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the Fairlight page Timeline and Mixer, which enables additional editing options. Using
the Call button while tracks are selected does not change the state of the selected
tracks. Call buttons are also used for manually mapping banks of channel faders and
spilling the member tracks of a master bus to nearby faders.
Call buttons tally on or off when pressed and change color based on the current task
as follows:
Yellow Call buttons: The default color and indicate standard call functionality. When
the Call buttons are yellow, only one Call button can be tallied on at at time.
Red Call buttons: Appear when fader mapping is engaged. Auto fader mapping,
automatically maps faders to groups of 12 channels in sequential order. When in
manual fader mapping mode, you can use the red Call buttons in the Fader panel,
or the track selection keys showing in the picture keyboard to manually assign
channels to the 12 faders for each fader bank.
Green Call buttons: Indicate master buses and VCA groups in the current fade bank
when using the Fader Spill function. Pressing a green Call button spills the member
channels of a bus or VCA group to the neighboring faders according to the Fader
Spill option keys in the Setup mode layout on the Audio Editor.
AUTO: When automation controls are active, the AUTO button arms this channel for
automation, preview, write, and trim. Like the Solo and Mute buttons, the Auto button
on the Fader Panel corresponds with the Auto buttons on the Fairlight page Mixer and
track headers. Automation buttons turn amber when automation is active.
Touch-Sensitive Faders
The bottom-half of the Fader Panel comprises 12 touch-sensitive motorized faders that offer
precision gain controls for 12 signal paths. These faders correspond with faders on the Fairlight
page Mixer, and can be mapped to 12 different fader banks using the Bank Display buttons
located on the left side of the Fader Panel. Additionally, each 100mm fader can be assigned to
control other channel parameters like send levels, channel trim, or record levels. Holding the
Control button while touching a fader resets it to the default position, which is 0 dB.
Fader Bank Display Buttons
On the left side of the Channel Fader module are seven multicolored LED Bank Display buttons
that are used to display, map, bus, set, and lock banks of channels to the 12 faders on the panel.
The top two buttons are CTL (control) and BANK, which are modifier buttons used to access
secondary button functions or additional fader banks for the subsequent numbered Fader Bank
Display buttons. Each of the six numbered Fader Bank Display buttons serve three functions,
including load a primary fader bank, load an additional fader bank when pressed with the Bank
modifier button, or perform a secondary function when the Control button is pressed. You can
easily identify the blue Control button at the top of the Fader Bank Display buttons, while the
other seven buttons are yellow in their normal state, and blue or purple when the secondary
function is selected via the Control button.
With the Fader Bank Display buttons, you can map each of the 12 fader banks with 12 different
faders to control a total of 144 tracks and buses to the 12 faders. The more Fairlight Console
Channel Fader panels you have in your console, the more faders and tracks you can control.
For example, the Fairlight Console 5.bay, is designed for high-end mixing and mastering with
four Fader Panels to control up to 576 channels and busses at a time.
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