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layout: default
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title: Using the Presonus Faderport
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menu_title: Presonus Faderport
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<img align="left" alt="A picture of a Presonus Faderport device" src="/images/faderport-ssmall.png">
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<p>
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Since version 4.5, Ardour has had full support for the Presonus
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Faderport. This is a compact control surface featuring a single
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motorized fader, a single knob (encoder) and 24 buttons with fixed
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labels.
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</p>
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<h2>Connecting the Faderport</h2>
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<p>
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The Faderport comes with a single USB socket on the back. Connect a
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suitable USB cable from there to a USB port on your computer. As of
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the end of 2015, you should avoid USB3 ports - these cause erratic
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behaviour with the device. This issue might get fixed by Presonus in
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the future.
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</p>
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<p>
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The Faderport will be automatically recognized by your operating
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system, and will appear in any of the lists of possible MIDI ports
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in both Ardour and other similar software.
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</p>
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<h2>Using the Faderport</h2>
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<p>
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The Faderport's controls can be divided into three groups:
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<ol>
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<li>Global controls such as the transport buttons</li>
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<li>Controls which change the settings for particular track or
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bus</li>
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<li>Controls which alter which track or bus is modified by the
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per-track/bus controls.</li>
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</ol>
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</p>
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<h3>Transport Buttons</h3>
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<p>
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The transport buttons all work as you would expect.
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<dl>
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<dt>Rewind</dt>
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<dd>Starts the transport moving backwards. Successive presses
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speed up the "rewind" behaviour.
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<br>
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If pressed while also holding the Stop button, the playhead will
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return to the zero position on the timeline.
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</dd>
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<dt>Fast Forward</dt>
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<dd>Starts the transport moving faster than normal. Successive presses
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speed up the "fast forward" behaviour.
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</dd>
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<dt>Stop</dt>
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<dd>
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Stops the transport. Also used in combination with the Rewind
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button to "return to zero".
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</dd>
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<dt>Play</dt>
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<dd>
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Starts the transport. If pressed while the transport is
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already rolling at normal speed, causes the playhead to jump to
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the start of the last "roll" and continue rolling ("Poor man's
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looping").
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</dd>
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<dt>Record Enable</dt>
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<dd>Toggles the global record enable setting
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</dd>
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</dl>
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</p>
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<h3>Other Global Controls</h3>
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<p>
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<dl>
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<dt>Mix</dt>
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<dd></dd>
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</dl>
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</p>
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