EUCON 2024.10 now available—what’s new

Eddie Jones  October 2024

EUCON 2024.10 is a major stability and performance release with several new features added in. We have rewritten a lot of the underlying code to support all the new features we have been adding the past few years. Avid Control has seen many improvements, from speed, to the way it is added in EuControl. S6 knob data loading and display has been optimized to provide faster load times, faster spill and more reliable display. Over 50 small fixes have been applied to ensure a smoother experience.

See the What’s New Guides for the full list.

If you have current support for S4 or S6 go to your Avid account to download or here for EuControl software for other EUCON surfaces.

Avid Control “Tablet Mode” Selector

In addition to performance updates Avid Control has a new drop down for selecting mode. Once tablets have been added to the My Surfaces list, you can use the new Tablet Mode selector to assign tablets to an available mode. Assignments persist and take priority over list order. If a tablet briefly disconnects or you have to restart EuControl, Tablet Mode assignments are restored as they were before without further user interaction needed. Some of the rules have been relaxed so, for example, now you can have just a Remote tablet.

Download Avid Control for free.

Latching/Non-Latching Talkback

A new Latching Talkback setting is available in EuControl Settings > Preferences. This allows talkback to be set to never latch, saving you from any embarrassing moments overhearing chatter between the control room and the live room.

New Softkeys

New Surface Soft Keys are available to focus different knobsets (functions) such as Input, Inserts, Dynamics, or Sends. Additional Soft Keys have also been added for function “page” navigation, to toggle Channel Mode on or off, and to toggle Flip on or off. Together, these Soft Keys let you easily create powerful surface navigation macros on a single Soft Key.

Here’s an example:

Quickly access Sends on Faders:

• Create a macro to:
  • Focus Sends
  • Enter Channel mode
  • Engage Flip

• Another macro could act as a “home” Soft Key to:
  • Focus Pan
  • Exit Channel mode
  • Disengage Flip

New Surface Soft Keys let you open and focus each of the different tabs in EuControl Settings. When assigned, these Soft Keys toggle the associated tab (such as Surfaces, Applications, or Soft Keys) open or closed. When used to open a tab, they also bring EuControl to the foreground. Additional softkeys for Workstation and Application switching are also included.

Improved Indication of Channel Mode On hardware control surface OLEDs

Channel Mode is now indicated by a light yellow background making it easier to see the track data.

Improved Marker Display and Settings

The two previously available settings for Display Marker Type and Show Ruler Markers Colors Behind Track Markers have been consolidated into a single new setting that is more intuitive and provides better flexibility. In Avid Control Settings (gear icon) > Universe & Markers, the new, single Display Marker Type setting provides three choices: Ruler, Track, and Both. Use this setting to show only Ruler markers, only Track markers, or both.

Additionally, Marker Timeline Zoom now works when double-tapping on empty space. In addition, new Zoom level choices of 32 and 64 are now available for the Default Marker Timeline Zoom and Marker Timeline Zoom levels.

Avid Control Desktop Show/Hide/Peek

New settings have been added to be able to bring Avid Control Desktop to the foreground when a fader, knob, or switch is touched on its linked surface, with an adjustable timeout. You can also use new Soft Keys to show/hide Avid Control Desktop. This allows the use of the high-resolution meter bridge for S1 and S3 when tablets are not desired but leaves your desktop clean for the DAW windows.

S4 and S6 additions

We’ve made several improvements to S4 and S6 workflows that should make things more efficient:

• Remove ATO from the Trim switch
• We updated the MTM DHCP Server software (automatically done when updating) This allows for faster booting, firmware updates and larger module counts.
• You can now press and hold to reset all meter type and track meters back to unspecified.
  • 1. Press and hold Display 1 to reset all individual strip meter layouts.
  • 2. Press and hold Display 2 to reset all 13 global track type CDM Meter layouts to Unspecified.

• Add to Layout (Layout+) now clears assignment if there is already an assignment
• Improved PECDIR off disk and input meter sync when cascading busses and inserting plugins.
• Added a manually adjustable sync amount to each track and a recalibrate sync option. Requires Pro Tools 2024.10 onwards.

We’ve also fixed sync issues for PEC/DIR on S6 consoles.

There are many more fixes included in this release, so be sure to keep an eye on the release notes for more information and join the EUCON Control Surfaces Facebook page to connect with other EUCON users for tips, tricks, and chatter.