it corresponds to the marked zero value on the side of the fader at about 75% of the way up the track. This value represents 0dB and going above it is not recommended.

Deck Buttons

The buttons in two columns to the right of the fader control the active deck and parameter screens.

Function	Name	Description
Up	🢑	Show previous screen
Down	🢓	Show next screen
Mute	M	Mute the active deck
Solo	S	Move beatgrid to current position
Record Arm	⏺	BPM tap
Shift	Flip	Toggle shift mode for all controls
Main	Master (PT-Ctrl)	Toggle the screen and fader to the main channel gain/vumeter.
Circles	–	The circle buttons are not mappable and control the touch screen controls.
Lock	🔓	Lock/unlock the fader
<<8	<<8	Unused
8>>	8>>	Unused
Prev. Channel	|<	Select the previous channel
Next. Channel	>|	Select the next channel

Transports

The transport buttons along the bottom affect only the currently selected deck, with the exception of «record» which toggles recording of the mix.

Function	Name	Description
Rewind	⏪	Beatjump backwards
Fastforward	⏩	Beatjump forwards
Loop	↩	Toggle the beatloop
Cue	⏹	If track is playing: stops the track and resets position to the main cue point If playback is stopped: sets the main cue point
Cue	⏹ (hold)	Play the track from main cue point, release to stop playback and return to the main cue point. Playback must be initially stopped on the main cue point.
Play/Pause	⏵	Play/pause playback
Record	⏺	Toggle recording the mix

Suggerència

The actual behavior of CUE and Play/Pause buttons depends on Mixxx settings. See Utilitzant els modes de cue for more info.

Navigation

Below the transport buttons is a jog wheel and various navigation buttons.

Nota

Currently Mixxx must be focused for the library navigation buttons to have any effect. This is an open issue that will be addressed in a future version of Mixxx.

Function	Name	Function
Jog Wheel (deck playing)	–	Speed up / slow down the track
Jog Wheel (deck paused)	–	Seek in the track
Jog Wheel (push)	–	Select item (load track, expand selected menu, etc.)
Move	🢑🢓	Change the jog wheel to scroll up and down in the focused view.
Shuffle	🢐🢒	Change the jog wheel to move left and right in the focused view.
Navi (illuminated)	Navi	Change the jog wheel to send a keyboard left/right arrow press and release signal.
Navi (blinking)	Navi	Change the active fader (same as the |< and >| buttons).
Focus	Focus	Change the jog wheel to send a mouse wheel scroll signal.
Zoom Left/Right	🢐🢒	Change the jog wheel to move the cross fader.
Zoom Up/Down	🢑🢓	Change the jog wheel to select the focused library pane.

Mapping options

Settings can be edited in the preference windows, under Preferences > Controllers > iCON P1-Nano ….

Setting	Description
Disable VuMeters	Disables the on-screen volume meters.
Disable Timecode Display	Disable the 7-segment timecode display.
Blink record arm button on beat	Blinks the BPM tap button on the beat.