<li><strong>Channel</strong> Prev/Next button select the previous or next track or bus (if no track is selected, next selects the first, prev the last). Pressing the encoder moves the most recently selected channel into view. The encoder scrolls the editor-canvas up/down.</li>
<li><strong>Master</strong> The encoder controls the master-bus level. If a session includes a monitor-section, the encoder controls monitor-out by default. Hold the button to control the master-bus level. Press the encoder to reset the gain to 0dB. The Prev/Next navigation buttons bank the visible strips on the FP8 by 1 track left/right.</li>
<li><strong>Zoom</strong> The encoder controls horizontal zoom of the editor. Press the encoder to zoom to fit the session. Prev/Next navigation buttons zoom selected tracks vertically (or all tracks if none are selected).</li>
<li><strong>Click</strong> Toggle the metronome on/off. While holding the "Click" button, the encoder modifies the volume of the metronome click.</li>
<li><strong>Scroll</strong> The encoder scrolls the timeline (hold shift for finer steps). Pressing the encoder zooms to fit the session. The Prev/Next navigation buttons bank the visible strips on the FP8 by 1 track left/right.</li>
<li><strong>Section</strong> The Prev/Next navigation buttons nudge the selected region by the time configured in the nudge-clock. If no region is selected the playhead position is nudged. The encoder always nudges the playhead.</li>
<li><strong>Bank</strong> Encoder and navigation buttons scroll through channels in banks of eight. Pressing the encoder scrolls the selected channel into view on the FP8.</li>
<li><strong>Marker</strong> The encoder scrolls the timeline (hold shift for finer steps). The Prev/Next navigation buttons jump to prev/next markers. Press the encoder to drop a new marker.</li>
<li><strong>Track</strong> In Track-mode, the motorized faders display and control the channel signal level. The Pan/Param encoder modifies the azimuth of the panner (hold shift to control the width, if the track's panner supports it). Mute and Solo affect the respective channel-strip.</li>
<li><strong>Edit Plugins</strong> When Edit Plug-ins mode is active, the motorized faders will control the parameter settings. Press the "Edit Plugins" button to view all available plugin-inserts on a channel. If no plugins are available, "Edit Plugins" will not engage and the FP8 automatically switches back to Track-mode. Use the "Select" buttons under the scribble strip to pick a plugin to edit. The faders and Select buttons will respectively control the parameters and toggles of the selected plugin. Press the "Edit Plugins" button again to return to the insert select view. (Once a plugin has been selected, it stays in edit mode regardless of channel-selection). If there are more than eight, he Pan/Param encoder allows to scroll through available control-parameters.</li>
<li><strong>Sends</strong> in Sends mode, each of the faders is mapped to the send-level of aux-sends of the selected track. If there are more than eight sends on a given track, the Pan/Param encoder can scroll through them. Send-mode follow the selection. If there are no sends on a given track, the FP8 automatically switches back to Track-mode.</li>
<li><strong>Pan</strong> When Pan mode is active, the motorized faders will display and control the panner's azimuth. The Pan/Param controls the pan-width of the selected channel.</li>
<li><strong>Touch-Sensitive Fader</strong> The fader can be used to control
volume levels, aux send levels, panning, or plugin parameters, depending
on the fader-mode (see above).</li>
<li><strong>Mute</strong> toggles the mute-control of the corresponding mixer-strip. Mute engages on press, and disengages on release. Press and hold the button for at least 0.5sec for momentary.</li>
<li><strong>Solo</strong> toggles the solo or listen (AFL,PFL) control of the corresponding mixer-strip. Solo engages on press, and disengages on release. Press and hold the button for at least 500ms for momentary.</li>
<li><strong>Select</strong> In Track and Sends and Pan mode the "Select" button select/de-select a given mixer-strip. Since selection is not limited to a single mixer-strip, the button acts in tri-state. A mixer-strip light indicates selection:
<ul>
<li><strong>Any Selected Track</strong> The select button is lit with the track's color.</li>
<li><strong>Any Not Selected Track</strong> The select button is off (dimly showing the track's color).</li>
<li><strong>Most Recently Selected Track</strong> Only one track at a time. The select button is blinks width the track's color.</li>
</ul>
Operations such as "Edit Plugins" or "Sends" use the most-recently-selected track. To modify the selection, the button's action depends on the current selection:
<ol>
<li><strong>"Select" any unselected track</strong> The track is added to the selection and becomes the most-recently selected.</li>
<li><strong>"Select" the most-recently-selected (blinking)</strong> Removes the track from selection (most-recent falls back).</li>
<li><strong>"Select" any other selected track</strong> Make it most-recently-selected track.</li>
<li><strong>"Shift" + "Select" any selected track</strong> Deselect the track.</li>
<li><strong>"Shift" + "Select" any unselected track</strong> Exclusively select the given track (and make it most-recently selected).</li>
<li><strong>Audio/Inputs</strong> View Audio Tracks only; "Inputs" shows all record-armed tracks (Audio and MIDI).</li>
<li><strong>VI/MIDI</strong> Show tracks with virtual instrument plugins; "MIDI views all MIDI tracks.</li>
<li><strong>Bus/Outputs</strong> Display only Busses; "Outputs" shows the Master and Monitor Bus.</li>
<li><strong>VCA/FX</strong> Show VCAs. "FX" shows Aux-Busess.</li>
<li><strong>All/User</strong> Display all Tracks, Busses (incl master-bus) and VCAs; "User" displays all currently selected Tracks or Busses only.</li>
