# Using a Frontier Design Tranzport

## Enabling a Tranzport

Ardour 2.0 can currently use a single Tranzport controller. Ensure that the device is plugged into a functional USB port. On Linux you will need to take steps to ensure that non-administrative users can access the device. Note that this feature is not available in Ardour 0.99.x.

In the Options menu, navigate into the Control Surfaces submenu. Click on the "Tranzport" option to enable use of the control surface within Ardour. To disable it, click on this item a second time.

## Tranzport Buttons and Datawheel functions

### Tranzport Functions

Key | Normal Click | Shift Click
--- | --- | ---
REW | Rewind | Go to start
FFWD | Fast forward | Go to end
STOP | Stop | Enter *
PLAY | Play | Save
RECORD | Record |
PREV | Go to previous marker | Zoom full
ADD | Add marker at current location |
NEXT | Go to next marker | Select normal, scrub or shuttle mode
IN |  | Zoom In
OUT |  | Zoom Out
PUNCH |  |
LOOP |  | Select gain/pan/master level mode
< TRACK | Previous track |
TRACK > | Next track |
REC | Toggle track's record enable on/off | Clear all track record arming
MUTE | Toggle track's mute status on/off | Clear all mutes
SOLO | Toggle track's solo status on/off | Clear all solos
UNDO | Undo | Redo
DATA WHEEL | scroll timeline, scrub or shuttle | adjust track gain, track pan or master gain
FOOTSWITCH |  |

## Normal, Scrub and Shuttle Modes

In Ardour, the Tranzport in has 3 different modes of operation termed "timeline", "scrub" and "shuttle".

### Tranzport Modes of Operation

Timeline

  the data wheel scrolls the timeline in the editor window back and forth.

Scrub

  the data wheel is used to scrub audio data back and forth.

Shuttle

  the data wheel is used to control varispeed playback. Turning the data wheel clockwise increases the playback speed in a forward direction. Counter-clockwise decreases the speed and will reverse playback. Shuttle mode as several important features:

  - While in Shuttle mode the actual playback speed will be displayed in the top right corner of the LCD as a percentage of real-time, ie. +100% is normal playback speed.

  - Press STOP to automatically set the Shuttle speed to 0%.

  - Press PLAY to automatically set the Shuttle speed to +100%.

  - Press and hold SHIFT to momentarily toggle the TranzPort into Scrub mode. Releasing the SHIFT button will return to Shuttle mode at 0% speed. This combination of functions is very useful for quickly moving through an audio track and accurately locating points hit points.

  - Pressing ADD will drop a marker at the current location and exit Shuttle mode