User Manual

Editor Screen with Soft Controls
The Editor screen, located above the picture keyboard, displays all signal processing and
mixing information related to the most-recently-selected (active) track or master bus. It also
displays labels and visual feedback for the soft keys and knobs that surround the screen.
Additionally, the ALT key below the screen extends its functionality with an alternative set of
parameters when necessary. This is where you can quickly view and adjust various mixing
parameters associated with the active track or master bus. Whether you select a track manually
with a mouse click, press the associated Track Selection key on the Audio Editor, or latch a
Channel Select button on the Fairlight Channel Control panel, the most-recently-selected
track’s parameters appear in the Editor screen.
These parameters include Level and Pan, EQ, Dynamics and AUX, and Plug-in parameters that
correspond with the active track of bus. The graphical display for signal processing remains the
same in the Editor screen for nearly all Editor modes and types of signal processing, except for
Monitor mode and Aux signal processing.
As you learn your way around the Fairlight Audio Editor you’ll soon find that glancing at the
Editor screen is akin to glancing at your dashboard while you drive your car. Following this
example, your primary computer screen is like your windshield where you can always see what
is happening as you drive the Fairlight Console or Audio Editor. However, like a dashboard, you
can glance at the Editor screen at any time to see which track or master bus is selected, as well
as the current signal processing settings. Also, like your car’s dashboard, you can reach out and
change settings for any of the interactive graphical parameters by simply choosing that element
and modifying the adjacent controls.
At this time there are five different Editor Screen layouts that you will encounter while you work
with the Fairlight Audio Editor, including Clip EQ, Standard Mixing, Plug-In, Aux sends, and
Monitor mode layouts.
The Clip EQ layout gives you soft menu controls of the 4-Band EQ parameters for the selected clip when you
latch the Clip EQ key. The Clip EQ key is one of the Clip Menu option keys available in the Record and Edit mode
toolsets. Here you have all the same EQ controls that are available in the Clip Inspector in DaVinci Resolve.
Along the top of the the second page of Clip EQ controls (shown above), you’ll find new Clip EQ preset options
that are not currently available in the Fairlight page UI. These options include: Save Preset, Apply Preset, Copy,
and Paste.
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