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of the signal processing parameters for the selected track or master bus. The Editor screen is surrounded by sixteen soft menu buttons and three touch-sensitive knobs on the left- and right-side of the screen for dial parameter control. Finally, along the top there is a row of 15 fixed buttons that include ESC and 14 user-defined Macro Quick keys.
Macro Buttons
Editor Screen
with Soft Buttons and Knobs
QWERTY
keyboard with Picture Keys
Monitor Controls
Numeric Keypad
Jog Wheel and Transport Buttons
Audio Editor Functional Overview
At face value, the control knobs, jog wheel, buttons, and keys function as expected, based on the current Audio Editor mode. However, the way you press keys and the addition of modifiers can place even more options at your fingertips, without the need for changing editing modes or mousing through menus on the Fairlight page interface. So, before diving into a detailed rundown of the Fairlight Audio Editor, it’s important to understand some of the multifaceted controls and functional nuances designed to minimize your keystrokes while maximizing your speed and productivity.
This section offers a quick overview of the types of controls, editing modes, transport and modifier keys, key-press options, as well as pointing out the designated Track Selection, Menu and DaVinci Resolve interface page keys.
Types of Controls
A good starting point for getting to know the Fairlight Audio Editor is to acquaint yourself with the different types of physical controls.
— Jog Wheel: To quickly navigate, zoom, change clip levels and more, this fully integrated, highly responsive electronic dial offers smooth free rotation or clutch action control.
— Knobs: When you want to make fast changes to specific parameters, these versatile knobs give you precision rotary control, as well as touch-sensitive input for enabling automation or resetting levels. The Audio Editor includes two fixed-parameter knobs with the monitoring controls and
six multifunctional soft menu knobs around the Editor screen which are assigned to parameters based on the current Editor mode and active toolset. Holding the Shift modifier key changes the
gearing for finer controls, while holding the Control modifier key while touching one of these knobs will reset the knob’s current parameter to its default value. For example, if the Audio Editor is in Monitor mode, holding the Control key while touching the knob controlling Fixed Level resets the parameter to 0 dB.
Knob
Soft menu buttons Fixed keys
Soft menu buttons
Jog wheel
Picture keys
— Fixed Keys: These keys are located along the top and right side of the Audio Editor. Unlike the multi-functional soft menu buttons and picture keys, the fixed keys have printed labels based on their designated purpose. Among the fixed keys you’ll find the Macro quick keys, Monitoring Control keys, Numeric keypad keys, Jog and Transport Control keys, along with Undo, Redo,
Record, Zoom, and Enter. Fixed keys are white with black labels, with the exception of the two red Mute keys in the Monitoring controls.
— Soft Menu Buttons: Above and below the Editor screen are two rows of eight soft menu buttons for a total of 16 buttons used to either toggle or show alternate pages of controls in the Editor screen based on the current Editor mode. The upper row of soft menu buttons are always toggles, such as the EQ In or EQ Bypass, when the EQ parameters are active, or a Boom toggle that alternates between: Boom Post, Boom Pre and Boom Only when the Pan parameters are active. The eighth button in the upper row toggles between page 1 and page 2 of functionality assigned to the first seven soft menu buttons. The lower soft menu buttons control parameters assigned
to the six knobs, with the middle six lower soft menu buttons controlling which primary set of parameters are assigned to the knobs, like Track Level, Left/Right and Front/Back controls when the Pan parameters are active in the Editor screen. The left and right lower soft menu buttons reveal alternative controls assigned knobs, such as the alternate Pan parameters, Rotate, Tilt and Up/Down, assigned to the right three knobs.
— Picture Keys: These self-labeling picture keys change their appearance and function dynamically, based on whatever the user is doing at that time and offer control for nearly every tool, panel, action, and task on the DaVinci Resolve Fairlight page. Additionally, the picture keys default to a standard QWERTY keyboard whenever user text input is needed (this setting is governed by the QWERTY: Auto/Off setting in the Setup mode), or when the DaVinci Resolve software displays a page other than Fairlight.