As well as the hardware controls on the front panel of each of the devices you can also control the preamp parameters using RedNet Control, using MIDI and directly from Pro Tools.

RedNet Control

• To control RedNet 4, MP8R, and X2P you need to connect an ethernet port on your computer to the same Dante network as the devices.
• To control Red 4Pre/8Pre/8Line/16Line you need to connect your computer to the interface over Thunderbolt.

MIDI

RedNet Control 2 can act as a MIDI Input and MIDI Output while open. To configure devices and RedNet Control for control over MIDI see the MIDI control guide on the Downloads pages for RedNet 4, RedNet MP8R, RedNet X2P, or Red 4Pre/8Pre/16Line.

Pro Tools

1. In RedNet Control 2, open Preferences and make sure the MIDI settings match the screenshot below:

Ensure  the correct network interface is selected as the screenshot may not reflect the one in use. 

2. Click the Tools icon for the RedNet 4/RedNet MP8R/RedNet X2P or Red 4Pre/8Pre/16Line in RedNet Control to bring up its settings dialogue and assign a MIDI channel. In this example, we're using channel 1.

3. Open Pro Tools and go to: Setup > MIDI > MIDI Input Devices. Enable the RedNet MIDI port.

4. Open the Setup > Peripherals menu. Go to the Mic Preamps tab and assign the MIDI port/channel as shown below:

5.  The next step is to associate the Mic Pres with the I/O channels they correspond with. Go to Setup > I/O and click the Mic Preamps tab, click on the first channel on your device that has mic preamps.

6. Enable the Mic Pre portion of the Mix window by clicking the icon in the lower-left corner and selecting "Mic Preamps".

7. If the Preamp Control section in Pro Tools is greyed out or unresponsive after step 6, save the session, close Pro Tools and re-open the session.

RedNet X2P - The X2P does not have a PAD function, when enabling the PAD in Pro-Tools this instead turns on the AIR mode on the X2P

RedNet MP8R - The only function you can't enable in Pro Tools is Gain Compensation which has to be enabled in RedNet Control 2. 

To change the MP8Rs input impedance, select the Mic preamp in Pro Tools and select the impedance option of 1.5k in Pro Tools, this enables the 2.8kΩ impedance option on the MP8R. To turn this off, select any other impedance in Pro Tools.