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Master buses showing in the Track Selection keys
with Main 1 active and the main named 5.1 muted.
NOTE: Pressing a Track Selection key is the same as clicking a track header or
channel strip in the Fairlight page Mixer with your mouse.
Pressing a Track Selection key does all of the following simultaneously:
 Latches or unlatches that Track Selection key with visual feedback accordingly.
 Selects or deselects that track in the Fairlight page Timeline and Mixer.
 Displays that track’s signal processing in the built-in Editor screen.
 Tallies on or off that track’s Channel Select button and calls up that channel’s
parameters on the Fairlight Console Channel Control panel, if you are working on a
Fairlight console.
The dedicated Track Selection keys are located in the top row of the picture keyboard, where
the number keys would be on a standard keyboard. Here you’ll find 12 track selection keys as
well as All Tracks, Page Up ( ^ ), and Page Down ( v ) keys.
You can select multiple tracks by pressing additional Track Selection keys. However, there can
only be one active track at a time and it’s always the last Track Selection key pressed. Like most
Fairlight Audio Editor keys, the Track Selection keys include some unique selection nuances to
improve your efficiency without the need for a mouse.
Track Selection keys and key-press options:
 Track Selection keys: There is one Track Selection key for each track in the Fairlight
page Timeline. From left to right the first 12 keys are Track Selection keys that follow
the order of the tracks in the Timeline from top to bottom. Press once to select or
deselect a track. Select as many tracks as needed, one track at a time, by simply
latching the corresponding Track Selection keys. Double-press any Track Selection key
to deselect all other tracks and actively select the current track. Hold a Track Selection
key, then double-press another Track Selection key to select both tracks as well as all
contiguous tracks between them. In this case, the key that was double-pressed will
become the active track.
 All Tracks: Press this key to quickly select or deselect all tracks in the Timeline. Long-
press the All Tracks key to change the entire picture keyboard to Track Selection keys
for up to 48 tracks from left to right top to bottom. When All Tracks is latched, you’ll also
have the option to continue to show tracks, or display master buses such as the Mains,
Submix and Aux buses, and VCA groups. Below the All Tracks key, on the far right side
of the picture keyboard, you’ll see the Tracks and Masters keys. Here you can choose
which type of feed is displayed in the top row of the picture keyboard. Tracks are all of
the Timeline tracks, and Masters are the buses for mixing and output. Long-press the
key again to return to the default picture keyboard with one row of 12 Track Selection
keys at the top.
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