What's New In Version 3.3

Version 3.3 adds D-Control Basic, so you can use an Avid D-Control console with Pro Tools. It also brings automatic updates, license activation and deactivation in the app, a new look, and a one-step way to create a customer support ticket.

macOS 12.0 Or Later Required

Version 3.3 requires macOS 12.0 (Monterey) or later. The installer will not install on earlier macOS versions.

D-Control Basic

D-Control Basic gets you basic Pro Tools control from a D-Control console, including on Apple Silicon computers. It provides the same features V-Control Pro provides for D-Command with Pro Tools.

Use a D-Control Main and up to two D-Control Fader Modules for up to 32 channels of control.
Each Fader Module provides 16 channel strips. Choose Bank 1-16 or Bank 17-32 for each Fader Module.
Channel strips provide faders, mute, solo, record, select, scribble strips, meters, and the bottom two encoder rows for pan, sends, inserts, and plug-in editing.
The D-Control Main provides transport, scrub/shuttle, counter, automation modes, window buttons, bank and nudge navigation, zoom, global keys, save, undo, and redo.
The Main Focus Strip provides a fader, select, solo, mute, record, name display, meters, and a pan/send encoder.
Fader Module Shift, Control, Option, and Command keys act as Pro Tools keyboard modifiers.

D-Control Basic Is Not Full Console Integration

V-Control Pro communicates with Pro Tools using the HUI protocol, which limits how much of a D-Control console can be used. Some controls and displays stay inactive. See D-Control Basic for what to expect.

To get started, see D-Control Basic for setup and the Feature Charts for the complete list of controls.

More Than One Command 8 With Pro Tools

Command 8 now has bank choices with Pro Tools: Bank 1-8, Bank 9-16, Bank 17-24, and Bank 25-32. Previously every Command 8 controlled Pro Tools tracks 1-8. See Command 8 and Multiple HUI Controllers With Pro Tools.

V-Control Pro could fail to launch, or start up unlicensed, when it was set to open automatically at login. It now waits for the iLok licensing service to be ready before checking your license, and it is added to your login items correctly. See Launch At Login to set it up.

Removed V-Control Pro From Login Items?

If you removed V-Control Pro from your Login Items to work around this problem, as described in V-Control Pro Won't Launch, you can add it back after updating.

User Guide Button

Each surface, DAW, and setup in the Setups window now has a User Guide button. It opens the guide in your default web browser.

The User Guide button replaces the built-in Setup Guide tab, which could not display modern pages.
Guide links go to the current online documentation. Setups saved with earlier versions are updated to the new links automatically.
C24, Control 24, D-Command, and D-Control open their own guides, and V-Window and V-Control MIDI Mode now have a User Guide button too.

Offline Items In The Setups Window

Surfaces, DAWs, and setups that are not connected are marked (offline) in the Setups window, so you can see at a glance what is not connected.

Easier Device Discovery

Some D-Control Main units were shown as Unknown in Add Ethernet Device and were not found again after a restart. They are now recognized.
Add Ethernet Device shows the type of unrecognized devices, for example Unknown (0x1f), and discovery is written to the log file to help customer support diagnose them.

Automatic Updates

V-Control Pro now checks for a new version once a day and can install it for you, so you no longer need to watch for releases.

Select Check for Updates... in the V-Control Pro menu to check right away.
After an update, a What's New window describes what changed. Its Read More button opens the full release notes. You can open it any time with What's New...

Activate And Deactivate Licenses In The App

A new License menu activates and deactivates your V-Control Pro license without leaving the app. The About box has Activate and Deactivate buttons as well.

Select License / Activate License... and sign in to iLok in your browser. Then activate your license to this computer or to an iLok key.
Select License / Deactivate License... to release an activation so you can move it to another computer.

A New Look

The Setups window, Preferences, About box, and dialogs have a new design with updated colors and controls, roomier detail pages, and the User Guide button at the top right.

Troubleshooting And Support

The V-Control Pro menu now has a Help menu with everything you need to get help.

Create Customer Support Ticket

Help / Create Customer Support Ticket... opens a support request in your web browser that is already filled in with your computer details, with a system report attached. Add your name, email, and a description of the problem, then send it. No more gathering version numbers and log files by hand.

V-Control Pro asks before it sends anything.
The report contains your V-Control Pro and computer details, license status, setups, Pro Tools MIDI settings, and recent log messages.
If you do not send the request, the report is deleted after 7 days.

Create System Report

Help / Create System Report... saves the same report to your Desktop instead of sending it, so you can attach it to a support ticket yourself or look it over first.

Open User Guide opens this documentation.
Open Troubleshooting Guide opens the Troubleshooting Guide. Previously it opened the log file.
The log file no longer grows without limit.

Startup Notice

The notice that V-Control Pro runs in the menu bar now appears on every launch until you select Don't show this again.

Release Notes

See the Release Notes for the complete list of changes in version 3.3.