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Rotary Knob
Below the LCD display on each channel strip you’ll find the touch-sensitive rotary knob
designated as the panoramic potentiometer, or pan pot for short. This versatile dial control is
assigned to Left-Right track panning by default, but may also be assigned to other parameters.
Press the Control button while you press and release the 2/FDR button to use the rotary knob
to control the last-used alternate parameter. This is especially usefully during automation or
complex mixing procedures when you need to keep alternative parameters, like the Ratio for
your Compressor, within easy reach of the faders. Like all touch-sensitive controls on the
Fairlight console components, holding the Control button and touching the knob resets the
parameter to the default value, and if you turn the knob with Shift held you’ll have fine control.
Fader Channel Control Buttons
Each channel strip includes four dedicated control buttons for common channel-specific mixing
functions. These brightly colored LED buttons are easy to read, logically placed above each
fader, and can be used independently or in combination with other channels.
LCD Fader Channel Display, Fader Pan knobs,
and Fader Channel control buttons.
SOLO: Use this button to select only this channel for playback. Multiple tracks can be
soloed simultaneously to isolate selective tracks for playback while all non-soloed
tracks will be muted. Pressing Solo while holding the Control button clears all soloed
track buttons, and pressing Control again restores soloed tracks. Solo buttons on the
Channel Fader panel correspond with the Solo buttons on the Fairlight page Mixer and
track headers.
MUTE: This button turns the channel off and on for playback. Mute buttons on the
Channel Fader panel correspond with the Mute buttons on the Fairlight page Mixer and
track headers.
CALL: As the name suggests, the Channel Call button simply calls up a track’s
parameters in the Channel Control panel and LCD monitor while in Channel display
mode. Additionally, the Channel Call button loads the channel into the built-in Audio
Editor display, regardless of the channel control mode. Using the Channel Call button
is a fast way to work with a channel’s parameters, plus you can quickly press other
Call buttons to change focus from track to track for detailed comparison and control.
Channel Call on the Fader Panel is similar to the Select button at the bottom of the
Channel Control panel; the difference is that the Select button also selects the track in
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