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in both Ardour and other similar software.
-
- Ardour uses the FaderPort 8 in what PreSonus calls "Studio One" or
- "native" mode.
- (If you would like to change the mode at any point, power on the unit while
- holding down the first two Select buttons, see the FaderPort 8 manual
- for further details, also note that at least Firmware version 1.01 is
- required.)
+
+ Ardour uses the FaderPort 8 in what PreSonus calls "Studio One" or "native"
+ mode. To use the FaderPort8 with Ardour's FP8 Control Surface, make sure that
+ the device is in "Studio One" mode. (If you would like to change the mode at
+ any point, power on the unit while holding down the two leftmost Select
+ buttons, see the FaderPort 8 manual for further details. Also note that at
+ least firmware version 1.01 is required. NB. "factory default" resets the
+ firmware, see the PreSonus FaderPort8 Owner's manual chapter 9.4.)
- While the FaderPort provides a Mackie Control Universal (MCU) mode,
- MCU does not support various elements available on the FP8.
- e.g. colored buttons, and the custom mode scribble strips.
+ While the FaderPort provides a Mackie Control Universal (MCU) mode, which
+ works with Ardour's Mackie Control Surface, MCU does not support various
+ elements available on the FP8 (e.g. colored buttons, and the custom mode
+ scribble strips).
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@
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.
+ of the push-button encoder and the Prev, Next buttons.
With exception of Click the seven modes are exclusive (radio buttons).
-
Channel: The Prev/Next
+
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
- the session. Pressing the encoder moves the most recently selected
- mixer-strip into view on the FP8. The encoder scrolls the editor-canvas
-up/down.
+ the session. Pressing the encoder knob moves the most recently selected
+ mixer-strip into view on the FP8. The encoder scrolls the editor-canvas
+ up/down.
Master: The encoder controls the master-bus level.
If a session includes a monitor-section, the encoder controls monitor-out by
default. Hold the button to control the master-bus level. Press the
- encoder to reset the gain to 0dB. The
- Prev/Next navigation buttons bank the visible strips on
- the FP8 by one track left/right.
+ encoder knob to reset the gain to 0dB. The Prev / Next
+ navigation buttons bank the visible strips on the FP8 by one track
+ left/right.
Zoom: The encoder controls horizontal zoom of the
- editor. Press the encoder to zoom to fit the session.
- Prev/Next navigation buttons zoom selected track(s)
+ editor. Press the encoder to zoom to fit the session.
+ Prev / Next navigation buttons zoom selected track(s)
vertically (or all tracks if none are selected).
Click: Toggle the metronome on/off. While holding
the Click button, the encoder modifies the volume of the
- metronome click (press the encoder while holding Click
- to reset the metronome level to 0dBFS).
+ metronome click (press the encoder while holding Click to reset
+ the metronome level to 0dBFS).
Scroll: The encoder scrolls the timeline (hold
- Shift for finer steps). Pressing the encoderzooms
- to fit the session. The Prev/Next navigation
+ Shift for finer steps). Pressing the encoder zooms to
+ fit the session. The Prev / Next navigation
buttons bank the visible strips on the FP8 by one track left/right.
-
Section: The Prev/Next
+
Section: The Prev / Next
navigation buttons nudge the selected region by the time configured in the
nudge-clock. If no region is selected the playhead position is nudged. The
encoder always nudges the playhead position.
Bank: Encoder and navigation buttons scroll through
- mixer-strips in banks of eight. Pressing the encoder moves the
- most recently selected mixer-strip into view on the FP8.
+ mixer-strips in banks of eight. Pressing the encoder moves the most recently
+ selected mixer-strip into view on the FP8.
Marker: The encoder scrolls the timeline (hold
- Shift for finer steps). The Prev/Next
- navigation buttons jump to prev/next markers. Press the encoder
- to drop a new marker.
+ Shift for finer steps). The Prev / Next
+ navigation buttons jump to prev/next markers. Press the encoder to drop a
+ new marker.
When combined with Shift, the eight buttons will access custom
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ up/down.
The following tables shows a condensed overview of the session-navigation modes:
-
Prev / Next
Encoder knob
Encoder Press
+
Prev / Next
Encoder knob
Encoder Press
Channel
Select prev/next mixer-strip
Scroll Editor up/down
Bank to show selected strip on FP8
Master
Bank visible strips on FP8 by 1
Adjust master/monitor level
Reset master/monitor to 0dB
Zoom
Vertical zoom (editor track-height)
Horizontal timeline zoom (time)
Horizontal zoom to session
@@ -204,16 +206,39 @@ up/down.
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.
@@ -225,7 +250,8 @@ up/down.
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).
@@ -238,6 +264,10 @@ up/down.
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).
+
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. 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.
@@ -245,9 +275,10 @@ up/down.
of the corresponding mixer-strip. Solo engages on press, and disengages on
release. Press and hold the button for at least 500ms for momentary.
Select: In Track and Sends and Pan mode the Select
- button select/de-select a given mixer-strip. Since selection is not limited
- to a single mixer-strip, the button acts in tri-state. A mixer-strip light
- indicates selection:
+ button select/de-select a given mixer-strip.
+
+ 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.
@@ -257,28 +288,31 @@ up/down.
time. The select button is blinks width the track's color.
Operations such as Edit Plugins or Sends use the
- most-recently-selected track. To modify the selection, the button's action
- depends on the current selection:
+ most-recently-selected (focused) track. To modify the selection, the
+ button's action depends on the current selection:
-
Select any unselected track: The track is
- added to the selection and becomes the most-recently selected.
-
Select the most-recently-selected
- (blinking): Removes the track from selection (most-recent
- falls back).
-
Select any other selected track: Make it
- most-recently-selected track.
+
Select: The track is exclusively selected
+ and also becomes the most-recently selected.
Shift + Select any selected
track: Deselect the track.
Shift + Select any unselected
- track: Exclusively select the given track (and make it
+ track: Adds the given track to the selection and make it
most-recently selected).
- While holding the ARM button the Select button light changes to red
- and the Select buttons controls the record-arm of the given track.
- Mixer-strips that cannot be record-armed have a dim white light.
+ 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
+ the given track. Mixer-strips that cannot be record-armed have a dim white
+ light.
+
+
Shift + ARM record-arms all tracks in the session.
@@ -370,24 +404,64 @@ up/down.
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 + LinkOpen:
- 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.
+