FXpansion GURU - Manual (Page 36)

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Pad Colour Groups:
1. Red •
2. Orange •
3. Yellow •
4. Green •
5. Light Blue •
6. Blue •
7. Purple •
8. Grey •
3:2 Automating Pad Edit view parameters in
your host sequencer
Because there is such a huge array of individual Pad Edit view
parameters (over 150 for each Pad in each Engine, not even
counting those for the Pad effects!), it was not reasonable to
expose them all as automatable parameters within the host
sequencer. Instead, GURU features the coloured Pad Group
automation system.
• When you click any Pad Edit control while holding down the
[SHIFT] key, its colour changes to red. Continuing to [SHIFT]-
click on the control cycles its colour through orange, yellow,
green, light blue, blue, purple and grey, and then back to nor-
mal. When you change the colour of a knob, you are assign-
ing it to an automatable coloured Pad Group. You can assign
any number of Pad Edit knobs to Pad Groups, which operate
across all Engines.
• You can assign the same Pad Group to a parameter’s con-
trols in all layers in the Engine by holding down [ALT] while
[SHIFT]-clicking on a parameter.
• When you automate the Pad Group in your host sequencer,
all controls associated with it will be automated.
Please note that the changes are absolute: parameters will
change to the incoming automation values, not relative to the
existing settings.
It is also important to note that there is another automation
group: the FX Group. This group automation system uses the
same colours, but it is used on the Engine and Master insert
effects, and the Aux effects (in other words, for all instances of
Engine effects).
The Pad Group and FX Group parameters are totally inde-
pendent.
Please see section 8:4 for more information on the FX Group.