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Since version 5.8-290, Ardour supports for the
- Presonus FaderPort™ 8 .
+ Presonus
+ FaderPort™ 8 .
- The FaderPort™ 8 is a production control surface with 8 touch-sensitive, motorized faders,
- monochromatic digital scribble strips and more than 60 buttons with fixed labels.
+ The FaderPort™ 8 is a production control surface with 8 touch-sensitive,
+ motorized faders, monochromatic digital scribble strips and more than 60 buttons
+ with fixed labels.
Connecting the FaderPort 8
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@
saved, the connections will be made automatically in this and other
future sessions.
+
@@ -59,7 +62,8 @@
The FaderPort's controls can be divided into five groups:
-
+
+
Transport buttons
Session Navigation controls
Fader modes
@@ -74,18 +78,20 @@
- Buttons generlaly act on release (not press), with exception
+ Buttons generally act on release (not press), with exception
of transport-control (since 6.0pre) and individual exceptions mentioned below.
Transport Buttons
+
FaderPort8 Transport Buttons
-
+
+
Stop : Stops the transport. Press twice to return to
session start.
Loop : Toggles loop playback. A loop-range needs to
@@ -102,22 +108,23 @@
Record : Toggles the global record enable
setting.
-
-Session Navigation
+Session Navigation
Session Navigation allows quick navigation and provides access to
session-wide controls. Each of the eight buttons alters the function
of the push-button encoder and the Prev , Next buttons.
With exception of Click the seven modes are exclusive (radio buttons).
+
FaderPort8 Navigation Buttons
-
+
+
Channel : The Prev / Next
buttons select the previous/next mixer-strip. If no strip is selected,
Next selects the first, Prev the last mixer-strip in
@@ -173,9 +180,8 @@
Marker Move to prev/next marker Scroll the timeline (move playhead) Drop a new marker
Press and hold Click (mode dependent) Adjust metronome Level Reset metronome level to 0dBFS
-
-Shift Button
+Shift Button
@@ -195,22 +201,23 @@
The Shift button engages directly on press. Activating an action
while the button is held will void the shift-lock mode.
-
-Fader Modes
+Fader Modes
The eight faders on the FP8 can be assigned to various automatable
controls present in the current session. The four fader-mode buttons
change the behavior of the mixer-strip and scribble strip displays.
(Note: with the 1.01 firmware these buttons always act on press.)
+
FaderPort8 Fader Mode Buttons
-
+
+
Track : In Track-mode, the motorized faders display
and control a mixer-strip's signal level. The Pan/Param encoder modifies the
azimuth of the panner (hold Shift to control the width, if the
@@ -259,21 +266,24 @@
will display and control the panner's azimuth. The Pan/Param controls the
pan-width of the selected mixer-strip.
+
Shift + Track toggles timecode display on/off (middle
row of the scribble-strip). The timecode format can be configured in the
Control Surface Preference Dialog (Timecode, musical-time: bar/beat/tick).
-
-Channel Strip
+
+Channel Strip
+
The FaderPort8 Channel Strip
-
+
+
Touch-Sensitive Fader : The fader can be used to control
volume levels, aux send levels, panning, or plugin parameters, depending on
the fader-mode (see above).
@@ -292,7 +302,7 @@
Since selection is not limited to a single mixer-strip, the button acts in
tri-state. A mixer-strip light indicates selection:
-
+
Any Selected Track : The select button is lit with the
track's color.
Any Not Selected Track : The select button is off
@@ -303,7 +313,7 @@
Operations such as Edit Plugins or Sends use the
most-recently-selected (focused) track. To modify the selection, the
button's action depends on the current selection:
-
+
Select : The track is exclusively selected
and also becomes the most-recently selected.
Shift + Select any selected
@@ -328,20 +338,21 @@
Shift + ARM record-arms all tracks in the session.
-
-Mix Management
+Mix Management
These buttons allows to select which mixer-strips are spilled on the FP8
channel-strips.
+
FaderPort8 Mix Management Buttons
-
+
+
Audio : View Audio Tracks only.
VI : Show tracks with virtual instrument
plugins.
@@ -354,7 +365,7 @@
In combination with the Shift modifier ten total
filters are available:
-
+
Shift + Audio Inputs :
shows all record-armed tracks (Audio and MIDI).
Shift + VI MIDI : View
@@ -366,9 +377,9 @@
Shift + All User :
Display all currently selected mixer-strips only.
-
-Automation Controls
+
+Automation Controls
The Automation Controls provide access to the currently selected mixer-strips.
The automation enable lights indicates the mode of the most recently selected
@@ -377,13 +388,15 @@
Track and Pan fader modes where they affect the fader
and pan automation modes respectively.
+
FaderPort8 Automation Buttons
-
+
+
Latch : Currently not available in Ardour.
Trim : Currently not available in Ardour.
Off : Select "Manual" automation mode.
@@ -393,12 +406,12 @@
mode.
Touch Select "Touch" automation mode.
-
+
The Automation Controls also double as session state controls
when combined with Shift .
-
+
Shift + Latch Save :
Save the session. The button lights up red if the session is modified.
Shift + Trim Redo : Redo
@@ -412,16 +425,17 @@
With Shift , the bottom row allows to bind three custom user
actions.
-
-Miscellaneous
+Miscellaneous
+
FaderPort8 Misc Buttons
-
+
+
Solo Clear : Reset all solo controls in the
session. If the FP8 was used to clear solo-state, pressing the button again
will restore the previous state (unless solo state was modified manually
@@ -431,7 +445,7 @@
will restore the previous mute state (unless mute-state was changed manually
since).
Bypass : The behavior depends on the edit-mode:
-
+
Track + Pan Mode : A/B bypass toggle any plugins on
all selected mixer-strips.
Edit Plugin Parameter : Toggle bypass of of the plugin
@@ -442,11 +456,11 @@
Shift + Bypass Bypass
All : A/B bypass toggle any plugins on all selected mixer-strips.
-
+
Macro : Toggle Editor and Mixer Windows/Tabs.
Shift + Macro Open : The
behavior depends on the edit-mode:
-
+
Edit Plugin Parameter : Toggle Plugin GUI visibility
(if it has a GUI) of the plugin that is currently being edited.
all other modes : Show the Import Audio Dialog.
@@ -458,7 +472,7 @@
Pressing the Pan/Param encoder resets the control-parameter to the default
value.
The buttons color is used to indicate the link-state:
-