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Whether you are using the Fairlight Audio Editor with your computer, or as part of a Fairlight Console, the Editor’s Mix mode offers easy access to a powerful array of mixing and automation tools. Here you can copy and paste EQ, Dynamics, Aux, Path, Plugins or all of the above to other tracks and buses as well as automate any parameter. The heart of the Mix mode toolset is the Mix On/Off key. Latching Mix On brings all of Fairlight’s powerful automation tools and menu options to the picture keyboard so you can control every aspect of your automation without ever reaching for the mouse. If you are familiar with Fairlight’s mixing and automation tools in DaVinci Resolve, you’ll have no trouble finding your way around this toolset because there is a picture key for every switch, toggle, menu, and sub- menu option available in the Fairlight page’s robust automation toolset.
NOTE: For a detailed rundown of the Fairlight Automation tools and features, please refer to Chapter 174, “Automation Recording.”
NOTE: For a detailed rundown of the Fairlight Automation tools and features, please refer to Chapter 174, “Automation Recording.”
NOTE: For a detailed rundown of the Fairlight Automation tools and features, please refer to Chapter 174, “Automation Recording.”
The functionality of each specialized key is exactly the same as using the software alone. However, the advantage of mixing with the Fairlight Audio Editor or a Fairlight Console is that you’ll have physical controls including touch-sensitive knobs for precision automation recording and mixing maneuvers without the distraction of a mouse and menus.
Mix Mode keys with Mix On latched; the automation toolset showing and Copy/Paste unlatched
The Mix Mode automation keys are organized and grouped as action keys, toggles and menus with related submenu keys with the same tools and menu choices that you’ll find on the Fairlight page and Fairlight menu in DaVinci Resolve.
— Copy/Paste: This key automatically toggles on when automation is turned off. You can manually latch this key while the automation toolset is showing. When latched, the Copy/Paste key reveals the Copy and Paste toolset group.