Operation – PreSonus FaderPort User Manual
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OPERATION
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Plug-in Mode
Press the “TOUCH” button to assign the fader to the plug-in devices for the currently
selected track in the main display. While in Plug-in Mode, the Left/Right arrow buttons will 
allow you to scroll through the available devices. A device can then be chosen to edit by 
pressing the “BANK” button. Once a device is selected the Left/Right arrow buttons allow 
you to scroll through the available editable parameters for that particular plug-in. To scroll 
to another device, press the “BANK” button again. To exit Plug-in Mode, press the 
“TOUCH” button again. 
Output Mode
Press the “OUTPUT” button to assign fader control to the Master Output channel. To exit 
Output Mode, press the “OUTPUT” button again. 
Window Views in LIVE!
MIX
Toggles between the Arrange and Session views
PROJ
Toggles between the Clip and Track view
TRNS
Shows/hides the Browser window
SHIFT mode functions
Session Navigation
Press the “SHIFT” button to make the “WRITE”, “MIX”, “PROJ”, and 
“TRNS” buttons navigation controls in the Session View window 
WRITE = Up
MIX = Left
PROJ =
Down
TRNS =
Right
Firing clips and Scenes in LIVE! with the FaderPort in the Session view
READ
Fires the currently selected Clip or Stops a playing clip from the same track if the 
current clip slot is empty 
TOUCH
Fires the currently selected scene and will advance the scene selection to the next 
scene below. 
Firing Clips and Scenes with a Footswitch
While is the Session View, the currently selected scene can be fired by pressing the footswitch. The scene 
selection will advance to the next scene below. To fire a selected clip, enable Shift mode by pressing the 
“SHIFT” button. The footswitch will now fire selected clip. Once the selected track is record enabled, the 
footswitch will begin recording a clip if pressed once, pressing it again will stop the recording.