Remote Controls
The Remote Controls

Remote controls allow you to have easy access to the components while using other Windows applications without taking up a large portion of the screen area.

There are three (3) modes for the remote controls.  These are:

None - (the rack will minimize to an icon)

Moveable Remote

Button Bar Remote

In addition to these modes, the remote button window can be configured to stay on top of all other windows on your screen.  This allows you customize how the remote is presented and allows you to gain access to the control easily.  See the topic on the Preferences Dialog for more information on how to do this.


Moveable Remote

To move the moveable remote, grab the remote control with your mouse pointer anywhere that's not on a button.  Click and hold the left mouse button and a thin outline box will appear on the screen.  Drag the outline to the desired location and release the mouse button to complete the remote control's move.

To find out more about any of the buttons or the display on the moveable remote, click on the appropriate area on the picture shown here.


The Button Bar Remote

The Button Bar Remotes are not moveable, but rather "stick" to either the top or bottom of the screen.  To change this behavior, select the appropriate option in the Preferences Dialog.

To find out more about any of the buttons or the display on the button bar remote, click on the appropriate area on the picture shown above.


The Remote Power Button

The Power Button on the Remote causes SoundStation to stop, or exit.  Press the Power Button only when you want to quit the program entirely.


The Remote Prog (Program) Button

The Remote Prog button brings up the Programming Dialog for the currently selected component in the remote control.  Select the desired component to program by pressing either the Wave, MIDI or CD button on the remote before selecting the Prog button.

For more information on the different components' programming dialogs, select one of the following topics:

CD Programming Dialog

MIDI Programming Dialog

Wave Programming Dialog


The Remote Volume Buttons

The Remote Volume Buttons allow you to raise or lower the Master volume level.  Press the button with the upward facing arrow to raise the volume, and the button with the downward facing arrow to lower the volume.

For more information, see the topic on the Master Level Control.


The Remote Mute Button

The Remote Mute Button allows you to mute the Master volume control.

For more information, see the topic on the Mute Buttons in the Rack system.


The Remote Rack Button

The Remote's Rack Button causes the remote control to disappear and the Rack system to reappear.


The Remote Reverse Skip Button

The Remote Reverse Skip Button allows you to skip back to the previous selection on the currently selected component.  Select the desired component to skip by pressing either the Wave, MIDI or CD button on the remote before selecting the Reverse Skip button.

For more information on how the Reverse Skip Button affects the operation of each component, refer to the appropriate topic, below:

The CD Player

The MIDI Player

The Wave Player


The Remote Forward Skip Button

The Remote Forward Skip Button allows you to skip to the next selection on the currently selected component.  Select the desired component to skip by pressing either the Wave, MIDI or CD button on the remote before selecting the Forward Skip button.

For more information on how the Forward Skip Button affects the operation of each component, refer to the appropriate topic, below:

The CD Player

The MIDI Player

The Wave Player


The Remote Rewind Button

The Remote Rewind Button allows you to skip backwards in the currently playing selection on the currently selected component.  Select the desired component to skip by pressing either the Wave, MIDI or CD button on the remote before selecting the Rewind button.

For more information on how the Rewind Button affects the operation of each component, refer to the appropriate topic, below:

The CD Player

The MIDI Player

The Wave Player


The Remote Fast Forward Button

The Remote Fast Forward Button allows you to skip forward in the currently playing selection on the currently selected component.  Select the desired component to skip by pressing either the Wave, MIDI or CD button on the remote before selecting the Fast Forward button.

For more information on how the Fast Forward Button affects the operation of each component, refer to the appropriate topic, below:

The CD Player

The MIDI Player

The Wave Player


The Remote Play Button

The Remote Play Button allows you to playing the current selection on the currently selected component.  Select the desired component to play by pressing either the Wave, MIDI or CD button on the remote before selecting the Play button.

For more information on how the Play Button affects the operation of each component, refer to the appropriate topic, below:

The CD Player

The MIDI Player

The Wave Player


The Remote Pause Button

The Remote Pause Button allows you to pause (or unpause) the currently playing selection on the currently selected component.  Select the desired component to pause by pressing either the Wave, MIDI or CD button on the remote before selecting the Pause button.

For more information on how the Pause Button affects the operation of each component, refer to the appropriate topic, below:

The CD Player

The MIDI Player

The Wave Player


The Remote Stop Button

The Remote Stop Button allows you to stop the currently playing selection on the currently selected component.  Select the desired component to skip by pressing either the Wave, MIDI or CD button on the remote before selecting the Stop button.

For more information on how the Stop Button affects the operation of each component, refer to the appropriate topic, below:

The CD Player

The MIDI Player

The Wave Player


The Remote Wave Button

The remotes have component selection buttons, such as the Remote Wave Button.  Only one of the three buttons is active at a time, indicated by the green LED on the button being lit.  When this button's LED is lit, most of the remaining buttons on the remote control are used to operate the Wave component.


The Remote MIDI Button

The remotes have component selection buttons, such as the Remote MIDI Button.  Only one of the three buttons is active at a time, indicated by the green LED on the button being lit.  When this button's LED is lit, most of the remaining buttons on the remote control are used to operate the MIDI component.


The Remote CD Button

The remotes have component selection buttons, such as the Remote CD Button.  Only one of the three buttons is active at a time, indicated by the green LED on the button being lit.  When this button's LED is lit, most of the remaining buttons on the remote control are used to operate the CD component.


The Remote Load Button

The Remote Load Button allows you to load the track and time information from a loaded audio CD.  Note that this button does not depend on the Remote CD Button to be active in order to operate.

For more information, refer to the rack's CD Load Button topic.


The Remote Rand (Random) Button

The Remote Rand button allows you to randomize the selections to play in the MIDI and CD players.

For more information on how the Rand Button affects the operation of each component, refer to the appropriate topic, below:

The CD Player

The MIDI Player


The Remote Rpt (Repeat) Button

The Remote Rpt button allows you to repeat either the currently playing track or all of the selections in the MIDI and CD players.

For more information on how the Rpt Button affects the operation of each component, refer to the appropriate topic, below:

The CD Player

The MIDI Player


The Remote Line Button

The Remote Line Button allows you to enable and disable the Line In input to the sound card.  Think of this as a sort of Stop button for the Line In device, if connected.  Although it doesn't physically stop any connected device, this button effectively Mutes the Line In device.  When the LED is lit on the button, the Line In device is allowed to play through the sound card, and when the LED is extinguished, the Line In is effectively muted.


The Remote Eject Button

The Remote Eject Button allows you to eject a loaded audio CD (when supported by the CD-ROM player.  Note that this button does not depend on the Remote CD Button to be active in order to operate.

For more information, refer to the rack's CD Eject Button topic.


The Moveable Remote Display

To find out more about a particular item on the Moveable Remote's display, click on the desired area of the above picture.


The Button Bar Remote Display

The Button Bar Remote Display shows the current track and time information on the currently selected component.  Note that only time displays when the Wave component is selected.


This area of the display is the Clock display.  It shows hours, minutes, seconds and A for AM or P for PM.


This area of the display shows a running bar indicator whenever any of the components is playing.  If any component is paused, the two vertical bars to the far right of the display area will be lit.


This area of the display shows the current track and time information for the currently selected component.  If the current component is the Wave player, only the time will display.


This area of the display shows whether repeat mode is on for the selected component.  This only applies to the CD and MIDI components.