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@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ title: Using the Presonus Faderport
menu_title: Presonus Faderport
---
-
Since version 4.5, Ardour has had full support for the Presonus
Faderport. This is a compact control surface featuring a single
motorized fader, a single knob (encoder) and 24 buttons with fixed
- labels.
+ labels. It is a relatively low-cost device that functions very well
+ to control a single (selected) track or bus, along with a variety of
+ other "global" settings and conditions.
Connecting the Faderport
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ menu_title: Presonus Faderport
two dropdown selectors that will allow you to identify the MIDI
ports where your Faderport is connected.
-
+
Once you select the input and output port, Ardour will initialize
the Faderport and it will be ready to use. You only need do this
@@ -112,22 +113,83 @@ menu_title: Presonus Faderport
Other Global Controls
+
+ The Mix, Proj, Trns buttons have no "obvious" functionality
+ that they correspond to in Ardour. We have therefore allowed users
+ to choose from a carefully curated set of possible actions that seem
+ related to the button labels in some clear way. This can be done via
+ the Faderport configuration dialog accessed via Preferences
+ > Control Surfaces. Each button has 3 possible actions
+ associated with it:
+
+ - Plain Press: action to be taken when the button is pressed on
+ its own.
+ - Shift-Press: action to be taken when the button is pressed in
+ conjunction with the Shift button.
+ - Long Press: action to be taken when the button is pressed on
+ its own and held down for more than 0.5 seconds.
+
+ Click on the relevant drop-down selector to pick an action as you
+ prefer.
+
+
+ The User button also has no obvious mapping to specific Ardour
+ functionality, so we allow users to choose from any
+ possible GUI action. The menu for selecting the action is somewhat
+ confusing and it can be hard to find what you're looking
+ for. However, all possible actions are there, so keep looking!
- Mix
-
+ -
+
+ Possible actions include:
+
+
+
- Proj
-
+ -
+
+ Possible actions include:
+
+
+
- Trns
-
+ -
+
+ Possible actions include:
+
+
+
- Undo/Redo
-
+ -
+ Undo Causes the last operation carried out in the editor to be
+ undone. When pressed in conjuction with the Shift button, it
+ causes the most recent undone operation to be re-done.
+
- Punch
-
+ -
+ Toggles punch recording. If there is no punch range set for the
+ session, this will do nothing.
+
- User
-
+ -
+ See above. Any and all GUI-initiated actions can be driven with
+ this button.
+
- Loop
-
+ -
+ Toggles loop playback. If the Ardour preference "Loop-is-mode" is
+ enabled, this does nothing to the current transport state. If
+ that preference is disabled, then engaging loop playback will
+ also start the transport.
+
@@ -135,37 +197,130 @@ menu_title: Presonus Faderport
- Mute
-
+ -
+ This toggles the mute setting of the currently controlled
+ track/bus. The button will be lit if the track/bus is muted.
+
- Solo
-
+ -
+ This toggles the solo (or listen) setting of the currently
+ controlled track/bus. The button will be lit if the track/bus is
+ soloed (or set to listen mode).
+
- Rec
-
+ -
+ This toggles the record-enabled setting of the currently
+ controlled track/bus. The button will be lit if the track is
+ record-enabled. This button will do nothing if the Faderport is
+ controlling a bus.
+
- Fader
-
+ -
+ The fader controls the gain applied to the currently controlled
+ track/bus. If the Faderport is powered, changing the gain in
+ Ardour's GUI or via another control surface, or via automation,
+ will result in the fader moving under its own control.
+
- Knob/Dial/Encoder
-
+ -
+
+ The knob controls 1 or 2 pan settings for the current
+ controlled track/bus. When used alone, turning the knob controls
+ the "azimuth" or "direction" (between left and right) for the
+ panner in the track/bus (if any). This is all you need when
+ controlling tracks/busses with 1 input and 2 outputs.
+
+
+ If controlling a 2 input/2 output track/bus, Ardour's panner
+ has two controls: azimuth (direction) and width. The width
+ must be reduced to less than 100% before the azimuth can be
+ changed. Pressing the "Shift" button while turning the knob
+ will alter the width setting.
+
+
+ The knob can also be turned while the "User" button is held,
+ in order to modify the input gain for the currently controlled
+ track.
+
+
- Read
-
+ -
+ Enables playback/use of fader automation data by the controlled track/bus.
+
- Write
-
+ -
+ Puts the fader for the controlled track/bus into automation
+ write mode. While the transport is rolling, all fader changes
+ will be recorded to the fader automation lane for the relevant track/bus.
+
- Touch
-
+ -
+ Puts the fader for the controlled track/bus into automation
+ touch mode. While the transport is rolling, touching the fader
+ will initiate recording all fader changes until the fader is
+ released. When the fader is not being touched, existing
+ automation data will be played/used to control the gain level.
+
- Off
-
+ -
+ This disables all automation modes for the currently controlled
+ track/bus. Existing automation data will be left unmodified by
+ any fader changes, and will not be used for controlling gain.
+
Track Selection Controls
+
+ You can manually change the track/bus controlled by the Faderport by
+ changing the selected track in Ardour's editor window. If you select
+ more than 1 track, the Faderport will control the first selected
+ track and only that track/bus.
+
- Left (arrow)
-
+ This causes the Ardour GUI to select the previous track/bus
+ (using the current visual order in the editor window), which
+ will in turn cause the Faderport to control that track. If there
+ is no previous track/bus, the selected track/bus is left
+ unchanged, and the Faderport continues to control it.
- Right (arrow)
-
+ This causes the Ardour GUI to select the next track/bus
+ (using the current visual order in the editor window), which
+ will in turn cause the Faderport to control that track. If there
+ is no next track/bus, the selected track/bus is left
+ unchanged, and the Faderport continues to control it.
- Output
-
+
+ Pressing the Output button causes the Faderport to control
+ the fader, pan, mute and solo settings of the Master bus. If
+ your session does not contain a Master bus, it does nothing.
+ This is a toggle button - pressing it again returns Faderport
+ to controlling whichever track/bus was selected before the
+ first press of the Output button.
+
+
+ If your session uses Ardour's monitor section, you can use
+ Shift-Output to assign it to the Faderport in the same way
+ that Output assigns the Master bus. This is also a toggle
+ setting, so the second Shift-Output will return the Faderport
+ to controlling whichever track/bus was selected before.
+
+
+ If you press Shift-Output after a single press to Output
+ (i.e. control the Monitor Section while currently controlling
+ the Master bus) or vice versa (i.e. control the Master bus
+ while currently controlling the Monitor Section), the press
+ will be ignored. This avoids getting into a tricky situation
+ where it is no longer apparent what is being controlled and
+ what will happen if you try to change it.
+
- Bank
-