Supported Faders
Your Avid system supports the following external faders and mixer for Automation Gain recording:
  JL Cooper FaderMaster Pro MIDI Automation controller. This low- cost unit allows you to make fine adjustments to audio clips. This unit does not support "flying faders," which means that the faders don't move automatically as you record audio gain information and they must be manually zeroed prior to recording.
  JL Cooper MCS-3000X MIDI Automation controller. This unit supports touch-sensitive flying faders. While you are recording gain, the faders automatically move. You can grab a fader and move it during an automation gain recording to quickly punch in a small change in volume.
  Yamaha 01V Digital Mixing Console. This unit is a full-feature digital mixer that also supports audio gain automation with flying faders. The faders are not touch sensitive (see the following table).
  An external fader is optional. It is not required to perform Audio Gain Automation recording.
The following table compares the three units.
Fader Features
Feature
FaderMaster Pro
MCS-3000X
Yamaha 01V
Record gain
Yes
Yes
Yes
Flying faders
No
Yes
Yes
Touch-sensitive faders
No
Yes
No
Solo/Mute
Yes
Yes
Yes1
Supports audio mixing
No
No
Yes
Snap mode
No
Yes
No
Number of steps of
accuracy between 0 and max
127
127
551
1Solo works only if you don't use the unit for audio mixing.
The following provide additional information on touch sensitivity and snap mode:
  Touch sensitivity: As soon as you touch a moving fader on the MCS- 3000X, the unit passes control of the fader to you. See MCS-3000X Buttons.
On the Yamaha 01V, you must press the fader's On button to gain control of a moving fader. For a description of how to control the faders on the Yamaha 01V, see Operational Notes for the Yamaha 01V Mixer.
  Snap mode: In Snap mode, the fader automatically stops recording as soon as you release the fader. In addition, the fader continues to display the volume information in the Timeline. See Using the Snap Mode Feature on the MCS-3000X Fader.
For more information on using these external fader boxes, see Recording Automation Gain Information.

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