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 Mix: Transforms the Fairlight Audio Editor into a robust mixing tool with full control
of Fairlight page Mixer functions like track EQ, Dynamics and Pan settings, copy and
paste settings between tracks, as well as utilizing the full automation recording and
editing toolset.
 Edit: This is where the Fairlight Audio Editor got its name and reputation for
unparalleled speed and accuracy for every aspect of audio post editing from
auditioning and syncing sound effects to checkerboard editing dialogue tracks
on the fly.
Editor mode keys: Setup, Record, Monitor, Macros,
Mix, and Edit, with Mix mode currently active
Transport, Modifier, and Escape Keys
While working with the Fairlight Audio Editor, you will always have access to the standard
Transport, Modifier, and Escape keys, even while using the QWERTY keyboard for entering
data. The Transport and Modifier keys are located at the bottom of the keyboard, and the
Escape (ESC) key is at the top row of the editor with the Macro Quick keys.
You’ll use the Transport keys: Rewind, Fast Forward, Play, Stop, and Record for navigation,
playback and recording along with the jog wheel and its adjacent fixed transport keys.
The standard modifier keys: Shift, Control, Command and Alt, work in conjunction with the
QWERTY keys for default and user-defined keyboard shortcuts along with your mouse while
operating other pages of DaVinci Resolve. When you are using the Fairlight Audio Editor to
control the Fairlight page, the Control key (CTRL) is an essential modifier for revealing
secondary functions on the self-labeling picture keys. For example, when you press the
Control modifier key, the Rewind and Fast Forward transport keys become Project Start and
Project End keys. Additionally, the Shift modifier key can be used in conjunction with the knobs
for refined incremental parameter control.
Another important key that you’ll find on a standard computer keyboard as well as the
Audio Editor is the Escape key. This key lives up to its name as an all-purpose “escape” that
can be used at any time to exit an operation, action, data entry or menu without saving the
changes since the last save. The Escape key works as an operational override for a variety of
functions including: GoTo functions, naming clips, setting values in dialog boxes, opening,
closing and saving files, and any time a Cancel button is shown in a dialog on the
computer screen.
As you learn your way around the Editor, you’ll soon appreciate the convenient locations of
the Transport, Modifier and Escape keys in the lower-right, lower-left, and upper-left
positions respectively.
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