2 - Parts of the FW-1082
Channel controls
These controls control the channels of the FW-1082. In MON MIX mode, the MUTE keys? function is iden-
The exact use depends on the mode currently tical, but only affecting the monitor mix.
selected.
In MIDI CTRL mode, these keys send out specific con-
REC indicators In COMPUTER mode, depending troller commands.
on the DAW application, these indicators light to Channel Faders In COMPUTER mode, the channel
indicate the track record status (armed or recording). faders send continuous controller information to
In MON MIX mode, they are used to show pan status
banks of eight channels in the host application?s soft-
(see ?Monitor Mix Mode - (General Notes)? on ware mixer. The current bank is selected using the
page 23).BANK keys.
SEL keys The SEL keys are used in COMPUTER In MON MIX mode, the channel faders control the
mode to select the DAW channels if the faders are not monitor level of the audio inputs, as selected by the
used for this purpose.BANK keys:
They are also used in this mode to set the record sta-Bank 1: analog inputs
tus of the channel, in conjunction with the REC key.Bank 2: S/PDIF inputs?channels 1 and 2 only.
Press and hold the REC key and press the SEL key Channels 3-8 are inactive.
of a channel to arm or disarm it.NOTE
In MON MIX mode, pressing a channel?s SEL key
causes the REC indicators to show the selected chan-The faders do not affect the level of the signal sent to
the host computer.
nel?s pan position. Indicator 1 is lit with pan position
at full left, indicator 8 is lit at hard right, indicators 4 In MIDI CTRL mode, the channel faders send out con-
and 5 are lit together when panned center, etc.).tinuous MIDI controller commands.
In MIDI CTRL mode, these keys send out specific con-REC key In COMPUTER mode, press and hold this
troller commands.
key and press a channel?s SEL key to arm or un-arm
a DAW track for recording. The channel?s REC indi-
Channel SOLO keys - In COMPUTER mode, cator will light or flash, depending on the DAW
these keys solo their respective channels, while mut-
ing the audio on all other channels in the host appli-application. Consult the Application Notes for
cation. Any number of channels can be soloed details.
simultaneously. Note that in COMPUTER mode, the MASTER fader The MASTER fader is a global
operation of the solo function is dictated by the host control, functioning in the same manner regardless of
application. For more information please refer to the the selected control mode. Movements of the master
Application Notes for your DAW software applica-fader always simultaneously affect the host com-
tion. puter, the MIDI control surface and the monitor
mixer. There is always one and only one master fader
In MON MIX mode, the SOLO keys? function is iden-
tical, but here they only affect the FW-1082?s built-in for the entire system.
monitor mixer.
Additionally, the MASTER fader can control the level
In MIDI CTRL mode, these keys send out specific con-of the analog outputs. A setting in the FW-1082 Con-
troller commands.trol Panel determines whether output directed to the
analog L-R is passed through to the outputs at unity
Channel MUTE keys In COMPUTER mode, these gain, or whether the MASTER Fader gain is applied
keys mute the audio of the selected channel. Any to the analog output signals.
number of channels can be muted simultaneously.
Refer to ?Master Fader Affects ANLG L:R Gain?
on page 26 for details.
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