Fader Modes

The Faderport has multiple fader modes. These modes control the functionality of the fader, mute, solo, select button and the content of the displays.

By pressing the Plugin, Send and Pan (which shows the receives) when they are already active, you can switch between Hui and Track mode

  1. Display:
    • Line 1: Track name
    • Line 2:
      • Default: Track number
      • Left Shift: Track number
      • Right Shift: Track number
      • Arm: Input name
    • Line 3:
      • Default: Pan value (depending on the mode it is pan or width)
      • Left Shift: Pan value 1
      • Right Shift: Pan value 1
      • Arm: Track monitor mode
    • Line 4:
      • Default: Not Used
      • Left Shift: Pan value 2
      • Right Shift: Pan value 2
      • Arm: Recording mode
  2. Meter: Shows the Vu meter only in default mode. The meter is hidden when using the shift and or arm button.
  3. Value bar:
    • Default: Displays the Tracks current pan position.
    • Left Shift: Track volume.
  4. Pan/Param:
    • Default: Controlls pan value 1 for the currently selected track. Push to set the pan position back to center.
    • Left Shift: Controlls pan value 1 for the currently selected track. Push to set the pan position back to center.
  5. Select button:
    • Default: Unique-select the Track. Other Tracks will be de-selected.
    • Left Shift: Select the Track. All previous selected Tracks will also stay selected.
    • Right Shift: Selects the range of Tracks between the previous selected Track and the current selected Track.
    • Arm: Toggle Track arm.
  6. Solo:
    • Default: Isolates the corresponding Tracks output signal in the mix.
    • Long Press: Holding the Solo button for longer then half a second makes the button momentary. This means that after releasing the button after that half a second, the value will go to the previous value after release. This can be helpfull for quickly checking a track soloed.
  7. Mute:
    • Default: Mutes the corresponding Tracks output signal.
    • Long Press: Holding the Mute button for longer then half a second makes the button momentary. This means that after releasing the button after that half a second, the value will go to the previous value after release. This can be helpfull for quickly checking with the track muted.
  8. Touch-Sensitive Fader:
    • Default: Control volume levels.
    • Left Shift: Control the pan value 1.
    • right Shift: Control the pan value 2.
  1. Display:
    • Line 1: Track name, the colors are inverted in track mode for the selected track.
    • Line 2: Plugin name
    • Line 3: Plugin enabled
    • Line 4: In Hui mode this shows the current index and total number of plugins. In track mode, it is empty
  2. Meter: Disabled
  3. Value bar:
    • Default: Displays the Tracks current pan position.
    • Left Shift: Track volume.
  4. Pan/Param:
    • Default: Controlls pan value 1 for the currently selected track. Push to set the pan position back to center.
    • Left Shift: Controlls pan value 1 for the currently selected track. Push to set the pan position back to center.
  5. Select button:
    • Default: Unique-select the Track. Other Tracks will be de-selected.
    • Left Shift: Select the Track. All previous selected Tracks will also stay selected.
    • Right Shift: Selects the range of Tracks between the previous selected Track and the current selected Track.
    • Arm: Toggle Track arm.
  6. Solo: Toggle plugin window.
  7. Mute:
    • Default: Toggle plugin enabled.
    • Left Shift: Toggle plugin offline.
  8. Touch-Sensitive Fader: Control volume levels.
  1. Display:
    • Line 1: Track name, the colors are inverted in track mode for the selected track.
    • Line 2: Send destination name
    • Line 3: Send mode
    • Line 4: In Hui mode this shows the current index and total number of sends. In track mode, it shows the send automation mode
  2. Meter: Disabled
  3. Value bar:
    • Default: Displays the Sends current pan position.
    • Left Shift: Send volume.
  4. Pan/Param:
    • Default: Controlls pan value 1 for the currently selected track. Push to set the pan position back to center.
    • Left Shift: Controlls pan value 1 for the currently selected track. Push to set the pan position back to center.
  5. Select button:
    • Default: Unique-select the Track. Other Tracks will be de-selected.
    • Left Shift: Select the Track. All previous selected Tracks will also stay selected.
    • Right Shift: Selects the range of Tracks between the previous selected Track and the current selected Track.
    • Arm: Toggle Track arm.
  6. Solo:
    • Default: Toggle send phase.
    • Left Shift: Toggle send Mono/Stereo.
  7. Mute:
    • Default: Toggle send mute.
    • Left Shift: Loop through send mode.
  8. Touch-Sensitive Fader:
    • Default: Control send volume level.
    • Left Shift: Control send pan.
  1. Display:
    • Line 1: Track name, the colors are inverted in track mode for the selected track.
    • Line 2: Receive source name
    • Line 3: Receive mode
    • Line 4: In Hui mode this shows the current index and total number of receives. In track mode, it shows the send automation mode
  2. Meter: Disabled
  3. Value bar:
    • Default: Displays the Receives current pan position.
    • Left Shift: Receive volume.
  4. Pan/Param:
    • Default: Controlls pan value 1 for the currently selected track. Push to set the pan position back to center.
    • Left Shift: Controlls pan value 1 for the currently selected track. Push to set the pan position back to center.
  5. Select button:
    • Default: Unique-select the Track. Other Tracks will be de-selected.
    • Left Shift: Select the Track. All previous selected Tracks will also stay selected.
    • Right Shift: Selects the range of Tracks between the previous selected Track and the current selected Track.
    • Arm: Toggle Track arm.
  6. Solo:
    • Default: Toggle receive phase.
    • Left Shift: Toggle receive Mono/Stereo.
  7. Mute:
    • Default: Toggle receive mute.
    • Left Shift: Loop through receive mode.
  8. Touch-Sensitive Fader:
    • Default: Control receive volume level.
    • Left Shift: Control receive pan.

HUI or Track mode

For the Plugin, Send and Receive Fader modes, when you open them first, they open in HUI mode. In this mode you controll all plugins, sends and receives from the respective channel. In the display you see a counter for the number of items and the current selected one. You can use the Pan encoder to scroll though the items.

In Track mode (press the button again to get here), all the plugins, sends and receives of the first selected track are spread over the tracks. If there are more items then the number of channels you can use the Pan encoder to scroll to the next items. The selected track is highlighted.

Pan values

Reaper has 3 pan modes. Depending on the choosen mode, there are 1 or 2 pan values.

  • Stereo Balance/Mono Pan: This is the default and in REAPER you'll see only one pan knob/fader. In this mode Pan Value 2 has no function
  • Stereo Pan: This mode has 2 values. Pan Value 1 is for Left/Right panning and Pan Value 2 for the width
  • Dual Pan: This mode has 2 values. Pan Value 1 is for Left panning value and Pan Value 2 for the right panning value

The last will show 2 knobs/faders in REAPER for panning. You can find more info about the Panning Modes in the REAPER documentation

Transport

  1. Stop: Stops playback.
  2. Loop: Engages / disengages Looping
  3. Play / Pause: Starts playback at the current playback- cursor position. Press again to pause playback.
  4. Rewind:
    • Default: Rewinds in a slow pace. You can toggle the speed by pressing the button. All the other keys will stop the rewind
    • [Left Shift]: Go to the start of the project
  5. Fast Forward:
    • Default: Fast Forwards in a slow pace. You can toggle the speed by pressing the button. All the other keys will stop the Fast Forward
    • [Left Shift]: Go to the end of the project
  6. Record: Press to start recording at the current playback-cursor position for record-enabled tracks.

Automation

  1. Latch:
    • Default: Engages Latch Automation on currently selected track.
    • Left Shift: Save your session.
    • Left Shift: Engages Latch Automation globally.
  2. Trim:
    • Default: Engages Trim Automation on currently selected track.
    • Left Shift: Redo the last action.
    • Left Shift: Engages Trim Automation globally.
  3. Off:
    • Default: Engages Latch Preview Automation on currently selected track.
    • Left Shift: Undo the last action.
    • Left Shift: Engages Latch Preview Automation globally.
  4. Read:
    • Default: Engages Read Automation on currently selected track.
    • Left Shift: Not implemented yet.
    • Left Shift: Engages Read Automation globally.
  5. Write:
    • Default: Engages Write Automation on currently selected track.
    • Left Shift: Not implemented yet.
    • Left Shift: Engages Write Automation globally.
  6. Touch:
    • Default: Engages Touch Automation on currently selected track.
    • Left Shift: Not implemented yet.
    • Left Shift: Engages Touch Automation globally.

General Controlls

  1. Encoder: The behaviour differs per fader mode
    • Track mode: Rotating the encoder will alter the track pan
    • Plugin mode: When in Hui mode this will scroll through the track plugins
    • Send mode: When in Hui mode this will scroll through the track sends
    • Receive mode: When in Hui mode this will scroll through the track receives
  2. Encoder Click:
    • Default: Toggle between pan values (left/right, pan/width, etc), depending on the track pan mode
    • Left Shift: Reset the pan and with to default values
  3. Arm:
    • Default: Behaves as a modifier key. Pressing this button will enable you to set ther record arm with the track Select buttons. A short press of this button will maintain the pressed state
    • Left Shift: Arm all tracks for recording
    • Right Shift: Unarm all tracks for recording
  4. Solo Clear: Unsolo all the tracks soloed tracks
  5. Mute Clear: Unmute all the muted tracks
  6. ByPass:
    • Default: Bypass all plugins for the selected tracks
    • Left Shift: Bypass all plugins for all the tracks
  7. Macro:
    • Default: Toggle the window for managing the filters.
    • Left Shift: Toggle the window filters dialog for managing the actions attached to the function keys.
  8. Link:
    • Default:
      • When not controlling a plugin, it will make the last fader controll the last touched parameter. This can be usefull for creating quick envelopes for that parameter. The display will show info about the plugin, parameter and value. The group of actual track faders will be 7 or 15 from then.
      • When controlling a plugin, it will toggle the plugin map edit mode. You are then able to edit your plugin mapping
    • Left Shift: Toggle following the cursor

Mix Management

Mix management houses a serie of filters to filter the tracks to ease your mixing even more. Here a description of all the filter options available

  1. Audio: Filter all theh tracks that have audio items in them.
  2. VI:
    • Default: Filter all tracks with Virtual Instruments
    • Left Shift: Filter all tracks with MIDI items
  3. Bus:
    • Default: Show only the top level tracks
    • Left Shift: Filter all the tracks with hardware outputs
    • Right Shift: Filter all the folder tracks
  4. VCA:
    • Default: Filter all the VCA tracks
    • Left Shift: Filter all the tracks with effects attached to them
    • Right Shift: Filter all the tracks with receives
  5. All:
    • Default: Reset all the filter and show all the tracks
    • Left Shift: Show the custom menu's. This will display all your filters in the track displays. Use the select button to select the filter. If there are more filters then there are tracks, you can use the Pan encoder to scroll through the filters
    • Right Shift: Filter all the tracks with sends

Session Navigator

The Session Navigator provides quick navigation and session controlls. Each button alters the functions of the push-button encoder and the Next and Prev buttons on either side.

  1. Channel: Control channel scrolling
    • Previous:
      • Default: Moves the faderbank by steps of 1 track
      • Left Shift Moves the faderbank by steps of 8/16 tracks
    • Encoder:
      • Default: Moves the faderbank by steps of 1 track
      • Left Shift Moves the faderbank by steps of 8/16 tracks
    • Encoder Click: Not implemented
    • Next:
      • Default: Moves the faderbank by steps of 8/16 tracks
      • Left Shift Moves the faderbank by steps of 1 track
  2. Master: Control the master channel
    • Previous:
    • Encoder:
    • Encoder Click:
    • Next:
  3. Zoom: Handle zooming the navigator in Reaper
    • Previous:
      • Default: Zoom Reaper out horizontal
      • Left Shift Zoom Reaper out vertical
    • Encoder:
      • Default: Zoom Reaper in/out horizontal
      • Left Shift Zoom Reaper in/out vertical
      • Default: Toggle track zoom to minimum height
      • Left Shift Toggle track zoom to maximum height
    • Encoder Click:
    • Next:
      • Default: Zoom Reaper in horizontal
      • Left Shift Zoom Reaper in vertical
  4. Click: Handle the different metronome functions
    • Previous: Set metronome speed to 1x
    • Encoder: Adjust the Metronome volume
    • Encoder Click:
      • Default: Toggle metronome on/off
      • Left Shift Show metronome/pre-roll settings
    • Next: Set metronome speed to 2x
  5. Scroll: Handle scrolling the navigator in Reaper
    • Previous:
      • Default: Scroll Reaper up
      • Left Shift Scroll Reaper left
    • Encoder:
      • Default: Scroll Reaper up/down
      • Left Shift Scroll Reaper left/right
    • Encoder Click:
      • Default: Vertical scroll selected tracks into view
      • Left Shift Horizontal scroll to put play cursor at 50%
    • Next:
      • Default: Scroll Reaper down
      • Left Shift Scroll Reaper right
  6. Section: Handle adding, deleting and editing regions
    • Previous: Filter all tracks with Virtual Instruments
      • Default: Goto/select previous marker/region
      • Left Shift Set the start point for a new section
    • Encoder:
      • Default: Move edit cursor forward/backward one beat
      • Left Shift Move cursor left/right one pixel
      • Right Shift Move cursor left/right, creating time selection
    • Encoder Click:
      • Default: Edit region near cursor
      • Left Shift Insert region from time selection and edit
      • Right Shift Delete region near cursor
    • Next:
      • Default: Goto/select next marker/region
      • Left Shift Set the end point for a new section
  7. Bank: Control bank scrolling. Depending on your controller with 8 or 16 channels
    • Previous:
      • Default: Moves the faderbank by steps of 8/16 tracks
      • Left Shift Moves the faderbank by steps of 1 track
    • Encoder:
      • Default: Moves the faderbank by steps of 8/16 tracks
      • Left Shift Moves the faderbank by steps of 1 track
    • Encoder Click: Not implemented
    • Next:
      • Default: Moves the faderbank by steps of 8/16 tracks
      • Left Shift Moves the faderbank by steps of 1 track
  8. Marker: Handle adding, deleting and editing markers
    • Previous: Goto/select previous marker/region
    • Encoder:
      • Default: Move edit cursor forward/backward one beat
      • Left Shift Move cursor left/right one pixel
    • Encoder Click:
      • Default: Insert marker at current position
      • Left Shift Insert and/or edit marker at current position
      • Right Shift Delete marker near cursor
    • Next: Goto/select next marker/region

Function Controlls

Each of the eight buttons also gives you acces to configurable functions by pressing the Left Shift buttons together with these buttons

  • F1: Open or close the Mixer
  • F2: Open or close the Media Explorer
  • F3: Open or close the Routing Matrix
  • F4: Open or close the Effects Browser
  • F5: Open or close the Regions and Markers window
  • F6: Open or close the Project Media browser
  • F7: Open or close the Big Clock
  • F8: Open or close the track Manager

Managing the functions

ReaSonus Native has a user interface for managing your Functions. More info about how to manage the Functions can be found here: Functions Management.