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Latch, Long, and Momentary Key Press Functions
Unlike standard keyboard and numeric keypad keys, which deliver the same result whether the
keys are typed or held down, many Fairlight Audio Editor keys have multiple operational states
which elicit different results depending on how you press or hold the key. The three types of
key presses are:
Latch: Quickly pressing and releasing a key, just as you would with normal typing, is
referred to as latching and results in toggling on or off that key’s function.
Long-press: A long-press is performed by simply pressing a key longer than you would
if you were simply typing it. When performing a long-press, you only need to press
the key long enough to see the desired result, such as opening or closing a window
on the Fairlight page GUI. Long-presses are only slightly longer than typing, about
300 milliseconds, so they don’t slow you down, they just offer more functions within a
fixed number of keys. These long-presses can be real time savers, and in many cases
replace the need to reach for the mouse to click the Fairlight page interface.
Momentary hold: A momentary hold involves pressing and holding a key with one
hand to reveal additional keys and functions that can be quickly latched with the
other hand.
NOTE: From this point forward, descriptions such as type or press indicate a latched
operation, long-press means to press longer than usual until you see the desired
result, and instructions to hold and release refer to momentary operations.
Examples of Long-Press and Momentary Key Press Actions
Here are three examples of these types of button presses in action.
Using a long-press to open or close GUI windows:
There are five signal processing picture keys, including Pan, EQ, Dynamics, Aux, and Plug-in.
These correspond with the graphical display in the built-in Editor screen as well as the Fairlight
Mixer on the computer screen. If you latch one of these keys, such as EQ, the Editor screen
displays EQ parameters for the selected track. In turn, these parameters can be controlled by
the adjacent soft buttons and knobs without opening the GUI controls on the computer screen.
However, long-pressing the EQ key both selects these controls and opens the EQ window on
the computer screen. The EQ window will stay open until you long-press the EQ key again to
close it. This works the same as double-clicking the EQ control on the Fairlight Mixer UI, and
then clicking the Close button on the EQ window to close it.
Signal Processing keys: Pan, EQ, Dynamics, Aux,
and Plug-in with EQ key latched
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