-
+
+
+ FaderPort8 Control Surface Settings Dialog
+
Using the FaderPort 8
@@ -72,13 +74,16 @@
- All buttons act on release (not press), exceptions are mentioned below.
+ Buttons generlaly 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
@@ -107,8 +112,10 @@
With exception of Click the seven modes are exclusive (radio buttons).
-
+
+
+ FaderPort8 Navigation Buttons
+
Channel: The Prev / Next
@@ -170,8 +177,10 @@
Shift Button
-
+
+
+ The FaderPort8 Shift Button
+
The two Shift buttons are identical, they're copied to provide
@@ -196,8 +205,10 @@
(Note: with the 1.01 firmware these buttons always act on press.)
-
+
+
+ FaderPort8 Fader Mode Buttons
+
Track: In Track-mode, the motorized faders display
@@ -206,16 +217,39 @@
track's panner supports it). Mute and Solo affect the
respective mixer-strip.
Edit Plugins: When Edit Plug-ins mode is active, the
- motorized faders will control the parameter settings. Press the Edit
- Plugins button to view all available plugin-inserts on a strip. If
- no plugins are available, Edit Plugins will not engage and the
- FP8 automatically switches back to Track-mode. Use the Select
- buttons under the scribble strip to pick a plugin to edit. The faders and
- Select buttons will respectively control the parameters and toggles
- of the selected plugin. Press the Edit Plugins button again to return
- to the insert select view. (Once a plugin has been selected, it stays in edit
- mode regardless of selection). If there are more than eight, the Pan/Param
- encoder allows to scroll through available control-parameters.
+ motorized faders will control the parameter settings of a given
+ plugin-insert.
+ Press the Edit Plugins button to view all available
+ plugin-inserts on a strip. If no plugins are available, Edit
+ Plugins will not engage and the FP8 automatically switches back to
+ Track-mode.
+ Select Plugin Mode:
+ Use the Select buttons under the scribble strip to pick a plugin
+ to edit.
+ The Select button color indicates the bypass/enable state of
+ the plugin (red: bypassed, green: enabled). Use Shift +
+ Select to toggle the bypass state.
+ Selecting a plugin enters Parameter Edit Mode: The faders
+ and the Select buttons will respectively control the parameters
+ and toggle controls of the selected plugin (once a plugin has been selected,
+ it stays in edit mode regardless of track selection). If there are more than
+ eight parameters, the Pan/Param encoder allows to scroll through available
+ control-parameters (hold Shift to bank by 8).
+ If the plugin has any presets, pressing the Pan/Param encoder switches to
+ the plugin-preset display: Plugin preset names are
+ displayed on the scribble-displays, the Select button below each
+ loads the preset. The "Pan/Param" encoder can be used to scroll through
+ presets if there are more than seven (right-most, 8th, slot is reserved to
+ unload/clear a loaded preset, hold Shift to bank by 7). The
+ Select button color is used to indicate the currently loaded
+ preset (if any) and blinks if a parameter has been modified since loading
+ the preset. Loading a preset or pressing the Pan/Param encoder again
+ switches back to the Plugin Parameter Edit Mode.
+ In Parameter Edit Mode, the "Open" (Shift + Macro)
+ allows to toggle the Plugin GUI visibility.
+ Press the Edit Plugins button again to return to the Select
+ Plugin Mode.
+
Sends: In Sends mode, each of the faders is mapped
to the send-level of aux-sends of the selected track. If there are more than
eight sends on a given track, the Pan/Param encoder can scroll through them.
@@ -227,14 +261,17 @@
Shift + Track toggles timecode display on/off (middle
- row of the scribble-strip).
+ 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
-
+
+
+ The FaderPort8 Channel Strip
+
Touch-Sensitive Fader: The fader can be used to control
@@ -242,7 +279,8 @@
the fader-mode (see above).
Pan/Param: The encoder controls panning in Track and Pan
mode. In Plugin and Send fader-modes, the encoder banks parameters. See
- Fader modes above for details.
+ Fader modes above for details. When "Link" is engaged, the encoder can
+ control any automatable parameter (see Miscellaneous below).
Mute: Toggle the mute-control of the corresponding
mixer-strip. Mute engages on press, and disengages on release. Press and
hold the button for at least 0.5sec for momentary.
@@ -260,7 +298,7 @@
Any Not Selected Track: The select button is off
(dimly showing the track's color).
Most Recently Selected Track: Only one track at a
- time. The select button is blinks width the track's color.
+ time. The select button blinks with the track's color.
Operations such as Edit Plugins or Sends use the
most-recently-selected (focused) track. To modify the selection, the
@@ -276,6 +314,11 @@
+
+ In Track-mode, pressing the Select button of the most recently
+ selected track (blinking Select button) will reset the fader-gain
+ to unity (0dB). (since Ardour 5.11-207, Mixbus 4.2-66)
+
While holding the ARM button the Select button lights
change to red and the Select buttons controls the record-arm of
@@ -293,8 +336,10 @@
channel-strips.
-
+
+
+ FaderPort8 Mix Management Buttons
+
Audio: View Audio Tracks only.
@@ -333,8 +378,10 @@
and pan automation modes respectively.
-
+
+
+ FaderPort8 Automation Buttons
+
Latch: Currently not available in Ardour.
@@ -369,29 +416,87 @@
Miscellaneous
-
+
+
+ FaderPort8 Misc Buttons
+
Solo Clear: Reset all solo controls in the
- session.
+ 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
+ since).
Mute Clear: Unmute all mixer-strips in the
- session.
-
Bypass: A/B bypass toggle any plugins on all
- selected mixer-strips.
+ session. If the FP8 was used to clear mute-state, pressing the button again
+ 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
+ that is currently being edited. Bypass state is indicated by color: red
+ for bypassed, green for enabled (not bypassed).
+
+
Shift + BypassBypass
- All: currently the same as "Bypass".
+ All: A/B bypass toggle any plugins on all selected mixer-strips.
-
- The labels of the following buttons have no direct corresponding action in
- Ardour and are currently mapped to convenient functions:
-
-
Macro: Show the Editor Window.
-
Shift + MacroOpen:
- Show the Import Audio Dialog.
-
Link: Switch to the Mixer Window.
+
Macro: Toggle Editor and Mixer Windows/Tabs.
+
Shift + MacroOpen: 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.
+
+
Link: Activate Control-Link Mode (only available in
+ Track and Pan modes).
+ The Pan/Param encoder controls the element over which the mouse-cursor
+ hovers in the GUI. One can access any parameter which can be automated.
+ Pressing the Pan/Param encoder resets the control-parameter to the default
+ value.
+ The buttons color is used to indicate the link-state:
+
+
orange: Link is enabled, but the mouse-cursor is not
+ over an element which can be controlled.
+
yellow: Link is enabled, and the cursor is hovering
+ over a controllable element.
+
green: Link is locked to a given element (see
+ below).
+
turquoise: Link lock is possible (when pressing
+ Shift while link-mode is enabled).
+
red: Link-lock is not possible (only when pressing
+ Shift while link-mode is enabled without a valid element to
+ control.
+
+
Shift + LinkLock:
- Lock the GUI (alike Session > Lock) to prevent accidental changes.
+ When in Link-mode (see above), this allows to lock the current control to
+ the Pan/Param encoder. Link will no longer follow the GUI mouse-cursor.
+ If Link-mode is not enabled, Lock, locks the GUI (alike Session > Lock)
+ to prevent accidental changes.
+
+Link and Link-Lock mode will automatically disengage when entering
+Sends or Edit Plugins mode.
+
+
+
Harrison Mixbus
+
+The above also applies to Ardour-derivatives Harrison-Mixbus and Mixbus 32C with a few subtle differences:
+
+
+
+ Mix Management Bus shows Mixbusses only, while FX spills Aux-busses.
+
+
+ The Mixbus built-in EQ and Compressor are present on every track and bus and always available. They are displayed as special plugins on right-side in Select Plugin Mode.
+ When editing those processors, the parameters follows track selection (for other plugins this is not possible since they may not be present).
+
+
+ Fader mode Sends shows mixbus-assigns first (before any optional aux-sends). The master-bus-assign is available on the "S"olo button of the right-most strip.
+
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+