Airmann's FaderPort Driver

Faderport driver integrates the Presonus Faderport DAW Controller seamlessly into Renoise. Focus is laid on mixing (mixer+fx control), automation envelope creation, and general DAW control. This tool can seriously improve the ergonomics of your workflow and mixing process.

History:

1.0 - inital release (Renoise 2.6)

1.0.1 - bugfix release, fixed manual (Renoise 2.6)

1.0.2 - output button now toggles and displays pre-fx / post-fx mixer state, updated device mappings, updated manual (Renoise 2.7)

1.1.0 - new emulator mode, better help integration, fixes and improvements, full Renoise 3.0 support

Latest version/release:

http://code.google.com/p/airmann-faderport-driver/

YouTube:

Video: Controlling Pre/Post Mixer using FaderPort, (Lofi version)

Video: Controlling DSP Fx / Devices, (Lofi version)

Features

• Successfully tested on Windows 7 32 / 64 bit, Linux Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit (partly tested), Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.2 32 bit (partly tested)
• support of all Faderport buttons, touch-sensitive motor fader, endless pan control and lights (full bidirectional communication)
• Footswitch support for hands-free operation. You can connect an usual on/off footswitch to the Faderport. Footswitch has the same function as transport play. It’s especially useful for hands-free recording of audio and midi data
• transport: play, play from position, stop, panic stop, forward, rewind, record / edit, loop, block loop, block loop forward/backward
• track: mute, solo, select next track, select previous track, select master track, jump to song start / end, record sample
• pre-fx / post-fx volume / pan, and any DSP device parameter can be controlled
• currently selected track is automatically bound to Faderport. Binding is displayed in status bar
• currently selected device/plug-in etc. can automatically be bound to Faderport
• customizable navigation through device / plug-in parameters. Relevant device parameter lists can be defined via preferences. Presets for all native devices are included
• full automation envelope support: read, write, touch, latch mode
• 10 bit high resolution (1024 steps) for fader values (allows for precise mixing)
• endless pan control support with speed feature, adjustable virtual resolution (default 7 bit, 128 steps), auto down scaling and adjustable “anti-suck” protection
• fader and pan controller can be swapped (e.g. fader controls stereo panning)
• fader value can be reset to Renoise default value (e.g. volume to 0 dB)
• fine trim mode: fader values can be fine trimmed via shift+pan control
• switch between views: mixer, pattern editor, sample editor
• undo / redo support (limited, though)
• Renoise status bar support (displays parameter bindings and value changes)
• Since v1.1: emulator mode, which emulates FaderPort hardware 1:1. Emulator controls can be mapped to 3rd Party midi controllers