FXpansion DCAM Synth Squad Operation Manual - Manual (Page 69)

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Edit Toggles visibility of the Edit workspace and page buttons
Status Toggles visibility of the Status display
Keys Toggles visibility of the keyboard and performance controls
Tempo Click and drag the tempo up/down to change it, or double-click it to type the required tempo
manually. This control can only be adjusted when running the Fusor standalone application. When
running Fusor as a plugin in a host, it is synchronized to the host tempo.
Sync When this button is engaged, Fusor is synchronized to the host’s tempo and transport when
running as a plugin.
Start/Stop Starts and stops Fusor’s internal transport
Preferences Displays Fusor’s preferences panel. Note that Fusor’s own preferences settings override those of
the individual synths loaded into synth channels. The synths’ own Preferences panels are disabled.
Macro controls
Fusor has 8 macro controls, which can be used to control any parameter that can be modulated within Fusor. They are
designed to be used in a similar way to the performance controllers within the synths and Fusor (see below).
As such, they are intended to be mapped to a set of pots/faders that send out MIDI CCs (using MIDI Learn or the
preferences panel, where they are assigned in the same way as performance controllers), but they can also be controlled
via host automation. See section 6:8 for more details about host automation and mapping MIDI CCs using MIDI Learn.
Macro control MIDI assignments are stored in the Fusor preferences. Section 6:5 features more details about the
preferences panel, including saving preferences settings for use in future sessions using the
Save as Defaults button.
Like performance controllers, the destinations for macro controls are assigned via the FuseMod system. You can modulate
most parameters within Fusor and its hosted synths. Like any DCAM modulation source, Macro control FuseMod sources
can control multiple destinations.
Edit page buttons
The Edit page buttons provide access to each part of Fusor – click a button to display the
associated page in the Edit workspace. The Global page also provides
Edit shortcut buttons
to the various pages.
Note that you can right-click (or CTRL-click) on any Synth page button to select the synth for
the slot from a drop-down menu.
Edit workspace
This workspace contains all editing functions in Fusor. The Global page provides overall control and mixing functions,
while the other pages allow you to adjust the various Fusor devices.
The Edit workspace can be hidden entirely by de-activating the
Edit button in the Main LCD.
Keyboard and performance controls
Like each synth plugin, Fusor features a keyboard and set of performance controls – pitch bend, P1 (Perf 1) and P (Perf
) controls – at the bottom of the interface. This area of the interface also contains the MIDI Learn and Panic buttons.
This keyboard is used for MIDI channel 1 in the Fusor MIDI channel router (see section 8:3). When synths are hosted in
Fusor, their individual keyboards are not accessible.
The
Perf 1 and Perf  controls function exactly as they do in the individual synths – see section 7:4 for more details on
these controls, which are available as FuseMod sources. They are saved with Fusor’s preferences, and override the
synths’ individual assignments when they are hosted within Fusor.
The keyboard and performance controls can be hidden from view by de-activating the
Keys button in Fusor’s main LCD.
Status display
The Status display area provides access to some
of the most important Fusor controls from any
Fusor Edit page.
This display is disabled by default to save screen
space. It can be shown by activating the
Status button in the Fusor LCD. The following
controls are available:
Synth channels • Synth and synth preset picker
•
Volume and Pan
• Aux Send Level controls and Mute/Solo buttons
• Insert FX device and preset pickers
Aux FX • Aux FX device and preset pickers
Master FX • Master FX device and preset pickers