![]() I can tell you that by using the Zoom button, I was able to quickly zoom in/out on audio files and with the Scroll mode, I liked being able to slowly move left or right in the timeline in Pro Tools. Or grab the Rotary Encoder knob and "crank" across your Mixer window or up/down the Edit window quickly. You can move all eight faders' control functions in jumps of eight channels at a time with the Bank button or, use the Channel button (the home/default) and jump one channel to the left or right direction using the Prev or Next buttons. On the Pro Tools screens, the selected eight channels' name boxes are 'blue fringed' and, when selecting a channel on the FaderPort 8 with its Select button, that channel highlights. Like my FaderPort, FaderPort 8 works in banks of eight fader channels. ![]() The Click button turns the click track on/off and when the Section button is on, FaderPort 8's navigation buttons control back and forth Nudging in Pro Tools-both functions are useful for most DAW workflows. The top row has: Channel, Zoom, Scroll, and Bank and they all work in HUI protocol while the bottom row of four buttons are more specific to PreSonus Studio One with some exceptions in MCU and HUI DAWs. The Session Navigator section has the Prev and Next increment buttons, the Rotary encoder and below those are two rows with four buttons each. FYI: as with any HUI/MIDI controller, you can extend and customized HUI functionality using Bome software MIDI Translator. There are no drivers necessary just plug FaderPort 8 into a USB port and get going!īesides standard transport control and, depending on your particular DAW's implementation of MCU and/or HUI protocols, there will be some variance in exactly what you can control. I tested FaderPort 8 with its version 1.01 firmware in Pro Tools 12HDX (ver 12.7.1) with its standard implementation of HUI. That, and about three pages of instruction manual reading, is all you need to get going! And I love that! Upon powering up the first time, I set which protocol I wanted to use and FaderPort 8 retains that configuration from now onward or until I change it. ![]() The three protocols are: Native for PreSonus' Studio One and other DAWS that support it MCU or Mackie Control Universal for using FaderPort 8 with Cubase, Nuendo, Live, Logic and Sonar and also HUI emulation for use with Pro Tools-my testing platform for this review. It comes with an external 12-volt power supply and has a 1/4-inch footswitch jack that is programmable like the original FaderPort-a system I've used since 2007 and now replacing it with the FaderPort 8.įaderPort 8 operates using any of three protocols to convey bi-directional fader and button control signals and information to and from your DAW's software. In addition, there are eight high definition (64 X 96) LCD screens or scribble strips that indicate each of the eight faders' selected function.Ībout four times the size of the original FaderPort, the new FaderPort 8 measures 2.25-inches H, 13.15 W X 11.85-inches deep. Like that unit, FaderPort 8 connects using a single USB 2.0 cable but now adds eight touch sensitive motorized 100-mm faders and 57 buttons covering 78 different functions. The PreSonus® FaderPort 8 Mix Production Controller is the 'big brother' of the original single fader PreSonus' FaderPort Production Control Center. Go To The Music Connection "New Toys" Directory PreSonus FaderPort 8 Mix Production Controller ![]()
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